

Looking at an image with -id, you see the unpartitioned space and extended partitions in (image boot), extended partition tables, and unpartitioned space on the disk. id The image disk switch is similar to -ia (image all), but also copies the boot track, as in -ib You cannot perform partition-to-partition or partition-to-image functions Byĭefault, Norton Ghost copies only the boot sector, and does not copy the remainder of theīoot track. Use this switch when installedĪpplications, such as boot-time utilities, use the boot track to store information. ib The image boot switch copies the entire boot track, including the boot sector, whenĬreating a disk image file or copying disk-to-disk. Image of a dynamic disk, then the image must be restored to a disk with identical Target partition is through a sector-by-sector copy. Specific positions on the partition, the only way to reproduce them accurately on the However, if a disk has been set up with special hidden security files that are in Of the partition, it defaults to copying the files and directory structure.

Norton Ghost examines the source partition and decides whether to copy just the files andĭirectory structure, or to do a sector-by-sector copy. When copying a partition from a disk to an image file or to another disk, ia The image all switch forces Norton Ghost to perform a sector-by-sector copy of all I allow me to cite here the User's Guide: Which switch option should I preferably take in my case? The description is too much wordy and specific to understand for me. Hence, I have to ask how to just make an image of the whole C:/ disk to retain its ability to boot after I have prepared a disk of the same size (80 Gb) or even doubled 160 Gb. I merely a user, not a technician just to take a correct option of the 4 available according to the User's Guide within 186 pages, as it is compiled by technicians for technicians.
