Need step by step instructions for using Symantec Ghost to image and and then deploy the image to another computer?
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have a look at the links
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http://ghost.radified.com/
Symatec guides
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Hi, if not using Symantec try doing sysprep Imaging which is better
Please check out the link
http://www.vernalex.com/gu
Ghost instructs that if you want to copy on original drive to a new drive, the new drive must be installed in your computer as a slave, and partitioned exactly as the original drive is partitioned. To do this you use the Copy Drive feature of ghost. I do not know if it will work with an external drive but if your computer sees it as a viable drive, then you could try the drive copy utility. You still have to partition the new drive exactly as the source drive is partitioned. As an alternative, Acronis True Image Home is an excellent program to clone the contents of one drive to another. It does it flawlessly and takes care of the details. I have used it a number of times and I have never had a problem.
OK to make this scenario simple and i assume you only wanted to use this to accomplish these task mentioned
go to http://www.acronis.com/hom
download True Image home, it free for 15 days i believe , while you can complete your task in less than 3-4 hours
acronis will allow you to make images to an external hdd, then restore to any other computer, after which make neccessary modification like computer name and all
also if you want to purchase it's just 50$. i have used this for a long time, reliable, robust
let me know if you have any further questions
Hold on, the simple task seems to me just got a lot more complicated.
That's it. now if you want to use this ghost file you just created on your USB dirve to image another computer, just boot up ghost and do LOCAL -> DISK -> FROM IMAGE and oben the ghost file from your usb drive.
There are several things that I assumed, this image can go to only an identical computer. You CANNOT PUT IT ONTO ANOTHER KIND OF PC. Next, the computer name would be the same as the original computer you cloned SINCE WE DID NOT USE SYSPREP.
if you want to lear how to use sysprep let me know and i'll break it down for you in few simple steps.
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by: bbrunningPosted on 2009-08-29 at 14:00:13ID: 25215340
Here's a step by step already written. Just change the option (#15) in ghostcast to unicast and it'll do one computer rather than multiple.
http://anebg.net/2008/07/0