Mhilo1

Thanks Loew. I modified the file all went well. My thanks to all who have contributed to this thread, as I found the details helpful. I have successfully used Norton Ghost 2003 to image a number of older computers all running Win XP, Win 2000 or Win 2003 Server. However, it has never worked where I have had more than 1 USB external driver (hard or floppy) connected to a computer. Hence I could not have an external floppy drive to boot with and then have a USB connected drive for the computer image to be copied to) So how did I get around this? I used either the specially made Ghost Boot Disk (floppy disk) per instructions from this thread in an internal computer floppy drive OR used the Norton Interactive DOS program initiaited from within Windows itself (computer restarts using a virtual drive on the computer). My only regret is that for a hard drive, I was not able to use my new Western Digital 750 Gb USB external drive, as I could not get it recognised by the Norton Boot Disk or the Interactive program. I was wondering if this is because of a computer processor limitation, that it cannot recognise such large drives?? I would welcome anyone's comments on any of the above. The config.sys file I used was: [COMMON] DOS=high,umb DEVICE=himem.sys Device=Usbaspi.sys /norst /v /w Device=di1000dd.sys ...and the di1000dd.sys was modified to allow larger USB drives (but didnt work on my 750Gb). Regards Mhilo

Which one is the query? Whatever it is, I can hereby certify that your post above has been read by at least one (human) being. Welcome to the forum. jaclaz THanks Jaclaz! In fact, someone did reply to my post, I just had not set a watch on it (now done). Mhilo1

Yes Joined yesterday to post a query - just hoping it gets read I do recognise the importance of Microsoft's contribution to computing through its software, but I do hope other contenders and the Open Source community find better solutions. I'm on this forum because I want to use the legacy systems on my family of computers, so I can show my son who is now 8, the progression of computing development. Cheers M

I'm having this overflow problem with di1000dd.sys as well, and I'm using a Western Digital 750Gb external USB HDD. I've run out of options so I would like to try your suggestion above, but how do I actually modify the file? Thanks in advance, if you can point the way.......