#Norton ghost software for windows 7 download
Thanks for that web address to download the Vista operating system from. I would want it to boot up any modern computer and load the operating system. It was mentioned in a reply to me by one of the technical people at Todo that my cloned OS on a Flash Drive would work as long as it could boot up different computers to the one it was cloned from. Perhaps then, the restoration of a hard drive that has just been completed by Ghost or Todo will require the operator to provide a Product Key again. That's a neat trick how Microsoft manage that. I'm really surprised to hear that a cloned copy from a hard drive's computer would need a separate windows key to activate it.
#Norton ghost software for windows 7 32 bit
Actually I'm thinking of buying a more modern laptop that will take the Windows 7 32 bit system because I really do prefer it to Vista. I'm pleased to say it worked perfectly!Īs for your comment about "the one key recovery for Vista." I presume that can only be done for a substantial fee. Hello Lisa, Yes, I have made an "Emergency Disk" as the Todo people call it, and only a few months ago I had to make use of it to restore a hard drive's contents on a laptop computer.
You should be able to get a 250GB drive for less than $50 on Amazon or some place like that. It doesn't need to be the same capacity as the original, it can be larger or smaller than the original as long as it's capacity is large enough to fit the entire backup. Not sure what size drive you are looking for. SATA drives are relatively inexpensive right now but PATA drives are becoming less available and more expensive. If your computer is from the XT era, it's possible that it takes an IDE or PATA drive and not a SATA drive. The suggested idea to purchase a 2nd disk to do what you wish to do is a good idea and I have done that in the past.
Also, as said above, make sure you do an image backup which is an exact copy of the drive. I've never used Ghost 9 but there should be someway to create a restore CD. However, if you encounter a situation where the drive completely failed or the computer cannot boot, you will have no way to restore the backup. Right now, you can only restore a backup if your computer is still bootable. Without a Restore disk, your backups are potentially useless. You need to create a Restore CD or USB stick immediately.