Norton Ghost 2001 Help...

[t13]

Hi all,

I used Norton Ghost 2001 to clone my existing 180GXP(old) to the 7K250(new) Hdd. Both Hdd are of 120GB capacity.

I selected the 180GXP(old) as the source drive and the 7K250(new)as the destination drive , and then proceeded to clone the drive. When asked to confirm to overwrite the destination drive, I clicked "OK"... within 10 seconds of clicking "OK", the programme finished the operation. I was then prompted to restart the computer by the programme (i think).

I was sceptical of the operation done as I expected the 120GB to 120GB to take longer than 10 seconds(a least 1 hour perhaps?)

The system booted up using the 180GXP(old) Hdd but it indicated non system disc... damn. Had a feeling the cloning was done wrongly.

I then tried to salvage whatever data I had in the 180GXP(old) Hdd. I installed win98se OS on the 7K250(new) and booted up using it. When I tried to view the 180GXP(old) Hdd, there was nothing in it.

Is there anyway I can salvage my 100-120gb worth of data inside? Can't stomach losing my data to such a stupid act of mine...

Sincerely appreciate any help rendered...

 

[mikesgroovin]

I'm sorry man. But It looks like you took the wrong image to the wrong drive. I dont think recovery disks will help at all. Does anyone know of any software (play or pay) that can read a drive without it's structure. I have a piece but by law I can't give it out.

-Mike

 

[ekÆsine]

if it's what i think it is mike, just send this guy a PM. if this is something else that i think it is, send me a PM too.

 

[t13]

I'm sorry man. But It looks like you took the wrong image to the wrong drive. I dont think recovery disks will help at all. Does anyone know of any software (play or pay) that can read a drive without it's structure. I have a piece but by law I can't give it out.

-Mike

well, i don't think it is entirely my fault though.

Source disk = Old(full of data) Hard Disk

Destination disk = New(empty) Hard Disk

And yet Norton Ghost clones the New Disk onto the Old Disk instead... shucks.

 

[mikesgroovin]

You can try EasyRecovery Professional from Ontrack Data. This is by far one of the best!

-Mike

 

[t13]

You can try EasyRecovery Professional from Ontrack Data. This is by far one of the best!

-Mike

do you have any experience with Go Back 3 by Roxio or FinalData?

 

[Brix]

Did anyone have a worthwhile solution to this problem? I’m in the same boat. I did exact same as the originator of the thread. Exact Same!! Those damn words source and destination got me too. I copied a blank / empty (brand new) HDD onto my data drive. I read that it’s ‘just’ the Partition Table (PT) and File Allocation Table (FAT) that’s gone to data heaven but that as good as telling me I can no longer work with a monitor. Anyone able to help me? Bob Rix