Ghost 15, two problems: Clone drive can't boot, Data partition diapeared!

UnknownIdaho · ‎07-15-2012

So first use of Ghost 15, tried to clone the C: drive to a new drive, worked but not bootable, which I figured as I got an error the first time I tried it, something like 'set drive active is not campatable with this version' which I couldn't figure out, so I left it unchecked and wouldn't you know, it's not bootable. I've got to work around this, I think I'll have to use the windows start disk and repair. BUT that is not the main problem.

My D: Data drive disappeared. It is not a seperate physical drive, it is a partition of Disk 1 (same disk as C: which is probably why Ghost screwed it up.

My intention is to use the 160 GB drive (currently F:) as the boot drive and use the two 2TB drives for a Raid 0 (Or whatever one is just a duplicate, each drive with the same information).

So How do I get my D: drive back and how do I set up the RAID when I am done? I built this computer myself so i have some knowledge of how to do this but I guess just enough to get in trouble!

Thanks for your time.

My system:

Core i5

8 gigs RAM

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

Three hard drives (all formatted GUID for some reason, it just sounded interesting, I guess):

Drive 0: 160GB WD One partition. Configured as F: (cloned from C: to be the future C:)

Drive 1: 2TB WD Two partitions. C: (boot) and D: (data)

Drive 2: 2TB WD currently unused.

Russell - Idaho USA

Brian_K · ‎04-19-2009

Russell,

Can you post a screenshot of Disk Management?

http://community.norton.com/t5/Forum-Feedback/Forum-Tip-How-to-post-screenshots-in-the-forum/td-p/25...

Did you Copy Drive into a partition on the new HD?

Did you try to boot the new HD with the old HD still connected?

UnknownIdaho · ‎07-15-2012

Can you post a screenshot of Disk Management?

(see below)

Did you Copy Drive into a partition on the new HD?

Yes, the C: partition (46.69 GB) was copied onto the F: (148.92 GB) successfully except that it won't boot from this drive.

Did you try to boot the new HD with the old HD still connected?

Yes. It didn't work. I then disconnected the old (2 TB) drive and it still didn't work. So I reconnected everything the way it was and then noticed the D: drive was gone (ACTUALLY the 838.19 GB partition is still there, just shown as empty and no drive letter).

I think I should assign a drive letter to the former D: partition but am afraid to loose my data permanently.

Computer Management.png

Russell - Idaho USA

Brian_K · ‎04-19-2009

UnknownIdaho,

Yes, just right click the 838 MB rectangle in Disk Management and assign the D: drive letter to that partition. No big deal. You won't lose data.

As far as Copy Drive is concerned you broke the two big no-nos. You copied into a partition instead of into unallocated space and you didn't disconnect the old HD before the first boot from the new HD. Either of these will cause a non load into the OS.

Disconnect the old HD and try to boot the new HD. It won't load into Windows but I want you to tell me what happens.

UnknownIdaho · ‎07-15-2012

Below is what I get when I try to assign a drive letter to my former D: drive, everything but 'delete' is greyed out. I haven't tried rebooting without C: yet, will do it tomorrow....

Computer Management2.png

Thanks for all your help so far and your quick responses!

Russell - Idaho USA

Brian_K · ‎04-19-2009

Russell,

I can't help you. I haven't used a GPT disk as a boot disk. Only as a data disk.

Anyone?

Brian_K · ‎04-19-2009

Russell,

See http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Creating_and_Managing_GPT_Disk_Partitions_on_Windows_Server_2008...

Try the section commencing with...

Assigning and Changing Drive Letters and Mount Points from the Command Line

UnknownIdaho · ‎07-15-2012

I am going to try and re-format the 160 GB drive using the MBR type and see what happens.... (There is nothing valuable on this drive, just the clone of C: that won't boot. I will read that article too, maybe I should read it first....

Thanks again,

Russell - Idaho USA