Symantec 10024709 User Manual

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Backing up, restoring, and cloning from DOS

The Norton Ghost executable is a DOS-based application and runs in DOS mode 
outside of Windows. If you run the Norton Ghost executable (Ghost.exe) within 
Windows 95/98/Me, note the following:

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Files may be in an open or changing state. If these files are cloned or backed 
up, the resulting destination files are left in an inconsistent state.

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The partition on which Windows is installed must not be overwritten.

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If you overwrite a disk or partition, the computer must be restarted.

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Ghost.exe does not automatically restart the system.

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Hard disk sizes may appear smaller than their actual sizes. The Norton Ghost 
executable can only access the shown destination size. The remaining space is 
not used.

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The Norton Ghost executable fails if you try to overwrite any of the 
following:

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Windows swap files

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Registry files

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Open files

You cannot run Ghost.exe within Windows NT, Windows 2000/XP, Linux, OS/2, 
or other non-DOS operating systems. To run Ghost.exe on a computer that runs 
a non-DOS operating system, start the computer in DOS using a Ghost boot disk.