[dba-Tech] Ghost of a Problem

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Sun Oct 12 16:07:45 CDT 2008


Aren't these lists wonderful.

It's amazing how many answers you work out for yourself minutes after you post a 
question, no matter how many hours you've spent trying to work it out before you post 
:-)  

Cheers,
Stuart

On 12 Oct 2008 at 8:55, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access  wrote:

> D'oh.  Just figured it out.  Before the crash the EHD was J:.  Now it's D:.
> I can see the backup files now and can recover.  
> 
> 
> Rocky Smolin
> Beach Access Software
> 858-259-4334
> www.e-z-mrp.com
> www.bchacc.com
>  
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters
> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 7:20 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Ghost of a Problem
> 
> Hi Rocky,
> 
> I do use Ghost 9.  Two thoughts:
> 
> Does your PC see the external hard drive?  (Not just Ghost).
> 
> You might try using the Ghost disk as a boot disk to see if then you can see
> the external hard drive.  (I did this once to help to help recover from a
> virus.  I restored the entire Windows folder and nothing else - it worked!)
> 
> Good Luck!
> Dan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin at
> Beach Access Software
> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 8:15 AM
> To: List; 'Off Topic'
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Ghost of a Problem
> 
> Dear Lists(s):
>  
> Well poor old HAL9004 is back together again after it viral adventure and
> relatively happy. But a few files got hosed in the process which I'd like to
> recover.
>  
> I use Ghost, so they're all in the Ghost files on the external HD.
> 
> But since I had to reload the OS, none of my installed programs were
> available.  Like all the Office files were still on the HD but I couldn't
> access them - had to reload.  So I reloaded stuff like Office.  And WinFax.
> And Ghost.
> 
> The problem now is that Ghost doesn't 'see' the backup on the external hard
> drive.  
> 
> Are there any Ghosters out there who know how to solve this one?
> 
> MTIA
> 
> Rocky 
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