When trying to run Ghost32 on Windows 2003 server to create an image from the C drive to another drive even if the other drive is internal or external (such like USB HDD), you will get the following error message: Error: A source volume could not be locked (640) That's because Ghost is not designed to create a hot images from server OS. References: Tips for Hot Imaging with Ghost Solution Suite 2.5 http://service1.symantec.com/support/on-technology.nsf/docid/2008121215010060