What is a GHOST? How to use? ? ? ?

Users questions:My machine always stained virus, I often recommend friends redo system installed GHOST, this is how the software? Applicable to any kind of environment? Any impact on the hardware? And how to use the
Experts answer: who can use Ghost to do what you can create a disk image backup file backup can be restored to disk backup of the original hard disk in a variety of storage systems for support FAT16 * 32, NTFS, OS * 2 and other hard disk partition backup support for Win9X, NT, UNIX, Novell and other systems of hard disk backup You can back up copy (clone) to other hard disk copying (cloning) process aims to automatically partition and format the hard disk network can realize multi-system installation Ghost is the most famous hard copy backup tool, because it can be a hard copy of the data exactly the same to another hard drive, so we will GhostThe software is called Hard "clone" tool. In fact, Ghost is not only to the hard disk cloning function, also comes with a hard disk partition, disk backup, system installation, network installation, upgrade systems and other functions. June 1998, produced Ghost in Binary Sy company was well-knownmantec M & A, so the follow-up version of the software will be renamed as NortonGhost, a series of tools for software Nordon a member. February 1999, Symantec has released NortonGhost of 5 1C version, the version of the packageWith a number of hard disk tools, and greater functional improvements made to become a real business software. Download and install one. Download While Ghost is a commercial software, but with most Norton products, or can be downloaded from the Internet 30-day trial version, NortonGhost download address is http: ** www.symantec.com * techsupp * ghost * allservices_ghost.html, download the file size is 2.8MB. Another major software in the country can download toDownload. Note, NortonGhost latest version 5.1C with several tools, some downloads to only the Ghost disk backup this software (about 1.1MB), not including Ghost in the Win95 shell tools GhostExplorer and network hardwareDisk cloning tool. 2. Unzip the downloaded full NortonGhost5.1C is a self-extracting file package. Run the file, enter the extract to your hard drive directory, the program will automatically extract to your hard drive configuration directory. After decompression, the total of five sub directory, namely, 5 workingWith, as follows: Ghost: DOS disk cloning procedures Explorer: Win9X hard drive backup program under Gdisk: multi-partition hard disk procedure Mcast: Point and more hard disk cloning procedures Walker: NT system drive clone program 3. Install NortonGhost5.1C of multiple programs, only GhostExplorer hard drive backup software for Win95 software to install. Installation is simple, enter the Explorer directory, run the Setup program, you can set up the installation directory, the installation of the Explorer, the mouse clicks Ghost backup files can be opened with Explorer shortcut. NortonGhost hard disk cloning of the main program is the DOS Ghost program, no installation. Other tools are DOS programs, but also do not require installation. GhostHard drive cloning hard drive cloning program Ghost is, the program executed in DOS, so for the hard disk cloning, you must first enter the pure DOS environment, and then into the Ghost directory, run the Ghost exe program, the screen appears as shown in Figure 1 . Note that, in the runThe program started before the best DOS mouse driver, because the picture is a fake Ghost operation window screen, use the mouse click to select will be convenient - although it could use the keyboard to operate. Also in the backup or clone hard disk clean up before the best hard drive - do not delete files, empty the Recycle Bin,Defragmentation, etc.. 1. Partition backup copy to use Ghost to back up, there was the whole hard disk (Disk) and partition the hard disk (Partition) are two backup methods. The menu shown in Figure 1, click "Local" (local), and in the right pop-up menu has three children (Figure 2)
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