Ghost image - can I split it/break it up into pieces?

[MichaelD]

Using boot floppies made with Ghost 8.0, I made a Ghost image of my System partition. The image is 15GB in size.

Ghost has a 2GB limitation on file sizes, so the image is comprised of 8 different files named Ghost001, Ghost002, etc.

Obviously, this single image won't fit on a single DVD. Can I just make multiple DVDs, fitting however many files I can on each one?

Upon reload, will Ghost know to ask for "next DVD?"

Thanks.

 

[BlueWeasel]

While I don't use Ghost, I don't see why that wouldn't work.

Acronis TrueImage works exactly the same way if you choose to break the image files up into smaller (650MB or 700MB images to fit on CDs) files. You can put all the files on a DVD and it works well.

 

[MichaelD]

Thanks, BW. What gave me the idea is that during the image making/loading process, Ghost gives you the option of where to put/look for the image, and both of my DVD-Rs are listed.

I guess I can give it a shot and see what happens. I have my Ghost images backed up in two places; same HD, diff partition, external USB HD that I can attach to my laptop and burn the DVDs should the main drive in my PC go south.

 

[imported_michealo]

yes, it will just look for the next file. just swap the DVD and continue