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100 Backing up, restoring, and cloning from DOS
Creating a backup image file
6 In the Image file description dialog box, type a description of the image file.
You can modify this description in Ghost Explorer when the image file has
been created.
7 Click Save.
8 In the Compress Image? dialog box, do one of the following:
■ Click No for no compression (high speed).
■ Click Fast for low compression (medium speed).
■ Click High for high compression (slower speed).
See “Image files and compression” on page 62.
9 In the Proceed with partition image creation? dialog box, ensure that the
correct options are selected.
10 Do one of the following:
■ Click Ye s to proceed with the image file creation.
The system performs a quick integrity check of the file structure on the
source partitions and then copies the source partitions to the destination
image file. If you need to abort the process, press Ctrl+C, but be aware
that this leaves the destination image file in an unknown state.
■ Click No to return to the menu.
11 If spanning is enabled and required, click Ye s and type the location of the
next span of the image file.
See “Image files and volume spanning” on page 63.
Note: If the image file reaches the size of 2 GB and there is not enough space to
continue, you are prompted to insert the next media to continue.
Verify the integrity of the image file when it has been created.
See “Verifying image integrity” on page 107.