Adjusting default tray icon settings ........................................... 40
Managing file types ................................................................ 41
Using nicknames for external drives .......................................... 43
Configuring default FTP settings for use with Offsite Copy ............ 44
Logging Norton Ghost messages ............................................... 44
Enabling email notifications for product (event) messages ............. 46
Chapter 5 Best practices for backing up your data ......................... 49
About backing up your data ........................................................... 49
About choosing a backup type ........................................................ 50
Best practices for backing up .......................................................... 50
About backups ....................................................................... 51
Before you back up ................................................................. 51
During a back up .................................................................... 53
When a back up is finished ...................................................... 53
Additional tips about backups ........................................................ 54
After defining your backup job ....................................................... 55
Viewing the properties of a backup job ....................................... 55
About selecting a backup destination ............................................... 56
About backing up dual-boot computers ............................................ 58
Chapter 6 Backing up entire drives .................................................... 59
About defining a drive-based backup ............................................... 59
Defining a drive-based backup ........................................................ 60
Related Drives options ............................................................ 62
Recovery point type options ..................................................... 63
Backup destination options ...................................................... 64
Recovery point options ........................................................... 64
Advanced scheduling options ................................................... 66
About files that are excluded from drive-based backups ................ 67
About network credentials ....................................................... 68
About running command files during a backup ............................ 68
Advanced options for drive-based backups .................................. 70
Compression levels for drive-based backups ...................................... 74
Running a one-time backup from Norton Ghost ................................. 75
About running a one-time backup from Symantec Recovery
Disk ..................................................................................... 76
Running a one-time backup from Symantec Recovery Disk ............ 77
About Offsite Copy ....................................................................... 81
How Offsite Copy works ................................................................ 81
About using external drives as your Offsite Copy
destination ..................................................................... 82
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