Glossary

boot disk

A disk that contains the Norton Ghost executable and any necessary drivers.

 

You start a computer from the boot disk and start Norton Ghost to perform

 

a cloning operation. Any drivers required to run supported hardware can be

 

saved onto the boot disk.

cloning

Creating a replica of a specified hard disk of a computer.

command line

The direct DOS interface that lets you type commands to be executed.

create

To copy the contents of a hard disk or partition to an image file. This

 

includes the disk system area (for example, the partition table) and the data

 

contents. To create an image file of a computer. In Norton Ghost, this

 

equates to the terms backup and dump.

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This program is used on client-

 

server networks, as opposed to peer-to-peer networks. When a network uses

 

DHCP, the network includes a DHCP server that automatically assigns IP

 

addresses to computers on the network as needed. Each time that a

 

computer disconnects from the network and then reconnects, the DHCP

 

server assigns a new IP address. Most client-server networks have either a

 

DHCP server or a Bootp server. Bootp is a program that performs the same

 

function as DHCP. When a computer is not on a network, or the network

 

does not have a DHCP server or similar server, then the computer uses a

 

static IP address. The computer static IP address does not change until is it

 

changed manually. A static IP address is retained during a system restart.

DOS

Disk Operating System. DOS can be run from within Windows from a

 

command shell, but you cannot run Norton Ghost from a command shell.

 

A Windows 9x computer can be restarted into DOS. Windows NT/Me/XP/

 

2000 computers cannot be restarted into DOS except with the use of a boot

 

disk containing DOS.

dump

See create.

dynamic disk

A proprietary disk partitioning structure used by Microsoft Windows 2000/

 

XP. Dynamic disks can be created and deleted within the operating system

 

without having to reboot. Dynamic disks cannot be accessed by other

 

operating systems.

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