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boot disk
A disk that contains the Norton Ghost executable and any necessary drivers.
You start a computer from the boot disk and start Norton Ghost to perform
a cloning operation. Any drivers required to run supported hardware can be
saved onto the boot disk.
cloning
Creating a replica of a specified hard disk of a computer.
command line
The direct DOS interface that lets you type commands to be executed.
create
To copy the contents of a hard disk or partition to an image file. This
includes the disk system area (for example, the partition table) and the data
contents. To create an image file of a computer. In Norton Ghost, this
equates to the terms backup and dump.
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This program is used on client-
server networks, as opposed to peer-to-peer networks. When a network uses
DHCP, the network includes a DHCP server that automatically assigns IP
addresses to computers on the network as needed. Each time that a
computer disconnects from the network and then reconnects, the DHCP
server assigns a new IP address. Most client-server networks have either a
DHCP server or a Bootp server. Bootp is a program that performs the same
function as DHCP. When a computer is not on a network, or the network
does not have a DHCP server or similar server, then the computer uses a
static IP address. The computer static IP address does not change until is it
changed manually. A static IP address is retained during a system restart.
DOS
Disk Operating System. DOS can be run from within Windows from a
command shell, but you cannot run Norton Ghost from a command shell.
A Windows 9x computer can be restarted into DOS. Windows NT/Me/XP/
2000 computers cannot be restarted into DOS except with the use of a boot
disk containing DOS.
dump
See create.
dynamic disk
A proprietary disk partitioning structure used by Microsoft Windows 2000/
XP. Dynamic disks can be created and deleted within the operating system
without having to reboot. Dynamic disks cannot be accessed by other
operating systems.