On 11/12/2005 budman@suckeggs.ca wrote:
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>I have an external USB drive that I use for backup. Ghost 9.0 runs in XP so
>there hasn't been a problem 'seeing' the drive.
>
>Then I bought Spinrite from Gibson Research. It is a DOS program that needs
>some assistance in recognizing the USB drive. I have spent all day searching
>and experimenting with suggestions obtained in the Internet. Nowhere, can I
>find enough information that can actually take me through the process, step by
>step, of producing a DOS bootdisc OR bootCD that will install a USB driver
>(somewhere) so that Spinrite can access the external drive. GRC is of no help
>at all. They say to hook the drive directly to the motherboard, which would be
>a great pain in the rear end.
>
>Any help would be appreciated. If any further system info is needed, please
>ask.
>
>Thanks

I have been using Ghost PE 2003 for some time now. Ghost permits the creation
of a Boot disk/DOS program disk which would contain a USB driver. Once you
have it, you can then "customise" the boot disk.

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