Using Norton Ghost 9 To Clone My C:\ Drive

[madjim- with the Lord]

I was doing some maintanance on my show machine and decided to test my hard drive backup system. I keep a second drive in the computer and have been using Norton Ghost 9 to make a copy (clone) of my C:\ drive to it years now. I have never had to use the second copy (hard drive) but decided to put it to the test. When I dsconnect the C:\ drive and restart the computer it does not boot from the second drive.

The only option in Ghost that I have not tried is the option to make the drive the system bootable drive. This tells me that Ghost will make my second drive the drive that the computer boots from but what will it do to my present C:\ drive? I don't want to change the setup of my original C:\ drive, I just want to copy it for backup.

How do I use Norton Ghost 9 to make a bootable copy of my C:\ drive that will stay installed on my computer for backup?

The Norton\Sytematic support system that I found was no help to me. Any help in this matter or information about using Ghost to clone a hard drive would be greatly appreciated. I must be missing something.

Thanks

Jim

[George]

Have heard about this before, but never tried it. I may get interested too.

Anyone out there have any info or experience with it?

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[madjim- with the Lord]

I did a search and found this from Dale.

Your reference to creating a boot disc would be correct for any backup program when you do a full backup of your C: drive. Without this if your computer crashes you will not be able to start the system to restore the drive which is the whole purpose.

I'll make a Norton Ghost boot disc and report back.

Thanks.

Jim

[George]

Originally Posted by madjim

I did a search and found this from Dale.


I'll make a Norton Ghost boot disc and report back.

Thanks.

Jim

Thanks for the reminder. I made Ghost boot discs a few years ago when I installed Ghost, and forgot all about them

[Beavis]

u need to use the clone option. dont forget to select the copy master boot record.

[goonie227]

Originally Posted by Beavis

u need to use the clone option. dont forget to select the copy master boot record.

I have done a bunch of backups and never checked the MBR
am running one now on my show comp. with it checked.
Dick

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by madjim

When I dsconnect the C:\ drive and restart the computer it does not boot from the second drive.

You need to try switching the ribbon cable. Most drives are nowadays jumpered "cable select". You have the C:\ on the primary master and the backup drive on the slave of the primary. You can also select to boot from primary slave in bios, but moving the cable is probably less worrisome and easier.