Norton Ghost for Windows

User Reviews

• Fast and faultless clone

  howardferns7/28/2013

  Pros

  Took about 15 minutes to clone entire hard drive of 80 GB to a new one. The result was 100% perfect.

  Cons

  The price

  Summary

  <br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Jul 28, 2013<p/>About time CNET updated the two and a half stars average user rating for this product - that includes some poor reviews for the previous version as well, whereas most of the reviews for the current version are enthusiastic.

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• Simply the Best!

  ThatSwede3/11/2013

  Pros

  I've been using Norton Ghost for 10 years, from XP through Windows 7. It's fast, accurate, runs in the background, and restores easily. Highly Recommended!

  Cons

  None that I can think of.

  Summary

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• Forgettable...It's a Nightmare.

  CChiWang5/28/2012

  Pros

  free means nothing.Time is Money.

  Cons

  secure disk ALWAYS ERROR in any new PC.Backup Software???? May be backDOWN...

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• Great - no problems in 7 years

  wpgwpg12/2/2011

  Pros

  It simply works with no hassles. Set it and forget it. In 7 years I haven't seen the first problem with it in any version of Windows from XP to Vista to 7.

  Cons

  Not the cheapest, but you can find it on sale for next to nothing.

  Summary

  I don't think you can beat it. It simply works manually or automatically time after time with no problems or hassles.

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• Savior for my Lenovo

  TheMarvick9/10/2011

  Pros

  Simple to use and create backups! Fully recommended! I have not tried to backup / restore from a remote FTP site.

  Cons

  Could not find any till date.

  Summary

  I used / use the Norton Ghost to restore my Lenovo laptop (restores all driver software / windows XP etc to the original state) Very useful when your system gets corrupt. I recommend the Ghost. I have made an initial image of the boot drive to a DVD. I use it to restore my Lenovo when my driver software gets corrupt. Restore takes less than five minutes.

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• Version 15 Appears To Be Better!

  Digital_jammer9/30/2010

  Pros

  So far this version (with Win 7 Ultimate) and only 512Mg instead of 1 gig of memory runs faster, is NOT as complex to use, in fact it's easy to use, and I believe the price is cheaper.

  Cons

  Have yet to do a full restore, so I can not say it it restores correctly yet. I am worried because the back up images and files it wrote to my external hard drive show 0 Kb of space used,

  Summary

  I have only fot as far as a full back up of my C drive, I have not needed to do a full restore yet. I am very worried over the fact all of the back up images and files left on my 1 TB external hard drive read 0 KB! . I have done a full C drive back up and it took less than an hour for my 160 gig drive. Assuming this does restore everything correctly then it is much better. So far it was very easy to back up my C drive in less than 1 hour running Version 15, and Windows 7 only only 512Mb of ram. Either way Version 15 appears better all the way around. But I still have not done a full restore yet, and I question why the back up files and images are showing 0 Kb in size.

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• very dissapointed in the download

  irishmistmr9/5/2010

  Pros

  none could not use the product

  Cons

  Was suppose to have full use during trial period but could only use to portions and these were the ones I didn't need.

  Summary

  The product gives false information before downloading trying to get you to by the product.

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• It's a rather complex program demanding time to learn

  Wim_Damstra8/7/2010

  Pros

  Automatically backups up harddisk(s) at a pre-installed date and time and apart from that you can backup f.i. daily selected files; furthermore you can make a separate backup of your drive(s) on an external drive.

  Cons

  It's rather complex to understand all the possibilities and in my dutch version the helpfile is in polish (help_nl) which can't be replaced by the english version as it is immidiately corrected (there are only a few dutchmen understanding polish!).

  Summary

  <br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Aug 7, 2010<p/>I don't recommend it as restores are unreliable. (I think back longingly to the former reliable DOS version of Ghost!)

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• unreliable

  calebcrawford5/19/2010

  Pros

  I don't know. I am just glad I never had to rely on it in the event of a catastrophic hard drive crash.

  Cons

  I can't rely on it. After the 4th time uninstalling and reinstalling I am giving up. The appended data backup will fail after sometimes 10 days, this time after 4. The computer backup is even worse - it never appends.

  Summary

  Bottom line: what happened to Symantec? Their whole product line has imploded. I have little control over the nature of the backup - there are no compression settings so everything is coded. I am a little old-school, and like to see the files and folders as they sit on my drive. Will Apple please come out with Time Machine for Windows?

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• I Killed The Ghost In My Computer

  Gold Dust2/5/2010

  Pros

  Looks Good Just Like A Picture That Hangs On A Wall.

  Cons

  It Killed My Hard Drive, I Had To Use System Restore To Get My Computer Back!

  Summary

  Do Buy This GARBAGE!<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Feb 7, 2010<p/>I Gave CPR To Ghost So Now It Is Back In My Computer, After All $70.00 Is A Lot Of Money To Throw Away, So I Am Learning How To Use It Right.......And Now I Love It, So Five Stars * * * * *!<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Feb 14, 2010<p/>Ghost Killed My Drive Again, So I Killed Ghost! Norton GoBack Is The Best, They Have It On eBay.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Feb 23, 2010<p/>You Can Not Kill A Ghost So I Brought It Back, Since It Is One Of The Best Backups Out There I Will Just Have To Learn How To Use It, But You Never Know With Me.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Mar 9, 2010<p/>GHOST REALLY IS DEAD NOW!<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Mar 10, 2010<p/>Error Has No Fix For Ghost (Error E7C30010: Device\\.Physicaldrive Cannot Write 8,192 Sectors Starting At LBA 63, Error 00000005: Access Is Denied)

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