Maxtor 6Y160P0 wont boot after Ghost attempt

les_stockton · 04-24-2005, 05:41 PM

I've had XP Home running on a Sony Vaio for a couple of months. The main hard drive is a 160 gig Maxtor 6Y160P0. I remember when I initially struggled to install the OS, that XP didn't like this drive because it was larger than 137 gig or 127 gig (I don't recall, off hand). However, Maxtor's MaxBlast software installed bios that allowed using the drive and booting to it.
Today, I tried using Ghost 2003 to do a backup to CD. This was a big mistake and I'll never use Ghost again.
Ghost gave no indication of anything wrong. It's supposed to reboot into DOS and run without windows so that it can properly backup the primary boot drive. Well, it wouldn't boot at all. There was some problem with Ghost, which I never figured out. I just tried rebooting back to my hard drive, but the bios appears to have changed. It will no longer boot to my hard drive either.
I've heard that other people have had this problem, but I've not seen a detailed solution. I'm hoping I haven't lost the information on the drive. I'd like to redo the bios, if possible and just reboot to the hard drive. If I want to do a backup again, I'll try something besides Ghost.

**johnwill** · 04-24-2005, 05:50 PM

Actually, it's not really GHOST's fault. When you use a drive overlay, such as MAXBLAST, many low level disk utilities will fail. This is why I recommend folks NEVER use drive overlay software.

les_stockton · 04-24-2005, 06:02 PM

So what's the solution? I'd like to get back to a bootable system, and then I can see about changing to something besides drive overlay.

crazijoe · 04-25-2005, 05:44 AM

I don't think there is a solution. Drive overlay is real flakey and should only be used as a last resort (i.e. older systems that do not support 48 bit LBA).
You could attempt to use a data recovery program like GetDataBack.
http://www.runtime.org/gdb.htm

04-24-2005, 05:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
les_stockton Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Maxtor 6Y160P0 wont boot after Ghost attempt I've had XP Home running on a Sony Vaio for a couple of months. The main hard drive is a 160 gig Maxtor 6Y160P0. I remember when I initially struggled to install the OS, that XP didn't like this drive because it was larger than 137 gig or 127 gig (I don't recall, off hand). However, Maxtor's MaxBlast software installed bios that allowed using the drive and booting to it. Today, I tried using Ghost 2003 to do a backup to CD. This was a big mistake and I'll never use Ghost again. Ghost gave no indication of anything wrong. It's supposed to reboot into DOS and run without windows so that it can properly backup the primary boot drive. Well, it wouldn't boot at all. There was some problem with Ghost, which I never figured out. I just tried rebooting back to my hard drive, but the bios appears to have changed. It will no longer boot to my hard drive either. I've heard that other people have had this problem, but I've not seen a detailed solution. I'm hoping I haven't lost the information on the drive. I'd like to redo the bios, if possible and just reboot to the hard drive. If I want to do a backup again, I'll try something besides Ghost.

04-24-2005, 05:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,623 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Actually, it's not really GHOST's fault. When you use a drive overlay, such as MAXBLAST, many low level disk utilities will fail. This is why I recommend folks NEVER use drive overlay software. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

04-24-2005, 06:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
les_stockton Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2 OS: XP	So what's the solution? So what's the solution? I'd like to get back to a bootable system, and then I can see about changing to something besides drive overlay.

04-25-2005, 05:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
crazijoe Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Omaha, The Center of the Universe Posts: 7,632 OS: WinXP, Win2K3 My System	I don't think there is a solution. Drive overlay is real flakey and should only be used as a last resort (i.e. older systems that do not support 48 bit LBA). You could attempt to use a data recovery program like GetDataBack. http://www.runtime.org/gdb.htm __________________ Microsoft MCSA + Messaging, MVP, A+, Network+ http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...other/Help.jpg Do you want a real Republican? HDD diagnostic tools / HDD data recovery software