[Solved!]Ghost V8.0 .gho readable with Ghost 2003?

[Migration User]

I have an image that was created with Ghost 8.0.  I have Ghost 2003, Ghost 2002 and Ghost 9.  Which product will work with this image?

Thank you!

Astro

Message Edited by Astro on 04-23-2008 12:38 PM

[Migration User]

I believe I have the consumer edition:smileymad: so I think this answers my question:

Consumer Edition
Norton Ghost 2003 = (uses Ghost 8.0) - August 2002
Norton Ghost 9.0 - August 2004
Norton Ghost 10.0 - September 2005
Norton Save & Restore - February 2006
Norton Ghost 12.0 - February 2007
Norton Ghost 14.0 - February 2008

 

So I am expecting to successfully accomplish my goal.

[Migration User]

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I believe I have the consumer edition

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That's correct, 2002 and 2003 were the only consumer editions of real Ghost. Both were actually offshoots of the 7.x line of the business edition of Ghost - Ghost 2003 is actually version 7.6, since it was developed from the 7.5 code base in parallel with the development of the 8.0 business edition. There was some crossover between the two, but Ghost 2003 is essentially derived from Ghost 7.5

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Norton Ghost 9.0 - August 2004

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This is the point at which the consumer products ceased being actual Ghost, since following the PowerQuest acquisition we were placed under their management and they took the brands we had built and applied them to the PowerQuest products.

However, since PowerQuest's products did not run on any OS earlier than Windows 2000, these products at first contained Ghost 2003 bundled with them, and at some point they included a version of the 32-bit version of real Ghost on their "recovery CD". Since our team weren't involved with those products I'm not sure what the precise version history is, but the RESTOREGHOST.EXE included with "Norton Ghost" came from one of our internal builds in the 8.0 series and will restore images taken from 8.0

I have no idea whether the ability to restore .GHO images is still present in the current product - I suspect that they do not - but 9 and 10 definitely had that capability.

Message Edited by Nigel Bree on 04-24-2008 10:56 AM

[Migration User]

Am also using RestoreGhost.exe from the Norton Ghost 10.0 retail install/system recovery disk in an attempt to restore a legacy Ghost 2003-created '.gho' image to a disk for one of NASA's legacy machines.
 
Have noticed that this image passes integrity/validity checks within Ghost 2003 just fine without complaint (numerious times), but will NOT restore to any kind of fixed disk, be it IDE, SCSI or SATA for that matter.
 
Restoration process gets about 10-11% of the way through and then the process dies.
 
Tried a restore of this image using (DOS-based) Ghost 2003 natively with the same result.
 
Doesn't matter if the image is on optical media (spanned over 8 writable CDs) or on an external USB fixed disk (.gho span files copied from the CDs to the fixed disk) the result is the same; it passes an image validity verification test and fails to restore to any fixed disk.

Can anybody assist here? Is there any interest in working with this legacy format to restore legacy machines so that they can be re-archived using more modern tools?

Thanks...

Have included the text of the GHOSTERR.TXT file in the hope that it may be of value here...

Thanks, again...

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Date   : Wed Feb 17 16:54:55 2010
Error Number: (36000)
Message: A GeneralException occurred
Version: 8.2.0.1115 (Jul 30 2004, Build=1115)
OS Version: Professional  (Build 3790)
Command line arguments:
Active Switches :
       AutoName
PathName            : 2999 Unnamed MFT Table entry
DumpFile            : 1:1\Archives\MetOps\LEADS Weather\NOAAPort Prime\Ghost2003Based\CDR00001.GHO
DumpPos             : 415018066
Last LFO Buffersize : 16777216
Last LFO Path       :
  Full Path         : 1:1\Archives\MetOps\LEADS Weather\NOAAPort Prime\Ghost2003Based\CDR00001.GHO
  Disk:Partition    : 1:1
  Drive Letter      : G:\
Last LFO Filesystem : Native
FlagImplode         : 0
FlagExplode         : 2

Operation Details :
  Total size.........7545
  MB copied..........800
  MB remaining.......6745
  Percent complete...10%
  Speed..............95MB/min
  Time elapsed.......8:24  
  Time remaining.....1:10:43

Processor exception
Generated at HardExceptionHandlerWin32.cpp:264

Program Call Stack
NTFSReadAttribute
getAttributeListEntry
ReadAttributeFromExtentMFT
ReadAttributeFromBaseMFT
attributeCompressed
loadAttribute
loadAttributes
loadMFTRec
loadMFT
loadVol
LoadNTFSPartition
ProcessNTFSPartition
CopyPartition
ProcessAllPartitions
CopyAllPartitions
CopyFileToDisk
CopyMainline
AttemptOperation
sub_main
main

Call Stack
Address            Frame              Logical Addr              Module
0x000000007c82f583 0x000000000012f670 RtlGetLastWin32Error+0x00000000000000c0
0x000000007c82ff8a 0x000000000012f758 RtlAllocateHeap+0x000000000000058d
0x0000000000418fd0 0x000000000012f794 0x0001:0x0000000000017fd0 X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x00000000004d6a56 0x000000000012f808 0x0001:0x00000000000d5a56 X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x00000000004aae7f 0x000000000012f870 0x0001:0x00000000000a9e7f X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x00000000004aafe5 0x000000000012f8ac 0x0001:0x00000000000a9fe5 X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x00000000004ab08b 0x000000000012f8e0 0x0001:0x00000000000aa08b X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x00000000004ac5d0 0x000000000012f920 0x0001:0x00000000000ab5d0 X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x00000000004b0539 0x000000000012f994 0x0001:0x00000000000af539 X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x00000000004b0d65 0x000000000012f9e8 0x0001:0x00000000000afd65 X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x00000000004b1866 0x000000000012fa2c 0x0001:0x00000000000b0866 X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x00000000004b1da2 0x000000000012fa68 0x0001:0x00000000000b0da2 X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x00000000004b1f98 0x000000000012fa90 0x0001:0x00000000000b0f98 X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x000000000048e474 0x000000000012fb00 0x0001:0x000000000008d474 X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x000000000048ff17 0x000000000012fb28 0x0001:0x000000000008ef17 X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x000000000045a3dd 0x000000000012fb54 0x0001:0x00000000000593dd X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x000000000045a5f7 0x000000000012fb78 0x0001:0x00000000000595f7 X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x000000000045b774 0x000000000012fba4 0x0001:0x000000000005a774 X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x000000000045c7d4 0x000000000012fcb8 0x0001:0x000000000005b7d4 X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x0000000000402256 0x000000000012fcd8 0x0001:0x0000000000001256 X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x00000000004023a5 0x000000000012fcf8 0x0001:0x00000000000013a5 X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x000000000040552a 0x000000000012fdf0 0x0001:0x000000000000452a X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x0000000000405b60 0x000000000012fee4 0x0001:0x0000000000004b60 X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x0000000000419c91 0x000000000012ffc0 0x0001:0x0000000000018c91 X:\I386\Shell\Ghost\RestoreGhost.exe
0x0000000077e523cd 0x000000000012fff0 IsProcessorFeaturePresent+0x000000000000009e
End Call Stack

Exception code: 0xc0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION
Registers:
EAX=0x0080e508 CS=0x001b EIP=0x00000000 EFLGS=0x00010246
EBX=0x00790000 SS=0x0023 ESP=0x0012fff8 EBP=0x00000000
ECX=0x00000000 DS=0x0023 ESI=0x0080e500 FS=0x003b
EDX=0x00000000 ES=0x0023 EDI=0x0080e018 GS=0x0000

Start heap available: 365961216
Cur   heap available: 348020736
Total Memory:         535887872

Conventional Memory
Inital Conventional Memory Size = 0
Current Conventional Memory Size = 0
Allocated
  33500 ghost.cpp:1268
Free
  32768 AlignBufferedImageFileDevice.cpp:83

Fat details:

NTFS details:
----------------

NTFS Global Flags:
----------------
  contiguousWrite=1 forceDiskClusterMapping=0
  inhibitCHKDSK=1 ignoreBadLog=0 ignoreCHKDSKBit=0
  enable_cache=0 xfrbuflen=32768
  last_attr_type = 0
  loadExact = 0
----------------
 =======================================================
 NTFS volume 0:
 ----------------
 initialised..............1
 read cached..............N
 Selective caching........N
 flags....................Volume OK
 drive....................0x02
 part order...............0
 version..................0x0400
 volsize..................78156161
 blocksize................512
 clusterfactor............8
 clustersize..............4096
 mftrecordsize............1024
 indexrecordsize..........4096
 indexclustperrecord......1
 bootSectorCopyOffset.....78156161
 pagefileSys..............4294967295
 bootIni..................3515
 volumeLabel..............[]
 sectorsInUse.............20694912
 totalNonCopiedBytes......0
 bytesToCopy..............0
 bitmapClusters...........894
 bitmapUsedBytes..........3661816
 estimatedClusters........894
 estimatedUsedBytes.......3661816
 clustersizeShift.........12
 blocksizeShift...........9
 mftrecordsizeShift.......10
 indexrecordsizeShift.....12
 totalRootMftRecs.........113227
 clustermap failover......N
 Boot sector details
  name....................[NTFS    ]
  blocksize...............512
  clusterfactor...........8
  reservedSectorsUnused...0
  mediaType...............0xf8
  secPerTrack.............63
  numHeads................255
  hiddenSectors...........63
  volsize_lo..............78156161
  volsize_hi..............0
  mftcluster.(lo).........786432
  mftcluster.(hi).........0
  mftmirrorcluster.(lo)...16
  mftmirrorcluster.(hi)...0
  clustersPerMFTRecord....246
  clustersPerIndexBuffer..1

  ---------------------------------------------------
  Cluster Allocation Map
  ---------------------------------------------------
  Start:         0 Length:    497459 Next:    497459
       Gap:    288973
  Start:    786432 Length:   1221203 Next:   2007635
       Gap:   7761885
  Start:   9769520 Length:         0 Next:   9769520

 =======================================================

Disk Info :
  remote.............0
  drive..............0
  sectors_used.......234356157
  estimated_used.....15452961
  pemax..............1
  Version............760

 # Ord Boot Id Ext First    Num      Last     Used     NTFS
 0   0   80 7  No  00000063 234356157 234356220 20694912 Yes

Disk Info :
  remote.............0
  drive..............2
  sectors_used.......78156225
  estimated_used.....0
  pemax..............1
  Version............0

 # Ord Boot Id Ext First    Num      Last     Used     NTFS
 0   0   80 7  No  00000063 78156162 78156225 20694912 Yes

Fixed Drives

Drive 0 Seagate Portable 0130 2GH1WW72
ASPI
Total Sectors            488397168
Bytes per Sector         512
MB                       238475
Successful IO Count      0

WinNT (Active)
Total Sectors            488397168
Bytes per Sector         512
MB                       238475
Cylinders                238475
Heads                    64
Sectors per Track        32
Successful IO Count      58

Drive 1 WDC WD400BB-32DKA0 WD-WMAHN1011884
WinNT (Active)
Total Sectors            78165360
Bytes per Sector         512
MB                       38166
Cylinders                4865
Heads                    255
Sectors per Track        63
Successful IO Count      27

Drive 2 ST340016A 3HS7LW30
WinNT (Active)
Total Sectors            78165360
Bytes per Sector         512
MB                       38166
Cylinders                4865
Heads                    255
Sectors per Track        63
Successful IO Count      27542

Floppy Drives

Drive 0 GENERIC FLOPPY DRIVE
WinNT (Active)
Total Sectors            2880
Bytes per Sector         512
MB                       1
Cylinders                80
Heads                    2
Sectors per Track        18
Successful IO Count      1

Remote Drives
AsyncIo : 0
Image Devices

Key[1]   1:1
Key[2]   G:
Path     G:
Desc     G: 1:1 [SysArchives]
Type     NTFS
Disk     0
Offset   63

Key[1]   2:1
Key[2]   C:
Path     C:
Desc     C: 2:1 []
Type     NTFS
Disk     1
Offset   63

Key[1]   A:
Path     A:
Desc     A:
Type     Floppy

Key[1]   E:
Path     E:
Desc     E: [GHOST_001]
Type     CD

Key[1]   X:
Path     X:
Desc     X: [NORTONGHOST10.0]
Type     CD

Key[1]   Z:
Path     Z:
Desc     Z: [MS-RAMDRIVE]
Type     Disk

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