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    Can't backup 8600 to USB hard drive

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by NotYetNoob, Jan 8, 2005.

  1. NotYetNoob

    NotYetNoob Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all,

    Trying to back up my 8600 to an external USB hard drive enclosure.

    I got 2.5" hard drive case running on USB 2.0 and whacked in a 7200rpm 60Gb Hitatchi drive drive(same as my notebook) .

    However having no luck with it.

    I am attemtping to use Norton Ghost 2003 to backup my harddrive to the USB drive.

    XP detected the USB drive no probs. However I can't see it as mapped drive or network connection.

    My problem is this:

    1) If I try to use the 'Backup' option in Ghost Basic mode - Ghost does not detect the USB drive.

    2) If I try the 'Clone to another disk' option under Ghost Advanced mode it also does not see the USB drive.

    3) If I try the 'Peer to Peer' then 'USB peer to peer ' option also under Ghost Advanced mode it finds a 'USB 2.0 Mass Storage Device' but says it is inaccessible and cannot be used when perforing a USB peer to peer task.

    Am I missing something? Is my version of Ghost too old? DO I need to format/partition the disk first ? What probram will let me do that over USB?

    Cheers


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    No I don't love THIS computer more than you! (please don't ask about the laptop, please don't ask about the laptop)
     
    NotYetNoob, Jan 8, 2005
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