Chapter 3 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
Chapter 4 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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