User manual LAPLINK GHOST SPECIAL EDITION

[. . . ] GHOST SPECIAL EDITION Installation and Users Guide Copyright Notice No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any human or computer language, in any form or by any means, without the express written permission of Traveling Software, Inc. , 18702 North Creek Parkway, Bothell, Washington, 98011, U. S. A. Trademarks Traveling Software, the Traveling Software logo, and LapLink are trademarks or registered trademarks of Traveling Software, Inc. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Ghost Special Edition Users Guide Copyright © 1998 by Traveling Software, Inc. Ghost Special Edition Copyright © 1998 Binary Research, Ltd. Contents 1 Introducing Ghost Special Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] 23 Save entire disk to image file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Restore disk from image file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Check disk integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Check image file integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Clone partition to partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Save partition(s) to image file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Restore partition from image file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 3: Ghost Special Edition Command Walk Through Selecting the connection type With Ghost Special Edition, you can choose between two connection types: Local/Server or Parallel Port (cable). The Parallel Port connection is useful when you want to connect two computers in order to do the cloning. Selecting the Local/Server connection type allows you to copy disks and partitions onto other disks or partitions of a local computer. Also, you can copy disk and partition contents to and from Ghost image files, which you can use for backing up or restoring onto another computer. A welcome screen appears, as in the following illustration. About Ghost General Hardware Oriented System Transfer Copyright © Binary Research Ltd, 1996 Version Supplier License MaxPCs Switches Name Address Ghost Special Edition Traveling Software, Inc. Ph (800) 343-8080 or (425)483-8088 Traveling Software Customer 1 Load=Y, Dump=Y, Disk=Y, Peer=Y, Write=Y, Fprnt=Y Traveling Software, Inc. 18702 N. Creek Pkwy Bothell, WA 98011 Press any key to continue 2 Press any key to continue with the Ghost program. Connection Type Local/Server Parallel Port - Slave Parallel Port - Master Exit 3 On the Connection Type menu, select Local/Server using the up and down arrow keys, and then press ENTER. From this point on, you can continue using Ghost by selecting any one of the transfer options shown on your screen. For more information on the transfer options, such as Clone Disk to Disk, see page 28. 20 3: Ghost Special Edition Command Walk Through The other connection type, Parallel, is useful when you want to copy a drive or partition to another computer. If you select the Parallel connection type, one computer becomes the Master, and the other computer becomes the Slave. Which computer is Slave, and which is Master depends on what action you plan to perform. Use the following table to choose which computer will be Master, and which computer will be Slave. Action To Take Clone disk to disk Save entire disk to image file Restore disk from image file Clone partition to partition Save partition(s) to image file Restore partition from image file The Master Computer contains the source disk source disk destination disk source partition source partition destination partition The Slave Computer contains the destination disk destination image file source image file destination image file destination image file source image file In summary, the Master computer is usually equal to the source computer. However, when restoring from an image file, the Master computer is equal to the destination computer. On the Connection Type menu, select Parallel Port Slave, and then press ENTER. Note: By selecting the Slave computer first, your computer will not time out while waiting for a signal from the Master computer. [. . . ] Create a bootable diskette with nothing on it except the MS-DOS-based drivers for the removable media, which are required for access to the above devices. Versions 3. 2 and greater support writing directly to SCSI DAT devices. Also, the hardware must be identical between the source and destination systems. You must be careful of your selection before you proceed with cloning. [. . . ]