Chapter
8
Backing up and restoring
with CD-R/RW and DVD-
R/RW
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Image files and CD/DVD writers
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Saving an image file directly to a CD-R/RW or DVD-R/RW drive
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Saving an image file to an unsupported CD-R/RW or DVD-R/RW drive
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Image files and CD/DVD writers
Image files and CD/DVD writers
Norton Ghost support of SCSI and IDE CD and DVD writers allows the storage
of a single image file onto one or more CD-R/RW or DVD-R/RW. Norton Ghost
supports many CD and DVD drives. If you have problems writing to CD-R/RW
or DVD-R/RW, then check that your drive is listed on the support Web site,
/>If you run Norton Ghost from a Windows wizard, it searches for a CD/DVD
writer with media inserted and automatically selects this writer.
When you use CD/DVD writers with Ghost.exe, you can select a writer as the
destination device in the File Locator window. Each writer is shown as CD-Rx,
where x is a number starting at one and increasing incrementally for each writer
present. For example, the following screen shows a CD writer available for use.
For Norton Ghost to access SCSI CD/DVD writers, a DOS ASPI driver must be
installed prior to use. The Backup and Clone Wizards attempt to detect and
install the driver automatically, but you may have to select the drivers in the
Advanced Settings. When creating a Ghost boot disk from the Ghost Boot
Wizard, you must include the Adaptec ASPI drivers.
See “Standard boot disks” on page 76.

See “Image files and volume spanning” on page 63.
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If the CD-RW/DVD-RW contains existing data, Norton Ghost prompts you
to confirm that you want the data erased.
Table 8-1 CD and DVD media
Type of drive Media
CD-R Blank
CD-RW Prompts to erase existing data before writing new data
DVD-R Blank
DVD-RW Prompts to erase existing data before writing new data
DVD+R Blank
DVD+RW Prompts to overwrite existing data
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Saving an image file to an unsupported CD-R/RW or DVD-R/RW drive
If Norton Ghost does not support your CD-R/RW drive and the image file is too
large to fit on one CD, you can still save the image file to CD.
See “Saving an image file to an unsupported CD-R/RW or DVD-R/RW drive” on
page 114.
Saving an image file to an unsupported CD-R/RW or
DVD-R/RW drive
Not all CD-R/RW/DVD drives are supported by Norton Ghost. If your drive is
unsupported, you can create an image file and then write it to CD/DVD using
third-party software.
If your drive is unsupported, and the image file is too large to fit onto one disk,
you can still save the image file to CD/DVD.
There are two methods of saving an image file to an unsupported CD-R/RW/
DVD drive:
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Splitting the image file while creating it
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