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Symantec Norton Ghost 15.0 (1 PC) |  | From: Symantec
Category: Software
List Price: $69.99
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Seller: Justin Wong
Rating:  68 reviews
Sales Rank: 48
Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
Media: CD-ROM
Number Of Items: 1
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.3 x 1.4
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MPN: 20097684
Model: 20097684
UPC: 037648858120
EAN: 0037648858120
ASIN: B002SRNS7A
Release Date: November 16, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Multiple Storage options Backs up to almost any media, including CDR/RW and DVD+-R/RW drives, USB and FireWire (IEEE 1394) devices, Network drives, and Iomega ZIP and JAZ drives | | • | Offsite backup - Backs up your files to network-attached storage devices | | • | Full system backup (disk image) Backs up everything on a Hard Drive or partition | | • | Incremental and differential backup Backs up only files that have changed |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 68
 Ghost 15 is the BEST version of Ghost yet. Thank you Symantec! November 24, 2009
RC362b (California)
64 out of 69 found this review helpful
I don't usually post product reviews. I am just too busy and it is rare that a product impresses me enough to do so, but Ghost 15 warrants my time. This is hands down the best version of Ghost yet. It even bests Ghost 2003, which was my previous tool of choice simply for its flexibility. I have used the following versions of Ghost over the years: 2003, 9, 10, 12, and 14. I have imaged the following windows versions with various versions of Ghost: 2000, XP, Vista (x86 and x64), 7 (x64), Server 2000, 2003, 2003 R2 (x64), 2008 (x64).
Built-in windows utilities do some backup and restore functions, but they pale in comparison to the power, ease of use, flexibility, compression options, etc to Ghost 15. It is well worth $50!!! The ability to create images from the Recovery CD is ALONE worth the price to upgrade from version 14. You are also able to create customized recovery CDs. The recovery CD creation wizard automatically slipstreams any storage drivers you provide that are unique to your hardware. The ability to create VMware ESX and Hyper-V images is also a promising feature I am eager to test. Scheduling backups is nice to have (not new, version 14 had this), but not something I utilize much. I mostly do manual backups of baseline and incremental development images in a test environment.
Recovery CD image creation returns with Ghost 15, and is better than ever! For reasons I don't pretend to understand (probably in the interest of software sales), Symantec removed the capability to create images from the Recovery CD after Ghost 2003. This, for my uses, seriously limited the software's overall utility. If I wanted to make images of Microsoft Server products (other than purchasing Symantec's more complicated and expensive enterprise oriented Ghost Solution Suite), I was stuck either installing Ghost 2003 (which does install and function on Server 2003 and 2008), using the 2003 version 3.5 inch floppy boot disk to make images or creating a separate dual-booted XP maintenance partition to install and run later versions of Ghost on. Now granted, Norton Ghost is only intended to be a client solution, but these methods do work for the MS server OSs. Thankfully, Ghost 15 brings back recovery CD image creation. It has been sorely missed since Ghost 2003. BTW, this "maintenance partition" works well and continues to provide great utility for many reasons besides just imaging. XP's relatively small footprint and continued wide ranging compatibility makes it very useful in this role. The built in Windows Vista/7 and 2008 boot managers handle everything well.
To address the issue of having to upgrade with each new Windows version, well, that's the nature of the business for this type of software. Besides normal API changes, there are disk, partition, and file system structure changes from one version of OS to the next. These types of changes greatly affect software's ability to accomplish low level tasks, like disk imaging. As an example, Ghost 14 would install and run in Windows 7, but after testing I found that images were corrupt and unusable. I had to use Ghost 14 from the "maintenance partition" I mentioned above, and even then it would only work with default options. Antivirus software is another example of software being affected in this way. So with the next version of Windows, you will have to upgrade again to a new version of Ghost as Microsoft changes things in the OS (that is not Symantec's fault). I am astonished that my copy of Ghost 2003 has worked as well as it has for so long, but it too has lost some functionality with each new generation of Windows.
Thank you Symantec for producing a very functional and useful product, and for adding in a greatly missed feature. I thought seriously about moving to Acronis, but thought I would wait until Ghost 15 was released. I am glad I did. The only complaint I have left is the lack of ability to install and run natively on 2008. I doubt that a client Norton Ghost product for standalone 2008 use will threaten sales for the enterprise targeted Ghost Solution Suite.
UPDATE: I have now used Ghost 15 on Windows Server 2008 R2 and, although you can't actually install it natively, you can run the Recovery CD to both create and restore images. So far it has been flawless for both. I was able to create a customized Recovery CD and slipstream Highpoint RocketRAID 4320 and ICH9R drivers for my servers and the CD boots and runs without even a hiccup (which the OOTB Recovery CD croaked on so I know the drivers were not there to begin with). I have not tried network drivers yet, but will and I don't anticipate any problems as long as the NIC is not something exotic. I am also using Ghost 15 natively in Windows XP Pro "maintenance partitions" on several Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7 machines and it works flawlessly to both backup and restore them (have done extensive testing already). I really don't understand how some of the reviewers here are having so many problems. The most important rule of backups (after doing them in the first place) is to test them to ensure that they (and the backup hardware and software) are good. So if you are going to rely on the Recovery CD, take some time to test it and the backups to ensure you have the right driver mix befoe you have a real world problem.
Ghost 15.0 - The Best Version Yet November 23, 2009
G. Morris (Chatworth, CA USA)
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
You can buy the upgrade on the Symantec Web Site for $49.99 and you don't even need to have owned any prior versions. I bought mine online from their website, downloaded the software, installed it, applied the serial number that was given at the time of purchase and the product activated and never even asked for a prior version or older serial number. Save $20.00 and go purchase it over on Symantec's Website.
I like this version as it has a new feature where you can make restoreable images directly from the Boot CD and you don't even have to be in Windows when making an image any longer. Of course you still have that option, especially if you want to perform scheduled backups, but if you prefer to make backups without booting into the OS, simply boot from the CD and you have many options to choose from. The overall look is pretty much the same as version 14 of Ghost. There are a few other new features as well, but overall it looks just like version 14 and is compatible with Windows 7. Ghost 14 will not work with Windows 7, so you need Ghost 15.
Great Product November 21, 2009
Robert J. Mileti (Torrington, CT USA)
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
Ghost 15 has been released and you can get it at Symantec for $49 as an upgrade to earlier versions. This is really only good upgrade for folks with Windows 7 systems. Other than that, there doesn't seem to be much new other then BlueRay support and off-site copies from earlier versions. But if you've never used Ghost before, then this is a great product.
But Ghost 15 along with Internet Security 2009/2010 are both great products. Do not buy Antivirus or Norton 360... the Norton AV is too little, and 360 is loaded with useless stuff. Internet Security is the way to go.
Symantec had lost it's way a few years back, but these are now rock solid products!
Ghost Don't Scare Me April 20, 2010
Kyle Mcginnis (Virginia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the best backup software on the market for end users. I work in the IT world and I use this type of software daily. I finally bought it for my pc at home and Im glad I did. Very easy to do any type of backup, image, certain files, and so on. Has a built in live update feature (which I recommend running before using for the first time)thats makes keeping your software up to date a breeze. Some people have complained that you can only use it on 1 pc (WRONG)as long as you dont loose your norton g cd you can make an image on any other pc that you might own, just boot from the cd and follow the directions. If anyone of you have had to re-install windows with all updates, service packs, music, pics, apps, and drivers you know that it can take many days to get your pc back to the way it was. Amazon had the best price on the web, just buy it you will be glad you did, "better safe then sorry." -LBGreenthumb
Excellent, very fast, easy to use backup April 23, 2010
Quietreader (West Coast, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been using backup programs on PC's since the first IBM PC was introduced in 1982. For the past several years, I've been using various versions of Ghost, most recently, Ghost 10. Today, I installed Ghost 15.
The installation went flawlessly, but after the normal reboot, when G15 tried to run Live Update, LU didn't work. I went ahead and ran an Incremental Backup, using the Job Definition from Ghost 10.
It failed.
I contacted Symantec Technical Support through Live Chat. The technician (among other things), deleted the old Ghost 10 jobs and asked me to define a new one. The new one worked flawlessly. And, it ran in less than half the time needed by Ghost 10. (G15 also costs about half of what G10 cost a few years ago.)
The technician explained that G15 had been unable to find the destination drive for the backup, apparently because the stored description of it from G10 was incompatible, and trying to maintain compatibility from five versions ago was a bit much to ask. He added that the old backups from G10 will be usable by G15, if they're needed. (Let's hope not.)
We kept the Chat session running while Backup ran and he (presumably) helped other people. When Backup finished, he got back online and fixed the Live Update problem.
So, I give the product 5 stars, and if it was possible to separately rate Symantec's service, it would get more than 5 stars. I've needed their support for various products and problems with several of our computers, over the years, and each time have been very happy and impressed with their knowledge, skills, and friendly-professional attitude. If possible, this time the support was even better than usual.
Symantec's ability to provide good support is worth far more than the entire price of their product.
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