The ghost software is often used by us as a backup restorer. That's right, backup restore is the index of all the functions of ghost. In fact, the functions of the ghost software are far from simple. I will introduce you to the advanced application of ghost. First, the partition backup uses ghost to perform system backup. There are two ways: the entire hard disk (Disk) and the partition hard disk (Partition). Click the Local item in the menu. There are 3 sub-menu in the pop-up menu on the right. Disk indicates backup of the entire hard disk (ie, clone), Partition indicates a single partition of the backup hard disk, and Check indicates that the hard disk or backup file is checked. Is it possible that the backup or restore fails due to partitions, hard disk corruption, and so on. Partitioned backups serve as an individual user to store system data, especially when restoring and copying system partitions. Select Local→Partition→To Image menu to pop up the hard disk selection window and start the partition backup operation. Click the white hard disk information bar in the window, select the hard disk, enter the window, select the partition to be operated (if there is no mouse, use the keyboard to operate: TAB key to switch, enter key to confirm, direction key to select). In the pop-up window, select the backup directory path and enter the backup file name. Note that the name of the backup file has the GHO suffix name. Next, the program asks whether to compress the backup data and gives three choices: No means no compression, Fast means that the compression ratio is small and the backup speed is faster, High means the compression ratio is high but the backup speed is quite slow. Finally, select the Yes button to start the backup of the partitioned hard disk. The ghost backup is quite fast and can be completed without waiting for a long time. The backed up files are stored in the set directory with the GHO suffix. Second, hard disk cloning and backup hard disk cloning is the backup and restore of the entire hard disk. Select the menu Local→Disk→To Disk, select the source hard disk (the first hard disk) in the pop-up window, and then select the target hard disk to be copied to (the second hard disk). Note that you can set the size of each partition of the target hard disk, and ghost can automatically partition and format the target hard disk according to the set partition value. Select Yes to start execution. Ghost can copy the target hard disk almost exactly the same as the source hard disk, and implement partitioning, formatting, copying the system and files in one step. Just pay attention to the target hard disk can not be too small, you must be able to load the data content of the source hard disk. Ghost also provides a hard disk backup function, which is to save the data of the entire hard disk into a file and save it on the hard disk (menu Local→ Disk→ To Image), and then you can restore it to other hard disk or source hard disk at any time. Multiple systems are convenient. The method of use is similar to partitioned backup. Third, backup and restore If the partition data backed up in the hard disk is damaged, can not be repaired by the general data repair method, and can not be started after the system is destroyed, you can use the backup data for complete recovery without reinstalling the program or system. Of course, you can also restore your backup to another hard drive. To restore the backup partition, select the menu Local→Partition→From Image in the interface, select the restored backup file in the pop-up window, then select the restored hard disk and partition, click the Yes button. 4. LAN operation LPT is to transfer backup files through the parallel port. There are two options: slave and master, which are used to connect the host and the client respectively. Network basic input and output system NetBios is similar to LPT, and has two options, slave and master, which function the same as LPT. In peacetime, the ghost partition is made into a *.gho file, and then Symantec ghost Enterprise is installed on a win98 and restarted. 1. First make a ghost boot disk with a network card driver. Start > Programs > Symantec Ghost > Ghost Boot Wizard->Network Boot Disk If your network card selects it directly in the list, it can generate a boot disk with PC-DOS. (But the floppy disk of version 6.5 is often problematic and cannot be successfully started.) If your network card is not in the list, you need to create a dedicated Packet Driver. ADD->Packet Driver (in the driver of the network card) step by step according to the prompt, fill in the workstation's ip (ghost must tcp /ip protocol). Finally, a floppy disk is generated, but the floppy disk still cannot be used. To change the autoexec.bat file, add a hexadecimal address after net xxxx.dos, such as 0X75. Just change the ip in the wattcp.cfg file for multiple computers: IP = 192.168.100.44NETMASK = 255.255.255.0GATEWAY = 192.168.100.12. Run the multicast server on the server side. First give the server a Session Name (alias) such as: bb, then select image file is your gho file. Then -> Dump From Client->rtitions->More Options-> Fill in the autostart client with 50 (if you want to copy 50 at the same time) -> accept client even if it is done, when your workstations When it reaches 50 units, the server automatically transmits the *.gho file. 3. Details: At present, quite a number of electronic classrooms use workstations without floppy drives and optical drives. In the absence of a floppy drive or optical drive, can the network hard disk clone be realized when there is a problem with the software system of the hard disk? PXE (Preboot Execution Environment, which is based on extended network protocols over Internet protocols such as TCP/IP, DHCP, Tftp, etc.) provides network-initiated functionality that allows us to find a solution. Below, we will explain how to use ghost 7.0 to implement PXE-based network hard disk cloning. Network hard disk cloning process Brief description The network hard disk cloning process is: on a workstation with a floppy drive, use a boot disk to boot the machine, connect to the server, use the ghost multicast service (Multicast Server) to clone the hard disk or partition image to Workstation, which enables the cloning of network hard drives without disassembling, safe, and fast. Implement PXE network boot mode For workstations without floppy drive or CD-ROM drive, to implement PXE network boot mode, you need to complete three steps: 1. PXE boot setup of the workstation PXE network boot generally requires PXE boot chip (PXE Boot ROM) on the network card. ); for some models of network cards, you can also write the PXE boot code (Boot Code) to the motherboard's Flash ROM; and some motherboards have integrated network card brands (such as Tsinghua Tongfang's commercial machine), which can directly support PXE boot. . The commonly used RTL8139 chip network card, its PXE boot setting mode is: press Shift+F10 according to the screen prompt when the machine starts, select PXE in the startup type, and start the network boot option. 2. Make a PXE boot file to create a PXE boot file. It is recommended to use 3Com's DABS (Dynamic Access Boot Services). DABS provides a powerful PXE boot service and management capabilities, but a 30-day trial is available for download online. Therefore, we only use its boot image file creation function, and the PXE boot service is provided by the Windows 2000 Server's DHCP server. DABS can be installed on any machine running Windows. After installation, run 3Com Boot Image Editor and the main interface diagram appears. Select “Create a TCP/IP or PXE image file” to create a dialog window. Name the image file to be created, for example: pxeghost.img, other default options, put the tested network boot disk into the floppy drive, select [OK], and create the PXE boot image Pxeghost.img file. In the main menu of 3Com Boot Image Editor, select "Create a PXE menu boot file", select [Add] in the window that appears, and add the boot image file we just created. Pxeghost.img, you can set the menu title and wait time in the “Options” tab. Select [Save] and name the saved PXE menu startup file Pxemenu.pxe. 3, the server's PXE boot service settings Windows 2000 Server's DHCP service supports two boot protocols: DHCP and BOOTP. We can set the following three options: DHCP only, BOOTP only, both. If the dynamic IP address allocation is provided by other DHCP servers in our LAN, then select “BOOTP” instead; if you need this server to provide dynamic IP address allocation, you need to select “Both”. Next, set the boot file name. In the scope option of the DHCP server, configure the option "067: Startup file name", the string value is the PXE menu startup file name we created Pxemenu.pxe. Note: The file name does not contain a path. The DHCP server simply notifies the BOOTP client of the startup file name. How does the client download the startup file? The answer is that the TFTP service is required. 3Com's DABS includes a TFTP service component, and of course, you can download a free Tftp server software for long-term use. In the settings of the TFTP server, a service directory is specified. Put the created PXE boot files Pxeghost.img and Pxemenu.pxe into the TFTP service directory. The Tftp server is set to run automatically. Ghosting the hard drive with ghost multicast now runs the ghost multicast server with the task name Restore. After setting, press the [Accept Clients] button. Start a floppy-free workstation that accepts hard disk cloning. If the above steps are correct, you should be able to implement PXE startup and join the task of multicast cloning. After all target workstations are connected to this task, press the [Send] button to start the cloning task. Fifth, the parameter settings in the Options can be set parameters. Here is a brief introduction: 1. Image write buffering: Open the write buffer when creating the backup file; 2. Sure: After selecting this item, the final confirmation inquiry will no longer appear (it is not recommended to select this item); 3. No int 13: After selecting this item, interrupt 13 is not supported (not selected by default); 4. Reboot: automatically restart the computer after the hard disk or partition operation is completed; 5. Spanning: Backing up files through multiple volume schemas (when this option is selected, write buffering is turned off); Autoname: automatically names the spanning file; 7. Allow 64k fat clusters: Allow 64K FAT clusters (supported only in Windows NT); 8. Ignore CRC errors: Ignore CRC errors; 9. Override size limit: If the partition size does not match, the execution can be ignored; Image read buffering: Opens the read cache when the backup file is generated (this item is selected by default). This article comes from [System Home] www.xp85.com