Dear All,
I'm new in here i have question how can i create norton ghost 12 bootable disk to make a cd able to do backup hardisk to image, or restore from image to hard disk.
but i can't found any ghost.exe in the install only  can get ghost32.exe

@ sonic

I'd forgotten about ghost32.exe with Ghost 12. Yes, you can use it in a WinPE to backup and restore. Put ghost32.exe on a USB flash drive and boot from any WinPE CD. Browse to ghost32.exe after the WinPE loads.

Thank you.! so the onlywy is using winpe to create a bootable and copy the ghost32.exe into the folder it is , is there any tutorial or guide in here to create with ghost32.exe
thank
Brian wrote on Sep 10^th, 2012 at 8:53pm:

@ sonic I'd forgotten about ghost32.exe with Ghost 12. Yes, you can use it in a WinPE to backup and restore. Put ghost32.exe on a USB flash drive and boot from any WinPE CD. Browse to ghost32.exe after the WinPE loads.

Which OS do you have?

Windows
Brian wrote on Sep 10^th, 2012 at 9:25pm:

Which OS do you have?

Windows XP / Windows 7

Do you have a 32 bit Win7 disk?

Brian wrote on Sep 10^th, 2012 at 9:39pm:

Do you have a 32 bit Win7 disk?

yes, i have

This works.

Boot from a 32 bit Win7 DVD
On the Install now window, click Repair your computer
After the search completes, click Load Drivers
click OK on Add drivers (but move Add Drivers window to the very edge of your monitor before clicking OK)
plug in your USB flash drive
double click Computer
Navigate to ghost32.exe on the flash drive. ghost32.exe will be Application Type. Right click ghost32 (the Application) and choose Run as administrator.
click Cancel on the "Open" window
click Cancel on the "Add Drivers" window
Close (click the X) "System Recovery Options"
Minimize "Install now"

ghost32.exe is now ready to use. You may have to drag the title bar to make it fit the screen better.

Brian wrote on Sep 10^th, 2012 at 9:56pm:

This works. Boot from a 32 bit Win7 DVD On the Install now window, click Repair your computer After the search completes, click Load Drivers click OK on Add drivers (but move Add Drivers window to the very edge of your monitor before clicking OK) plug in your USB flash drive double click Computer Navigate to ghost32.exe on the flash drive. ghost32.exe will be Application Type. Right click ghost32 (the Application) and choose Run as administrator. click Cancel on the "Open" window click Cancel on the "Add Drivers" window Close (click the X) "System Recovery Options" Minimize "Install now" ghost32.exe is now ready to use. You may have to drag the title bar to make it fit the screen better.

wow bravo, if i do it for CD it is also using the same method. thank you for ur help

@ Brian


Brian wrote on Sep 10^th, 2012 at 8:53pm:

I'd forgotten about ghost32.exe with Ghost 12.

I didn't recall that ghost32.exe was on Ghost 12.  Still allows for creating a backup from the Recovery Environment of the Ghost boot disc (or from other sources for the WinPE) like first discovered for Ghost 10, and not crippled so you can only do restores like on Ghost 9?

Is that the last year ghost32.exe was included--or is it on Ghost 14 and beyond?

@ sonic


sonic wrote on Sep 10^th, 2012 at 8:36pm:

how can i create norton ghost 12 bootable disk

To be clear--ghost32.exe does not create Ghost 12 backups.  Ghost32.exe creates Ghost backups that have the *.gho* and *.ghs* extensions--and that file format is completely different than the Windows based consumer versions of Ghost 9, 10, 12, 14, .....etc.

*.gho* and *.ghs* extensions were last used by the consumer version Ghost 2003, and continues to be used by the Corporate versions of Ghost.

Ghost32.exe was first created for the Corporate version 8.xx of Ghost.  It has been included on Ghost 9 (crippled--only can restore *.gho* and *.ghs* files), Ghost 10 (allows both creation and restores of *.gho* and *.ghs* files--but you can not create the files to optical media), and apparently also included with Ghost 12 per Brian above.  This inclusion was there so folks who had previously used consumer versions of Ghost 2003 and earlier could still access their Ghost backup images that had used the *.gho* and *.ghs* extensions.


sonic wrote on Sep 10^th, 2012 at 10:23pm:

if i do it for CD it is also using the same method.

Not completely sure what you are asking--be more specific!  Brian may have already answered your question:


Brian wrote on Sep 10^th, 2012 at 8:53pm:

boot from any WinPE CD. Browse to ghost32.exe after the WinPE loads

@ NightOwl

Absolutely correct. I was obviously confused by Sonic having ghost32.exe. ghost32.exe was only in Ghosts 9 and 10. Ghost 9 contained the crippled one that wouldn't create an image.

Brian wrote on Sep 11^th, 2012 at 12:23pm:

@ NightOwl Absolutely correct. I was obviously confused by Sonic having ghost32.exe. ghost32.exe was only in Ghosts 9 and 10. Ghost 9 contained the crippled one that wouldn't create an image.

Oh i see, Let said if i 'm going to using the norton ghost 14 to create a boot disk , for create
NightOwl wrote on Sep 11^th, 2012 at 9:54am:

@ Brian Brian wrote on Sep 10th, 2012 at 8:53pm: I'd forgotten about ghost32.exe with Ghost 12. I didn't recall that ghost32.exe was on Ghost 12.  Still allows for creating a backup from the Recovery Environment of the Ghost boot disc (or from other sources for the WinPE) like first discovered for Ghost 10, and not crippled so you can only do restores like on Ghost 9? Is that the last year ghost32.exe was included--or is it on Ghost 14 and beyond?

ok let me double check i will install the ghost cd version 14, since i had  the ghost 14 CD.
Sorry to inform that yes, norton ghost 14 without ghost32.exe or ghost.exe.
Is there any method to create a bootable cdroom. /usb flash (pendrive)

@ sonic

You said you had ghost32.exe. Do you have it?

Brian wrote on Sep 11^th, 2012 at 9:26pm:

@ sonic You said you had ghost32.exe. Do you have it?

sorry don't have.

@ sonic

You will have to contact Symantec and get a download link for an ISO.