Ghost Solution Suite

I have a runtime version of Ghost that came bundled with an Iomega drive. I am trying to create an image of my old Dell D400 laptop and move it to my newer Inspiron laptop using an 8GB USB drive and high compression.

 

The image seems to create OK on the USB drive, and chkdsk reports no problems with the file, but when I try and verify the image on the new computer I get this error log:

 

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Date   : Fri Jul 11 07:31:56 2008
Error Number: (19235)
Message: Decompression error -5
Version: 2003.775 (Aug 14 2002, Build=775)
Command line arguments:
Active Switches :
       Spanning
       AutoName
       CRC Ignore
ProgMode            : PROG_LOCAL
PathName            : 2 $LogFileSKYVIE~1.ZIP
DumpFile            : c:\ghost\BOB.GHO
DumpPos             : 10254021
File64 buffersize   : 32768
FlagImplode         : 0
FlagExplode         : 3

Operation Details :
  Total size.........9360
  MB copied..........41
  MB remaining.......9319
  Percent complete...0%
  Speed..............2460MB/min
  Time elapsed.......0:01  
  Time remaining.....3:46  

Program Call Stack
Generic_Abort
ghUnCompressPart
NTFSRead
readNextSeqPacket
loadRun
loadAttribute
loadAttributes
loadMFTRec
loadMFT
loadVol
CheckNTFSImage
CheckPartition2
CheckFileIntegrity
CopyMainline
AttemptOperation
sub_main
main

Call Stack
  0x0023b4f7
  0x0006b0af
  0x0006a35c
  0x0006a1d1
  0x0006b92a
  0x000a8c8c
  0x000c7ef9
  0x000c7ab1
  0x000c711f
  0x000c6abc
  0x000c5edd
  0x000c4652
  0x000c3049
  0x000c27a9
  0x0009d4a2
  0x000bef69
  0x000beafe
  0x00029c41
  0x000022dc
  0x000023f3
  0x00004426
  0x0000370b
  0x00248bf8
End Call Stack

Start heap available: 462094336
Cur   heap available: 394723328
Total Memory:         466550784

Conventional Memory
Inital Conventional Memory Size = 398320
Current Conventional Memory Size = 267248
Allocated
   1024 DpmiDjgpp.cpp:59
  33504 ghost.cpp:911
   2048 IdeDmaServerPci.cpp:132
    528 IdeDmaServerPci.cpp:132
   2048 AspiAdapterDos.cpp:87
    176 AspiAdapterDos.cpp:88
     32 DiskDriveAccessExInt13.cpp:107
    512 DiskDriveAccessExInt13.cpp:107
  32768 file64.cpp:298
Free
     16 MsdosFile.cpp:92
     80 AspiServerDos.cpp:103
    512 DiskDriveAccessInt13.cpp:177

Fat details:
  SRC:
  FatType..........32
  first_sect.......63
  ClusterSize......4096
  clusters.........1962235
  root_next_avail..0
  data_next_avail..0
  dir_sector.......30703
  root_sector......30696
  data_sector......30696
  FAT_sector.......36

NTFS details:
----------------

NTFS Global Flags:
----------------
  contiguousWrite=1 forceDiskClusterMapping=0
  inhi**bleep**KDSK=1 ignoreBadLog=0 ignoreCHKDSKBit=0
  enable_cache=0 xfrbuflen=32768
  last_attr_type = 0
----------------
 =======================================================
 NTFS volume 0:
 ----------------
 initialised..............1
 read cached..............N
 Selective caching........N
 flags....................Volume OK
 No drive - probably sourced from file image
 part order...............0
 version..................0x0400
 volsize..................78140096
 blocksize................512
 clusterfactor............8
 clustersize..............4096
 mftrecordsize............1024
 indexrecordsize..........4096
 indexclustperrecord......1
 bootSectorCopyOffset.....78140096
 pagefileSys..............4294967295
 bootIni..................3575
 volumeLabel..............[]
 sectorsInUse.............25456200
 totalNonCopiedBytes......0
 bytesToCopy..............0
 bitmapClusters...........299
 bitmapUsedBytes..........1220944
 estimatedClusters........299
 estimatedUsedBytes.......1220944
 clustersizeShift.........12
 blocksizeShift...........9
 mftrecordsizeShift.......10
 indexrecordsizeShift.....12
 totalRootMftRecs.........46452
 clustermap failover......N
 Boot sector details
  name....................[NTFS    ]
  blocksize...............512
  clusterfactor...........8
  reservedSectorsUnused...0
  mediaType...............0xf8
  secPerTrack.............63
  numHeads................255
  hiddenSectors...........63
  volsize_lo..............78140096
  volsize_hi..............0
  mftcluster.(lo).........786432
  mftcluster.(hi).........0
  mftmirrorcluster.(lo)...4883756
  mftmirrorcluster.(hi)...0
  clustersPerMFTRecord....246
  clustersPerIndexBuffer..1

  ---------------------------------------------------
  Cluster Allocation Map
  ---------------------------------------------------
  Start:   9767512 Length:         0 Next:   9767512

 =======================================================

Disk Info :
  remote.............0
  drive..............1
  sectors_used.......78140097
  estimated_used.....19170889
  pemax..............1
  Version............760

 # Ord Boot Id Ext First    Num      Last     Used     NTFS
 0   0   80 7  No  00000063 78140097 78140160 25456200 Yes

Disk Info :
  remote.............0
  drive..............0
  sectors_used.......0
  estimated_used.....0
  pemax..............0
  Version............0

 # Ord Boot Id Ext First    Num      Last     Used     NTFS

Drive 128 Sony Storage Media 0100

Int 13h
Total Sectors     15727635
Bytes per Sector  512
MB                7679
Cylinders         979
Heads             255
Sectors per Track 63

Extended Int 13h
Total Sectors     15728640
Bytes per Sector  512
MB                7680

ASPI (Active)
Total Sectors     15728640
Bytes per Sector  512
MB                7680

Drive 129 TOSHIBA MK3021GAS Y4EC5772T

Int 13h
Total Sectors     16434495
Bytes per Sector  512
MB                8024
Cylinders         1023
Heads             255
Sectors per Track 63

Extended Int 13h
Total Sectors     58605120
Bytes per Sector  512
MB                28615

IDE using PIO
Total Sectors     58605120
Bytes per Sector  512
MB                28615
Cylinders         16383
Heads             16
Sectors per Track 63

IDE using UDMA (Active)
Total Sectors     58605120
Bytes per Sector  512
MB                28615
Cylinders         16383
Heads             16
Sectors per Track 63

Remote Drives
AsyncIo : 0
NTFS MFT or Attribute Structure
000: 80 00 00 00 48 00 00 00 01 00 40 00 00 00 01 00  ....H.....@.....
016: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF 3F 00 00 00 00 00 00  .........?......
032: 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00  @...............
048: 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00  ................
064: 32 00 40 FE BF 0B 00 00 FF FF FF FF 00 00 00 00  2.@.............
080: 20 00 00 00 20 02 00 00 01 02 00 00 00 00 00 05   ... ...........
096: 20 00 00 00 20 02 00 00 80 00 00 00 48 00 00 00   ... .......H...
112: 01 00 40 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ..@.............
128: FF 3F 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .?......@.......
144: 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00  ................
160: 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 32 00 40 FE BF 0B 00 00  ........2.@.....
176: FF FF FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
(snipping)
752: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 04 00 00 01 04 00 00  ................
768: 46 49 4C 45 30 00 03 00 15 C0 3E FD 03 00 00 00  FILE0.....>.....
784: 01 00 01 00 38 00 01 00 A0 01 00 00 00 04 00 00  ....8...........
(snipping)
816: 9E 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 60 00 00 00  ............`...
832: 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 48 00 00 00 18 00 00 00  ........H.......
848: 10 51 A3 35 16 B4 C8 01 10 51 A3 35 16 B4 C8 01  .Q.5.....Q.5....
864: 10 51 A3 35 16 B4 C8 01 10 51 A3 35 16 B4 C8 01  .Q.5.....Q.5....
880: 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
896: 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
912: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 00 00 00 68 00 00 00  ........0...h...
928: 00 00 18 00 00 00 03 00 4A 00 00 00 18 00 01 00  ........J.......
944: 05 00 00 00 00 00 05 00 10 51 A3 35 16 B4 C8 01  .........Q.5....
960: 10 51 A3 35 16 B4 C8 01 10 51 A3 35 16 B4 C8 01  .Q.5.....Q.5....
976: 10 51 A3 35 16 B4 C8 01 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00  .Q.5.....@......
992: 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .@..............
1008: 04 03 24 00 4D 00 46 00 54 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ..$.M.F.T.......
1024: 80 00 00 00 48 00 00 00 01 00 40 00 00 00 01 00  ....H.....@.....
1040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 CB 33 00 00 00 00 00 00  .........3......
1056: 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0 3C 03 00 00 00 00  @.........<.....
1072: 00 C0 3C 03 00 00 00 00 00 C0 3C 03 00 00 00 00  ..<.......<.....
1088: 32 CC 33 00 00 0C 00 00 B0 00 00 00 50 00 00 00  2.3.........P...
1104: 01 00 40 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ..@.............
1120: 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ........@.......
1136: 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 E8 19 00 00 00 00 00 00  . ..............
1152: E8 19 00 00 00 00 00 00 31 01 FF FF 0B 31 01 FF  ........1....1..
1168: E6 F9 00 E1 70 E2 93 B1 FF FF FF FF 00 00 00 00  ....p...........
1184: 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 31 08 00 00 0C 00 01 00  ........1.......
1200: B0 00 00 00 48 00 00 00 01 00 40 00 00 00 05 00  ....H.....@.....
1216: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
1232: 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00  @...............
1248: 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
1264: 31 01 FF FF 0B 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF 00 00 00 00  1...............
(snipping)
1792: 01 04 00 00 40 02 00 00 84 BD 45 00 08 00 00 00  ....@.....E.....
1808: FF FF FF FF 43 6F 6E 76 65 6E 74 69 6F 6E 61 6C  ....Conventional
1824: 20 4D 65 6D 6F 72 79 0A 49 6E 69 74 61 6C 20 43   Memory.Inital C
1840: 6F 6E 76 65 6E 74 69 6F 6E 61 6C 20 4D 65 6D 6F  onventional Memo
1856: 72 79 20 53 69 7A 65 20 3D 20 33 39 38 33 32 30  ry Size = 398320
1872: 0A 43 75 72 72 65 6E 74 20 43 6F 6E 76 65 6E 74  .Current Convent
1888: 69 6F 6E 61 6C 20 4D 65 6D 6F 72 79 20 53 69 7A  ional Memory Siz
1904: 65 20 3D 20 32 36 37 32 34 38 0A 41 6C 6C 6F 63  e = 267248.Alloc
1920: 61 74 65 64 0A 20 20 20 31 30 32 34 20 44 70 6D  ated.   1024 Dpm
1936: 69 44 6A 67 70 70 2E 63 70 70 3A 35 39 0A 20 20  iDjgpp.cpp:59. 
1952: 33 33 35 30 34 20 67 68 6F 73 74 2E 63 70 70 3A  33504 ghost.cpp:
1968: 39 31 31 0A 20 20 20 32 30 34 38 20 49 64 65 44  911.   2048 IdeD
1984: 6D 61 53 65 72 76 65 72 50 63 69 2E 63 70 70 3A  maServerPci.cpp:
2000: 31 33 32 0A 20 20 20 20 35 32 38 20 49 64 65 44  132.    528 IdeD
2016: 6D 61 53 65 72 76 65 72 50 63 69 2E 63 70 70 3A  maServerPci.cpp:
2032: 31 33 32 0A 20 20 20 32 30 34 38 20 41 73 70 69  132.   2048 Aspi
Image Devices

Key      C:
Path     C:
Desc     [WALKER8GB]
Type     Disk
Disk     0
Offset   63

Key      @CD-R1
Path     @CD-R1
Desc     QSI     CDRW/DVD SBW242C
Type     DVD

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Since the full Ghost program is not installed on my hard drive I can't use LiveUpdate to get a newer version than 2003.775.

Hi,

 

Usually decompression error means that there is corruption in the file. Could you try creating the image in a different drive than USB key? This is a relatively old version and there is a good chance to get it going with more conventional devices.

 

 

Krish 

If that's the case then I'm at a Catch22. I only have one USB port on my laptop. I have a small Belkin USB 4-port splitter, but when I plug my USB key into it I can't get it to boot into Ghost. I can only get Ghost to work when I have the USB key plugged directly into the computer.

 

When I verify the file on the same computer it was made on I have success. When I verify it on the other computer I meet with failure. 

 

My only real hope is that I can get an update to the application somehow. 

Hi,

I'm not sure what to do in that case. However, it shows that the image is OK but when reading from the new computer it comes up with an error, which means the problem is in the new setup.

Is there anyway you can copy the image to a different media and try (something like a DVD)?

Krish

I went out yesterday and purchased a 500GB external hard drive. I then transferred the image to this drive. On the new computer I was able to boot from the thumb drive (since the 500GB drive isn't bootable) and then run the restore from the larger drive. It seemed to work perfectly until I restarted the computer. When the OS began to load I got a 0x0000007B BSOD error (bad boot sector). The hard drive of the Inspiron laptop will not take the image created from the Latitude computer.

 

So I've gone from a decompression error to an equally fatal boot sector error. 

Hi,

I think this is not related to the image, but configuration issue. This error is common when there is no device driver for your boot device.

you seems to be just taking an image from one notebook and resotore to a completely different one. Usually, this does not work unless you prepare the machine in advance for a such operation (like sysprep). But I'm not sure if it is suitable for your situation, since sysprep is used when deploying the images to a large number of machines.

I think the best approach for you is to install OS in the new system from start. Since you have an image, you can extract your files at any time from it. I think that's what most of the users do under this situation.

Krish