Symantec 10024709 User Manual

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Backing up, restoring, and cloning from Norton Ghost

When to use Norton Ghost in Windows .......................................................34
Starting Norton Ghost in Windows ...............................................................34

Starting Norton Ghost from the tray icon ..............................................35

Creating a backup image file ...........................................................................36
Restoring your computer from an image file ................................................37
Cloning a hard disk or partition .....................................................................39
Launching Ghost.exe peer-to-peer .................................................................40
Identifying a hard disk ....................................................................................43

Setting options and defaults

Setting Norton Ghost options and defaults ...................................................46

Adding command-line switches to a task ...............................................47
Assigning a drive letter to a CD/DVD drive  ...........................................47
Setting the options for a mapped network drive ....................................47
Setting display options .............................................................................48
Setting the DOS version  ..........................................................................49
Setting the image integrity check default ................................................51
Setting a compression level  .....................................................................51
Assigning a password to an image file  ....................................................52
Adding free space to the Virtual Partition ..............................................52
Installing SCSI drivers  .............................................................................53
Setting external storage device drivers ....................................................54
Setting TCP/IP drivers .............................................................................54
Setting LPT peer-to-peer drivers .............................................................55
Installing extra drivers  .............................................................................56
Installing USB peer-to-peer drivers  ........................................................57

Running your computer from the Virtual Partition .....................................57

Restarting your computer from the Virtual Partition ...........................58

Checking the integrity of an image file  ..........................................................58
Viewing the task log  ........................................................................................59
Starting Ghost.exe  ...........................................................................................59
What to do if a task fails ..................................................................................60

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