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Norton Ghost: Essential Backup Program

August 18th, 2007 by Global360ChiefArchitect

One of my favorite backup software programs is the Norton Ghost from Symantec. Have used it to store data at various Supported media CDR/RW and DVD+-R/RW drives, USB and FireWire® (IEEE 1394) devices, and Iomega® Zip® and Jaz® drives. Enables the encryption of backups support for Maxtor external drives with Maxtor OneTouch™ buttons.
Used Norton’s Ghost to backup and restore of individual files.
My favorite features are the remote management and lights out restore.  It is available in the  consumer version.
The Key Features of Norton Ghost are:
·    Support for Microsoft Windows Vista and 64-Bit OS’s.
·    Possesses built-in Vista inventory filters for identification and targeting of ‘Vista ready’ machines.
·    Single centralized management console for management of all migration tasks.
·    Hardware and software inventory for efficiently managing image and software deployments.

The Key Benefits of Norton Ghost are:
·    Enhances and leverages Microsoft’s own best practices for Vista migration;

·    Multicast accelerates deployments and reduces overall network traffic;

·    Accelerated imaging compared to standard OS tools using market proven technology; and
·    Recognize the significant cost and time savings from imaging, deploying, migrating, and managing systems.

This Global Chief Architect recommends Norton Ghost as a good backup software for individuals and small business offices that have simple backup processes.