Symantec 10024709 manual Starting the Norton Ghost executable

Backing up, restoring, and cloning from DOS

Starting the Norton Ghost executable

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Starting the Norton Ghost executable

The Norton Ghost executable is a DOS-based application and runs in DOS mode outside of Windows. If you run the Norton Ghost executable (Ghost.exe) within Windows 95/98/Me, note the following:

■Files may be in an open or changing state. If these files are cloned or backed up, the resulting destination files are left in an inconsistent state.

■The partition on which Windows is installed must not be overwritten.

■If you overwrite a disk or partition, the computer must be restarted.

■Ghost.exe does not automatically restart the system.

■Hard disk sizes may appear smaller than their actual sizes. The Norton Ghost executable can only access the shown destination size. The remaining space is not used.

■The Norton Ghost executable fails if you try to overwrite any of the following:

■Windows swap files

■Registry files

■Open files

You cannot run Ghost.exe within Windows NT, Windows 2000/XP, Linux, OS/2, or other non-DOS operating systems. To run Ghost.exe on a computer that runs a non-DOS operating system, start the computer in DOS using a Ghost boot disk.