Okey dokey no worries, i didnt think i would be able to do. But will i have to Compile every image when i've done or should i just make sure i dont put special characters or numbers in when i give the new image it's name.

So how exactly do i do this -Z# switch and where do i do it please?

Thanks
James

James,

I would just create the images without special characters or numbers from the start; there is no need to recompile if you create them with a naming convention that does not use numbers. What I often recommend is making subfolders for images that contain machine model numbers, and saving images in these to identify them.

To address the -z# switch, you can either add this to boot media when creating it in the boot wizard, or you can add it to a Ghost Console task.

Boot wizard:
On the page that specifies the location of the Ghost.exe or Ghost32.exe executable, there is a line called Parameters; add this there.

Console:
In an Image Create Task, click on the Advanced button in the lower right on the General tab. Type this into the "Additional options for Ghost command line" field.

Thank you,

Randy

Randy,

Ok i see thats pretty straight forward, so if i just type in "-z9 switch" for example for the highest compression in the command line or the parameters it should compress the file size as small as possible.

Thanks
James

James,

That is correct. Please note that when you use high levels of compression, you do trade performance speed for saving space. But yes, that will result in the smallest image size possible.

Thank you,

Randy

Randy,

Good stuff, i'll let you know how i get on.

Thanks
James