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Situation:
This document describes the setup and use of the Ghost Virtual Partition.

Solution:
From Norton Ghost you can restart your computer into the Virtual Partition. The Virtual Partition is created in DOS and includes the files that you have saved in a selected folder. Once you have created a Virtual Partition from a folder, you can run any application that you have provided in the selected folder.

The Virtual Partition is created with the following files:

• Ghreboot.exe
  This executable file lets you restart your computer back into Windows.
• Selected driver settings
  You can select drivers to include in the Virtual Partition that will let you access external hardware.
• DOS applications stored in the selected folder
  Any DOS applications that you provided in the selected folder are bundled and included in the Virtual Partition.

Before you create the Virtual Partition, you must create a folder that contains the files that you want to include in the Virtual Partition.

To create the Virtual Partition from a folder

1. In the main Ghost interface, click Ghost Advanced, and then click Create Virtual Partition.
2. Click Next.
3. Click Browse to select a directory from which to create the Virtual Partition.
   
   

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   Note: If you include Autoexec.bat and Config.sys in the selected folder, then they are modified by Norton Ghost when the Virtual Partition is created.

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4. In the Required Free Space field, set the size in megabytes (MB) of the Virtual Partition.
5. Click Next.
6. If you want to set advanced driver settings, then click Advanced Settings.
   For information on the available settings, read "Setting Norton Ghost options and defaults" on page 46 of the Norton Ghost 2003 User's Guide.
7. Click Next.
8. Click Run Now to restart your computer in the Virtual Partition.
   The task summary displays the size of the folder that you selected. The Virtual Partition cannot be smaller than the folder size.

Restarting your computer from the Virtual Partition
To restart your computer back into Windows from the Virtual Partition, you must run the Ghreboot executable. You may also need to run Ghreboot if a task has failed and your computer is left in the Virtual Partition. To restart your computer in Windows, at the command line, type ghreboot and press Enter.

Document ID: 2004031610173825
Last Modified: 04/07/2004
Date Created: 03/16/2004
Operating System(s): DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Product(s): Norton Ghost 2003

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