Creating An Image File; Connecting A Computer To A Session - Symantec GHOST IMAGING FOUNDATION 7.1 - V1.0 Manual

Creating an image file

Connecting a computer to a session

To create an image file, you must first start a GhostCast session from the GhostCast
Server. Once you create a session on the server, join the GhostCast session from
the source computer.
To create an image file using the GhostCast Server
1 In the GhostCast Server window, click Create Image.
2 Do one of the following:
In the Image File box, type the name and full path of the image file that
you are creating.
Click Browse to find the location.
You can overwrite existing files.
3 Do one of the following:
To create an image of an entire disk, click Disk.
To create an image of a selected partition, click Partition.
4 Click Accept Clients to accept the client computer into the session.
The Accept Clients button becomes active when all boxes are filled in.
5
Start Ghost.exe on the destination client computers and begin a GhostCast
session.
See "To connect a source computer to a GhostCast session"
Once the GhostCast session is started on the server, you can start the client
computer from a boot disk and have it join the session.
To connect a source computer to a GhostCast session
1
Create a GhostCast session on the GhostCast Server.
See "To create an image file using the GhostCast Server"
2 Using the Ghost network boot package, start Ghost.exe on the client computer.
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