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Norton Ghost

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b4u

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Hi,

I've tried Norton Ghost 2003 not too long ago, and I was impressed with the results. The method of my preference was to boot from NG2003 CD, then enter the ghost interface to backup/restore full OS partitions, to recover in a crisis situation. That's the common usage for this software, AFAIK.

But now I heard about the new version, Norton Ghost 9, which I gave a quick look yesterday ... at first (and quick look), it doesn't seem to have that same bootable user interface to backup/restore ...

I prefer that boot method, because that way I have absolutely sure that my OS isn't messing with anything on my disk, and so the backup info is 100% coerent. Now if NG9 doesnt' have that "feature", how come will it work well when making a partition backup on-the-fly? Will it be safe, or did I just looked the CD contents on the wrong direction?
 
Apparently Ghost 9 works in the Windows environment pretty good. The Tech at a shop I buy my goodies from uses it.

Seems that they use a way of cloning the files that are in use and creating images from those. Symatec bought PowerQuest, the company that makes PartitionMagic (love that app) and an app called Drive Image, so they combined the technology.

Besides, you never could create an image from within Windows before, with previous versions of Ghost. What you did was start the program in Windows, but you had to reboot anyway. Simply because files that are used by Windows can't be tampered with in anyway. Seems Symantec found a way around that.
 
Ghost 9's bootability is it's best selling part in my opinion. You get Windows networking abilities and a nice Windows-like (256 color, 640x480) interface.

I feel that Ghost 9 is much nicer to use than the previous versions.
 
Originally posted by: WobbleWobble
Ghost 9's bootability is it's best selling part in my opinion. You get Windows networking abilities and a nice Windows-like (256 color, 640x480) interface.

I feel that Ghost 9 is much nicer to use than the previous versions.
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Ah, so does it mean I still have a way of doing the stuff like before, without having to install the software in Windows? But instead of having to run a dos command, the CD boots to a nicier (sp?) interface?

That's cool ... I really prefer to do the image backup/restore without installing the software on windows, and with no OS running at all ...
 
Originally posted by: ming2020
Ghost now with PartitionMagic capability? This I've got to try out...
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No, they combined technology from Drive Image with Ghost. PartitionMagic is still an independant app.

 
Originally posted by: b4u
Ah, so does it mean I still have a way of doing the stuff like before, without having to install the software in Windows? But instead of having to run a dos command, the CD boots to a nicier (sp?) interface?
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That's right.
 
So, with Ghost 9, could I now save a ghost image of my main drive to another drive in an external firewire enclosure without leaving windows?
 
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