Starting Symantec Ghost Directly; Bootable Usb Flash Drive - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual

Backing up and restoring data

5.8 Starting Symantec Ghost directly

5.8 Starting Symantec Ghost directly
With the "Symantec Ghost" software you can store the entire contents of an SSD as a disk
image. Disk images can be kept on various storage media for subsequent restoration of the
data on the SSD.
Symantec Ghost is supplied from the factory on replacement SSDs for the PCU and on the
SSD of the entire PCU. Symantec Ghost is used by the components of the PCU Base
Software to back up or restore data.
You can also start Symantec Ghost directly from the prompt to execute the data backup
tasks from the user interface of Ghost. This is necessary, for example, when using
CompactFlash cards.
Procedure
To start Symantec Ghost directly, proceed as follows:
1. Call the prompt from the Service Center or the Service Desktop.
2. Enter "ghost.32.exe" and confirm the entry.
Further information
More information is available in the Internet on website Ghost.com (http://www.ghost.com).
5.9

Bootable USB flash drive

Use
You can generate a bootable Service Center (Emergency Boot System) based on Microsoft
Windows PE on a USB flash drive as preventive measure against a defect
The Ghost image is located on the SSD under:
Using the same procedure, you can create a Service Center on a PG/PC. For this,
Ghost
Precondition
● The Windows 7 Service Desktop is active
● You have a USB flash drive (e.g. SIMATIC PC USB flash drive)
Procedure
To create a bootable USD flash drive, proceed as follows:
1. Connect the USB flash drive to a USB interface of the PCU.
2. Start Symantec Ghost, for example, by entering
menu.
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must be installed on the PG/PC.
D:\Eboot\eboot.gho
in the search bar in the start
Ghost32.exe
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