Norton Ghost info required

Big Steveo · 25th October 2004, 9:13 PM

Hey everybody.

Well I have a friend who got a new PC with a 160gb HDD. On the old PC he has an 80gb HDD with some files he would require to be transfered to the 160gb. My first instinct was using Ghost to copy the image but I was confused.

Does Ghost allow you to select what files and folders that you want Ghosted or can it only Ghost a full HDD.

The reason I ask is I wanted to transfer only the documents and some important programs but not transfer the windows system files and other virus filled files.

Hebby · 25th October 2004, 9:40 PM

ghost only images a partition or a full disk

why not put the 80gb as a slave drive and just copy over whats needed, avoiding running/copying anything virus infected

blue_bug · 25th October 2004, 9:41 PM

Nope, Ghost will not allow you to select which file/folder to copy.

If that's all you want, why not just copy those files to an other location? Or, maybe just setup windows on the new 160GB, and then use the 80GB as the slave, and copy direct from it.

Strong Bad · 26th October 2004, 10:29 AM

Use Ghost to create an image of the entire partition/drive, then you can use Ghost Explorer to read from the image and select files/folders to extract.

25th October 2004, 9:13 PM	#1
Big Steveo Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 82	Norton Ghost info required Hey everybody. Well I have a friend who got a new PC with a 160gb HDD. On the old PC he has an 80gb HDD with some files he would require to be transfered to the 160gb. My first instinct was using Ghost to copy the image but I was confused. Does Ghost allow you to select what files and folders that you want Ghosted or can it only Ghost a full HDD. The reason I ask is I wanted to transfer only the documents and some important programs but not transfer the windows system files and other virus filled files.

25th October 2004, 9:40 PM	#2
Hebby Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rockhampton, Central Queensland Posts: 701	ghost only images a partition or a full disk why not put the 80gb as a slave drive and just copy over whats needed, avoiding running/copying anything virus infected __________________ Hebby Last edited by Hebby; 25th October 2004 at 9:41 PM.

25th October 2004, 9:41 PM	#3
blue_bug Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 911	Nope, Ghost will not allow you to select which file/folder to copy. If that's all you want, why not just copy those files to an other location? Or, maybe just setup windows on the new 160GB, and then use the 80GB as the slave, and copy direct from it.

26th October 2004, 10:29 AM	#4
Strong Bad Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: StrongBadia Posts: 152	Use Ghost to create an image of the entire partition/drive, then you can use Ghost Explorer to read from the image and select files/folders to extract.