Norton Ghost 14 Coupon Code and Review - Back Up Your Hard Disk

by Parinda Researc... | Tue, 14/04/2009 - 15:17 | in

Back Up and Disk Imaging Software

There was a time when Norton Ghost could be used for cloning your hard disk. It was an indispensable tool in the days of Windows 98 when you wanted your computer to be restored back to the way it was before things went wrong and it crashed. All the settings, the configuration and the software installed would be restored back by running Norton Ghost. This software has gone from being cloning software to one used for backing up your data on the hard disk drive. Norton Ghost 14 is not so much of a disk imaging solution as it is a backup solution. There are several important changes that have been made to this version of Norton Ghost. As a result of these improvements, Norton Ghost 14 now uses up fewer resources than earlier by backing up the data in the background.

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After you have made a full system backup to a disk image, subsequent backups will involve only updating the changed files. Incremental backups save a lot of time. Other features that have been added in this version include the ability to backup via FTP. There is also integration with Google desktop and Symantec ThreatCon in this version.

Using Norton Ghost 14 you can mount backup files as virtual drives. You can write the backup to various other backup devices and can also convert the backup files into VMCWare disks if you have the technology available. This version has increased user-friendliness and their results will ensure that even users new to Norton Ghost are comfortable using it. While there is nothing to stop a person from backing up his drive using WinZip or other compression utilities Norton Ghost backs up all the files in a single image. This reduces the size of the final file. If you're looking purely for a backup solution then there may be some relatively inexpensive options available that will let you backup online. On the other hand most of these online backup solutions have a monthly fee.

As soon as you install Norton Ghost 14 you will see a red ‘at-risk’ status. This will stay on till all the drives on your system have been backed up you can also backup the data to a different drive using the off-site copy feature. After the backup job is been completed off-site copy will take over and start copying the recovery point to the drive you have configured. You can backup the data to an external USB drive for instance and be able to restore the data whenever you choose to comment. This is a completely automated solution and is recommended just in case something goes wrong with the original backup files. The entire process goes on in the background so you will not notice any degradation in your computers performance while the backup is in progress.

ThreatCon is the sort of malware detection system that initiates the backup when it perceives a threat to the system. You can choose the level of threat that will make the software initiative backup. Levels that can be chosen are elevated/high/extreme. You can optionally be notified of any errors or the backup status if you choose to. This notification can be by sending an e-mail or using Simple Network Management Protocol. You can check your backups at regular intervals, based on daytime and events such as when you log in to Windows or when you log out or when you initialize a specific program on your computer or when you install a new program.

When we try to recover files using Norton Ghost we found that the entire system worked quickly and efficiently. Norton Ghost is very efficient at backing up data on the hard disk and the drive specified. Taking a backup of the system is very important if you use it for work purposes. Also important is being able to restore the data quickly and without downtime. Backing up using a simple utility such as WinZip does serve the purpose but it is hardly an automated solution.

Norton Ghost 14 is installed with a standard Windows installer. It will check all the drivers on your hard disk to ensure compatibility with it. In case any updates are required it will download and install these from Symantec.

Norton Ghost 14 supports NTFS partitions up to 16 TB. The entire installation of the software didn't take up more than 100 in the space. This is less than half the previous versions of Norton Ghost would take up. Norton offers a full-featured trial version with almost no restrictions except that you cannot create a recovery disk.

Norton offers free support via online chat. If you need phone support, you can either offer a support contract or pay the fee of $9.95 for each incident. The help file that comes with the software is quite exhaustive and you're likely to find most information you looking for within it. Their website also has a knowledgebase and FAQ online.

System Requirements for Norton Ghost 14.0

Windows Vista® Home Basic/Home Premium/Business/Ultimate