Norton Ghost automatically backs up and recovers everything on your computer Norton Ghost provides advanced backup and recovery for your computer. Protect your documents, financial records, presentations, photos, music, videos, historical documents, or any other kinds of data you keep on your computer by making backup of your computers entire hard disk. Or, limit your backup to include only those files and folders that mean the most to you.
You can schedule backups to capture your changes automatically as you work from day to day. Or start backup manually at any time. You can also easily configure Norton Ghost to run backup in response to specific events. For example, backup can be started when particular application is started, or when specified amount of new data has been added to the drive.
When you experience problem with your computer, you can restore file, folder, or an entire drive, to return your computer to previous, working state with the operating system, applications, and data files intact. Or if you accidently delete personal file, get it back with few simple steps.
Using easy-to-follow wizards, set up fast and reliable backups that run while you continue to work. Or schedule your backups to run after hours when you are no longer using your computer.
When disaster strikes, Norton Ghost helps you recover your computer from the effects of many common problems, including
Virus attacks: Damage might be done before virus is quarantined.
Faulty software installations: Some software can negatively affect your computers performance, slowing it down to the point that opening programs or documents can require too much time. But once installed, uninstalling product might not recover unintentional damage done during an install.
Hard drive failure: Data can become corrupted on your system drive (typically C), making it impossible to start your operating system
Files accidentally deleted or overwritten: Accidental deletion of files is common, but often costly.
Corrupted files: Individual files and folders can become corrupted by viruses, or when program used to modify them encounters an error.
Here are some key features of "Symantec Norton Ghost":
Enhanced ease-of-use
An improved user interface simplifies what you need to know and do to successfully back up or recover files, folders, or your entire computer. And for Norton Ghost experts, the Advanced page gives you single view to most product features.
Windows Vista support
Norton Ghost has been designed and tested to run in the new Windows Vista operating system, and still supports previous versions of Windows
Improved Easy Setup
Now setting up your first backup is even easier with the enhanced Easy Setup, which appears either during install (unless you choose to skip it), or automatically the first time you run Norton Ghost. Specify few preferences, and Norton Ghost can start backing up your computer on regular basis.
File and folder backup
Limit your backup to include select set of files or folders. File and folder backups are especially useful if your backup storage space is limited and you make frequent changes to important documents that you want to back up.
One Time backups
Need to back up you data quickly? The new One Time Backup feature lets you define and run backup at any time without saving the backup job for later use.
Desktop search engine support
Search for and recover files stored in recovery points using Google Desktop. Also supports Symantec Backup Exec Retrieve.
Convert recovery point to virtual disk format
Convert recovery points to one of two virtual disk formats for use in virtual environment.
LightsOut Restore
Restore computer from remote location, regardless of the state of the computer, provided that its file system is intact.
Simplified schedule editor
You can now easily edit your existing backup schedules without having to click through multiple dialogs or complete the entire backup wizard again.
Manage backup data
Because recovery points and file and folder backup data require storage space, Norton Ghost gives you the freedom of where and how to handle the amount of disk space used for storing backup data. Norton Ghost offers simple tools for managing your backup data, and can even manage it for you automatically.
Improved backup and recovery status
The home page offers the backup protection status in single view. But you can also use the new Backups Calendar to view past and upcoming scheduled backups to see how protected your data really is.
Automatic backup destination detection
Norton Ghost automatically detects when new storage device is connected to your computer, and can prompt you to change your default backup destination to the new drive.
Browse lost or damaged files and folders
Enhanced browsing of files and folders inside recovery points makes recovery quick and easy; the new file and folder backup feature also lets you quickly search for and recover files or folders.
Event-triggered backups
In addition to scheduled and manual backups, Norton Ghost can detect certain events and run backup automatically whenever they occur, providing an added level of protection for your computer.
Performance throttling
Manually adjust the effect of running backup on the performance of your computer to better match your needs at the moment. This feature is especially useful if you are working on your computer and dont want the backup process to slow you down. And if you know the demographics of your network traffic, you can now set network throttling to prevent network overload.
Maxtor OneTouch integration
If you have Maxtor OneTouch external hard drive, you can back up your computer with the push of button. No need to start Norton Ghost.
Modifiable Symantec Recovery Disk
When you cannot start Windows, the newly enhanced Symantec Recovery Disk (SRD) makes recovery easier than ever.
If the Symantec Recovery Disk is missing specific drivers, use the Create Recovery Disk feature to create modified Symantec Recovery Disk that includes the exact drivers needed to successfully boot your computer into the recovery enironment.
Note: If you purchased Norton Ghost pre-installed on new computer, some features in the recovery environment may or may not be included, depending on how the computer manufacturer chose to install it. The recovery environment has likely been pre-installed on special partition on your computer.
Requirements:
Memory requirements per key components:
Norton Ghost Agent: 256 MB
Norton Ghost user interface and Recovery Point Browser: 256 MB
Symantec Recovery Disk: 512 MB minimum
Note:
If you are installing multilingual version of the product, you must have minimum of 768 MB of RAM to run the Symantec Recovery Disk.
Norton Ghost LightsOut Restore feature: GB
Available hard disk space
Norton Ghost Service: 65.2 MB
Recovery Point Browser: 30.6 MB
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0: 280 MB of hard disk space required for 32-bit computers, and 610 MB for 64-bit computers
Recovery points: Sufficient hard disk space on local hard disk or network server for storing recovery points
Norton Ghost LightsOut Restore feature: GB
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
The drive can be any speed, but must be bootable from the BIOS. Norton Ghost uses Gear Software technology. To verify that your CD writer or DVD writer is compatible, click here. You can look up information about your writer if you know the name of the manufacturer and model number of your writer.
The .NET Framework 2.0 is required to run Norton Ghost. If the .NET Framework is not already installed, then Norton Ghost installs it for you.
Virtual platforms (for converted recovery points)
VMware GSX Server 3.1 and 3.2
VMware Server 1.0 (replacement/rename for GSX Server)
VMware ESX Server 2.5 and 3.0
VMware Infrastructure (replacement/rename for ESX Server)
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2
Limitations:
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