Hi all
I have been handed 6 hard drives that are supposed to contain images from 5 workstations and a server. I have been told the images were created with Norton Ghost onto the new and previously unused drives but that is all the background information that is available.
They do not show up in "My Computer" but do in Windows XP SP3 "Drive Manager" as "basic", the file system column is blank, and status is "healthy". The capacity data is correct but they all show as "100% free".
The server drive image shows 3 partitions whereas the workstation image drives all show a single partition.
As soon as Drive Manager starts the "Initialize and Convert" wizard pops up.
I need to recover sensitive data from all of these supposed drive images but am afraid whoever (long gone) made the images has screwed it completely.
I have spent two days trolling forums and Symantec support boards but haven't found anything that sheds any light. Does anyone have a clue as to what I can do to resurrect these images... I know I can use a data carver if I can assign a drive letter but under the current situation that is not an option.
If you read this far then thanks and please let me know if I may have missed somthing obvious (or not).
I have been handed 6 hard drives that are supposed to contain images from 5 workstations and a server. I have been told the images were created with Norton Ghost onto the new and previously unused drives but that is all the background information that is available.
They do not show up in "My Computer" but do in Windows XP SP3 "Drive Manager" as "basic", the file system column is blank, and status is "healthy". The capacity data is correct but they all show as "100% free".
The server drive image shows 3 partitions whereas the workstation image drives all show a single partition.
As soon as Drive Manager starts the "Initialize and Convert" wizard pops up.
I need to recover sensitive data from all of these supposed drive images but am afraid whoever (long gone) made the images has screwed it completely.
I have spent two days trolling forums and Symantec support boards but haven't found anything that sheds any light. Does anyone have a clue as to what I can do to resurrect these images... I know I can use a data carver if I can assign a drive letter but under the current situation that is not an option.
If you read this far then thanks and please let me know if I may have missed somthing obvious (or not).