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    Ok, I need a reccomendation here. I need a USB 2.0 DVD burner (that's reverse compatible with USB 1.x), that will CERTAINLY work with Norton Ghost.

    Any ideas?

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    Plextor PX-708UF if you want + and - burn capability. According to the datasheet its USB2.0 but also works with 1.1 (although painfully slow as expected). I have no idea on what all is compatible with ghost for dvd though. You'd think Plextor would work with it, since their burners are top of the line.

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    • #3
      Hmm, so this points to the fact that it SHOULD work...but sometimes it may have issues...

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      • #4
        Hrm.. wierd. Not sure how that would effect the DVD burners, since that article is about a year old. I'd hope they fixed that by now.

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          I have the 4x version of this ($30 cheaper) and the thing works fine with no drivers (versus the backpack units we have at work). How are you getting usb drives to work in DOS though? or am I just out of the dos/ghost loop now
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          • #6
            Originally posted by rylan
            You'd think Plextor would work with it, since their burners are top of the line.
            <B>Were.</B> Plextor has really been cutting corners the past few years, and OEMing, I think. I don't trust their stuff the way I used to.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by dparadis
              http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...106-944&depa=0

              I have the 4x version of this ($30 cheaper) and the thing works fine with no drivers (versus the backpack units we have at work). How are you getting usb drives to work in DOS though? or am I just out of the dos/ghost loop now
              Ghost has dos drivers for USB/USB2/Firewire included.. they appear to be Iomega drivers and do work. for the USB2 ones, I had to unplug EVERYTHING else but the drive to make it work, but it did work. It was an external USB2 HDD I used at the time
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              • #8
                Panasonic also have USB1.1/2.0 DOS drivers. You can google them...they're pretty generic so they should work with a variety of equipment.

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                • #9
                  Interesting.

                  I wish I could email symantec somehow and ask them if it's compatible.

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