36Backing up, restoring, and cloning from Norton Ghost

Creating a backup image file

From the tray icon you can initiate any of the following tasks:

■Launch Norton Ghost

■Run the Restore Wizard

■Run the Backup Wizard

■View the task log

To start Norton Ghost from the tray icon

1Move your mouse cursor over the Norton Ghost tray icon.

2Right-click the tray icon.

3On the tray icon menu, click the option that you want.

Creating a backup image file

You can create a backup image file of your hard disk or one or more partitions using the Backup Wizard.

To back up a hard disk or partition

1In the Ghost Basic window, click Backup, and then click Next.

2In the Backup Wizard window, in the Source pane, do one of the following:

■Select a whole disk to back up.

■Select one or more partitions to back up. The partitions must reside on the same disk.

3Do one of the following:

■Click File to back up to a file.

■Click Recordable CD or DVD to back up to a CD or DVD drive. Norton Ghost selects the CD or DVD drive that contains writable media.

4Click Next.

5If you selected to back up to a file, click Browse to select a destination and file name to which the disk or partition(s) is to be backed up.

6Click Next.

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