Questions about ghosting PC's with Symantec Ghost

Gremmie · Jan 15, 2004, 05:16 PM

At the place I work for, to ghost new PC's, we boot them up with a GhostCast bootable floppy, and ghost them from an image stored on the network. However, this has started to cause problems with making the network extremely slow. So I was thinking of getting an external Hard Drive or an external DVD burner and using it to ghost PC's locally without using the network. I was wondering if anyone knows for sure if this would work. For the DVD burner, could I create a bootable DVD with the ghostcast files on it and then ghost the computer with an image on the DVD? For the hard drive, could I boot the PC with a floppy like I do now and also have the external HD acknowledged so I could ghost from an image on the HD? Thanks for any info.

krazy1 · Jan 15, 2004, 05:23 PM

We use Ghost here where I work but at home I use DriveImage 7 and I know with that you can pull from a DVD or CD. But I am unsure with Ghost if you can do this.I know you can Ghost from a CD, but just not sure on the DVD. You can span the image across a few CD's if need be. We have done that a few times here.

I am guessing you work for a smaller company if you are having network issues with Ghost. I work for a pretty large one and Ghost causes us no problems. I could also be that we have a dedicated server for our images and our network back-bone is all fibre.

PangingJr · Jan 15, 2004, 05:53 PM

Norton Ghost 2003 can do that for sure..
for the Symantec Ghost 7.5 or 8.0, cant tell for sure, never actully work on external devices...

How to back up and restore an image using a USB or Firewire device with Norton Ghost 2003
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...st&svy=&csm=no

How to troubleshoot USB connection problems
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...st&svy=&csm=no

How to create a DOS system disk for Ghost - Method 1 - Using Ghost Boot Wizard
To create the bootable floppy disk using Norton Ghost 2002 or 2003 - Peer-to-Peer Services.
To create a DOS system disk with Ghost files that supports USB connections, LPT connections, or writing to a CD-R/RW drive..
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...st&svy=&csm=no

Gremmie · Jan 15, 2004, 07:00 PM

Thanks for the quick replies. This seems like it should work. I guess I should have checked the Symantec site before posting this. Thanks again.

PangingJr · Jan 16, 2004, 07:06 AM

You're welcome. glad it helps you in any way.

Jan 15, 2004, 05:16 PM	#1
Gremmie DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Cincy, OH, USA Posts: 55 Rep Power: 0	Questions about ghosting PC's with Symantec Ghost At the place I work for, to ghost new PC's, we boot them up with a GhostCast bootable floppy, and ghost them from an image stored on the network. However, this has started to cause problems with making the network extremely slow. So I was thinking of getting an external Hard Drive or an external DVD burner and using it to ghost PC's locally without using the network. I was wondering if anyone knows for sure if this would work. For the DVD burner, could I create a bootable DVD with the ghostcast files on it and then ghost the computer with an image on the DVD? For the hard drive, could I boot the PC with a floppy like I do now and also have the external HD acknowledged so I could ghost from an image on the HD? Thanks for any info.

Jan 15, 2004, 05:23 PM	#2
krazy1 Live from the Dungeon Join Date: May 2003 Location: Between the SubWoofers Posts: 1,395 Rep Power: 0	We use Ghost here where I work but at home I use DriveImage 7 and I know with that you can pull from a DVD or CD. But I am unsure with Ghost if you can do this.I know you can Ghost from a CD, but just not sure on the DVD. You can span the image across a few CD's if need be. We have done that a few times here. I am guessing you work for a smaller company if you are having network issues with Ghost. I work for a pretty large one and Ghost causes us no problems. I could also be that we have a dedicated server for our images and our network back-bone is all fibre. __________________

Jan 15, 2004, 05:53 PM	#3
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	Norton Ghost 2003 can do that for sure.. for the Symantec Ghost 7.5 or 8.0, cant tell for sure, never actully work on external devices... How to back up and restore an image using a USB or Firewire device with Norton Ghost 2003 http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...st&svy=&csm=no How to troubleshoot USB connection problems http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...st&svy=&csm=no How to create a DOS system disk for Ghost - Method 1 - Using Ghost Boot Wizard To create the bootable floppy disk using Norton Ghost 2002 or 2003 - Peer-to-Peer Services. To create a DOS system disk with Ghost files that supports USB connections, LPT connections, or writing to a CD-R/RW drive.. http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...st&svy=&csm=no

Jan 15, 2004, 07:00 PM	Thread Starter #4
Gremmie DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Cincy, OH, USA Posts: 55 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for the quick replies. This seems like it should work. I guess I should have checked the Symantec site before posting this. Thanks again.

Jan 16, 2004, 07:06 AM	#5
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	You're welcome. glad it helps you in any way.