Samsung MZ-5PA128B User Manual - Page 58

58 Best practices for backing up your data About backing up dual-boot computers Table 5-2 Advantages and disadvantages of backup destinations (continued) Backup destination Advantages Disadvantages Network drive (recommended) ■ Fast backup and recovery ■ Must have supported ■ Can schedule unattended network interface card backups drivers to restore from ■ Inexpensive because Symantec Recovery Disk drive space can be ■ Must understand and overwritten repeatedly assign the appropriate ■ Protection from local hard drive failure ■ Off-site storage (through rights for users who will run backups and restore data existing network backup strategies) Removable media (local) ■ Protection from hard drive failure ■ Ideal for off-site storage ■ Reserves hard drive space for other uses About backing up dual-boot computers You can back up dual-boot computers, even if you have drives (partitions) that are hidden in the operating system from which you run Norton Ghost. When you run a drive backup, the entire contents of each drive is captured in a recovery point. When you restore a drive, the recovered drive is bootable. Note: In order for your computer to boot the same from a restored system as it did from the original configuration, you must back up, and then restore, every drive that includes operating system boot information. You should not create incremental backups of shared data drives if Norton Ghost is installed on both operating systems and they are both set to manage the shared drive. You might encounter issues if you try to use the Norton Ghost LightsOut Restore feature on dual-boot systems. It is not supported.