Manu,
When you originally formated the Hitachi 250, did you by chance change the
cluster
size from 4KB (Allocation unit size, default) to something higher..?
Just a thought..
j;-j

"Manu" wrote:

> Hi Jaymon,
>
> Thanks for the excellent reference links - they have been very informative.
>
> I checked the info on the Symantec link with my issue and found that there
> was no reason why this particular drive is not seen by Ghost 2003. And I
> successfully updated the BIOS on the Promise card (the driver was current
> already).
>
> But this phenomenon still persisted. But one thing changed though: If I use
> the Ghost utility off a floppy it now sees the drive in the window where it
> lists the source drives. But it is still invisible in the destination drives
> and directories window! Extremely weird.
>
> For now, I decided to address the issue simply by changing the location of
> my weekly drive image (and documents sync folder + other back-up stuff) to
> the 300GB drive which does not have the Ghost issue. I had originally
> planned to use the Hitachi 250GB but I do not want to take any chances now
> in the event that this drive might someday turn inaccessible to any OS or
> utility!
>
> Thanks very much again for the very helpful informative links! Much
> appreciate it.
>
> Regards.
>
> Manu
>
>
>
>
> "Jaymon" <Jaymon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1EA7310B-E697-4A93-BE80-BE22F14956A6@microsoft.com...
> > Check out this page and see if it applies..
> >
> > http://symantec.atgnow.com/consumer/...esultType=5000
> >
> > Look here for updated drivers, bios,.. etc for your raid card here..
> >
> > http://www.promise.com/support/downl...ory=all&os=100
> >
> > Your problem may not be solely related to XP, you should try exploring the
> > above sites, if you haven't already done so..
> > Hope this can help you..
> > j;-j
> >
> > "Manu" wrote:
> >
> >> Recently, I replaced a Western Digital 160GB drive on one PC with a
> >> Hitachi
> >> 250GB one. This is the master on the primary IDE channel on a Promise TX2
> >> Ultra-133 PCI Controller. The drive was partitioned (NTFS) and formatted
> >> in
> >> Disk Management and works perfectly in Windows (XP Pro).
> >>
> >> However, Ghost 2003 cannot see this drive when it reboots to write an
> >> image.
> >> Sees it fine within Windows though. I tried to use Ghost off a floppy and
> >> it
> >> too cannot see the drive. The drive does have the required "Ghost ID". I
> >> borrowed an Acronis TrueImage utility floppy and it cannot see the drive
> >> either!
> >>
> >> On a whim, I tested NTFS4DOS off a floppy and it does not see the drive
> >> also. Carrying the whim further, I temporarily restored this PC with a
> >> older
> >> Windows 98SE image which had large-drive support as well as NTFS4Win
> >> installed. That too does not see the drive! But it does see the 300GB
> >> drive
> >> that is also on the controller. Incidentally, Device Manager in that
> >> Windows
> >> 98SE does show the Hitachi drive, but without a drive letter assigned and
> >> reporting it as an "unknown partition". I surmised that this is not a
> >> Ghost-related problem.
> >>
> >> I tried a partition delete + recreate + format using the Hitachi/IBM
> >> drive
> >> set-up utility but it did not help. Physicals - jumpers, changing over to
> >> the secondary IDE controller, drive fitness test, chkdsk etc. - all were
> >> tried. When I put the old drive back, everything works fine again, at
> >> least
> >> as far as Ghost is concerned.
> >>
> >> I do regular Ghost image back ups and need this drive functional within
> >> its
> >> operations - hence this post.
> >>
> >> I would really appreciate any insights on what to look for in addressing
> >> this issue. Please excuse my verbosity here!
> >>
> >> Regards and have a nice day.
> >>
> >> Manu
> >>
> >>
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