Symantec GHOST 14, Manual

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Adjusting the effects of a backup on computer performance ........... 37
Adjusting default tray icon settings ........................................... 38
Managing file types ............................................................... 39
Using aliases for external drives ................................................ 41
Configuring FTP settings for use with Offsite Copy ....................... 42
Logging Norton Ghost messages ............................................... 42
Enabling email notifications for product (event) messages ............. 44
Chapter 5 Best practices for backing up your data
........................ 47
About backing up your data ............................................................ 47
Choosing a backup type ................................................................. 48
Best practices for backing up ......................................................... 48
About backups ....................................................................... 49
Before you back up ................................................................. 49
During a backup ..................................................................... 51
When the backup is complete ................................................... 51
Additional tips about backups ......................................................... 52
After defining your backup job ........................................................ 53
Viewing the properties of a backup job ....................................... 53
About selecting a backup destination .............................................. 54
About backing up dual-boot computers ............................................ 56
Chapter 6 Backing up entire drives
.................................................... 57
Defining a drive-based backup ....................................................... 57
Running a One Time Backup ..................................................... 63
Files excluded from drive-based backups .................................... 65
About network credentials ....................................................... 66
Run command files during a backup .......................................... 66
Setting advanced options for drive-based backups .............................. 68
Editing advanced backup options .............................................. 69
About recovery point encryption .............................................. 70
Verifying a recovery point after creation .................................... 71
Viewing the progress of a backup .............................................. 72
About setting a compression level for drive-based backups ................... 72
About Offsite Copy ....................................................................... 73
How Offsite Copy works ................................................................. 73
Using external drives as your Offsite Copy destination .................. 74
Using a network server as your Offsite Copy destination ................ 75
Using an FTP server as your Offsite Copy destination .................... 76
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