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73Creating boot disks with the Ghost Boot Wizard
Files included on a Ghost boot disk
Files included on a Ghost boot disk
A Ghost boot disk contains the files required to run Ghost.exe. This includes the
following:
■ Ghost.exe
The Norton Ghost for DOS executable.
■ DOS system files
PC-DOS is supplied for the purpose of creating Ghost boot disks. The DOS
files are installed automatically when you create the boot disk in Ghost Boot
Wizard.
■ Any files and drivers required to access the selected hardware
This includes CD-R/RW drivers, network protocol files, or network interface
card drivers.
Note: In previous versions of Norton Ghost, MSCDEX was required to read an
image from a CD. This is no longer necessary in Norton Ghost 2003.
When to include MS-DOS on a boot disk
By default, Norton Ghost includes PC-DOS on a Ghost boot disk. However,
some computer models may not start from a Ghost boot disk that contains PC-
DOS. If your computer does not start from a Ghost boot disk, create a new Ghost
boot disk from the Ghost Boot Wizard and include Windows 95/98 MS-DOS.
You must provide Windows 95/98 MS-DOS for the computer running the Ghost
Boot Wizard before you create an MS-DOS Ghost boot disk.
See “Providing MS-DOS” on page 89.
Creating a recovery boot disk
When you have created your first backup image, you must create a recovery boot
disk and ensure that you can start your computer and access the backup image
using the boot disk.
Note: If you saved your image file directly to CD or DVD, then you do not need a
recovery boot disk. Norton Ghost includes Ghost.exe if you save the image file to
CD or DVD.