Symantec 10024709 manual Creating a backup image file, Backing up a hard disk to an image file

Backing up, restoring, and cloning from DOS

Creating a backup image file

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Creating a backup image file

You can create a backup of either of the following:

■A hard disk

■A partition

The backup is saved as an image file, which you can store on one of the following:

■A second hard disk

■A second partition on your hard disk (partition backup only)

■LS120 Superdisk, JAZ, or ZIP disk

■CD-R/RW or DVD-R/RW

See “Saving an image file directly to a CD-R/RW or DVD-R/RW drive” on page 113.

■Tape

■Locally mapped network file server

■Another computer using peer-to-peer

Compression may affect the speed of operations. When you select a compression level, Norton Ghost estimates the amount of space available for the destination image file. If there is insufficient space, Norton Ghost prompts you to enable spanning of image files.

Backing up a hard disk to an image file

When you back up a hard disk, a copy of the entire disk is saved as an image file.