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97Backing up, restoring, and cloning from DOS
Creating a backup image file
Creating a backup image file
You can create a backup of either of the following:
■ A hard disk
■ A partition
The backup is saved as an image file, which you can store on one of the following:
■ A second hard disk
■ A second partition on your hard disk (partition backup only)
■ LS120 Superdisk, JAZ, or ZIP disk
■ CD-R/RW or DVD-R/RW
See “Saving an image file directly to a CD-R/RW or DVD-R/RW drive” on
page 113.
■ Ta p e
■ Locally mapped network file server
■ Another computer using peer-to-peer
Compression may affect the speed of operations. When you select a compression
level, Norton Ghost estimates the amount of space available for the destination
image file. If there is insufficient space, Norton Ghost prompts you to enable
spanning of image files.
Backing up a hard disk to an image file
When you back up a hard disk, a copy of the entire disk is saved as an image file.