How to create recovery disk norton ghost

If you prefer a free tool to help you backup, restore or clone your hard drive, you can refer to the next part to get the best free alternative to Norton Ghost. Install Norton Ghost and open it. It will run a step-by-step wizard the first time you open it. At last, you will see the Easy Setup interface where you can create a backup at once. You can also click Cancel option and set the backup task later. Here we choose the latter one. You can click OK to accept the default settings or click a setting to modify it.

Whichever you choose, you can type the file name you need in the box under Find files to recover and click Search to find it. On Recover My Computer screen, find and choose the right system restore point and click Recover Now to make it.

Depending on which version of the product you have purchased, Symantec Recovery Disk is either included on your product CD or as a separate CD.

Note: The drivers that are used to run the hardware on one computer will likely not match the drivers on a second computer. Volume label SRD or anything else you prefer 3. NTFS 5. Set to your extracted folder and tick the Copy Files box 6.

Download the utility from here and use it to make an ISO file 2. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits.

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Hello Raymond. I thought you were lost to us. But, this is so timely!. Trying to make an image of drive c.. Since it was not compatible GPT why do they not follow the movement?

Did they intend to do it? When we ran our imaging software tests a while back the speed and compression ratios of Driveimage XML were awful, you get the feeling from the program they have done very little to it apart from minor fixes etc for many years. Yes, a great article. Perhaps I need more experience in cloning! One other item that some folks like to do is clean out all of the crud at least with CCleaner , check for empty folders, defrag, check for malware, etc.

Thanks jasray, these three are pretty much our favorite free imaging apps, EaseUs ToDo is probably number 4 or 5 on our list. AOMEI is still relatively new but has been very good during all out tests over the months, which is why Paragon and EaseUs have been pushed down…. Hi all.. First of all thanks Ray for this article…at last I have found an article to backup your disk other than Ghost..

Anyway, just came across this wonderful site today that informed me of the lovely macrium software. I actually went ahead and purchased it. I had it verified, and i can browse through the backup no problem.

The program lets you mount the image onto a virtual disc it can create for you temporarily to allow you to do this. I received an email in only about 15 minutes time showing ordering info, order number, license number and yes it did work , and contact info again, etc. You pay for it, they give it to you. Very delighted I found this site. Ive always wanted to make an image of my C drive, but never successful, because Norton Ghost basically sucks.

I hate it. Too difficult to use too. This looks and sounds easy. Thanks Ray!! Good artical ray.. You just hit the spot. Have been looking for an alternative to Ghost for ages. What is your experience so far in your weekly restores, Raymond?. Anything you miss from Norton Ghost?. Peter Chan 3 years ago. Cat 3 years ago. John Ohannessian 3 years ago. Jim 4 years ago. Judith Schutz 5 years ago. HAL Author 5 years ago. Braden Dodge 5 years ago. Joni 6 years ago. HAL Author 6 years ago. Bernard Klatt 6 years ago.

Bruce Lowe 6 years ago. Richard Mourino 6 years ago. Jim 6 years ago. David Desser 7 years ago. HAL Author 7 years ago. Gerold Manders 6 years ago. Mike Wood 7 years ago. For better performance, the Windows PE bootable disc is recommended. Select the USB drive to create this bootable recovery media and then click Next to run this process.

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. To make it, first, you should format the USB drive and then copy the needed files. It also supports computer backup, restore, and clone just like Norton Ghost. 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. Format USB flash drive 1. Step 3. When Ghost launch, click OK to continue.

Then it will ask for the source image. Choose the image you want to restore. Select the destination drive and OK to confirm.