skinink66 Posted October 28, 2003 Report Share Posted October 28, 2003 Noob Here, so I could use a little help , I installed a Maxtor 200GB HD that came with the software, everything is installed and running fine. I created 3 partitions on the new disk. I began by duplicating my Video C: drive to one of the new partitions, Video H:. It ran fine, but when it wasd done I had a problem. The main directory structure looked fine in explorer, but in the Program Files, Windows, and my personal stuff in Docs and Settings, there was no data. Everything else moved over except these. I have about 14GB on my original disk and the new disk says its only using about 1.8GB. I wanted to just so to say 'GHOST' my original drive as a backup. Is there something I'm missing, a setting maybe. I don't understand why 'duplicate' will not duplicate everything . Thanks in advance. System: WinXP Pro P4 2.8 1meg DDRAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awnews Posted October 28, 2003 Report Share Posted October 28, 2003 Do you know if your system supports 200GB harddrives? There's a limitation on many systems (HW + BIOS + SW/Windows) that limits IDE drive size to 137GB unless the LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is changed to support larger drives. I've done this on systems with a dedicated IDE card with larger LBA support + turning on a W2K/XP reg. setting (may be on my default in XP). Most USB-IDE enclosures also have this limitation (only support up to 137GB, where you find 120G drives commonly used). If this isn't turned on, I've seen some systems that will only show you 137GB of a bigger drives, others that imply that data is there but things don't work reliably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinink66 Posted October 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 Yes, my system supports large drives. My Maxtor drive is partitioned into three drives of 100mb, 50mb and 50mb respectivley. It is set to NTFS. The drive is not the problem, it seems to be what the software is copying, or the lack thereof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 Hi Make sure you choose the all files selector when you run your backup. If this is the Maxtor one touch version of Retrospect you cannot "duplicate" your registry. In order to have a fully restoreable system you need to do a "backup". Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinink66 Posted October 31, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 Thanks natew, It is in fact a Maxtor OneTouch. Can you tell me why it won't 'dupe' these files. Does it have to do with the software or is it a hardware issue. Can I maybe get away with just 'draging and dropping' my c:\ drive to the Maxtor to copy everything? Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 Hi To duplicate the Registry you need Retrospect professional version or higher. Retrospect Express has always had this limitation. Unfortunately you cannot drag and drop a windows disk and have it boot later. I would download the trial version of Retro 6.5 professional first to make sure everything works right. Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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