Verify the integrity of a captured Ghost image

Products

• Ghost Solution Suite

Issue/Introduction

This document discusses how to determine if a Ghost image is corrupted

Environment

Ghost Solution Suite 3.x

Resolution

Ghost includes a feature for testing the integrity of an image file.

To run the integrity check from Windows 

1. Run Ghost32.exe or Ghost64.exe. By default they are located at :
   C:\Program Files (x86)\Altiris\eXpress\Deployment Server\Ghost
2. Choose Local > Check > Image File.
3. Browse to the image file and click Open.
4. Choose Yes to proceed with the integrity check. 

When done, Ghost displays a message that reports the results of the integrity check.

Using the results
When done checking the file, Ghost will either display a message indicating the process has completed successfully or a message indicating a problem with the image file.

• If Ghost indicates a problem with the image, create a new image.
• If Ghost does not indicate problems with the image, and you cannot successfully restore it, determine if there is corruption on the source drive. Refer to the following document: How to handle a corrupt image file.

Running Ghost within Windows
Note: Performing integrity checks with Ghost in Windows is supported but do not perform a local cloning operation while booted to production Windows. Imaging is only supported from a pre-boot environment using WinPE or Linux PE.