i have observed same with Sym- AV 2010 ( i use dial up connection, slow ntwork speed). sym -av might be keep on scanning the network data, may be it works on high speed.
Batch file contains following lines:
REM wait for 30 seconds.
ping -n 30 192.126.100.100 > NUL
x:
cd \ghost
REM deploy image on first partition.
ghost32 -clone,mode=prestore,src=e:\Image.GHO:1,dst=1:1 -batch -sure -rb
check this link if your boot.wim is qver sized
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=fd55089b-36a8-4844-80a4-a8e0c6f9dc31
actually i created the image for C drive, and when ever i need to revert i executed the Win PE and deployed the image on drive C
as the image was for Windows xp so it was not more than 1.2 GB, and it kept the drive D, and have ot burn it on disc.
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