You can use Norton Ghost to convert recovery points of a physical computer to VMware Virtual Disk, Microsoft Virtual Disk, or a VMware ESX Server. Virtual disks are excellent for testing and evaluation purposes.
You can also create scheduled recovery point conversions to virtual disks.
See Defining a virtual conversion job.
To run a one-time recovery point conversion to virtual disk
Click the virtual disk type (and version, if applicable) that you want to create, and then click Next.
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Displays all of the discovered recovery points in the order in which they were created.
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File name |
Lets you browse to another recovery point location. For example, you can browse an external (USB) drive, network location, or removable media to select a recovery point (.v2i) or incremental recovery point (.iv2i) file. Select this option, and then do the following:
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System |
Uses the current system index file that is located in the recovery point storage location. The system index file displays a list of all of the drives on your computer and any associated recovery points from which you can select. Or, you can select an alternate system index file (.sv2i) that resides elsewhere, such as a network location. The use of a system index file reduces the time it takes to convert multiple recovery points. When a recovery point is created, a system index file is saved with it. The system index file contains a list of the most recent recovery points, which includes the original drive location of each recovery point. Select this option, and then do one of the following:
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Do one of the following based on the virtual disk format and version (if applicable) that you selected:
Select one or more of the following options: