Norton Ghost Bootable Usb
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Norton Ghost is one of the best tools that can help us create disk image, backup selected partitions or any important file. And you can boot into the Norton Ghost recovery environment with a recovery disk to restore image backup or troubleshoot other problems.
To enter the Norton Ghost recovery environment, you can make a recovery disk by clicking Tools > Create Custom Recovery Disk CD. However, it only allows you to create custom recovery disk with CD while there is no built-in CD/DVD drive for most recent computers.
Here in this part, we will tell you how to make Norton Ghost bootable USB in Windows 10/8/7. Although the whole process is kind of complicated, all you need to do is read them through. Or if you prefer an easier way to create bootable USB as well as a free PC backup tool, you can refer to the next part to get it.
To create Norton Ghost bootable USB, first, you should format the USB flash drive to NTFS and then copy the contents of the Norton Ghost recovery disk to the USB. Here we take make Norton Ghost 15 bootable USB as an example.
Insert the recovery CD and copy of its files to the bootable USB flash drive. Or if the recovery disk is an ISO image file, you can mount the ISO with a virtual drive program and then copy the files to the USB driver.
As you can see, the whole process is kind of time-consuming and you may meet some unexpected errors because of improper operation. And do not forget that it only offers you a 30-day free trial version. Why not try one free Norton Ghost alternative? It offers more powerful backup options compared to Norton Ghost and can help you create bootable USB in only a few clicks.
I have a disk image (ghost) of the disk need to be restored, and believe the ghost.exe should run from bootable USB with DOS, but I can't seem to create it. My laptop does not have a a cd-rom or floppy drive.
I managed to find a Ghost utility that I could load from a bootable USB drive. Unfortunately, when I plug in my NTFS external drive (USB), it is not detected.
It allows you to create bootable USB drive easily. And you can also choose to create an ISO image file so you can burn to any removable devices. Besides, the bootable media is possible to boot any version of Windows.
It helps you create image backup for the system, disk, partition or file. Then when something goes wrong, you can restore computer to an earlier date that works well or recover important data as soon as possible.
How about give it a try? First download and install it on your computer and then follow the steps below to create bootable USB as well as create image backup. Please remember to backup your USB drive in advance, because it will erase all the data.
Now you have created a bootable USB that can help boot your computer, then you can create system image or other backup types according to your needs. Just choose one backup option and follow the wizard to make it. Besides, you can set scheduled backup to make it auto run daily/weekly/monthly.
AOMEI Backupper also provides higher version for advanced users, which have more useful features, such as, incremental and differential backup, USB plug in, Scheme, encryption, and more. Please give it a chance and you will enjoy a better user experience.
I thought I did this #1 wrong because I copied the entire folder ghost boot floppy instead of the individual files to make the bootable cd with Nero 5.5 so I did a second one.. Do either of these look right? I haven't installed the ghost yet. Probably this week. But these disks look a little strange to me but maybe that's the way they are to look for an XP boot cd??? Which one looks right??
You can restore from your cd/dvd Norton ghost. I believe you can also make a boot floppy that can restore your backup. Just do a search on Symantec website. There you will find step by step instruction on how to restore your back up. Here is the link to restore from your cd.
and it all depends upon how you create your cd whether you have to type anything in or browse to your image. Depending upon what version of ghost you have there may be a boot disk creator application to create bootable floppy sets or a bootable ISO containing ghost also.
I'm not sure what version of Ghost you used, but I have used this method for images created using Ghost 2003 with much success. This method would also require that the image be broken into pieces less than 4.7GB each (if using DVD media), as a single file larger than that will not fit onto a single DVD.
By using the instructions posted on this page: , you should be able to create an image file to use as the boot source of a CD/DVD which will contain the Ghost Image file you wish to use. If you image spans mulitple files, just burn each to CD using the same method.
Hi, I have Norton Systemwork 2003, which has Norton Ghost. I haven't tried it yet, but can I clone my primary hard drive, which is a 60Gb on my laptop (running XP home), to an external USB hard drive (which is also 60GB)? (My external harddrive, however, is a 3.5" harddrive in an enclosure)
Hi, I have Norton Systemwork 2003, which has Norton Ghost. I
haven't tried it yet, but can I clone my primary hard drive, which
is a 60Gb on my laptop (running XP home), to an external USB hard
drive (which is also 60GB)? (My external harddrive, however, is a
3.5" harddrive in an enclosure)
I use Norton Ghost 2003. I prefer to backup (for example - my Primary Hard Drive) to an image file. I do NOT use the provisions to Back Up a Partition ONLY from my Primary Hard Drive that contains 2 partitions (C: and D:) in order to NOT have any problems when I need to restore to a NEW Hard Drive.
This can be backed up to another Hard Drive, CD's, DVD's, that are internal to the computer. I also have an external CD-DVD Read/Write Drive that I use both USB 2.0 and Firewire and the backup is normal and validates (to an image file) just fine.
I suggest that you NOT use the Clone function since this can result in having more thsm ONE Bootable drive connected to the computer at the same time.
I always backup and Validate to an image file.
I prefer to use a Ghost Boot Disk that has been previously prepared (within Ghost) to have the support for both USB 2.0 and Firewire and start the Computer using this Ghost Boot Disk to Native DOS that comes with Ghost which was added to the Floopy Boot Disk when it was created.
There also are provisions to create a BOOT CD, however; since I have a 1.44 floppy drive I prefer to use it since if (when doing a restore) there are any problems with the CD Drive(s) being supported, I don't have to be concerned about that.
Hope this Helps....
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Vernon...
I am really naive in this area. But pardon me for asking: why both you and the other guy back up to an image file? Would this image file be able to bring back the ENTIRE content of my hard drive, JUST IN CASE the hard drive becomes brain dead all of a sudden?
I was asking this question, in the context that if I get a serious virus attack and the computer becomes useless. Instead of doing a manufacturer's system recovery, which would not give me back all the applications, files, etc., I want to be able to save an ENTIRE "copy" of my hard drive, so I can always "re-create" the entire same content to a new drive. Oh, for conversation sake, I have only 1 C drive in my laptop; therefore, I don't have the 2 petition things to worry about. Right?
Also, could you elaborate what is the steps after booting from a bootable CD created from Nortion Ghost? How does that apply to my situation for restore my hard drive in case of the primary drive failure?
I use Norton Ghost 2003. I prefer to backup (for example - my
Primary Hard Drive) to an image file. I do NOT use the provisions
to Back Up a Partition ONLY from my Primary Hard Drive that
contains 2 partitions (C: and D:) in order to NOT have any problems
when I need to restore to a NEW Hard Drive.
This can be backed up to another Hard Drive, CD's, DVD's, that are
internal to the computer. I also have an external CD-DVD
Read/Write Drive that I use both USB 2.0 and Firewire and the
backup is normal and validates (to an image file) just fine.
I see NO reason that you can not Backup to an external Hard Drive
using USB or Firewire.
I suggest that you NOT use the Clone function since this can result
in having more thsm ONE Bootable drive connected to the computer at
the same time.
I always backup and Validate to an image file.
I prefer to use a Ghost Boot Disk that has been previously prepared
(within Ghost) to have the support for both USB 2.0 and Firewire
and start the Computer using this Ghost Boot Disk to Native DOS
that comes with Ghost which was added to the Floopy Boot Disk when
it was created.
There also are provisions to create a BOOT CD, however; since I
have a 1.44 floppy drive I prefer to use it since if (when doing a
restore) there are any problems with the CD Drive(s) being
supported, I don't have to be concerned about that.
Hope this Helps....
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Vernon...
Also, I just tried Norton Ghost's "backup to an image file" option, I didn't go through with it, but it seems to be "saving" the entire hard drive! I guess this option really does backup the entire content of the hard drive, just not the petition things (am I starting to understand it, ha).
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