Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] Binary Research developed Ghost in, New Zealand. After the Symantec acquisition, a few functions (such as translation into other languages) were moved elsewhere, but the main development remained in Auckland until October 2009 at which time much was moved to India. [ ] Technologies developed by 20/20 Software were integrated into Ghost after their acquisition by Symantec in April 2000.

PowerQuest [ ] At the end of 2003, Symantec acquired its largest competitor in the disk-cloning field, [ ]. On August 2, 2004, Norton Ghost 9.0 was released as a new consumer version of Ghost, which is based on PowerQuest′s version 7, and provides Live imaging of a Windows system. 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 8.0 is included on the Ghost 9 recovery disk to support existing Ghost customers. Ghost 3.1 [ ] The first versions of Ghost supports only the cloning of entire disks. However, version 3.1, released in 1997 supports cloning individual.

DOS USB Drivers. There are several. DOS drive ghost03 makes when you run interactive mode. USB external hard drive from DOS using drivers included with Norton.

Ghost could clone a disk or partition to another disk or partition or to an image file. Ghost allows for writing a clone or image to a second disk in the same machine, another machine linked by a parallel or network cable, a network drive, or to a tape drive. Ghost 4.0 and 4.1 [ ] Version 4.0 of Ghost added technology, following the lead of a competitor,. Multicasting supports sending a single image simultaneously to other machines without putting greater stress on the network than by sending an image to a single machine.

This version also introduced Ghost Explorer, a program which supports browsing the contents of an image file and extract individual files from it. Explorer was subsequently enhanced to support to adding and deleting files in an image with, and later with, and. Until 2007, Ghost Explorer could not edit NTFS images. Ghost Explorer could work with images from older versions but only slowly; version 4 images contain indexes to find files rapidly. Version 4.0 also moved from to. The additional memory available allows Ghost to provide several levels of for images, and to provide the file browser.

In 1998, Ghost 4.1 supports password-protected images. Ghost 5.0 [ ] Version 5.0 moved to. Unlike the of earlier versions, 5.0 uses a (GUI). The Binary Research logo, two stars revolving around each other, plays on the main screen when the program is idle. In 1998, Gdisk, a script-based, was integrated in Ghost.

Gdisk serves a role similar to, but has greater capabilities. Ghost for NetWare [ ] A Norton Ghost version for (called 2.0), released around 1999, supports partitions (although it runs in, like the others). Ghost 6.0 (Ghost 2001) [ ] Ghost 6.0, released in 2000, includes a management console for managing large numbers of machines. The console communicates with client software on managed computers and allows a to refresh the disk of a machine remotely. As a DOS-based program, Ghost requires machines running Windows to reboot to DOS to run it. Ghost 6.0 requires a separate DOS partition when used with the console.

Ghost 7.0 / Ghost 2002 [ ] Released March 31, 2001, Norton Ghost version 7.0 (retail) was marketed as Norton Ghost 2002 Personal Edition. Ghost 7.5 [ ] Released December 14, 2001, Ghost 7.5 creates a virtual partition, a DOS partition which actually exists as a file within a normal Windows file system. This significantly eased systems management because the user no longer had to set up their own partition tables. Ghost 7.5 can write images to discs. Later versions can write.

Symantec Ghost 8.0 [ ] Ghost 8.0 can run directly from Windows. It is well-suited for placement on bootable media, such as ′s bootable CD. The corporate edition supports, and transfers via. Ghost 8.0 supports NTFS file system, although NTFS is not accessible from a DOS program. Transition from DOS [ ] 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 16-bit environment. Driver selection and configuration within DOS was non-trivial from the beginning, and the limited space available on floppy disks made disk cloning of several different disk controllers a difficult task, where different SCSI, USB, and CD-ROM drives were involved. Mouse support was possible but often left out due to the limited space for drivers on a floppy disk.

Some devices such as USB often did not work using newer features such as USB 2.0, instead only operating at 1.0 speeds and taking hours to do what should have taken only a few minutes. 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, or, where they can draw on current driver development to be able to image newer models of disk controllers. Nevertheless, the DOS version of Ghost on compatible hardware configurations works much faster than most of the *nix based image and backup tools [ ].

Ghost 8 and later are Windows programs; as such, they can run on Windows PE, or and use the same plug and play hardware drivers as a standard desktop computer, making hardware support for Ghost much simpler. Norton Ghost 2003 [ ] Norton Ghost 2003, a consumer edition of Ghost, was released on September 6, 2002. Available as an independent product, Norton Ghost 2003 was also included as a component of Norton SystemWorks 2003 Professional. A simpler, non-corporate version of Ghost, Norton Ghost 2003 does not include the console but has a Windows front-end to script Ghost operations and create a bootable Ghost.

The machine still needs to reboot to the virtual partition, but the user does not need to interact with DOS. Symantec deprecated support for Norton Ghost 2003 in early 2006. Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 1.0 (Ghost 8.2) [ ]. Symantec Ghost 8.2 Released November 15, 2004, Symantec renamed the Enterprise version of Ghost to Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 1.0. This helped clarify the difference between the consumer and business editions of the product. This was further defined in February 2006, with the release of Norton Save And Restore (also known as Norton Backup And Restore), a standalone backup application based on Ghost 10.0.

Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 1.1 (Ghost 8.3) [ ] Ghost Solution Suite 1.1 is a bundle of an updated version of Ghost, Symantec Client Migration (a user data and settings migration tool) and the former PowerQuest equivalent, DeployCenter (using PQI images). Ghost Solution Suite 1.1 was released on December 2005. It can create an image file that is larger than 2 GB. (In Ghost 8.2 or earlier, such image files are automatically split into two or more segments, so that each segment has a maximum size of 2 GB.) Other new features include more comprehensive manufacturing tools, and the ability to create a 'universal boot disk'. [ ] Norton Ghost 9.0 (includes Ghost 2003) [ ] Ghost 9.0 was released August 2, 2004.

It represents a significant shift in the consumer product line from Ghost 2003, in several ways: • It uses a totally different code base, based on the / product via Symantec′s acquisition of. • It is a Windows program that must be installed on the target system. • Images can be made while Windows is running, rather than only when booted directly into DOS mode. • images (containing only changes since the last image) are supported. • Requires in order to function fully. • The bootable environment on the Ghost 9 CD is only useful for recovery of existing backups.

It cannot be used to create new images. Since Ghost 9 does not support the older.gho format disk images, a separate CD containing Ghost 2003 is included in the retail packaging for users needing to access those older images. The limitations of Ghost 9 compared to Ghost 2003 were not well-communicated by Symantec, and resulted in many dissatisfied customers who purchased Ghost 9 expecting the previous version′s features (like making images from the bootable Ghost environment, no installation required, and no product activation).

Norton Ghost 10.0 [ ] Supports creating images on CDs, DVDs, and disks as well as (FireWire) and. Supports encrypting images and with Maxtor OneTouch buttons. Ghost 10. Contoh Soal Tes Toefl Ibt Pdf Viewer. 0 is compatible with previous versions, but not with future versions. Norton Save And Restore 1.0 (Ghost 10.0) [ ] Norton Save And Restore 1.0, released in February 2006, was the renamed consumer version of Ghost.

It used Ghost 10.0′s engine, with the addition of features to allow backup and restoration of individual files. Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 2.0 (Ghost 11.0) [ ] Ghost Solution Suite 2.0 was released in November 2006. This version provides significant improvements in performance, as well as the ability to edit NTFS images. This version also adds support for, versions of Windows, and (GPT) disks.

However, the software does not fully support systems with (EFI) firmware. Ghost 11.0 supports saving and restoring from native Ghost image format (.gho,.ghs) and raw images (.img,.raw).

Norton Ghost 12.0 [ ] Ghost 12.0 includes support with an updated and more thorough user interface. It supports both full system backup and individual files or folders backup. This version provides a 'LightsOut Restore' feature, which restores a system from an on-disk software recovery environment similar to, thereby allowing recovery without a bootable CD. Upon system startup, a menu asks whether start the operating system or the LightsOut recovery environment. LightsOut restore would augment the, which comes with Ghost. The latter contains a recovery environment that can recover a system without a working operating system. Norton Save & Restore 2.0 (Ghost 13.0) [ ] NSR 2.0 has fewer features in comparison to Norton Ghost 12.

NSR 2.0 offers one-time backups, file and folder backup, simplified schedule editor, Maxtor OneTouch integration and modifiable Symantec recovery disc. This version supports 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP and Vista. Norton Ghost 14.0 [ ] Version 14.0 uses (VSS) to make backups and can store backups to an site.

Ghost can connect to ThreatCon, a Symantec service that monitors malware activity around the world, and performs when a specific threat level is reached. Other features include the ability to back up to devices and support for partitions up to 16TB. Ghost can manage other installations of version 12.0 or later across a network. This version no longer supports opening.gho image files.

It stores images in.v2i format. Incremental backup images created with Norton Ghost are saved with.iv2i filename extensions alone the original full backup (with.v2i filename extension) on a regular basis. Older.gho image files can be restored using Ghost Explorer, a separate utility. Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 2.5 (Ghost 11.5) [ ] The ghost software for enterprise, including Ghost 11.5, was released in May 2008.

New features include: Feature Description DeployAnywhere Allows drivers to be injected during image deployment to lessen the need for hardware dependent images. Hot imaging Allows live machines to be used as the source to keep images from becoming stale and out of date. Image formats Ghost 11.5 supports saving to and restoring from native Ghost image format (.gho and.ghs) and format (.vmdk). It also supports restoring from DriveImage format (.v2i,.iv2i,) image format (.pqi) and Backup Exec System Recovery (BESR) format. PreOS boot disk • 64-bit with greatly enhanced driver set • Linux (based on ) As of January 6, 2010, the latest build from Live Update is 11.5.1.2266 (Live Update 5 (LU5)). This updates Ghost Solution Suite to 2.5.1 and provides support for and.

Furthermore, Ghost 11.5 is compatible with 's bootable CD using a.

Ghost has several features that perform multicasting: • Ghost Console - This is a Windows application that is available in all currently-supported corporate Ghost versions. • Ghost Multicast Server - This is a Windows application that is available only in Symantec Ghost 7.0 and earlier. • GhostCast Server - This is a Windows application that is available only in Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 1.0 and Symantec Ghost 8.0/7.5. • DOS Ghost Multicast Server - This is a DOS application that is available only in Symantec Ghost 7.0 and earlier.

• DOS GhostCast Server - This is a DOS application that is available only in Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 1.0 and Symantec Ghost 8.0/7.5. This document lists the switches that are available for each of these features except Ghost Console. GhostCast Server and DOS GhostCast Server command line switches The following information applies to DOS GhostCast Server and the Windows version of GhostCast Server unless otherwise indicated.

These switches apply to Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 1.0 and Symantec Ghost 8.0/7.5. Description -Ncount Starts the GhostCast transmission after 'count' clients have joined the session. -Ttime Starts sending to session automatically after a specified time (24 hour hh:mm format). -Ominutes Starts transmission 'minutes' after last client connection. -Llevel Creates a log file specifying log level (E, S, W, I, or A). -Ffilename Specifies log file name for the -L option (by default, Ghostlog.txt). -C Closes ghostsrv application after GhostCast session completion.

Applies only to the Windows version of GhostCast Server. -D Uses dump from client mode (load to client is the default). -R Restarts the GhostCast session on completion. Waits for client connections again after GhostCasting is complete.

-P Specifies partition mode operation. If loading to clients, the partition number must be given. If dumping from client, no partition number is required. -Ma Sets the multicast address to a. Addresses between 224.77.2.0 - 224.77.255.255 are valid. -DISKnumber Specifies the client disk number to which to load or create the image file.

-PARTnumber Specifies the client partition number to which to load or create the image file. -Gswitch Specifies switches to include in the command line and those used by the Ghost application. -HLxxx Sets the maximum amount of bandwidth consumed while loading an image, where xxx is the number of megabytes per minute. Applies only to the Windows version of GhostCast Server.

-HDxxx Sets the maximum amount of bandwidth consumed while dumping an image, where xxx is the number of megabytes per minute. Applies only to the Windows version of GhostCast Server. -TTLxxx Sets the multicasting time to live.

Applies only to the Windows version of GhostCast Server. -Sxxx DOS GhostCast Server version of -TTL.

-Ux Force data transfer mode, where x is U, D, or M. Multicast Server command line switches The following information applies only to the Windows version of Ghost Multicast Server in Norton Ghost 4.x through Symantec Ghost 7.0.

I'm trying to decide on a good drive imaging solution for my 4 computers at home. I have 2 laptops, 1 desktop PC, and 1 server. I plan on putting a large hard drive in my server solely for storing imaged backups of my other 3 computers. All 4 computers are on my network at home. I've looked at Acronis True Image and it's ability to run within the Windows environment. Basically, it takes a bitmapped 'snapshot' of the hard drive and will image that across the network to a location you specify.

I don't like the thought of imaging a system while I'm using it. I know it's probably solid as granite, but I'm old school and I don't trust that it will get open files and put the image in a consistent state. I've used Norton Ghost in the past. With the version I had, I had to boot both my server (location where image files are stored) as slave and my PC (computer to be imaged) as master - both with a PC-DOS Ghost boot diskette that I was able to create using the Norton Boot Disk Wizard or something of that nature.

Now, what I'm looking for is something in between these 2 solutions. I want my computer that I'm imaging to be in a DOS envirionment where Windows is NOT running. That's the only way I will trust that I'm getting a perfect image. Norton Ghost will let me do this. I don't want to have to boot my server to a DOS environment in order to receive the image file.

I use this server for several things - one of which is a webserver. I need for it to remain up while I'm imaging my PC's and storing that data onto the server. Will any of these products allow me to do what I'm outlining here? You can do exactly what you want with Ghost.

(I'm not sure about the newest consumer version, though.) You'll need to create a boot floppy with network support so that you can map a drive within DOS using the NET USE command. Boot your workstation to that floppy, map a drive to your server, fire up GHOST.EXE from the command prompt, and upload/download images 'til your heart's content. Or to be a little bit more modern, you can substitute a bootable CD for that DOS floppy and use GHOST32.EXE.

(I don't know if GHOST32.EXE only comes with the corporate versions of Ghost, though.). There's no need to bother with the whole Master/Slave deal. Step 1: Boot to a DOS disk with network drivers. Log on to the network and use the NET USE command to map a network drive. Ghost isn't even involved up to this point.

Step 2 (if saving an image): Launch GHOST.EXE. Select LOCAL -->DISK -->TO IMAGE.

For the destination, select a folder on your mapped drive and enter a name for your image file. Step 2 (if restoring from an image): Launch GHOST.EXE. Select LOCAL -->DISK -->FROM IMAGE. For the source, select the appropriate folder & image file on your mapped drive. The trick is getting a network boot floppy working, but you can get some good ones that require little editing from.

I'm going to check out bootdisk.com but here are a couple more questions: 1) I can get a PC-DOS bootdisk with Ghost.exe for my PC to be imaged using the Ghost wizard. This has support for the network interface card b/c I can do the whole Master/Slave deal at this point. What else is needed on this boot disk to get to where I can do a NET USE?

2) On a bootdisk, where do you incorporate a username/password for the shared folder on the network? 3) If just using a generic DOS (not PC-DOS) bootdisk with network support what needs to be set that is Ghost specific? Do you just copy Ghost.exe onto the bootdisk and go from there? Any specific config.sys or autoexec.bat steps? Or is all you need is Ghost.exe? Your TCP/IP boot disk will let you boot clients to your TCP/IP network and use the Netuse command to map network drives.

I commonly use TCP/IP boot disks to roll out a standard client image to multiple machines. When client machines have different hardware, I can map a drive to a network share that contains NT 4.0 installation media and use a boot disk to perform a manual or unattended installation of NT 4.0 onto a machine that doesn't have a CD-ROM drive. Putting all the files I need for booting on one disk makes performing these administrative tasks much easier. Originally posted by Sc0rp10n 3) If just using a generic DOS (not PC-DOS) bootdisk with network support what needs to be set that is Ghost specific? Do you just copy Ghost.exe onto the bootdisk and go from there? Any specific config.sys or autoexec.bat steps? Or is all you need is Ghost.exe?

You just need a DOS boot disk that's capable of mapping a network drive. (It doesn't matter if it's MS-DOS, PC-DOS, DR-DOS, OpenDOS, etc.) Once that's in place, the only other thing you need is GHOST.EXE. When running Ghost, you'll see the mapped network drive appear in the drop-down boxes just like any locally installed hard drive or optical drive. If you have problems with creating the network boot disk, there's another option we've overlooked.

You could burn the images to DVD or CD's instead of the server. Then when you need to restore a machine, boot to a DOS floppy or CD, launch GHOST.EXE, and restore from CD/DVD. I understand your points in wanting to keep ANY Windows loading/running while you create your Image - and copying to DVD/CD in DOS mode can be done (linux users are great at this stuff), but it's not something I've had to do yet. I mean why not just store the Image on Another Partition on the Same HDD, then when you reboot - tranfer the Image it to the Server, while in Windows?

I also think you're trying to store the Images on the server, so as to not have to have it on optical storage (which is always a beneficial backup) - and to make things simple.but if the Server goes down, or the HDD dies on the Server (and they do), you'll lose all your Images So - some other options though, is to boot from a LiveCD linux distro, like or even (which may even have Ghost plugin - or Ghost type available). I'm just not sure on what linux app would be used for saving/compressing/imaging the Windows partition/s. I know Captive NTFS (available on knoppix LiveCD) must be used to access and write to NTFS partitions. Also necessary for Optical backup from a LiveCD are atleast 2 optical drives (one ROM drive needs to be used to run the LiveCD the other Optical drive needs to be a Burner (Writeable).