NOTE: Norton Ghost 2001 and later, and Symantec Ghost 6.5 Enterprise Edition and later, do not support NetBIOS connections.

• For Symantec Ghost 6.5, 7.0, and 7.5, instead of NetBIOS, use Ghost Multicast Server, GhostCast Server Ghost Enterprise Console, or TCP/IP peer-to-peer connections. To use these Ghost features, use Ghost Boot Wizard to create a "Network Boot Disk."
• For Norton Ghost 2001 and 2002, use TCP/IP peer-to-peer connections. To use this feature, use Ghost Boot Wizard to create a "Peer-to-Peer Network Boot Disk."

Using a cable might not work if the physical connection between the two computers goes through a router or switch device. These devices filter information and might not allow the first computer to see the second computer when in a DOS environment (consumer Ghost versions work in DOS; not in Windows). A hub, however, passes all information through without filtering it and should not interfere with information moving between the two computers. When using a hub, normal network cabling can be used in place of a twisted ethernet cable.

With a NetBIOS connection, you can either create an image file of one computer and save that file on the other computer, or you can copy the disk or partition of one computer directly to the second computer. See the document How to Create a NetBIOS Client Boot Disk.

More information

Saving image files to CD drives and other devices on the second computer
Ghost does not support saving an image file directly to a CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, or similar device when the source image is on one computer and the device is attached to a different computer. However, Ghost can save in image file directly to a CD-R or CD-RW drive when that drive is attached to the local computer. For related information, see the following documents:

• Ghost 2002 and 7.5 compatibility with CD-R and CD-RW drives. This document includes links to many other documents regarding using Ghost with CD-R/RW drives.
• Ghost compatibility with DVD drives.

Saving image files to NTFS partitions
The DOS Ghost executable files, Ghost.exe, Ghostpe.exe, and Ghostwks.exe, cannot save an image file to a local NTFS partition. Only the corporate Ghost versions can save an image file to an NTFS partition, and then only to a remote NTFS partition; not a local NTFS partition.

Connections that work in DOS on a peer-to-peer network see remote partitions as local partitions. Because Ghost sees the remote partitions as local, Ghost cannot save an image file to an NTFS partition that is accessed over a peer-to-peer network. In Ghost, connection types that use a peer-to-peer network are an LPT port, a USB port, a NetBIOS connection, and a TCP/IP peer-to-peer connection. Because Ghost accesses the drives on both the master computer and the slave computer as local drives, Ghost cannot access NTFS partitions on either computer. That is, Ghost cannot save image files to an NTFS partition over a peer-to-peer network, nor restore image files from an NTFS partition over a peer-to-peer network.

NOTE: Symantec Ghost 6.5 Enterprise Edition, Symantec Ghost 7.0, Symantec Ghost 7.5, Norton Ghost 2001, and Norton Ghost 2002 do not support NetBIOS connections for cloning or for saving image files.

This means that consumer Ghost versions cannot save an image file to an NTFS partition on a nonlocal (remote) computer. Corporate Ghost versions can save an image file to an NTFS partition on a remote computer, when using the Ghost Console, the Ghost Multicast Server, or the GhostCast Server. Ghost Console, Ghost Multicast Server, and GhostCast Server, which are available only in the corporate Ghost versions, work over a nonpeer-to-peer network by means of TCP/IP.

For more information, see the document Storing Ghost image files directly to NTFS partitions.

Cloning Windows NT computers
Windows NT often will not start up (that is, the computer will not be able to bootup) when the devices on a computer do not match what the Windows NT registry expects to see. Cloning a Windows NT computer requires that the source computer and the destination computer be very similar or identical. This might require changes to devices and software configuration both before and after creating an image file, and before and after writing an image to the destination computer. For more information, see the documents, "How to clone a Windows NT or Windows 2000 Workstation" and "Introduction to Cloning a Windows NT or Windows 2000 computer."

Supported connection types by Ghost version

Product(s): Norton Ghost 2000 Personal Edition, Norton Ghost 2001, Norton Ghost 2002, Norton Ghost 5.0, Norton Ghost 6.0 Enterprise, Norton Ghost 6.0 Standard, Symantec Ghost 6.5, Symantec Ghost 7.0, Symantec Ghost 7.5
Operating Systems(s): DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Linux, Novell NetWare

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Situation:
You want to create a floppy disk for starting the computer.

Solution:
With Ghost, you often use a DOS system disk to start the computer and run Ghost. This document provides three methods for creating a DOS system disk that runs Ghost.

• If you have Symantec Ghost 7.0 or 7.5, or Norton Ghost 2002, choose a floppy disk and then use Method 1. Note that with these Ghost versions you can also use the other listed methods to create the bootable floppy disk. To create an MS DOS system disk in Windows 98/Me/XP using the Windows Startup disk and Ghost Boot Wizard, see the document How to create an MS DOS system disk for Ghost. That method requires that you manually remove unnecessary files from the floppy disk.
• If you do not have Symantec Ghost 7.0 or 7.5, or Norton Ghost 2002, choose a floppy disk, use Method 2 or Method 3, and then copy Ghost files to the system disk. To copy the Ghost files, see the section "Adding Ghost files to the DOS system disk."

Types of DOS system disks
A simple DOS system disk for Ghost has the DOS system files, startup files such as Config.sys and Autoexec.bat, and Ghost files. In many situations, you need additional files on the floppy disk, such as Network Interface Card driver files or Microsoft Client files.

Method 1 explains how to create a simple DOS system disk with Ghost files, and optionally, how to add files for connecting over a USB cable, connecting through an LPT port, or writing an image file directly to a CD-R or CD-RW drive. Adding other files to the floppy disk with this method is beyond the scope of this document.

Methods 2 and 3 explain only how to create a simple MS DOS system disk with Ghost files. Adding other files to the floppy disk with these methods is beyond the scope of this document.

In some cases, you may want to use MS DOS system files rather than the PC DOS system files that are supplied by Ghost. Note that Ghost does not use the MS DOS system files that are supplied by Windows NT/2000, and the Windows 95A MS DOS system files do not support FAT32 partitions. Ghost uses the version of DOS that is included with Windows 95/98 (DOS version 7.0 or later). For compatibility with FAT32 partitions, use DOS 7.01 or later.

For information on other types of Ghost boot disks and when to use a DOS system disk, see the document How to choose a type of boot disk or boot image.

Choosing the floppy disk
The instructions in this document will format the floppy disk and copy DOS system files to the floppy disk. This writes over any previous files on the floppy disk. Do not use a floppy disk that has files you want to keep.

You can use any undamaged floppy disk for this process, either unformatted, or already formatted.

We recommend you use a new floppy disk instead of one that you have already saved files to. Floppy disks are less reliable than hard disks and are more prone to physical damage from repeated use. Using a new floppy disk avoids problems that may be encountered with a worn-out disk.

Drive translation software
If you are using drive translation software (also known as a disk manager or a dynamic drive overlay [DDO]), see the following document before proceeding: How To Use Ghost When You Have a Drive Manager or Overlay.


Method 1 - Using Ghost Boot Wizard
This method is available only in Symantec Ghost 7.0, 7.5, and Norton Ghost 2002. Because this method automatically adds the Ghost files to the floppy disk, you do not need copy the Ghost files to the floppy disk after exiting Ghost Boot Wizard.

With this method, you choose whether to use MS DOS system files or PC DOS system files. Ghost supplies the PC DOS system files. If you choose to use MS DOS system files, you supply the files the first time that you choose that option. The method can be used in Windows 98/Me/XP/NT/2000.

To create the bootable floppy disk:

1. Open Ghost Boot Wizard:

a. Click Start and point to Programs.
b. Point to Symantec Ghost and click Ghost Boot Wizard.

2. Select the type of disk to create:

a. Click "Boot Disk with CD-R / RW, LPT and USB Support" and click Next. This opens the Peer-to-Peer Services window.
b. Choose the type of DOS system disk to create:

• To create a simple DOS system disk with Ghost files, click Next.
• To create a DOS system disk with Ghost files, which supports USB connections, LPT connections, or writing to a CDR/RW drive, check the appropriate option: USB support, LPT support, or "Include Adaptec SCSI drivers," and then click Next.

c. Click Next at the Client Type window. This opens the Destination Drive window.

3. Prepare the floppy disk:

a. Insert a floppy disk into the disk drive.
b. Answer the questions about the floppy disks:

• Select the drive letter for the floppy disk drive that you will write to.
• Select or type the number of DOS system disks that you want Ghost Boot Wizard to create.
• Check Format disks.
• Check Quick Format.

c. Click Next. This opens the Review window.
d. Click Next. This opens the Format window.
e. Verify that the Capacity is displayed as "1.44 MB [3.5"]." Note that if the Capacity displays anything else, then you have not chosen a standard floppy disk drive. Return to Step 3.b.
f. Check either Quick (erase) or Full
g. Check "Copy system files." Note that this option is not available in all operating systems. When the option is not available, Ghost ensures that necessary system files are copied to the disk.
h. Click Start. Windows will now format the disk and copy the DOS system files to it.
i. Click Close.

Method 2 - Using Windows Explorer in Windows 95/98 to create an MS DOS system disk
This method can only be used when the computer is booted into the Windows 95 or Windows 98 operating system.

• This method cannot be used in Windows Me/XP because those operating systems do not the same options to format a system disk. Those operating systems create a Windows Startup disk instead.
• This method cannot be used in Windows NT/2000 because Ghost does not use the DOS version that is installed on those computers.

To create the bootable floppy disk:

1. Start the computer.
2. Create a DOS system disk:

a. Insert the disk into the floppy disk drive.
b. Open Windows Explorer.
c. Right-click the drive letter of the floppy disk drive. This opens a short menu. Do not left-click the floppy drive before you right-click it. This can cause Windows to display an error indicating that the floppy drive is in use. If you see this error message, cancel the current process, left-click a different drive, such as C:, then right-click the floppy disk drive.
d. Select Format. This opens the Format window.
e. Verify that the Capacity is displayed as "1.44 MB [3.5"]." Note that if the Capacity displays anything else, then you have not chosen a standard floppy disk drive. Return to Step 4.
f. Check either Quick (erase) or Full
g. Check "Copy system files"
h. Click Start. Windows will now format the disk and copy the MS DOS system files to it.
i. Click Close.

3. Add Ghost files to the floppy disk. See the section "Adding Ghost files to the DOS system disk."

Method 3 - Using a DOS command line in Windows 95/98 to create an MS DOS system disk
This method can only be used on a computer that has the Windows 95 or Windows 98 operating system.

• This method cannot be used in Windows Me/XP because those operating systems do not have a SYS command (this is the /S parameter in step 5).
• This method cannot be used in Windows NT/2000 because Ghost does not use the DOS version that is installed on those computers.

To create the bootable floppy disk:

1. Start the computer.
2. Insert the disk into the floppy disk drive.
3. Click Start, point to Programs.
4. Click MS-DOS Prompt. This opens an MS-DOS Prompt window.
5. Type:

Format A: /S

This formats the disk in Drive A:, and then copies the MS DOS system files to it. If your floppy drive uses a different drive letter, change the command line accordingly.
6. Add Ghost files to the floppy disk. See the section "Adding Ghost files to the DOS system disk."

Adding Ghost files to the DOS system disk
Running Ghost from a floppy disk requires that you copy Ghost files to the DOS system disk.

NOTES:

• Not all files in the following lists are needed in all circumstances. Because the file Wattcp.cfg is used only with a TCP/IP connection, it is needed only for working with Ghost Multicast and with a TCP/IP peer-to-peer network. The Ghost.env file is needed only for the older versions of Ghost, and when you replace the EXE file (Ghost.exe, Ghostpe.exe, Ghostwks.exe, or Ghstwalk.exe) with a new version from a hotfix or from a LiveUpdate patch. To be sure you have all the necessary files for your situation, copy all the files listed for your Ghost version.
• The following lists assume you will run the Ghost DOS executable file. To run the Ghost Multicast server (not available in Ghost 2000 Personal Edition, Ghost 2001, and Ghost 2002), copy the file DOSGhsrv.exe instead of Ghost.exe. You do not need the Ghost.env file when using DOSGhsrv.exe.

Copy the files appropriate for your version of Ghost:

• Corporate Ghost versions:
  • Symantec Ghost 7.0 and 7.5
  • Symantec Ghost 6.5 Enterprise Edition
  • Ghost 6.0 Enterprise Edition
  • Ghost 6.0 Standard Edition
  • Ghost 5.1x

Ghost.exe
Ghost.env
Wattcp.cfg

• Ghost 5.0x and earlier
  Ghost.exe
  *.env
  Wattcp.cfg
  
  NOTE: The file *.env is a licensing file provided by your Ghost distributor. The filename ends in the letters ENV, such as JS1234.env.
• Norton Ghost 2002, Norton Ghost 2001 and Ghost in Norton SystemWorks version 4.x
  Ghostpe.exe
  Ghost.env
  Wattcp.cfg

• Ghost 2000 Personal Edition and Ghost in Norton SystemWorks version 3.x
  Ghostpe.exe
  Ghost.env
• Ghost Works (Ghost 5.1b in Norton SystemWorks version 2.x)
  Ghostwrks.exe
  Ghost.