Modifying image files in Ghost Explorer ........................................... 53 Adding, moving, and deleting files ............................................. 53 Saving a list of contents of an image file .......................................... 54 Setting span file sizes ......................................................................... 54 Compiling a file .................................................................................. 54 Determining Norton Ghost image file version .................................. 55 Using Ghost Explorer from the command line ................................. 55
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Managing partitions using GDisk Running GDisk ................................................................................... 58 Overview of main command-line switches ....................................... 58 Online Help for command-line switches ................................... 59 Switches common to all GDisk commands ................................ 60 Creating a partition ............................................................................. 60 Reinitializing the Master Boot Record ............................................... 62 Showing information about disks ...................................................... 62 Performing multiple GDisk operations using batch mode ............... 63 FAT16 partitions in Windows NT ...................................................... 65 Deleting and wiping your disk .......................................................... 65 Activate or deactivate a partition ....................................................... 67 Hide or unhide a partition ................................................................. 67 Modify the Windows NT/2000 boot menu ....................................... 68 Specifying the boot.ini path and file name ................................ 68 Displaying the list of current boot entries .................................. 68 Adding an entry to Boot.ini ........................................................ 69 Adding an entry for starting Windows NT/2000 ................. 70 Adding an entry for starting a nonWindows NT/2000 operating system ............................................................... 71 Removing an entry from Boot.ini ............................................... 72 Setting the default boot option and timeout .............................. 72 Support for large hard disks .............................................................. 73
Appendix A
Command-line switches Clone switch syntax ............................................................................ 89 Defining the type of clone command ......................................... 89 Cloning combination options ............................................... 90 Setting a source for the clone switch ......................................... 90 Setting a destination for the clone switch .................................. 91 Setting a destination size for the clone switch ........................... 92 Examples of clone switch usage ................................................. 93 CRC32 switch usage ............................................................................ 94 Examples of -CRC32 usage .......................................................... 95 7