Standard boot disks

Standard boot disks

The Ghost Boot Wizard creates a boot disk that does any one or a combination of the following:

Runs Ghost.exe for local operations.

Lets you write Ghost images directly to a media on a CD/DVD writer supported by Symantec Ghost. The media must be supported by the CD/DVD writer.

Runs Ghost.exe on two computers connected by either an LPT or USB cable.

Lets you use Ghost.exe to back up to or restore from an external device connected by USB or FireWire.

To create a boot disk to run Ghost.exe, or with support for LPT, USB, or FireWire cables

In the Ghost Boot Wizard window, click Standard Ghost Boot Disk.

Click Next.

Do one or more of the following:

Check USB support to add support for USB peer-to-peer to the boot disk.

Click Advanced to set the USB peer-to-peer drivers.

Setting the USB peer-to-peer drivers

Check LPT support to add support for LPT peer-to-peer to the boot disk.

Setting the LPT port or mode

Click Advanced to change the LPT mode or port.

Click Include Adaptec ASPI drivers to add Adaptec ASPI drivers to the boot disk.

These drivers are required to write an image directly to a SCSI CD-R that is supported by Symantec Ghost.

Click Next.

Select one of the following:

Use PC-DOS

Use MS-DOS

Providing MS-DOS

Click Next.

In the Ghost.exe field, type the correct path if the executable has been moved or you want to use a different version of Symantec Ghost.

The default path to Ghost.exe appears in the Ghost.exe field.

In the Parameters field, type any required command-line parameters.

Click Next.

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If you want to move control of USB devices from the BIOS to Ghost, check Override BIOS USB control.

This option is unavailable if you have previously included USB support in the boot package.

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If you want to move control of FireWire devices from the BIOS to Ghost, check Override BIOS FireWire control.

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In the Floppy disk Drive field, select the appropriate drive letter.

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In the Number of disk sets to create field, select the number that you want to create.

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Ensure that Format disk(s) First is checked to format the disks before disk creation.

Ensure that this option is checked unless you are creating a custom boot disk with custom system files. If this option is unchecked, the boot disk is not bootable.

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Ensure that Quick Format is checked to perform a quick format.

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Click Next.

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Review the boot disk details and click Next to start creating the boot disks.

Follow the prompts to format the disks and create a boot disk set.