Imaging Vista...

One for Zing!

Anybody know what imaging programs work with Vista?


Can I image it using Symantec Ghost, or is it not compatible...

Symantec site says you need to use Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite - which is for corporate customers?

[Graham M]

I can't see a reason why Ghost wouldn't work. To be honest I stick with Good old Ghost 8 as I don't like the Windows Interface of 9 up

I dont know I dont use Vista at the mo.

Edit here was me thinking you meant pictures lol shoudl have read deeper.
Ghost 10 should work as Zeph says however ghost 8's dos enviroment is iffy with certain sata controllers which basically stops it working.

Norton Ghost 10.0
System Requirements
Norton Ghost 10.0
Windows® XP Home, XP Pro, 2000 Pro with SP4 or higher

* 300MHz or higher processor
* 256 MB of RAM (384 MB or greater recommended)
* 160 MB of hard disk space
* Microsoft .NET 1.1 Framework (included on product CD if not already installed)

Norton Ghost 2003
Windows XP Home, XP Pro, 2000 Pro, NT WS with SP6 or higher, Me, 98

* 133MHz or higher processor
* 50 MB of RAM

REQUIRED FOR ALL INSTALLATIONS

* DVD or CD drive
* Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher (6.0 recommended)

Supported file systems and devices
File systems supported for backup and recovery tasks

* FAT16, FAT16X, FAT32, FAT32X
* NTFS
* Dynamic Disks
* Linux® EXT2/3 and Linux Swap Partitions

Hard drives and removable media supported

* CDR/RW and DVD+-R/RW drives
* USB and FireWire® (IEEE 1394) devices
* Iomega® Zip® and Jaz® drives



No mention of Vista!

so try it it wont hurt. You will need the boot cd for ghost 10 as its restore is a live cd. This part will work no matter what os you have as its outside windows. Are you dual booting with xp or just running vista? if you are dual booting just back up vista from xp install if it dont work.
You could try a ghost 8 boot disc to see if pcdos works with your mobo

[Acathla]

Norton Ghost 10 didnt work for me - Vista upgrade adviser complained it wouldn't be compatible.

Doesn't Vista come with built in imaging software now?

Acronis True Image 10 supports Windows Vista but I have never used it so can't comment on how good it is.
EDIT: added link: http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing...cts/trueimage/