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Symantec Norton Ghost v.12.0

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• Reviewed by: longterm57

  Updated: 03-06-08

  Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

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  Strengths: Better than Ghost 10

  Weaknesses: None that I can see.

  Overall Evaluation: I went from Ghost 10 to Ghost 12 without a problem. I like Ghost 12 better. It is faster and has less windows to go through to get to the backup. Good upgrade..

• Reviewed by: redgiant

  Updated: 02-27-08

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

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  Strengths: solid function

  Weaknesses: consume too much disks

  Overall Evaluation: I have been using Norton Ghost for years from DOS version. It has solid backup ability and Norton Ghost 12.0 has the ability to backup certain files or folders as a big improvement. I backup the system drive and it will make a restore point whenever there is a system configuration change. It make need some work on the image size in the later version.

• Reviewed by: hankrtg

  Updated: 12-30-07

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:2 Weeks

  Strengths: Ability to image an entire hard drive

  Weaknesses: Nothing glaring as yet

  Overall Evaluation: So far, I have had no problems with this version (12) of Norton Ghost. It allows me to image my system drive as well as backup other drives and important files. I have successfully built and tested a recovery CD. However, I have not as yet actually tried to recover or restore anything. The real proof will be when and if I actually have to use the recovery files. I don't have the issue of compatibility with earlier versions raised by other reviewers. So my rating is strictly on its ability to provide a backup solution.

• Reviewed by: timbrill

  Updated: 11-18-07

  Overall Rating: 3 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:2 Months

  Strengths: No more DOS mode

  Weaknesses: Requires Microsoft Net 2.0 be installed

  Overall Evaluation: I've been using Norton Ghost to backup my computers but I hadn't upgraded in awhile so I bought Ghost 12. I found the program has changed greatly from the older versions. It is now fully a Windows program instead of a DOS program. The format the backups that it stores data in has changed too. One of the changes I liked least is the requirement to install Microsoft NET 2.0 in order for Ghost 12 to work. The addition of the capacity to just backup files and folders, not just the whole disk is nice. Other than the requirement for Microsoft .NET I found Ghost 12 and its new features to be a big step forward.

• Reviewed by: kitchau

  Updated: 11-10-07

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

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  Strengths: Good easy to use interface. Vista Compatible.

  Weaknesses: Does not support older OSes

  Overall Evaluation: Good easy to use interface. Improved GUI. Vista compatible. Does not support older OSes. It is a very secure and easy way to backup a complete disk image including the OS, applications and data. CD provides boot in case of catastrophic OS failure.

• Reviewed by: jayw

  Updated: 10-31-07

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:25 Days

  Strengths: Good user interface and gives you all the information you need. Works well with Vista

  Weaknesses: Have not found any weaknesses yet.

  Overall Evaluation: I have used Ghost for several years now from the original versions all the way to version 12. They continue to improve it and it does all that I need. It is also better than what Microsoft provides in VISTA so I am continueing to use it.

• Reviewed by: ianreid99

  Updated: 10-29-07

  Overall Rating: 1 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:1 Days

  Strengths: Few - backup may work but don't trust it.

  Weaknesses: Fails to create a recovery point correctly, web site support still refers to Ghost 10.0, Autofix download doesn't install

  Overall Evaluation: I upgraded from Ghost 9 to Ghost 12, specifically for the ability to create recovery points as I am intending to upgrade from XP to Vista. Sad to say this much hyped feature doesn't work properly. A recovery point will only be created if the source disk is completely clean (no bad sectors, CRC failures etc) - otherwise Ghost simply fails. A link to the website takes you to a tool called Autofix that doesn't intstall properly (I gave up after 10 minutes of waiting for the install to run after it downloaded). A link to the Symantec website for Ghost 12 support takes you to the Ghost 10.0 pages. Booting from the ISO image and running the Analyze functions reports, after 4 hours of running on a 60Gb disk, that there were no errors, but the Recovery Point still failed. So, a total waste of money. Is this the best a company like Symantec can do ? Go elsewhere for backup software.

• Reviewed by: saintpi

  Updated: 09-25-07

  Overall Rating: 1 Star Review

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  Strengths: File and Folder backup feature

  Weaknesses: incompatible with previous windows OS

  Overall Evaluation: I'm greatly disappointed by Symantec. One significant feature previous versions of Norton Ghost lacked was the ability to backup files and folder. This feature was introduced in Norton Ghost 12.0. This made me to give a thumbs up for Symantec until I got Norton Ghost 12.0 only to find that it cannot be installed on my windows 2000 professional workstations!Online Chat with a Symantec analyst confirmed this and proferred a solution to change the operating system! When you are running processes on workstations that have to stay on 24hours a day, replacing the OS is like building a new space station!Symantec should have done much better than to introduce a new improved version of Norton Ghost that is totally useless to many old users! Think carefully before you buy the product. It is sad to note that the cost of returning the Norton Ghost 12.0 product is far more than the cost of a new product!!!

• Reviewed by: sierra_nevadas

  Updated: 09-04-07

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:1 Weeks

  Strengths: Improved GUI; works as advertised

  Weaknesses: Had to create new backup settings; need in addition to Norton 360

  Overall Evaluation: I have always had the version of Norton Ghost bundled with Norton SystemWorks Premier. However, I ended up getting Norton 360 this time around, thinking that it had "everything"...that is how they market it, afterall! Well, while it does include backup software, it does not include drive imaging. As a result, I had to buy Ghost 12. I did lose my previous backup setttings, as they didn't appear to be compatible. The install process removed the old ghost automatically, so the configuration files were lost in that process.Once I got it up and running, I was easily able to re-rereate my backup settings, and I was off and running. I like the new GUI. Not sure what was wrong with the old, but oh well. It works fine with my windows xp install, but I have yet to try it with Vista, even though it claims compatibility.

• Reviewed by: pricehu

  Updated: 09-01-07

  Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:79 Days

  Strengths: Ghost is very easy to setup, and it walks you through doing a backup with advanced compression techniques.

  Weaknesses: it can't create a HDD image under DOS OS system

  Overall Evaluation: Using Norton Ghost 12 on my Windows Vista machine with an 500GB Seagate Hard Drive. Ghost is very easy to setup, and it walks you through doing a backup. It is the best solution I found for day to day backup of my home and business computers. You can setup automated backups so that every week, day, Monday, etc... the system will automatically do a backup without user intervention. I have tested the restore methods, and not only are they reliable, but they are fast too. In case you try to restore a file that already exists, you will be prompted by Windows to confirm the restore, which should help prevent overwriting a good file by accident.

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