| Norton Ghost 14.0 (PC) | 
 enlarge | From: Norton from Symantec
Category: Software
List Price: £39.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 23
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp, Windows Xp Professional
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: 13567392
EAN: 5397039653914
ASIN: B0012IKMQQ
Release Date: February 20, 2008
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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 The Best Yet June 19, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm amazed there's so many negative reviews of this product as my own experience is completely different. Having used TrueImage 11 Home and Ghost 10 in the past with mixed results on a Vista machine I thought I might get similar problems making and restoring from backups? Nope, Ghost 14 has worked without a glitch, and does everything Its supposed too. I've used it on two machines, one a laptop, and they have both been restored more than once after I messed around with other software and caused driver problems.
I'm more than happy and would recommend this product.
 Dunno what people are moaning about? June 13, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I,ve had ghost 14 installed for a couple of weeks now. And I've had absolutely no problems with it. I've got a fairly complex setup (multiple Raptors in a SATA RAID 0 setup along with a number of EIDE drives) and it has sucessfully created an image of my system drive and restored it no problem. I found the recovery disc simple to create and it had no problem with my drivers (note it may tell you during validation that certain virtual disk drivers are incompatible e.g. those typically used by Anti-virus apps but ignore that). I've also converted a system image to an MS Virtual PC .vhd in a couple of clicks and then used it immediately without any problems. The interface is generally good and provides lots of clear plain english info. Much of the geek-speak from the earlier versions of Ghost has gone (which as a geek I actually understood and miss) and the average user, unless a complete PC beginner, should be fine. One gripe I have got about the interface is that the application was clearly written using .net giving it a slightly slugish feel. Another issue I have is a lack of feedback during some tasks that can take a long time (like the recovery disk creation), leaving you wondering wether or not the app has hung. Overall though, I'm not sure why others are having the problems they are, but its working great for me (and no I don't work for symantec :-)).
 If only it did what it said it would do June 9, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Wish I'd read the reviews below before buying, as those comments resonate with me now! Couldn't get it to make a customised Driver Disk, and couldn't get it to back up folders and files. Not a lot of use then, though it promises to be a great bit of software. I heard that it didn't work on Vista (doubtless unfair hearsay)...well it doesn't seem to work on XP either - well not mine. May just be my machine, though it clears the basic requirements easily. Really wanted it to work, but as it doesn't, afraid it became the first thing I've ever had to return to Amazon. Grateful to Amazon for at least accommodating that process with the pre-paid customised return label! Happy Man not so happy today!
NB Bought 'Norton 360 All in One security' at the same time and it works a treat.
Ghost gone downhill March 19, 2008
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
I also had version 10 till I got told that support had finished and I needed to move on.
I did, however, symantec should have built upon 10 rather than trying to move away from the ease of 10.
If you're new to imaging I would steer clear of this product, however if you have the time and skill then stick with it.
I suggest if you buy it, then there was a big live update for it, maybe that has repaired errors the other comments experienced.
Annoyed March 19, 2008
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I like the other reviewer puchased the product for exactly the same reason.having had no problems with Ghost 10 I did not expect any with this one..How wrong could I have been?I installed it OK but it simply refused to back my Laptop.Twice the error message came up ,Error 800706be "Running Job:Drive of back up of os(c:/),recovery(D:/) lapse time 13:04..So it tried but then gave up just like I did..I am sorry to say it has been returned (not a thing I do very often) to Amazon..
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