Symantec GHOST 14, Manual

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Table 5-2
Advantages and disadvantages of backup destinations (continued)
Disadvantages Advantages Backup destination
■
Must have supported NIC
drivers to restore from
the recovery environment
■
Must understand and
assign the appropriate
rights for users who will
run backups and restore
data
■
Fast backup and recovery
■ Can schedule unattended
backups
■ Inexpensive because
drive space can be
overwritten repeatedly
■
Protection from local
hard drive failure
■ Off-site storage (through
existing network backup
strategies)
Network drive
(recommended)
■
Protection from hard
drive failure
■
Ideal for off-site storage
■ Reserves hard drive space
for other uses
Removable media (local)
About backing up dual-boot computers
You can back up dual-boot computers, even if you have drives (partitions) that
are hidden in the operating system from which you run Norton Ghost.
When you run a drive backup, the entire contents of each drive is captured in a
recovery point. When you restore a drive, the recovered drive is bootable.
Note: In order for your computer to boot the same from a restored system as it
did from the original configuration, you must back up, and then restore, every
drive that includes operating system boot information.
You should not create incremental backups of shared data drives if Norton Ghost
is installed on both operating systems and they are both set to manage the shared
drive.
You might encounter issues if you try to use the Norton Ghost LightsOut Restore
feature on dual-boot systems. It is not supported.
Best practices for backing up your data
About backing up dual-boot computers
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