Added better support for NTFS and could handle images larger than 2GB in a single file.
For system administrators in the early 21st century, the Ghost 8.3 ISO was a "magic bullet." It solved two major problems: time and consistency. Before widespread virtualization, setting up a physical computer involved installing the OS, drivers, software, and configuring settings—a process that could take hours per machine. With Ghost, an administrator would configure one "master" machine, create an image, and deploy it to hundreds of others. The 8.3 ISO was the key that unlocked this deployment model, containing the necessary network drivers (NDIS drivers) and disk controller support to operate on a wide variety of hardware.
: Unlike earlier versions, 8.3 allows for managing NTFS filesystems within a DOS shell. Flexible Storage
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With fingers crossed, Alex selected the option to restore the disk image from a backup file stored on an external hard drive. The restore process began, and the room held its collective breath as the data began to flow back onto the server.