Norton Ghost Backup Issue Do U Have This Problem?

[Hobbit]

Seems like a lot of people have had issues with AT100 / AT66 controllers data transfer integrity for one reason or another. I have a similar but different one. When I back up my primary system which has a Maxtor At100 controller (newest bios/drivers) to which two Maxtor At100 45GB 72RMP HD's are attached via primary and secondary master etc, back up with Norton Ghost 2001 it beeps then stops and when I hit the space bar it will continue backing up and then do it again. This will happen say 30 times making the backup process very long (using a -split of 2GB max). If I disconnect my DVD and CDRW drives and hook up both the HD’s to the motherboard (primary and secondary master again) and make the back up, Norton Ghost backs up without the beep and stall problem. On my secondary system I only have one HD installed on the Maxtor controller partitioned into 2 partitions and Norton Ghost can backup from one partition to the other without the beep and stall problem. I have decided that either Norton Ghost cannot properly communicate between the HD's when two are hooked up to the Maxtor controller as primary and secondary masters or the controller itself needs another bios / driver update to fix this problem. I have replaced the Maxtor controller in the primary system twice with a new one and swapped out the one that works in the secondary system albeit a different configuration. What I would like to know is if this problem is happening to anyone else. Searching the Internet has not turned up anything on this specific problem.

Balls, said the Queen if I had them I would be king!

 

[Guest]

Try a different brand of controller. If it happens with it, let's blame Symantec.. if it doesn't, let's blame Maxtor.

If you lose any data in the process, let's sue both of em!!


***check the jumpers 1st then check em again***

 

[Hobbit]

The AT100 Promise controller is supported by more than any other controller you can buy. It is actually built into some motherboards now and Norton Ghost specifically supports it. Another controller will without a doubt cause more problems than it solves. I know the work around for this issue but am really interested in documentation on this problem and others who can duplicate it. Perhaps, oddly enough, it is the 815E chipset in my asus CUSL2 that is the problem but I highly doubt this in light of the trouble shooting steps I have already tried.

Balls, said the Queen if I had them I would be king!