to all Symantec Ghost users

philjayj · 25 Jul 2006 at 15:39

I just need some confirmation before I go out and buy Symantec Ghost v.10.

Is there a function in Ghost which will copy files from one hard drive to another? I use dantz retrospect 7 at the moment, which duplicates one hard drive to another and verifies the files. Can Ghost do the same?

When I've been mirroring loads of data with dantz it's been crashing quite a lot, so thought I would try something new.

Thanks

ns400r · 25 Jul 2006 at 16:17

Is there a function in Ghost which will copy files from one hard drive to another? I use dantz retrospect 7 at the moment, which duplicates one hard drive to another and verifies the files. Can Ghost do the same?

Yes.

Ghost will clone one hard drive to a second one, so long as they are in the same PC. You can clone hard drives across a network once you've configured Ghost correctly for the network cards used.

hybrid · 25 Jul 2006 at 22:56

Yup i use Ghost 10 quite a bit at work to ghost laptops.

We also use sysprep before we ghost the HDD.

philjayj · 26 Jul 2006 at 13:21

Does it have any problems cloning large amounts of data? Say 200GB? The current software I'm using is crashing a lot.

Also, will Ghost verify the files it has copied?

ns400r · 26 Jul 2006 at 14:53

RLBUHT said:
Does it have any problems cloning large amounts of data? Say 200GB? The current software I'm using is crashing a lot.

Also, will Ghost verify the files it has copied?

Doesn't have any trouble with large amounts of data in my experience.

And yes, it can be made to verify (and slow down the whole process) data.

Burnsy2023 · 26 Jul 2006 at 15:49

Ghost 10 wil do exactly what you want and I would highly reccomend it for home use. However, for business use I'd reccommend Acronis True Image/Snap Deploy. Its so much better than Ghost on a network.

Burnsy