How to Restore Norton Ghost Without a CD

Recent versions of Norton Ghost can be restored without a Ghost CD. The Ghost recovery environment makes it possible to restore Norton Ghost, as well as your computer's programs and other files, by using the recovery environment saved to your computer's hard drive by Norton Ghost. The Ghost recovery environment will enable recovery of Norton Ghost at the last stable point before issues arose in your computer's operating system by running the Recover My Computer Wizard. Any changes that you made to Norton Ghost after your computer became unstable will be lost, but you will recover information saved prior to this point.

Instructions

1. Reboot your computer and select the "Use Norton Recovery Environment" menu option.

2. Attach any desired portable memory storage devices to your computer and continue the recovery.

3. Select "Accept" when asked to accept the end user's license agreement.

4. Choose the "Time Zone" for your location from the drop-down list on the next menu and choose the "OK" menu button.The recovery tool will use the time zone to help determine the appropriate recovery point for Norton Ghost.

5. Exit Norton recovery, and Norton Ghost will be restored without having to use the Ghost CD.

References

• Restoring Norton Ghost Without a CD

Resources

• Norton Ghost Version 14.0
• Norton Online Trial Download Site