| Ghost imaging is the copying of the contents
of a computer's hard disk into a single compressed file or set of files
(referred to as an image) so that the contents of the hard disk, including
configuration information and applications, can be copied to the hard disk
of other computers.
An example of ghost imaging software is Norton Ghost, a product from
Symantec. Using this product, you can clone (copy) the entire contents
of a hard disk to a portable medium such as a writeable CD or to a server.
The portable image can then be used to set up each hard disk in other
computers, automatically formatting and partitioning each target disk.
Ghost imaging is useful where one system is to be replicated on a number
of computers in a classroom or for a team of notebook computer users who
all need the same system and applications. |
