100Backing up, restoring, and cloning from DOS
Creating a backup image file
6In the Image file description dialog box, type a description of the image file. You can modify this description in Ghost Explorer when the image file has been created.
7Click Save.
8In the Compress Image? dialog box, do one of the following:
■Click No for no compression (high speed).
■Click Fast for low compression (medium speed).
■Click High for high compression (slower speed).
See “Image files and compression” on page 62.
9In the Proceed with partition image creation? dialog box, ensure that the correct options are selected.
10Do one of the following:
■Click Yes to proceed with the image file creation.
The system performs a quick integrity check of the file structure on the source partitions and then copies the source partitions to the destination image file. If you need to abort the process, press Ctrl+C, but be aware that this leaves the destination image file in an unknown state.
■Click No to return to the menu.
11If spanning is enabled and required, click Yes and type the location of the next span of the image file.
See “Image files and volume spanning” on page 63.
Note: If the image file reaches the size of 2 GB and there is not enough space to continue, you are prompted to insert the next media to continue.
Verify the integrity of the image file when it has been created.
