Norton Ghost 2003???

Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec.
The bought nortons ghost.

Someone in the xp general group told me that.




On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 13:09:08 -0700, Rock wrote:

Al Smith wrote:

I don’t mind answering non-Microsoft products if I know the answer.
However Symantec has terrible support advice. They told me ghost
2003 was to be used only for cloning drives not backing up- how dumb.


Symantic recently purchased Drive Image, a superior product to Ghost, so
they may intend to reduce the role of Ghost in future and switch all
their backup sales to Drive Image.

Actually they have incorporated Drive Image technology into the new
version of Ghost. It now requires the .Net Framework. I would guess
that, if a product is going away it will be Drive Image. Symantec has a
track record of killing off products they buy.

Greg R



http://www.angelfire.com/in4/computertips/

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 17:13:27 -0500, Greg R
wrote:

Symantec purchased Ghost from a company in Germany not Peter Norton
Computing. What they did was purchase Peter Norton Computing from
Peter Norton around 10 years ago and have been using his name ever
since. The purchase from Peter Norton included Norton Utilities,
Norton Backup, and several other programs. The most important aspect
of the purchase was the use and endorsement by Peter Norton himself.

Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec.
The bought nortons ghost.

Someone in the xp general group told me that.




On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 13:09:08 -0700, Rock wrote:

Al Smith wrote:

I don’t mind answering non-Microsoft products if I know the answer.
However Symantec has terrible support advice. They told me ghost
2003 was to be used only for cloning drives not backing up- how dumb.


Symantic recently purchased Drive Image, a superior product to Ghost, so
they may intend to reduce the role of Ghost in future and switch all
their backup sales to Drive Image.

Actually they have incorporated Drive Image technology into the new
version of Ghost. It now requires the .Net Framework. I would guess
that, if a product is going away it will be Drive Image. Symantec has a
track record of killing off products they buy.

Greg R



http://www.angelfire.com/in4/computertips/

Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec.
The bought nortons ghost.

Someone in the xp general group told me that.

This is correct. Symantic bought both Ghost and Drive Image. They
are like some great, gelatinous monster from beyond the stars, its
endlessly multiplying tentacles grabbing up everything that comes
within their reach and consuming it. Come to think of it ... they
are like Microsoft.

Symantec *IS* the parent company of Norton. Has been for years. They
recently bought PowerQuest, so now Drive Image 7 and Drive Image 2002 are
being marketed under the Symantec name. Peter Norton is the original owner
of Norton, the Corporation. Ghost has been a Norton product since it's
inception, and became Symantec property when Peter Norton sold his company
to Symantec.

Bobby



"Al Smith" wrote in message
...
Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec.
The bought nortons ghost. Someone in the xp general group told me that.

This is correct. Symantic bought both Ghost and Drive Image. They are like
some great, gelatinous monster from beyond the stars, its endlessly
multiplying tentacles grabbing up everything that comes within their reach
and consuming it. Come to think of it ... they are like Microsoft.

"Al Smith" wrote in message
...
Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec.
The bought nortons ghost. Someone in the xp general group told me that.

This is correct. Symantic bought both Ghost and Drive Image. They are like
some great, gelatinous monster from beyond the stars, its endlessly
multiplying tentacles grabbing up everything that comes within their reach
and consuming it. Come to think of it ... they are like Microsoft.

Why does everyone bash big outfits like Microsoft and Symantec?. Growth is
the objective of capitalism and the weak should fall by the wayside. That's
the American way.

And what's with all the cross posting?

I certainly hope Symantec does not replace ghost with Drive Image. Pre-XP
DriveImage 2002 was very good. Post XP, and Drive Image 7 is a piece of
garbage. Ghost 2003 (which comes in Symantec's Systemworks 2004) is
excellent once you learn to use it. There is a lot more to it than the
tutorials lead you to believe.


"Al Smith" wrote in message
...
Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec.
The bought nortons ghost.

Someone in the xp general group told me that.

This is correct. Symantic bought both Ghost and Drive Image. They
are like some great, gelatinous monster from beyond the stars, its
endlessly multiplying tentacles grabbing up everything that comes
within their reach and consuming it. Come to think of it ... they
are like Microsoft.

I've been using Drive Image 2002 with XP Home and now with SP2.

Recently found out PowerQuest was acquired by Symantec. At some time
I will have to replace Drive Image. Tried to seach Symantec site for
info on Ghost. Not having much success.

1. Is there a website to get detailed info on Ghost?

I specifically want to know if Ghost supports networked drives and
does it provide the means to create a DOS boot disk with TCPIP drivers
supporting networked drives to recover system in event of HDD crash?
I am doing all this with Drive Image 2002.

Lou

On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 01:00:44 GMT, "Jerry"
wrote:

I certainly hope Symantec does not replace ghost with Drive Image. Pre-XP
DriveImage 2002 was very good. Post XP, and Drive Image 7 is a piece of
garbage. Ghost 2003 (which comes in Symantec's Systemworks 2004) is
excellent once you learn to use it. There is a lot more to it than the
tutorials lead you to believe.


"Al Smith" wrote in message
...
Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec.
The bought nortons ghost.

Someone in the xp general group told me that.

This is correct. Symantic bought both Ghost and Drive Image. They
are like some great, gelatinous monster from beyond the stars, its
endlessly multiplying tentacles grabbing up everything that comes
within their reach and consuming it. Come to think of it ... they
are like Microsoft.

DriveImage 7 has the ability to image the system disk (the C: drive in
most cases) while windows is running, from Windows, without starting up
MS-DOS (actually DR-DOS). But, to get this, it's a radically different
program. However, I can't agree with your "piece of garbage"
characterization.

HOWEVER, Drive Image 7 CAME WITH the previous version (as a
full-product, entirely separate CD-ROM) at no extra cost. So you really
can't complain.

Personally, I think that Drive Image -- both versions -- are better than
Ghost, and I expect that Ghost will disappear, but that DI will be able
to read Ghost backups.


Jerry wrote:

I certainly hope Symantec does not replace ghost with Drive Image. Pre-XP
DriveImage 2002 was very good. Post XP, and Drive Image 7 is a piece of
garbage. Ghost 2003 (which comes in Symantec's Systemworks 2004) is
excellent once you learn to use it. There is a lot more to it than the
tutorials lead you to believe.


"Al Smith" wrote in message
...

Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec.
The bought nortons ghost.

Someone in the xp general group told me that.

This is correct. Symantic bought both Ghost and Drive Image. They
are like some great, gelatinous monster from beyond the stars, its
endlessly multiplying tentacles grabbing up everything that comes
within their reach and consuming it. Come to think of it ... they
are like Microsoft.

It's more likely that Drive Image will replace Ghost than that Ghost
will replace Drive Image. Otherwise, why would Symantec have paid
millions to acquire PowerQuest, which only has 2 products.


Lou wrote:

I've been using Drive Image 2002 with XP Home and now with SP2.

Recently found out PowerQuest was acquired by Symantec. At some time
I will have to replace Drive Image. Tried to seach Symantec site for
info on Ghost. Not having much success.

1. Is there a website to get detailed info on Ghost?

I specifically want to know if Ghost supports networked drives and
does it provide the means to create a DOS boot disk with TCPIP drivers
supporting networked drives to recover system in event of HDD crash?
I am doing all this with Drive Image 2002.

Lou

On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 01:00:44 GMT, "Jerry"
wrote:


I certainly hope Symantec does not replace ghost with Drive Image. Pre-XP
DriveImage 2002 was very good. Post XP, and Drive Image 7 is a piece of
garbage. Ghost 2003 (which comes in Symantec's Systemworks 2004) is
excellent once you learn to use it. There is a lot more to it than the
tutorials lead you to believe.


"Al Smith" wrote in message
...

Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec.
The bought nortons ghost.

Someone in the xp general group told me that.

This is correct. Symantic bought both Ghost and Drive Image. They
are like some great, gelatinous monster from beyond the stars, its
endlessly multiplying tentacles grabbing up everything that comes
within their reach and consuming it. Come to think of it ... they
are like Microsoft.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1585250,00.asp

Bobby

"Lou" wrote in message
...
I've been using Drive Image 2002 with XP Home and now with SP2.

Recently found out PowerQuest was acquired by Symantec. At some time
I will have to replace Drive Image. Tried to seach Symantec site for
info on Ghost. Not having much success.

1. Is there a website to get detailed info on Ghost?

I specifically want to know if Ghost supports networked drives and
does it provide the means to create a DOS boot disk with TCPIP drivers
supporting networked drives to recover system in event of HDD crash?
I am doing all this with Drive Image 2002.

Lou

On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 01:00:44 GMT, "Jerry"
wrote:

I certainly hope Symantec does not replace ghost with Drive Image. Pre-XP
DriveImage 2002 was very good. Post XP, and Drive Image 7 is a piece of
garbage. Ghost 2003 (which comes in Symantec's Systemworks 2004) is
excellent once you learn to use it. There is a lot more to it than the
tutorials lead you to believe.


"Al Smith" wrote in message
...
Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec.
The bought nortons ghost.

Someone in the xp general group told me that.

This is correct. Symantic bought both Ghost and Drive Image. They
are like some great, gelatinous monster from beyond the stars, its
endlessly multiplying tentacles grabbing up everything that comes
within their reach and consuming it. Come to think of it ... they
are like Microsoft.

On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 13:42:28 -1000, "NoNoBadDog!"
mypants_bjsledgeATpixi.com wrote:

Snip,

Ghost has been a Norton product since it's
inception, and became Symantec property when Peter Norton sold his company
to Symantec.

Bobby

Look

http://www.symantec.com/corporate/

June 1998 Binary Research Limited (Ghost) Acquisition


Greg R

http://www.angelfire.com/in4/computertips/

And your point is? The link you posted only verified my post...

Bobby

"Greg R" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 13:42:28 -1000, "NoNoBadDog!"
mypants_bjsledgeATpixi.com wrote:

Snip,

Ghost has been a Norton product since it's
inception, and became Symantec property when Peter Norton sold his company
to Symantec.

Bobby

Look

http://www.symantec.com/corporate/

June 1998 Binary Research Limited (Ghost) Acquisition


Greg R

http://www.angelfire.com/in4/computertips/

I think you need to look up the definition of Acquisition.

This was not there product to began with.

Greg R


And your point is? The link you posted only verified my post...

Bobby


Snip,

Ghost has been a Norton product since it's inception, and became Symantec property when Peter Norton sold his company
to Symantec.


Look

http://www.symantec.com/corporate/

June 1998 Binary Research Limited (Ghost) Acquisition


Greg R

Right, Ghost has not been a norton product since it's inception. Ghost
was originally written by a small independent software company from New
Zealand, Binary Research Limited, in 1998, and it was sold and became
prominent on it's own, well before being acquired by Symantec.

Second, Symantec (Gordon Eubanks company) bought Peter Norton computing
a very, very long time ago -- I think in the late 1980's, or, if not, in
the early 1990's. For all practical purposes, it's absurd to refer to
"Norton" and "Symantec" as if they were separate companies.


Greg R wrote:

On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 13:42:28 -1000, "NoNoBadDog!"
mypants_bjsledgeATpixi.com wrote:

Snip,


Ghost has been a Norton product since it's
inception, and became Symantec property when Peter Norton sold his company
to Symantec.

Bobby


Look

http://www.symantec.com/corporate/

June 1998 Binary Research Limited (Ghost) Acquisition


Greg R

http://www.angelfire.com/in4/computertips/

I never said it was. I said that they acquired it when Peter Norton sold it
to them.

Get some help for the drug problem...you'll thank yourself later.

Bobby

"Greg R" wrote in message
...
I think you need to look up the definition of Acquisition.

This was not there product to began with.

Greg R


And your point is? The link you posted only verified my post...

Bobby


Snip,

Ghost has been a Norton product since it's inception, and became
Symantec property when Peter Norton sold his company
to Symantec.


Look

http://www.symantec.com/corporate/

June 1998 Binary Research Limited (Ghost) Acquisition


Greg R