Ghost user guide and skills
On the one hand, computers bring great convenience to users; On the other hand, problems such as operating system paralysis and data loss caused by improper use or unpredictable reasons have also brought great troubles to users. In view of this, as a computer user, it is particularly important to master the real skills of backup and recovery. Ghost is famous for its powerful function and convenient use, and has become a leader in hard disk backup and recovery software. In order to help users who are using Ghost and let users who have not used it before avoid detours, this paper mainly introduces some skills of using this software.
■ Which version of Ghost do you choose?
Ghost has many versions. Generally speaking, players should choose versions after 5. 1C, including 5. 1C, 5. 1d, Ghost 2000, etc. Since Symantec acquired Ghost products, these newer versions have been called Symantec Ghost. The versions listed above are compatible with FAT32 partition mode, support long Chinese file names, can backup operating system and data files well, and can also be used to "clone" hard disks or partitions, which is particularly useful when installing or replacing hard disks.
5. Versions before1have more or less problems. The author uses version 4.0 Ghost, and the software is registered successfully. Everything was normal when the partition was made into a mirror file, but when the mirror file was written back to the partition, the operation process showed normal, but in fact, no changes were made to the target partition, and repeated experiments failed.
■ Why should I back up my operating system?
In order to avoid the huge project of reinstalling the operating system, application software and configuring internet-related parameters after the system is paralyzed, it is necessary to back up the operating system. For this reason, the hard disk must be divided into at least drive C and drive D, where drive C is used to install the operating system and drive D stores application software, data files and image files of drive C backed up by Ghost. In this way, when there is a problem with the operating system, the D disk will not be affected in any way. Just write the image file stored in disk D back to the partition of disk C, and the operating system can be restored to its original state.
■ How to configure drive C?
The partition size of disk C should be appropriate. The partition is too small, which affects the running speed of Windows; Too many partitions will either waste hard disk space or cause too much backup data, which will not only occupy valuable hard disks in vain, but also consume extra time in the process of backup and recovery.
Take Windows 98 operating system as an example. The size of drive C is about 600MB. Windows 98 takes up about 200MB, virtual memory 100 trillion, plus some commonly used tools and small software, a * * * takes up about 400MB, leaving about 200MB of free space, so Windows 98 will not be stretched. When backing up the partition of disk C, even if the image file is not compressed, it will be three or four hundred megabytes, which can be described as the best of both worlds.
■ Don't forget to organize drive C before backup.
(1) Clean up the operating system first. After configuring the network-related settings, delete all temporary files that may exist in the temp subfolder of Windows 98, and then move the folders My Documents (the default place to store user documents) and Temporary Internet Files (the browser temporarily stores files, and users can browse offline) to drive D. See related articles for specific relocation methods. The advantage of this is obvious, which can ensure that all files generated by users are not stored in drive C. In case of accidents, you can rewrite drive C without scruple. In addition, you can also delete those useless help files, readme files, screen savers, background pictures and many audio files, so that the operating system can achieve better slimming effect.
(2) When installing large-scale application software, such as Office 2000, Photoshop 5.0, etc., it is best to install it on disk D, so that disk C will not be excessively inflated, which can greatly reduce the amount of backup data.
(3) Common tools and small software, such as Winzip, ACDSee, burning small software, etc. You can put it on disk D or disk C, but it doesn't take up much space anyway.
Finally, don't forget to defragment the disk thoroughly again and adjust the C disk to the best state. Then, you can run Ghost software from DOS to make a C disk image file.
■ Partition backup skills
The general operation method of hard disk partition backup: from. Ghost main menu, open the window of making partition image file, select the hard disk to be backed up (if multiple hard disks are hung) and partition, and then specify the name and storage path of the image file. After confirmation, the image file with extension. Gho will be generated, which will take about ten minutes.
Backup skills:
(1) It is best to create a Ghost folder on drive D to store the generated backup files *. Gho and Ghost.exe are in this folder. In this way, when the recovery operation is carried out in the future, as long as the Ghost software is started, the backup image file can be displayed immediately without looking everywhere. You know, running Ghost software under DOS, if there is no mouse driver loaded, it is very annoying to find files only by keyboard.
(2) Set the backed-up image file to system, implicit and read-only attributes. On the one hand, it can prevent accidental deletion and virus infection; On the other hand, it can avoid frequently moving the position of mirror files when sorting D disks, and save the time of sorting disks.
(3) When generating image files, the maximum compression algorithm is usually adopted, so that the bytes of the generated image files are obviously reduced and the hard disk space is saved; Otherwise, the image file will have the same total number of bytes as the C disk file. Using the maximum compression method, although the processing time will be correspondingly extended, the frequency of partition backup recovery operation is very low, and it may only be done once every few months, which is more cost-effective to save hard disk space.
■ Make backup and recovery more secure.
Due to virus or operation error, the mirror file may be lost or the file partition table may be damaged. If you only make a backup according to the above method, there is still the danger of being "destroyed", although the probability is very small. Therefore, if conditions permit, the following preventive measures should be taken:
(1) Backup file partition table information. Using Kill 98, KV300, Norton and other software, the backup of file partition table can be generated on floppy disk. In case the virus attacks the partition information and causes paralysis, it can be easily recovered.
(2) Copy the image file to an external hard disk or burn it to a CD to prevent the image file on the hard disk from being damaged.
(3) Copy the Ghost.exe file to the floppy disk, run the file on the floppy disk when necessary, and restore the original appearance of the partition through the CD or external storage device.
■ Need to know about restoring backups.
For the hard disk with dual boot or multi-boot mode using the boot manager partition, it is best to close the boot manager first, then resume the operation, and then resume the boot manager after everything is normal. The reason is that the partition where the boot manager is located must be the active partition. If the backup partition is also active, then after the recovery operation, two active partitions will appear at the same time, which will easily lead to crash.
Sometimes, after rewriting the partition operation, DIR columns the directory, and finds that all files are strange and long garbled file names, and all files are located in the root directory, so you can't see the tree subdirectory structure. Don't panic at this time, and don't delete files or format the hard disk rashly. In fact, there is nothing wrong with your hard drive. Just restart the computer and everything will be fine.
■ What you need to know when applying Ghost.
The backup and recovery of (1) partition should be carried out in a pure DOS environment as far as possible. Generally, you should not operate from Windows or fake DOS.
There is an Explorer program in the Ghost package. After running in Windows environment, you can release files or folders from the image file at will, just like ordinary decompression software. However, I think it is of little use. Because the biggest advantage of Ghost is that it can restore the partition to its original state in the shortest time regardless of whether it's 3721 or not, without asking which file is missing.
(2) When using Ghost to copy a hard disk or partition, it is absolutely no problem to clone the same or large-capacity hard disk or partition from a small capacity. The target hard disk or partition will be the same as the source disk, and the part larger than the capacity of the source disk will become free space. For example, the source partition * * * is 600 MB, using FAT 16 partition mode, * * has 400MB of data, and the target partition * *1GB uses FAT32 partition mode. After the source partition is successfully cloned into the target partition, the target partition also becomes FAT 16 partition mode, but the capacity is still 65438. Therefore, when upgrading a computer to a large hard disk, you can easily copy the contents of the original hard disk without reinstalling the operating system and application software.
(3) Some players' Ghost is an unauthorized version, so you need to find a file with an extension. . Env before you can use it normally. Register through the command line under DOS, and the format is shown in the readme file of the software package.
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