Drive Overlays : How do I make DI & PM work with these?

[Sylvander]

Had both of these working on a PC with no Drive Overlay, but now both my PC's use this and they [Drive Image & Partition Magic] will work on neither.

Ghost compatibility with drive managers or overlays (http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost.nsf/docid/1999012915211725?Open&src=&docid=2000042409333225&nsf=ghost.nsf&view=docid&dtype=&prod=&ver=&osv=&osv_lvl=)

[malcore]

As drive overlays tend to mess with the mbr and DI and PM are quite sensitive to that, I think it may be a problem that can't be solved.

I don't really know what your setup is and therefore don't know why you are using a drive overlay. I assume it is a limitation of your bios and an upgrade is not available.

In this day and age I feel drive overlays are an unnecessary evil. A better and very inexpensive alternative is to use a PCI IDE controller card.

Edit- just saw your other post about the usb drive. You could solve all these problems by considering using one of these cards.

example: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=16-102-002&DEPA=0

[Sylvander]

Seriously considering buying a controller card [provided it's not too expensive].
reason being I really like DI & PM and would like to get them back into use.

I just tried using HP Simple backup [SB] to restore to my MJN a backup made on the HP Brio, but it just sat there doing nothing when it reached the point of copying files to the HDD.
The reason I hoped it would work was because SB asks the user if they would like to restore the registry. If the answer is yes, it then asks if the registry hardware settings are to be restored or not.
So I thought it would be possible to restore the registry without the hardware settings.
But it must have detected that this backup was not made on this hardware and refused to proceed.
I was pleasantly surprised to discover that SB would install and restore even though the destination PC didn't have the HP CD-RW drive installed in it.

[malcore]

Definitely get a controller card, forget about the overlay software and return the USB drive enclosure. I'm sure you can find a nice Promise card for less than 20 quid.

I really liked DI (2002) also, but upon a reinstall I disovered my install and rescue discs had become corrupt. Now that Symantec has taken over DI, and the fact that newer versions require one to install the .net framework, I decided to look elsewhere.

I have been using a dual combo of BootitNG and Acronis True Image for imaging and BootitNG for partition work and boot manager. BootitNg is a great program. True Image is nice in that once you have installed it it is very easy to create a full featured bootable floopy or CD (which uses a Linux loader) and has a nice feature where you can create a partition that is a secure zone, inaccessible by any Windows program. I use an entire 40 Gig HD for a secure zone where I can make incremental backups. This and creating images to DVD with BottitNG leaves me doubly backed up.

Anyway, yes, I hope you get back to the point where you can use a good reliable imaging/partition software. I really encourage you to go with a controller card. Will add a few seconds to your boot time as the card's bios loads, but well worth the wait.:)