Using Norton Ghost 9 To Clone My C:\ Drive

[madjim- with the Lord]

The computer rebooted and I got a blue screen when Window XP tried to start. I did some research on this and could not get past the blue screen. I connected my master (C:\) drive to the motherboard and tired to install every driver I could find for the Adaptec 1200a card with no success, it may too old for my motherboard or XP. It didn't show up in XP as an Adptec 1200a, it shows up as an HPT370 UDMA/ATA100 RAID CONTROLER.

I had the second drive working as a bootable drive but when I tried to run both drives at the same time, one as the master and one as the slave, window changed something and I lost it. I reformated the second drive and I'm now using the Adaptec 1200a card to rebiuld the array which will give me my bootable second drive back. I'm going to leave the second bootable drive unplugged in the computer as a back up. If I have a C:\ drive failer I'll have to take my rack mount computer apart BUT at least I have a bootable second drive in the machine.

I feel like I had to go around my elbow to get to my a** hole but at least I have a bootable second drive in my machine.

I've learned that I can get a second bootable drive with Ghost (Ghost always crashes the first time I open it) or Aconis but I feel raid is what I need. I'm going to look into a newer Raid card.

Thanks again Beavis for sending me the Adaptec 1200a card. It didn't work correctly for me but I'm one step closer to having a reliable backup that will work without taking my computer apart to switch drives.

Jim

[madjim- with the Lord]

While looking for another Raid card I ran accross an Adpatec 1200a at Newegg. It looks like this card does not work with Windows XP. See the specifications:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816103134

Jim

[bobcox- with the Lord]

Jim, I used a rocket raid card from newegg, for about two yrs, without a problem. cheap card but it worked for me. Bob

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by bobcox

Jim, I used a rocket raid card from newegg, for about two yrs, without a problem. cheap card but it worked for me. Bob

Thanks Bob,
I'm looking at a Roswell card from Newegg right now. It's an inexpensive card but seems to have everything I need. Opps, it's not bootable.

If you don't mind me asking, why did you stop using a raid card? Am I going in the wrong direction here?

Jim

[bobcox- with the Lord]

I use a small form factor Hp computer in my rack, with two hard drives.
a 80 gig for operating syst and programs, and a 750 gig for music, videos, and kma files,
and i always carry at least one laptop, for a backup.
i use to use the raid, with two 250 gig hard drives, but they became to small.
and at the time i did'nt want to spend the money for two 750 gig drives.
Jim, make sure your power supply will handle it. and with the raid, if a drive fails, your singer just keeps on singing, you won't even notice it.

[madjim- with the Lord]

Which card did you use Bob?

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by bobcox

I use a small form factor Hp computer in my rack, with two hard drives.
a 80 gig for operating syst and programs, and a 750 gig for music, videos, and kma files,
and i always carry at least one laptop, for a backup.
i use to use the raid, with two 250 gig hard drives, but they became to small.
and at the time i did'nt want to spend the money for two 750 gig drives.
Jim, make sure your power supply will handle it. and with the raid, if a drive fails, your singer just keeps on singing, you won't even notice it.

Hey Bob,
I'm using two 250 seagate drives. This is plenty of room for my 10,600+ KMA files (I don't use videos) so I should be good. If I need more space I can jump to two 300mb drive for about $200 right now.

My drives are guaranteed for five years. they are now four years old. The raid setup gives me the confidence that if my C:\drive fails, I can get through the show without stopping and address the problem the next day. I just checked both of them with the Seagate Disc Wizard for Windows and they are running well but we never know when things might change.

The next thing I plan on doing is to clone my C:\ drive to a new 300mb drive and keep it as a backup outside of the machine. I've been cloning my C:\ srive to an external drive as an extra backup but now realize that it is not bootable. I will check into the article that George brought to my attention on this point. If this works I can put my 300mb drive in my studio computer.

Thanks Again for all of your help!

Jim