Symantec 10024709 User Manual

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Backing up, restoring, and cloning from Norton Ghost
Restoring your computer from an image file

In the Ghost Basic window, click Restore, and then click Next.

In the Restore Wizard window, click Browse, and find the image file from 
which to restore.

If you want to view the contents of the image file in Ghost Explorer, click 
Open image in Ghost Explorer.
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Click Next.

In the left pane, select the image file or partition within the image file to 
restore.

In the right pane, select the destination hard disk or partition that is to be 
overwritten.

Click Next.

The Overwrite partition warning dialog box appears if you are overwriting 
any of the following:

■

The current Windows partition

■

The Ghost installation

Click Next to continue.

If this is the first time that you have used Norton Ghost on this computer, in 
the Add Ghost Disk Identification dialog box, identify the disk.
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If you have previously used Norton Ghost on this computer, then this dialog 
box does not appear.

10 If you want to set advanced settings for the restore, then click Advanced 

Settings.
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11 Click Next.

12 In the Important Information dialog box, if you do not want to view this 

warning again, click Don’t show this screen again, and then click Next.

13 Click Run Now to restore the image file to the selected hard disk or partition.

Your computer is rebooted and the restore operation completed.

Warning: The destination disk or partition is completely overwritten with 
no chance of recovering any data.