This significantly eased systems management because the user no longer had to set up their own partition tables. Ghost 7. Later versions can write DVDs. Ghost 8. The off-line version of Ghost, which runs from bootable media in place of the installed operating system, originally faced a number of driver support difficulties due to limitations of the increasingly obsolete bit DOS environment. Mouse support was possible but often left out due to the limited space for drivers on a floppy disk.
As widespread support for DOS went into decline, it became increasingly difficult to get hardware drivers for DOS for the newer hardware. Disk imaging competitors to Ghost have dealt with the decline of DOS by moving to other recovery environments such as FreeBSD, Linux or Windows PE, where they can draw on current driver development to be able to image newer models of disk controllers.
Ghost 8 and later are Windows programs; as such, they can run on Windows PE, BartPE or Hiren's BootCD and use the same plug and play hardware drivers as a standard desktop computer, making hardware support for Ghost much simpler.
Norton Ghost , a consumer edition of Ghost, was released on September 6, Available as an independent product, Norton Ghost was also included as a component of Norton SystemWorks Professional. A simpler, non-corporate version of Ghost, Norton Ghost does not include the console but has a Windows front-end to script Ghost operations and create a bootable Ghost diskette. The machine still needs to reboot to the virtual partition, but the user does not need to interact with DOS.
Symantec deprecated LiveUpdate support for Norton Ghost in early This helped clarify the difference between the consumer and business editions of the product. Ghost Solution Suite 1.
It can create an image file that is larger than 2 GB. In Ghost 8. Other new features include more comprehensive manufacturing tools, and the ability to create a 'universal boot disk'. At the end of , Symantec acquired its largest competitor in the disk-cloning field, [ citation needed ] PowerQuest. On August 2, , Norton Ghost 9.
Ghost 9 continues to leverage the PowerQuest file format, meaning it is not backward compatible with previous versions of Ghost. However, a version of Ghost 8. Ghost 9. It represents a significant shift in the consumer product line from Ghost , in several ways:. Since Ghost 9 does not support the older. Supports encrypting images and Maxtorexternal hard disk drives with Maxtor OneTouch buttons. Ghost Norton Save And Restore 1. It used Ghost Ghost Solution Suite 2.
Show all files. Uploaded by ahmed. Internet Archive's 25th Anniversary Logo. Search icon An illustration of a magnifying glass. User icon An illustration of a person's head and chest. Sign up Log in. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. Since Rufus can handle various partition schemes and file structures, ensure that the correct settings are set that match the UFD you're going to build Figure A.
Figure A Click the optical drive button next to the Create a bootable disk using checkbox, and you'll be prompted to search for the ISO image to use Figure B. Once everything is set correctly, click the Start button to begin the process. You'll be prompted with a warning that all data on the UFD will be destroyed.
Click OK to proceed with the creation process Figure C. For the log readout of each step in the process, click the Log button to open a side window and save the output details Figure D. Figure D The longest part of the entire process is the file copy portion. Figure E When complete, double-check the external drive to verify the files were copied over Figure F.
Figure F.
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