Exactly what is ghosting a machine or image?

DullRazor · Guest

I've heard this term and I am A+ certified but I have never heard the
exact definition. Is it making an exact backup of the system
configurations, registry, and saved data?

RussS · Guest

It is a term that came from the Norton Ghost. A Ghost image is an exact
copy at the time ghost was run, it is compressed and can be saved to another
hard drive or spanned across several CDs. The Ghost program that is needed
to rebuild a drive from an image can be fitted to a bootable floppy. In the
latest versions ghosting can be done across a network or from a USB device.

DullRazor · Guest

That sounds cool. I'm going to check that out. Is the ghost image used
to restore a system when it is have severe problems?
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:05:37 +1200, "RussS" <yeah_right@roflmao.com>
wrote:

RussS · Guest

Yes it can be. However by far the biggest use is to install a common
desktop over a network. You set up one machine exactly how you want it to
work as far as layout and privilleges and then ghost it to all the new
machines you are installing. Of course this is presupposing that your
network runs a common machine build.

Pikoro · Guest

Eggsactly, Ghost Corporate includes the broadcast feature, unattended
installation over a network.

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crispy · Guest

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 01:48:06 GMT, DullRazor <ultraflt@earthlink.net>
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Pikoro · Guest

Hey,don't fight about that.
There's Ghost Personal and Ghost Corporate, you can imagine what each one
does.
Ghost Corporate is mainly used for the bradcast installs you describe
although it can be used for restorals too.
Ghost PE is mainly used for backups and restorals.
If you are going to test programs, better have a good image of your system
partition before even starting.
I have used it for years, and never had to reformat and reinstall from
scratch, it saved my ass more than once, and my customers' too. I would
never deliver a machine without a backup of the system.
It is always best to have a small system partition with nothing there than
the system, and install your programs in a different partition that you can
also use for storage, then concentrate on keeping this core system partition
lean, mean and clean.
You shouldn't delete backups immediately when updating, just in case a
system error or nasty slipped into your backup.
Yes, you can use different partitions and file systems with Ghost, including
HPFS.
The history of this program is rather interesting, it started out in New
Zealand and was then purchased by Symantec, who continued development.
That's all for the moment.

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