Symantec GHOST IMAGING FOUNDATION 7.1, Manual

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Restoring from an image file
You can restore a hard disk or a partition.
The restore is made from a previously created image file that is stored on one of
the following:
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Second hard disk
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Second partition on your hard disk
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LS120 Superdisk, JAZ, or ZIP disk
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CD-R/RW or DVD-R/RW/+R/+RW
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FireWire hard disk
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USB 1.1/2.0 hard disk
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Tape
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Mapped network drive
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Drive on another computer (peer-to-peer)
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Drive or partition being restored
Restoring a hard disk from an image file
When you restore a hard disk, it is overwritten by the contents of the image file.
To restore a disk from an image file
1
On the main menu, do one of the following:
Click Local > Disk > From Image. Local
Click Disk > From Image. Peer-to-peer connection
2 In the File Locator dialog box, do one of the following:
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Type the path and file name of the image file.
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Click Browse to locate the image file.
Specify the drive or device and select the full path name. The image file
may reside on a local drive or on a locally mapped network file server.
When using a peer-to-peer connection, the image file is located on the
slave computer.
3 Press Enter.
23 Using Symantec Ghost as a stand-alone program
Restoring from an image file