Symantec 10024709 User Manual

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About Norton Ghost
Introducing Norton Ghost

Norton Ghost protects your data from computer disasters. The intuitive 
Windows interface lets you create backup images of your hard disk or selected 
partitions. You can clone directly between two computers using a network, USB, 
or parallel connection. Norton Ghost is based on the robust cloning technology 
of Symantec Ghost Enterprise. 

Norton Ghost includes the following features:

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Backup flexibility: Back up directly to a wide range of hard drives and 
removable media, including CD-R/RW drives, FireWire and USB hard 
drives, DVD devices, Iomega, ZIP, and JAZ drives.

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Peer-to-peer communication: Fast peer-to-peer communication using high-
speed parallel, USB, or network IP connections.

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Operating system support: You can back up, restore, or clone computers 
installed with DOS, Windows 2000/XP/NT/9x, OS/2, or Linux.

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File system support: You can back up, restore, or clone FAT, FAT32, NTFS, 
and Linux Ext2/3 file systems.

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Image file editing: Ghost Explorer lets you edit FAT and FAT32 image files.

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Restore individual files: Ghost Explorer lets you restore individual files from 
an image file.

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Disk and partition management: You can run GDisk from DOS or in a 
command shell from within Windows to manage partitions and disks.

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Tutorials: A set of tutorials is included in Norton Ghost to provide a 
demonstration of the most commonly used functions.

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Windows user interface: You can launch Norton Ghost directly from 
Windows without having to restart your computer. 

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Virtual Partition: Eliminates the need for a boot disk in most situations.

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Linux support: You can back up, restore, and clone EXT3 file systems. 

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NTFS support: Norton Ghost now writes to NTFS partitions. You can store 
an image file on an NTFS drive and restore from an image file located on an 
NTFS drive.