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Norton Ghost 14.0 | 
| From: Symantec
List Price: $69.99
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Rating:  80 reviews
Sales Rank: 38
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.2
MPN: 13517991
Model: 13561463
UPC: 037648622356
EAN: 0037648622356
ASIN: B0012YKRSI
Release Date: February 18, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Protects your computer with advanced backup and recovery: creates full system and file backups, restore from system failures, and back up based on schedules and events | | • | Offsite backup copies recovery points to a FTP site for easier offsite backup management | | • | Backup and recover from Network Attached Storage devices for expandable and flexible backups | | • | Google Desktop integration makes data recovery even faster with searchable backup indexes | | • | Backs up and find specified file types such as photos, MP3 files and documents |
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Product Description
Crash! It doesn't happen as often as it did in the past but, when it does, it can be a very inconvenient truth. Symantec Norton Ghost 14 is the latest, improved version of backup and recovery software for your Windows PC. It's an assuring insurance that your valuable data is safe just in case the 'less likely' might happen. Incremental and differential backup?Backs up only files that have changed Customizable, event-based backup?Triggers backups based on key events such as new program installations or sudden increases in data storage Advanced compression and encryption?Minimizes storage space and helps keep sensitive documents safe System protection?Recovers your system and data even when you can't restart the operating system EXCLUSIVE! Remote management Controls other Norton Ghost installations (12.0 and higher) on your local area network LightsOut Restore Restores your system with an on-disk software recovery environment, no bootable CD required File backup search Finds and backs up specified file types such as photos, MP3 files, and documents File and folder backup Backs up only the specific files and folders you choose rather than saving an entire drive Virtualization conversion wizard Converts physical images for use in VMware instances Fast, efficient, and secure backup Provides password-encrypted backup and lets you define the level of compression and amount of resources used for backups Throttle control backup Lets you continue using your computer while backups occur seamlessly in the background NEW! FTP backup?Copies recovery points to a FTP site for easy offsite backup
Amazon.com
Norton Ghost 14.0 protects PCs--including all applications, settings, folders, and files--with advanced backup and recovery. It provides powerful protection with new features such as offsite backups and Symantec ThreatCon integration, as well as enhanced performance, remote management, LightsOut Restore capability, and more. With Norton Ghost 14.0, you have a choice of backup types: full system (disk image) or specific files and folders. Incremental backups and enhanced compression help reduce the amount of required storage, while encryption helps keep everything safe. Norton Ghost 14.0 works with most storage devices, including external hard drives, networked drives, and recordable and rewritable CDs and DVDs.  Norton Ghost 14.0 protects your PC--including all applications, settings, folders, and files--with advanced backup and recovery. |  At-a-glance system status displays all scheduled backups and the degree of backup protection for each computer drive, all in one view. | Key Features and Benefits
New Features and Enhancements
- New--Offsite backup. Copies recovery points to a FTP site for easier offsite backup management.
- New--Backup to NAS devices. Backup and recover from Network Attached Storage devices for expandable and flexible backups.
- New--Symantec ThreatCon integration. Leverages intelligence from Symantec's industry-leading security research organization by triggering incremental backups whenever ThreatCon reaches a specified threat level. Great for PCs without antivirus protection.
Data Backup and Recovery
- Exclusive--Google Desktop integration. Makes data recovery even faster with searchable backup indexes.
- Backs up and find specified file types such as photos, MP3 files and documents.
- Full disk image backs up everything on a hard drive or partition.
- Incremental and differential backup saves only files that have changed.
- Customizable, event-based backups triggers automatic backup based on events such as new program installation, ThreatCon level change, or sudden increases in data storage.
Advanced Data Compression and Encryption
- Minimizes storage space and helps keep sensitive documents safe.
System Recovery and Restoration
- System protection recovers your system and data even when you can't restart the operating system.
- LightsOut Restore will restore your system with an on-disk software recovery environment--no bootable CD required.
Remote Management
- Exclusive--1:1 remote management allows you to control other Norton Ghost installations * (v12.0 or higher) on your local area network.
* Separate license required for Norton Ghost on an additional networked PC. Additional Features
- Virtualization conversion wizard converts physical images for use in VMware instances.
- Fast, efficient and secure backup provides password-encrypted back and lets you define the level of compression and amount of resources used for backup.
- Throttle control backup lets you continue using your computer while backups occur seamlessly in the background.
- At-a-glance system status displays all scheduled backups and the degree of backup protection for each computer drive, all in one view
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| Customer Reviews: Read 75 more reviews...
 It works if you are willing to put up with bugs and errors March 2, 2008
Y. Jossa (NJ)
85 out of 98 found this review helpful
Symantec Ghost 14 seems to be a merge of features between Symantec's older Ghost product line with Symantec's disastrous "save and restore" product, which for some strange reason is still offered in version 2.0.
You can see my reviews for Save and restore here on amazon to see why my copy ended up in the garbage can.
I have been using ghost in its various incarnations for several years, when it used to run off a floppy drive, so i am very familiar with its capabilities. Symantec Ghost 14 can backup files or your entire computer's drives if so desired to another computer on a network or to a USB drive. It can do this on a schedule.
The features of Ghost 14 on paper are impressive, so i decided to give it a test by installing the product on my laptop and creating a complete backup to a network drive on another computer. The entire backup was completed in less than 15 minutes. Then i decided to create an updated recovery disc for my laptop to do a full recovery, Ghost automatically recognized the fact that my original Recovery Disk had been burned to a rewriteable disc, and proceeded to erase and burn a new updated version on the same disc.. very impressive.
Unfortunately, as soon as rebooted my laptop with the Recovery Disc and i put an ip address on the interface (i am not running DHCP on my network) i wasn't able to connect to the computer containing the backup, due to some kind of authentication error.. so no matter what i did, i wasn't able to get past this hurdle.. so i am left with a complete computer backup i am not able to access..
Imagine, how would you feel if you computer died and you weren't be able to restore, thanks to Symantec buggy software, despite having an entire backup of it???
What is the point of all the countless fancy features if this product fails at its most useful feature.. which is to restore your computer's hardrive in case of failure?
For all intents and purposes, Norton Ghost 14 is another piece of semi-functional software.. with partially working features, pretty much like every product Symantec makes...
I don't recommend purchasing this product, unless you are somewhat computer literate and are able to get through the bugs that are present in this product.
UPDATE 1: When i booted my laptop using the recovery disc, every time i tried to map the recovery point share on a computer on the network, i keep on getting the following error message: A specified logon session does not exist.
After doing some online research, i was able to figure out how to fix this error by entering the name of the computer followed by the login name in the following format compname\username when prompted for a user / password to map the drive. I will post another update to see if recovery works as advertised.
UPDATE 2: When i booted my laptop using the updated recovery CD, and i mounted the recovery point using the compname\username trick to authenticate, i was able to dump the entire laptop's drive image and do a full recovery. The catch is that i work on the field, and I was able to find out the solution on my own, but less savvy users will probably have to resort to having to call Symantec, etc etc, so when you purchase this product expect to spend some time making it work and make sure you TEST the recovery process if you can.. because the last thing you want to find out is that your recovery process doesn't work when you really need it.
UPDATE 3: I tried to create a backup of my Windows 2000 Dell laptop.. but Norton Ghost 14 doesn't support Windows 2000.. so beware.
UPDATE 4: Unlike Norton's disastrous Save and Restore, Ghost doesn't go on the internet and check the serial number every time you install it on a computer, I know this after i installed my copy of Save and Restore one too many times to one of my 4 computers and the serial number became "blacklisted" and the product ended up in the garbage can.
This good news means that if you want want to make backups of multiple computers, you can just purchase ONE copy of Norton Ghost.
 backup = passed, but restore = failed! April 15, 2008
Paladin08 (Folsom, CA)
20 out of 23 found this review helpful
Vista Home Basic and Home Premium users were unfortunately ripped off when the product didn't come with a standard backup feature built into the operating system. Thus, solutions like the legendary Norton Ghost.
- First good news is it installed within minutes on Vista x32 and x64
- Second good news is backing up to my external Maxtor One Touch was flawless. It backed up nearly 200GB in a little over an hour.
- Third piece of good news is when making the Symantec Recovery Disc, you can tell it exactly where to find your driver files and load those onto the disc.
But. . .
- First "bad" news is the UI stinks to high heaven. Trying to go the simplified look with high feature rich innovation like of Apple didn't work here. Symantec failed miserably. I had to search online or in the Help more than once to figure out how to use many of the features.
- Second bad news, is its failure to restore, which is an essential feature in a "backup & restore" solution. So many bad reviews on Amazon, but so few of the reviews anyone actually trying to do a OS restore. So you backup your pictures and docs to a USB drive, big deal. A manual copy & paste does that. But restoring a crashed OS is a key feature that should be tested. Suffice it to say, the restore process failed for me like it did for the few others who posted reviews where this was attempted
- Third bad news is the online support for actual error messages stinks. If you get lucky and find an obscure message board with a fix, then count your blessings because the online knowledgebase from Symantec needs help for the Ghost v14 product. I'm a support manager by trade and every business report will tell you the #1 deflector of calls in to Support is to get online resources. . .Guess Symantec isn't partaking in standard business practices
OVERALL:
If you need something that will backup your data automatically, this works. But for the price you might try searching Sourceforge first to find a free solution.
The worst part, every review that tried to do an OS restore, including myself, was unsuccessful. A key reason NOT to get this product.
Good in theory if you don't trust the built-in back up and restore of Vista. April 2, 2008
R. Ocampo (North America)
12 out of 19 found this review helpful
Here's the problem I see in marketing products like these. Norton has more than three products that I know of that provides data back up and protection - Norton Save & Restore 2.0, Norton Ghost 14.0 and Norton 360 Version 2.0. They have overlapping features and non-overlapping features at a price point within reach from each other. With this kind of confusion, I would be looking elsewhere for a company whose product distinction is clearly labeled as home, business or enterprise.
However, if I were a simple home user looking to back up my data then I would just rely on the built-in back up and restore features of Windows XP and more importantly, Windows Vista Ultimate version. In fact the simple, elegant interface of Vista makes it easy and pleasant to use. And if we're talking about avoiding a buggy OS, then installing third-party software won't stop your computer from acting up in the first place.
If I were an enterprise user, I would have a real solid plan of RAID protection as well as off-site back-up.
So I honestly don't know who this product will target except if I don't trust Microsoft's back up features which doesn't make sense if I trust to run their operating system in the first place. if this were the case I wouldn't be running Microsoft software at all and just turn to other OS including Apple's Mac OS X and activate the built-in Time Machine.
If you still choose to use this product and trust Norton for security and back up then the good news is that it installs without any hitch and in less than five minutes. Simple usual button clicks, a user agreement and a restart.
What is a turn-off for me is the GUI of the product. If you've seen the product packaging which looks like a product of the 1980s, then you have an idea of what creativity they have in store for their GUI. I've never seen a product that looks so unattractive and uninspiring to use. It makes me go thru the whole menu of features in the quickest way possible so I can get it out of the way from my sight fast.
The truth is looks may not matter, but if they didn't pour this much effort in making the user experience as pleasant then I don't trust the effort they built into creating the program as well. Windows Vista and Mac OS X both look sexy and visually pleasing to use. Underneath those GUI is a bunch of features worthy of their price. With Norton Ghost, it may as well be a ghost and disappear from sight.
The great thing about this product though is that it virtually backs up to anything - attached internal or external hard drives, CD or DVD media as well as off-site and NAS.
There is, I have mentioned, a calendar to schedule and show back up as well as activity on the progress of your back up. You can do a full-system back up or a specific folder or file. Norton includes an integrated Google Desktop to make file searching and indexing easier and faster than ever. While you can save space by custom compressing your back up.
Like any back-up to hard drive, please use another physical and dedicated disk. A Gig of media is cheap these days. Backing up to a virtual disk via partition is the same as keeping your valuables in the trunk of your car. Should the car get stolen...
In all honesty, I would save my money and place the it toward purchasing a bigger hard drive for use as a dedicated back up drive and use instead the built-in back and restore of the OS. If I trust to run Windows OS in the first place, then I might as well trust to run the included features. But that's just me.
It works if you are willing to put up with errors and bugs March 2, 2008
Y. Jossa (NJ)
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
Symantec Ghost 14 seems to be a merge of features between Symantec's older Ghost product line with Symantec's disastrous "save and restore" product, which for some strange reason is still offered in version 2.0.
You can see my reviews for Save and restore here on amazon to see why my copy ended up in the garbage can.
I have been using ghost in its various incarnations for several years, when it used to run off a floppy drive, so i am very familiar with its capabilities. Symantec Ghost 14 can backup files or your entire computer's drives if so desired to another computer on a network or to a USB drive. It can do this on a schedule.
The features of Ghost 14 on paper are impressive, so i decided to give it a test by installing the product on my laptop and creating a complete backup to a network drive on another computer. The entire backup was completed in less than 15 minutes. Then i decided to create an updated recovery disc for my laptop to do a full recovery, Ghost automatically recognized the fact that my original Recovery Disk had been burned to a rewriteable disc, and proceeded to erase and burn a new updated version on the same disc.. very impressive.
Unfortunately, as soon as rebooted my laptop with the Recovery Disc and i put an ip address on the interface (i am not running DHCP on my network) i wasn't able to connect to the computer containing the backup, due to some kind of authentication error.. so no matter what i did, i wasn't able to get past this hurdle.. so i am left with a complete computer backup i am not able to access..
Imagine, how would you feel if you computer died and you weren't be able to restore, thanks to Symantec buggy software, despite having an entire backup of it???
What is the point of all the countless fancy features if this product fails at its most useful feature.. which is to restore your computer's hardrive in case of failure?
For all intents and purposes, Norton Ghost 14 is another piece of semi-functional software.. with partially working features, pretty much like every product Symantec makes...
I don't recommend purchasing this product, unless you are somewhat computer literate and are able to get through the bugs that are present in this product.
UPDATE 1: When i booted my laptop using the recovery disc, every time i tried to map the recovery point share on a computer on the network, i keep on getting the following error message: A specified logon session does not exist.
After doing some online research, i was able to figure out how to fix this error by entering the name of the computer followed by the login name in the following format compname\username when prompted for a user / password to map the drive. I will post another update to see if recovery works as advertised.
UPDATE 2: When i booted my laptop using the updated recovery CD, and i mounted the recovery point using the compname\username trick to authenticate, i was able to dump the entire laptop's drive image and do a full recovery. The catch is that i work on the field, and I was able to find out the solution on my own, but less savvy users will probably have to resort to having to call Symantec, etc etc, so when you purchase this product expect to spend some time making it work and make sure you TEST the recovery process if you can.. because the last thing you want to find out is that your recovery process doesn't work when you really need it.
UPDATE 3: I tried to create a backup of my Windows 2000 Dell laptop.. but Norton Ghost 14 doesn't support Windows 2000.. so beware.
UPDATE 4: Unlike Norton's disastrous Save and Restore, Ghost doesn't go on the internet and check the serial number every time you install it on a computer, I know this after i installed my copy of Save and Restore one too many times to one of my 4 computers and the serial number became "blacklisted" and the product ended up in the garbage can.
This good news means that if you want want to make backups of multiple computers, you can just purchase ONE copy of Norton Ghost.
 Great for Backing Up Files July 13, 2008
Lisa Shea
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Norton Ghost is in essence backup software for those who did not get an operating system that already has backup software on it. That being said, even though I'm running Vista Ultimate, I decided to give Ghost a try to see what it offered.
I actually like Ghost a great deal. I found the interface to be easy to set up, and the alerts that it is doing its duty each night is very reassuring. I haven't had any problems with getting the files back again.
Now I do have to say that I would NOT ever try to restore an entire operating system from old backup files. My home PC is running a number of large, complex software packages. If I had some sort of catastrophic hard drive failure, I would start from scratch, install those software packages fresh, and just get my data files from the backup. I imagine some small home users might enjoy the idea of restoring an entire system but for me it's just not reasonable. I have hardware level protection, but if the system really does hose, I'm starting from scratch to ensure everything goes on fresh and clean.
So if your aim is to have your entire computer including OS and programs backed up, I'd look more into hardware level (RAID etc) protection to give you the security you're seeking. I realize Ghost says it can do it - but there are so many variables and issues involved that it can't be fool-proof. I would really only use this (and any back up software) to back up data files that are changing. Organize your data files so that they are stored logically, then back them up nightly. You can always re-install Word - but you can't re-install your diary files and important correspondence.
Now, that being said, why go with Ghost rather than say Vista Ultimate? I happen to love Vista Ultimate and haven't had any issues with it at all. I love its functionality, and it's run super smoothly with all my software. But if you're someone who wants to run an OS without a built in back up, I would definitely go with this to supplement. You want backups. Somehow computers know when you are NOT backing up, and that is when they choose to crash. Don't subject yourself to that pain. Whatever you go with, make sure you are backing up your data files.
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