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external mass storage device
A device that is attached to your computer with a network or cable. that is
capable of storing large amounts of data. For example, a hard disk attached
to a computer with a USB or FireWire cable.
hard disk
A physical disk in your computer or attached as a external device.
image file
A file created using Norton Ghost. An image file of a disk or partition is
created and is used to create exact duplicates of the original disk or
partition.
IP address
Internet Protocol Address. This term refers to a number that uniquely
identifies a computer on a network or on the Internet. IP addresses for
computers on a client-server network might change daily or more often.
The address for a computer must be unique within a network.
load
See restore.
native copy
Copies only the disk structure information and the files, rather than all
sectors on the disk. In addition, on FAT partitions, native cloning saves the
files contiguously. That is, when you write the image to the destination
drive, the files are no longer fragmented.
NIC
Network Interface Card. The NIC is a physical device inside a computer
which coordinates communications between the computer and a network
partition
A divided part of a hard disk. An operating system sees a partition as a
separate disk if it recognizes the file system.
primary partition
A hard disk can contain up to four primary partitions, or up to three
primary partitions and one extended partition. Most hard disks have this
partitioning structure.
restore
Overwrite all existing data on a computer either with an image file or
directly with a copy of another computer. To write information to a disk or
partition. In Norton Ghost, this equates to the term load.
sector copy
A copy of an entire disk, including the boot track, all sectors, and
unpartitioned space. A sector copy does not filter extraneous or erroneous
information from the boot track.
Virtual Partition
A partition that is created when you perform a backup, restore, clone, or
other Norton Ghost operation from Windows. The Ghost operation is
performed from the Virtual Partition.