Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 18:56:32 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] HELP - Can't Make Image of New Hard Drive
Hi Matt, Your suggestions sound good as usual. However, can't find EZ Drive. Could you please send it?? Thanks, Mark on 5/30/04 2:11 PM, Matt Hanson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 21:11:30 +0000 > From: "Matt Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] HELP - Can't Make Image of New Hard Drive > >> From: Mark Srebnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>> $#^%@< I'm not familiar with DriveImage. Does it work in DOS, Windows, >> or >>> both? >> >> It works in Windows only I think...at least it opens in windows then does >> some prep work then restarts Libretto as I recall...so whether it reboots >> in >> Windows or DOS, I don't remember exactly... >> >>> If you're working in DOS from your Libretto, your problem may be >>> that your Libretto can't see HHDs larger than 8GB in DOS without drive >>> overlay. >> >> Right... >> >>> Your other notebook seems to be capable of seeing the entire 60GB of the >> new >>> HDD. Have you tried putting the 60GB HDD in the firewire case connected >> to >>> your other notebook, and running DriveImage from there? >>> >>> Matt >> >> Didn't think of that, but that's good idea!! >> >> Although would be nice to get DriveImage working on Libretto... > > Well, it very well may be a problem with the Libretto BIOS's 8GB HDD > limitation. Windows can deal with it as long as it's running. But as I > reported here: http://www.technoir.nu/libretto/list/2004/msg00505.html > > "PM (Edit: Partition Magic) requires EZ-Drive to be installed on a >8gb HDD > to work correctly in DOS booted from HDD or FDD, as well as when booted into > Windows." > > Your imaging problems with DriveImage may very well be similar to the ones > I've seen with Partitiion Magic in that list post above, as well as similar > problems I've had imaging a >8GB HDD with Norton Ghost. Ghost required the > correct command line switch to be run depending on whether or not drive > overlay exists on a HDD. > > You might try installing EZ-Drive drive overlay, and then running > DriveImage. Or see if DriveImage has a command line switch that gets it to > run without errors. > > EZ-Drive installs EZ-BIOS >very< easily. Once the installation program is > run from a boot FD, don't use the 'advanced' or 'automatic' installation > menu item at the top of the list (I'm a bit fuzzy on the name of the menu > item) that will actually wipe and create partitions automatically. Choose > the 2nd menu item from the top, I think 'EZ-Dribe Setup', or something like > that. In there you can quickly install EZ-BIOS in one quick action. Remove > FD, exit setup, and the system will reboot. > > Then try DriveImage and see if it works. > > EZ-BIOS uninstalls just as easily. But going into that EZ-BIOS setup as > before, you have to 1st 'disable' EZ-BIOS (or EZ-Drive), save and exit that > menu. Then go back in again, and select the 'uninstall' option. > > If you want to try this, and can't find a copy of EZ-Drive, let me know and > I'll send you a copy. > > Matt > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself with the new version of MSN Messenger! Download today - > it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > > ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
