Norton ghost cannot read sectors

You can limit the size of backup images so they fit on dvd in the advanced options if needed. Ghost4me Ghost 9, 10, 12, 14, Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7. I don't understand why none of this is covered on the Symantec site, or in their help.

That is what tech support suggested! Thanks again. I would ignore that advice about unplugging USB devices just to create a backup. Are your Windows XP updates current? Specifically, the. NET ones? Also, try creating an Independent Backup Image of one of your partitions, instead of a recovery point.

Pick one of your smaller partitions if you have more than one. Additionally, I would avoid trying to backup over a network for now, because that adds another layer of complexity. Wait till you can do a simple backup to another internal drive folder.

You do have plenty of space on the other drive? I am getting the 1. As you would expect every version provides Thanks for the answer, I'll try the ckdsk. Broadcom Employee. Migration User. Posted Sep 30, PM. Reply Reply Privately Options Dropdown.

The task fails if I use ghost Using ghost 8. You have bad sectors on your hard drive. Are you preparing to replace the hard drive? Dave edit- I should mention that it may be the destination drive if your trying to do an incremental backup. But most likely it is the source drive, the drive you are trying to image. Hi DaveH I have already run chkdsk using the repair option but the problem still remains. I ran the Ghost backup with the option of "skip bad sectors" and the backup was successfull.

Thanks for your advice. Thanks George. IP Logged. Re: Please help! Norton Ghost 10 backup problem Reply 1 - May 6 th , at am. George, Did chkdsk report any bad sectors? Have you run the manufacturers Disk Diagnostics? Doesn't look good. I'd get the data from that partition backed up by copy and paste. Just in case. Norton Ghost 10 backup problem Reply 2 - May 6 th , at am. George, Can you create an image recovery point if you select "Ignore bad sectors during copy?

Norton Ghost 10 backup problem Reply 3 - May 6 th , at am. Ghost4me Ghost 9, 10, 12, 14,