I have successfully backed up about 75 dvds with no problems. I recently installed ghost v 9.0 and all of my burns hang up at various points. it happens with nero and decrypter. i uninstalled ghost, did the nero clean tool, and reinstalled all burning software, still no go. now i cannot even get dvdecrypter to finish decrypting a dvd. i think ghost changed some setting but i don't know what. everything used to work flawlessly. i use an usb external dvd burner with a p4 toshiba laptop. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks!
Is ghost one of those norton apps? If so, go to Symantec.com and search for "uninstall ghost". It may have a file that you run that will uninstall it completely. Norton products tend to leave traces of previous installs in your system. For me. NAV2003 never uninstalled and I could not install SAV9.01. I downloaded a small file from symantec that did a better uninstall and then I manually took out all files and entries associated with Norton and installed SAV. Odds are that there is still something in your registry that is keeping ghost active even though it is uinstalled. I would not recommend messing around with your registry though. Also, you can try a virus scan or spyware adware scan. You may have something you don't know about. If after a week or so you cannot fix it and nothing anyone suggests helps, then you could always start from scratch (format your hard drive). However this will completely erase everything from your hard drive including your OS, so you will need all of your program discs and install discs. You would also have to somehow make backups of your downloaded apps.
hi this is the second recent post i saw ghost cockup things, but not sure what the outcome was? so you only installed ghost? you didnt ghost an image back to hard drive? ---------------------------------- as mentioned here... go through this lot! 1. Running Programs Make sure you quit all running background programs, such as anti-virus software. Windows 95 Users Use the Ctrl-Alt-Del function to quit all the programs using the Task Manager, EXCEPT for the Explorer, systray, and your recording software Windows 98/ME Users Select [Start] -> [Run], then input "msconfig". Disable everything under the [Startup] tab, except "system tray'. Windows 2000/XP Users Open the Task Manager, then select the program/s under the [Application] tab, then click [End Task]. 2. Drive Connection Other devices may be interfering with the CD-R/RW drive. Disconnect all other removable devices, then try recording again. If there is still a problem, try the following. Optimal Hardware Configuration All hard drives are placed on the Primary IDE, check that the drives are correctly set as master/slave. CD-ROM/CD-R/RW drives are placed on the Secondary IDE, set the recording drive as the "master". If you are using a USB or IEEE devices, disconnect them. Update your chipset Windows 95/98/ME Users Right click on [My Computer] and select [Properties] from the menu. Click on [Device Manager], then click to open [Hard Disk Controllers]. You will find: the Primary IDE Channel controller, the Secondary IDE Channel controller and a brand name controller, e.g. Intel, SIS, VIA, etc. The brand name controller is what needs to be updated. Please visit their website to obtain these updates. Windows NT/2000/XP Users Right click on [My Computer] and select [Properties] from the menu. Click [Device Manager] on the [Hardware] tab, then click to open the [IDE ATA/ATAPI (hard disk) controllers] section. You will find: the Primary IDE Channel controller, Secondary IDE Channel controller, and a brand name controller, e.g. Intel, SIS, VIA, etc. The brand name controller is what needs to be updated. Please visit their website to obtain these updates. Configure Windows Make sure that your operating system has been fully updated. Visit the Microsoft website to acquire these updates. 3. ASPI Manager Check your ASPI layer configuration. Your recording program is likely to use the standard windows ASPI layer, which has been replaced by another ASPI layer of yet another recording program. Make sure you have the original windows ASPI layer in use and retry. If the problem persists, contact the drive maker. 4. DMA Settings Setting DMA mode: Windows 95/98/ME Users Right click on [My Computer] and select [Properties] from the menu. Click on [Device Manager], then click on [CD-ROM]. This will expand to show the CD drives on your system. Right click on a drive and select [Properties] from the menu. Click on the [Settings] tab and check that the [DMA] option is enabled. Repeat this procedure for the remaining CD drives. Win NT/2000/XP Users Right click on [My Computer] and select [Properties] from the menu. Click [Device Manager] on the [Hardware] tab, then click to open the [IDE ATA/ATAPI (hard disk) controllers] section. You will find: the Primary IDE Channel controller, Secondary IDE Channel controller. Complete the following procedure: Right click on the Primary IDE controller and select [Properties] from the menu. Select the [Advanced Settings] tab. Check that the [Transfer Mode] for both devices is set to [DMA if available]. Repeat this for Secondary IDE controller. Note: In some cases older CD-ROM drives will not support DMA mode. In that case please set both devices to PIO mode. 5. Disc Recording errors often occur when the disc is dirty, or has fingerprints or scratches. If an error occurred during test simulation (before actual recording), clean the disc. If you are getting recording errors, try the following. Use a different blank, recordable disc. Use a different manufacturer's disc. Ensure the disc is clean before recording: Remove all fingerprints, dirt, and dust from the shiny side of your disc using a nonabrasive cloth with a mild, nonabrasive soap solution. Wipe the disc from the center to the edge of the disc. Dry the disc completely. Error during file verification If an error occurred when the files were being verified, record the same files again using a different disc. Read error when copying a disc When copying a disc, if an error occurred while reading data from the original disc, the original disc may be scratched or dirty. Try cleaning the disc. Remove all fingerprints, dirt, and dust from the shiny side of your disc using a nonabrasive cloth with a mild, nonabrasive soap solution. Wipe the disc from the center to the edge of the disc. Dry the disc completely. Try using a different source drive. To change the drive you use to read your disc, click the Change button when asked to insert a source disc into your drive tray. Select the drive you wish to use from the drop-down menu. Insert your disc into the new drive. Try using copying the disc using one drive as both the source and destination drive. When you use your recorder to both read and write to your disc, B's Recorder GOLD creates an image file of the entire disc to your hard drive and then copies that temporary file onto your blank disc. This can be helpful if the drive you are using to read your original disc is slow or unreliable. If the problem persists, contact the drive maker. 6. Drive If you have tried Actions 1 through 5 above, there may be a problem with your drive. Contact the drive maker with details of the error code. If the 5th and 6th digit of the error code is 80 through FF, then the error code is maker unique. The descriptions of these error codes differ depending on the maker.
If you reinstall Ghost 9.0 again, try this to prevent that once in a while accessing of your Hard Drive every so often: Go to Start/Control Panel/Performance and Maintance/Administrative Tools/Services Double Click on Services and look for V2i Protector Double Click on V2i Protector and change the Startup type to Manual. Click on Stop When you want to run a backup of your hard drive, do the exact same thing but Click on Start before you run your backup program. Ghost V2i running in the background will access your hard drive every so often for 18 to 30 seconds and make it seem that its locking up. This prevents that from happening.
how do i check the ASPI manager settings? I did use ghsot to make an image, but if that image was made, of course, after I installed ghost so there owuld be no point in restoring it.
scuuder3 If you restore your image, and do what I mentioned above, all will be fine. Or you can go through a bunch of brain damage and try and figure it out again. Or you can restore your image, and take more caution before you remove Ghost 9.0. Your choice. Good luck with whatever you choose. I've been using Ghost 9.0 which is really Drive Image 7.01 for over two years with no problems except what I mentioned also above, and that is fixed with putting it in manual mode.
That's weird. I've had Ghost 9.0 on my 'puter with shrink and decrypter for 4 months now and never had a problem with my burns, other than with certain types of protection. Did anything else happen around the time you installed Ghost? I wouldn't rule out another cause for this problem.
it was definitely related to the ghost install as it happened imediately afterwards. i think there is a conflict between nero and ghost. i have had some success with going into admin services and starting IMAPI cd burning before nero and making sue it is stopped before using dvd decrypter. it is annoying but works much more often this way.
