This switch allows automation of Ghost.exe operations and has a series of arguments that define the operation parameters.

You can set the buffer size value from 1 to 32.Ĭhecks the integrity of the image file that is indicated by the filename. The default size of the buffer by Symantec Ghost. Ghost creates an image file using a buffer of size = number of KB. not useful unless booting from Dos boot floppies If you use the -SURE switch with -, and a floppy disk is not in drive A, then a non-bootable CD/DVD. When writing an image directly to a CD/DVD writer, this makes the CD/DVD bootable in drive A. Using this switch lets you execute Ghost operations on a computer with no video adapter. Prevents any GUI display with switches that do not require any user input, for example, the clone switch. This option may slow Symantec Ghost operation substantially. If this switch, and the target partition is FAT, Symantec Ghost checks for and works around bad sectors and. Handles bad FAT clusters when writing to disk. Symantec Ghost returns 0 on success and 1 or higher on failure or error. exe must to identify whether the operation was successful. Prevents abort messages from waiting for user and removes user interaction prompts. This switch is the default behavior for Symantec Ghost. Using this switch avoids the user prompt that asks for confirmation of the next destination location for the of the image file that is being restored. Īutomatically names spanned image files during creation. txt, with the directory and file given in. Replaces the default abort error log file name. See the document Switches: Cloning which tape device to use (0 through n).ĭesignates the filename of your ENV file for registration. This lets you exceed the DOS command-line limit of 150 to. The Symantec Ghost command-line switch file must be a text file with each switch on a separate line. The command-line switch file can include any Symantec Ghost command-line switch. Filename indicates the path and file name of the command-line switch file. Ghost a file that contains additional command-line switches that Symantec Ghost should read.

Unless otherwise stated, most of the following switches are used on the Ghost command-line with Ghost32.exe, Ghost64.exe and ghost (for Linux PE).

Usually, a switch available in one version will also be available in later versions, but not always.

Some switches are not available in all versions.

The version information is not complete.

NTC is not used because Ghost enables the allocation of NTFS contiguous cluster runs by default. For instance, -NTC- forces Ghost to disable the allocation of NTFS contiguous cluster runs. Such switches are normally not used without the second hyphen. When a switch is both preceded by and followed by a hyphen, such as with -NTC-, the second hyphen means that the feature is disabled.

This document lists Ghost's command-line switches in alphabetical order.

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