How to Use Norton Ghost to Clone a Drive to a DVD

Norton Ghost is a backup and recovery software application developed by Symantec. It has the ability to create a byte for byte clone of your hard drive. It also provides the ability to create an image of your hard drive that can be placed on a DVD. The resulting DVD is bootable, which means the DVD can be used to boot a computer like a normal operating system disk. Your operating system and files can then be restored from the DVD.

Things You'll Need

• Norton Ghost
• Recordable DVD

Instructions

1. Open the "Norton Ghost" program. It will be found under the "Start" menu.

2. Select the "Ghost Basic" option.

3. Choose the "Backup" option.

4. Click the "Next" button.

5. Choose the drive or partition you want to copy in the "Source" section.

6. Choose the "Recordable DVD" option in the "Destination" section.

7. Click on the "Advanced settings" option and choose any options necessary for your devices.

8. Click the "Apply" button to save the changes.

9. Click the "OK" button.

10. Click the "Next" button twice.

11. Click "Continue."

12. Click the "Run Now" button. The computer will reboot the computer and begin the backup.

13. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the backup process.

References

• Symantec: How to save an image file directly to a CD/DVD R/RW disc