Norton Ghost question - file sizes.

[Frank Martin]

I have WindowsXP pro.

I have upgraded to Norton Ghost 12.0 from the
old Ghost 2003.

However the backup (image?) files in Ghost
12.0 are about three times the size of the
ones in Ghost2003.

Can anyone explain why this is so; perhaps I
have the wrong settings in Ghost 12.0?

Please help.

 

[JS]

I'm still on Ghost 10, but I presume version 12 has different levels of
compression and maybe it's off by default.

JS

 

[Brian A.]

You had an option to split the image into smaller files of the size you want for
each while setting it up. You also had the choice for which compression setting you
wanted to use while setting up the image archive to run.

Open Ghost.
On the Menu bar click Help > Contents > Index tab.
Scroll to what you need information on
or
Type spl and you should see splitting images.
Type com and you should see Compressing backups.

Double click an entry listed in the index and read the instructions in the right
pane.

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Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Frank Martin]

Thanks, I'll check this.

I'm still on Ghost 10, but I presume
version 12 has different levels of
compression and maybe it's off by default.

JS

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[Stan]

I have upgraded to Norton Ghost 12.0 from the
old Ghost 2003.

I have been using Ghost 2003 since its birth. Sometime back I gave
version 8 or 9 a try and it was nothing short of junk so I have stayed
with the true blue version 2003. I was wondering why you chose to
leave 2003 and go to a later version?

or.....

Is this a peek/see of a later version and if it blows, you will be
back to the tried a true version 2003.

Regards,
Stan

 

[Brian A.]

Ghost v.9 is a great application and in my case much better than Ghost 2003 for
creating network machine images/archives. The GUI is set up somewhat different than
2003 and one change in v.9 is the ability to schedule backups.

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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Frank Martin]

I must say that I had no trouble with the
Ghost2003, though this 12.0 version seems to
do the backup while the computer is still
being used.

I am not on a network of any sort.



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[Frank Martin]

Thanks.

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You had an option to split the image into
smaller files of the size you want for each
while setting it up. You also had the
choice for which compression setting you
wanted to use while setting up the image
archive to run.

Open Ghost.
On the Menu bar click Help > Contents >
Index tab.
Scroll to what you need information on
or
Type spl and you should see splitting
images.
Type com and you should see Compressing
backups.

Double click an entry listed in the index
and read the instructions in the right
pane.

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375


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[JS]

I'm still on Ghost 10, but I presume version 12 has different levels of
compression and maybe it's off by default.

JS