Symantec 10024709 manual Files included on a Ghost boot disk, Creating a recovery boot disk

Creating boot disks with the Ghost Boot Wizard

Files included on a Ghost boot disk

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Files included on a Ghost boot disk

A Ghost boot disk contains the files required to run Ghost.exe. This includes the following:

■Ghost.exe

The Norton Ghost for DOS executable.

■DOS system files

PC-DOS is supplied for the purpose of creating Ghost boot disks. The DOS files are installed automatically when you create the boot disk in Ghost Boot Wizard.

■Any files and drivers required to access the selected hardware

This includes CD-R/RW drivers, network protocol files, or network interface card drivers.

Note: In previous versions of Norton Ghost, MSCDEX was required to read an image from a CD. This is no longer necessary in Norton Ghost 2003.

When to include MS-DOS on a boot disk

By default, Norton Ghost includes PC-DOS on a Ghost boot disk. However, some computer models may not start from a Ghost boot disk that contains PC- DOS. If your computer does not start from a Ghost boot disk, create a new Ghost boot disk from the Ghost Boot Wizard and include Windows 95/98 MS-DOS.

You must provide Windows 95/98 MS-DOS for the computer running the Ghost Boot Wizard before you create an MS-DOS Ghost boot disk.

See “Providing MS-DOS” on page 89.

Creating a recovery boot disk

When you have created your first backup image, you must create a recovery boot disk and ensure that you can start your computer and access the backup image using the boot disk.

Note: If you saved your image file directly to CD or DVD, then you do not need a recovery boot disk. Norton Ghost includes Ghost.exe if you save the image file to CD or DVD.