Graphic tutorial on GHOST usage

Windows installation speed is still a headache! Is there any easy way to reinstall the system? Of course, Ghost is one of the options.

The file of Norton ghostis relatively small. You only need a master file, ghost.exe (Ghost 2002 is only more than 600 KB), and a boot disk can be mounted. Because it is a pure DOS program, it is recommended to make a boot disk and put Norton Ghost on a floppy disk. We usually copy the ghost file to the boot floppy disk (USB flash drive), or burn it into the boot disc. after entering the Dos environment with the boot disk, enter the ghost at the prompt and press enter to run the ghost, next, let's take a step-by-step look at how to create an image file and restore the system:

Press any key to enter the ghost operation interface. The ghost menu appears. There are four main menu items, namely, Quit (exit), Options (option), and Peer to Peer (point-to-point, it is mainly used in the Network) and Local (Local ). Generally, we only use the Local menu items. There are three sub-items: Disk (hard Disk backup and restoration), Partition (Disk Partition backup and restoration), and Check (Hard Disk detection ), the first two features are the most commonly used. The following operations are described here.

3. Because Ghost copies data by sector during Backup and restoration, be careful not to mistake the target disk (partition) or partition the target disk) it's terrible to erase all the data ...... There are not many recovery opportunities at all, so be sure to be serious and careful! But you should not be too nervous. In fact, Ghost is easy to use. If you understand the meaning of those words, you will understand its usage. With a serious attitude, you will surely be able to master it! Come together :)

Ii. partition backup

Prerequisites: understanding words
Disk: you do not need to say that you know what Disk means;
Partition: Partition. in the operating system, each drive letter (after drive c) corresponds to a Partition;
Image: an Image is a Ghost file format that stores the content of a hard disk or partition. The extension is. gho;
To: In ghost, to is simply understood as "backup;
From: In the ghost, a simple understanding of from is ...... Meaning.

(1) Introduction to the Partition menu

There are three sub-menus:
To Partion: copy a partition (source partition) To another partition (target partition). Note that the target partition space cannot be smaller than the source partition space during operations;
To Image: Back up a partition into an Image file. Note that the partition for storing the Image file cannot be smaller than that for the source partition, preferably larger than the source partition;
From Image: restore a partition From an Image file (restore the backup partition ).

(2) create a partition Image File

1. After running ghost, use the cursor direction key To move the cursor from the "Local" via "Disk" and "Partition" To the "To Image" menu item. 2. Press enter.

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2. Select the local hard disk Window. 3. Press enter.

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3. The select Source partition window appears (the partition where you want to make the source partition into an image file). 4:

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Use the up/down cursor key to locate the blue stripe to the partition where we want to create the image file. Press the Enter key to confirm the source partition we want to select, press the Tab key to move the cursor to the OK key (the OK key becomes white at this time), 5, and then press the Enter key.

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4. Go to the image File storage directory. The default storage directory is the directory where the ghost File is located. Enter the image File name in the File name field, you can also include the path input file name (in this case, make sure that the input path exists; otherwise, an invalid path is prompted), for example, enter D: \ sysbak \ cwin98, saves the image file cwin98.gho to the d: \ sysbak directory, 6. After the file name is entered, press Enter.

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5. The "whether to compress the image file" window appears. 7. There are "No (not compressed), Fast (Fast compression), and High (High compression ratio compression )", the lower the compression ratio, the faster the storage speed. Select Fast. move the cursor to the right and press enter to confirm;

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6. A Prompt window appears. As shown in figure 8, move the cursor to "Yes" and press enter to confirm.

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7. Ghost starts to create an image file, as shown in Figure 9:

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8. After the image file is created successfully, a prompt is displayed, indicating that the image is created successfully. 10:

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Press enter to return to the Ghost interface;

9. Press the Q key and press enter to exit the ghost.

Now, the partition image file has been created! It's also quite simple :).