[jesraelo]

The ghost operation fails writing to a firewire WD External.
It fails right around writing 4 GB (on the second file).
Any idea what may be causing this?
here is a funny one: in the log in below we have D:\LTGHO001.GHS and the D drive is the CD and E is the FWire device. So, does it look like its loosing the right drive letter??

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BackupOperation 0

-- GHOST\GHOSTERR.TXT ---------------------------------------------------------

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Date : Thu Dec 6 23:41:32 2007
Error Number: (29004)
Message: Read sector failure, result = 1, drive = 0, sectors 105079191 to 105079255
Version: 2003.793 (Dec 17 2003, Build=793)
Command line arguments: -igb -z1 -imgdescfile=\ghost\imgdescp.txt -wizard -clone,mode=create,[email protected],[email protected][ID:441134]\LTGHO.gho -ghwrap
Active Switches :
AutoName
Sure
ProgMode : PROG_LOCAL
PathName : 7773 Unnamed MFT Table entry
DumpFile : D:\LTGHO001.GHS
DumpPos : 3479070981
File64 buffersize : 32768
FlagImplode : 2
FlagExplode : 0

CloneSrc : 1
BatchPartSrc : 0
BatchPartMSrc :

CloneDst : D:\LTGHO.GHO
BatchPartDst : 0

Operation Details :
Total size.........47243
MB copied..........5321
MB remaining.......41922
Percent complete...11%
Speed..............565MB/min
Time elapsed.......9:25
Time remaining.....1:14:11










Disk Error Details

IDE Controller error:
Uncorrectable data error
Error 0x40
Device/Head 0xe6
Cylinder High 0x43
Cylinder Low 0x61
Sector Number 0x9b
Sector Count 0x3c
LBA Sector 105079195

Disk Info :
remote.............0
drive..............0
sectors_used.......156296322
estimated_used.....96754345
pemax..............1
Version............760

 

[jesraelo]

oh, by the way, these are the actions I have taken:
> reduced the number of files on drive by 20 percent (currently <50 GB)
> chkntfs results = drive not dirty
> scheduled chkdsk /f on C: and results 100% clean on all 5 steps

 

[Guest]

Try reinstalling the driver for it, and run he manufacturers diagnostic tool on the external drive. It seems like your drive is dieing.

 

[jesraelo]

good points
however, the drives are fine, both of them.
There is a range of 64 sectors that Norton Ghost does not like
105079191
105079255
on the C drive.
I have check the C drive and it is 100% flawless.
but then again, there most be something that is bugging the hell out of the Norton software...
yet to be determined.

 

[linderman]

forget about Norton



try xxclone.com and then let us know

 

[jesraelo]

cool, I will definitely give it shot.. I have nothing to loose at this point.

thx a bunch