<s>
Ghost	O
(	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
general	O
hardware-oriented	O
system	O
transfer	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
disk	B-Application
cloning	I-Application
and	O
backup	B-Application
tool	I-Application
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Murray	O
Haszard	O
in	O
1995	O
for	O
Binary	O
Research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
backup	B-Protocol
and	I-Protocol
recovery	I-Protocol
functionality	O
has	O
been	O
replaced	O
by	O
Symantec	O
System	O
Recovery	O
(	O
SSR	O
)	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
Ghost	O
imaging	O
technology	O
is	O
still	O
actively	O
developed	O
and	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Symantec	B-Application
Ghost	I-Application
Solution	O
Suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Technologies	O
developed	O
by	O
20/20	B-Application
Software	I-Application
were	O
integrated	O
into	O
Ghost	O
after	O
their	O
acquisition	O
by	O
Symantec	O
in	O
April	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
version	O
3.1	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1997	O
supports	O
cloning	O
individual	O
partitions	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ghost	O
could	O
clone	O
a	O
disk	O
or	O
partition	B-Application
to	O
another	O
disk	O
or	O
partition	B-Application
or	O
to	O
an	O
image	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multicasting	O
supports	O
sending	O
a	O
single	O
backup	B-Protocol
image	O
simultaneously	O
to	O
other	O
machines	O
without	O
putting	O
greater	O
stress	O
on	O
the	O
network	O
than	O
by	O
sending	O
an	O
image	O
to	O
a	O
single	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
also	O
introduced	O
Ghost	O
Explorer	O
,	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
program	O
which	O
supports	O
browsing	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
an	O
image	O
file	O
and	O
extract	O
individual	O
files	O
from	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Explorer	O
was	O
subsequently	O
enhanced	O
to	O
support	O
adding	O
and	O
deleting	O
files	O
in	O
an	O
image	O
with	O
FAT	B-Application
,	O
and	O
later	O
with	O
ext2	B-Application
,	O
ext3	B-Application
and	O
NTFS	B-Application
file	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
2007	O
,	O
Ghost	O
Explorer	O
could	O
not	O
edit	O
NTFS	B-Application
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
4.0	O
also	O
moved	O
from	O
real-mode	B-Application
DOS	B-Device
to	O
286	B-Application
protected	I-Application
mode	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
additional	O
memory	O
available	O
allows	O
Ghost	O
to	O
provide	O
several	O
levels	O
of	O
compression	B-General_Concept
for	O
images	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
provide	O
the	O
file	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
5.0	O
moved	O
to	O
386	B-General_Concept
protected	B-Application
mode	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
text-based	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
of	O
earlier	O
versions	O
,	O
5.0	O
uses	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
GUI	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
Gdisk	B-Application
,	O
a	O
script-based	O
partition	B-Application
manager	I-Application
,	O
was	O
integrated	O
in	O
Ghost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gdisk	B-Application
serves	O
a	O
role	O
similar	O
to	O
Fdisk	B-Application
,	O
but	O
has	O
greater	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Norton	B-Application
Ghost	I-Application
version	O
for	O
Novell	B-Operating_System
NetWare	I-Operating_System
(	O
called	O
2.0	O
)	O
,	O
released	O
around	O
1999	O
,	O
supports	O
NSS	B-Application
partitions	B-Application
(	O
although	O
it	O
runs	O
in	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
like	O
the	O
others	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
console	O
communicates	O
with	O
client	O
software	O
on	O
managed	O
computers	O
and	O
allows	O
a	O
system	B-Application
administrator	I-Application
to	O
refresh	O
the	O
disk	O
of	O
a	O
machine	O
remotely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
DOS-based	O
program	O
,	O
Ghost	O
requires	O
machines	O
running	O
Windows	B-Application
to	O
reboot	O
to	O
DOS	B-Device
to	O
run	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ghost	O
6.0	O
requires	O
a	O
separate	O
DOS	B-Device
partition	B-Application
when	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
Norton	B-Application
Ghost	I-Application
version	O
7.0	O
(	O
retail	O
)	O
was	O
marketed	O
as	O
Norton	B-Application
Ghost	I-Application
2002	O
Personal	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
December	O
14	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
Ghost	O
7.5	O
creates	O
a	O
virtual	O
partition	B-Application
,	O
a	O
DOS	B-Device
partition	B-Application
which	O
actually	O
exists	O
as	O
a	O
file	O
within	O
a	O
normal	O
Windows	B-Application
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
significantly	O
eased	O
systems	O
management	O
because	O
the	O
user	O
no	O
longer	O
had	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
their	O
own	O
partition	B-Application
tables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ghost	O
8.0	O
can	O
run	O
directly	O
from	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
well-suited	O
for	O
placement	O
on	O
bootable	O
media	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
BartPE	B-Application
′s	O
bootable	O
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
corporate	O
edition	O
supports	O
unicast	B-Protocol
,	O
multicast	O
and	O
peer-to-peer	O
transfers	O
via	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ghost	O
8.0	O
supports	O
NTFS	B-Application
file	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
although	O
NTFS	B-Application
is	O
not	O
accessible	O
from	O
a	O
DOS	B-Device
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
off-line	O
version	O
of	O
Ghost	O
,	O
which	O
runs	O
from	O
bootable	O
media	O
in	O
place	O
of	O
the	O
installed	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
originally	O
faced	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
driver	O
support	O
difficulties	O
due	O
to	O
limitations	O
of	O
the	O
increasingly	O
obsolete	O
16-bit	O
DOS	B-Device
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Driver	O
selection	O
and	O
configuration	O
within	O
DOS	B-Device
was	O
non-trivial	O
from	O
the	O
beginning	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
limited	O
space	O
available	O
on	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
made	O
disk	B-Application
cloning	I-Application
of	O
several	O
different	O
disk	O
controllers	O
a	O
difficult	O
task	O
,	O
where	O
different	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
,	O
USB	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
CD-ROM	O
drives	O
were	O
involved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mouse	O
support	O
was	O
possible	O
but	O
often	O
left	O
out	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
limited	O
space	O
for	O
drivers	O
on	O
a	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
USB	B-Protocol
often	O
did	O
not	O
work	O
using	O
newer	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
USB	B-Protocol
2.0	O
,	O
instead	O
only	O
operating	O
at	O
1.0	O
speeds	O
and	O
taking	O
hours	O
to	O
do	O
what	O
should	O
have	O
taken	O
only	O
a	O
few	O
minutes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
widespread	O
support	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
went	O
into	O
decline	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
increasingly	O
difficult	O
to	O
get	O
hardware	O
drivers	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
for	O
the	O
newer	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Disk	B-Application
imaging	I-Application
competitors	O
to	O
Ghost	O
have	O
dealt	O
with	O
the	O
decline	O
of	O
DOS	B-Device
by	O
moving	O
to	O
other	O
recovery	O
environments	O
such	O
as	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
or	O
Windows	B-Application
PE	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
can	O
draw	O
on	O
current	O
driver	O
development	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
image	O
newer	O
models	O
of	O
disk	O
controllers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nevertheless	O
,	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Ghost	O
on	O
compatible	O
hardware	O
configurations	O
works	O
much	O
faster	O
than	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
*	O
nix	O
based	O
image	O
and	O
backup	B-Protocol
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ghost	O
8	O
and	O
later	O
are	O
Windows	B-Application
programs	O
;	O
as	O
such	O
,	O
they	O
can	O
run	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
PE	O
,	O
BartPE	B-Application
or	O
Hiren	O
's	O
BootCD	O
and	O
use	O
the	O
same	O
plug	O
and	O
play	O
hardware	O
drivers	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
desktop	O
computer	O
,	O
making	O
hardware	O
support	O
for	O
Ghost	O
much	O
simpler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Norton	B-Application
Ghost	I-Application
2003	O
,	O
a	O
consumer	O
edition	O
of	O
Ghost	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
6	O
,	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Available	O
as	O
an	O
independent	O
product	O
,	O
Norton	B-Application
Ghost	I-Application
2003	O
was	O
also	O
included	O
as	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
Norton	O
SystemWorks	O
2003	O
Professional	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
simpler	O
,	O
non-corporate	O
version	O
of	O
Ghost	O
,	O
Norton	B-Application
Ghost	I-Application
2003	O
does	O
not	O
include	O
the	O
console	O
but	O
has	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
front-end	O
to	O
script	O
Ghost	O
operations	O
and	O
create	O
a	O
bootable	O
Ghost	O
diskette	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
machine	O
still	O
needs	O
to	O
reboot	O
to	O
the	O
virtual	O
partition	B-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
user	O
does	O
not	O
need	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
DOS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symantec	O
deprecated	O
LiveUpdate	O
support	O
for	O
Norton	B-Application
Ghost	I-Application
2003	O
in	O
early	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
November	O
15	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
Symantec	O
renamed	O
the	O
Enterprise	O
version	O
of	O
Ghost	O
to	O
Symantec	B-Application
Ghost	I-Application
Solution	O
Suite	O
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Symantec	O
,	O
Symantec	B-Application
Ghost	I-Application
and	O
Norton	B-Application
Ghost	I-Application
are	O
two	O
separate	O
product	O
lines	O
based	O
around	O
different	O
technologies	O
developed	O
by	O
different	O
teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
further	O
defined	O
in	O
February	O
2006	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Norton	O
Save	O
And	O
Restore	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Norton	O
Backup	B-Protocol
And	O
Restore	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
standalone	O
backup	B-Protocol
application	O
based	O
on	O
Ghost	O
10.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
2	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
Norton	B-Application
Ghost	I-Application
9.0	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
new	O
consumer	O
version	O
of	O
Ghost	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
PowerQuest	O
's	O
Drive	B-Application
Image	I-Application
version	O
7	O
,	O
and	O
provides	O
Live	O
imaging	O
of	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
a	O
totally	O
different	O
code	O
base	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
DriveImage/V2i	O
Protector	O
product	O
via	O
Symantec	O
's	O
acquisition	O
of	O
PowerQuest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
program	O
that	O
must	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
the	O
target	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Images	O
can	O
be	O
made	O
while	O
Windows	B-Application
is	O
running	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
only	O
when	O
booted	O
directly	O
into	O
DOS	B-Device
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Incremental	B-General_Concept
images	O
(	O
containing	O
only	O
changes	O
since	O
the	O
last	O
image	O
)	O
are	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Requires	O
Product	B-License
Activation	I-License
in	O
order	O
to	O
function	O
fully	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bootable	O
environment	O
on	O
the	O
Ghost	O
9	O
CD	O
is	O
only	O
useful	O
for	O
recovery	O
of	O
existing	O
backups	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Ghost	O
9	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
the	O
older	O
.gho	B-Application
format	O
disk	B-Application
images	I-Application
,	O
a	O
separate	O
CD	O
containing	O
Ghost	O
2003	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
retail	O
packaging	O
for	O
users	O
needing	O
to	O
access	O
those	O
older	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
limitations	O
of	O
Ghost	O
9	O
compared	O
to	O
Ghost	O
2003	O
were	O
not	O
well-communicated	O
by	O
Symantec	O
,	O
and	O
resulted	O
in	O
many	O
dissatisfied	O
customers	O
who	O
purchased	O
Ghost	O
9	O
expecting	O
the	O
previous	O
version	O
's	O
features	O
(	O
like	O
making	O
images	O
from	O
the	O
bootable	O
Ghost	O
environment	O
,	O
no	O
installation	O
required	O
,	O
and	O
no	O
product	B-License
activation	I-License
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supports	O
creating	O
images	O
on	O
CDs	O
,	O
DVDs	O
,	O
Iomega	B-Operating_System
Zip	I-Operating_System
and	O
Jaz	B-Device
disks	I-Device
as	O
well	O
as	O
IEEE	B-Protocol
1394	I-Protocol
(	O
FireWire	B-Protocol
)	O
and	O
USB	B-Architecture
mass	I-Architecture
storage	I-Architecture
devices	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
used	O
Ghost	O
10.0	O
'	O
s	O
engine	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
features	O
to	O
allow	O
backup	B-Protocol
and	O
restoration	O
of	O
individual	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
provides	O
significant	O
improvements	O
in	O
performance	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
edit	O
NTFS	B-Application
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
also	O
adds	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
x64	B-Device
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
and	O
GUID	B-Application
Partition	I-Application
Table	I-Application
(	O
GPT	O
)	O
disks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
does	O
not	O
fully	O
support	O
systems	O
with	O
Extensible	B-Architecture
Firmware	I-Architecture
Interface	I-Architecture
(	O
EFI	O
)	O
firmware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ghost	O
11.0	O
supports	O
saving	O
and	O
restoring	O
from	O
native	O
Ghost	O
image	O
format	O
(	O
.gho	B-Application
,	O
.ghs	O
)	O
and	O
raw	O
images	O
(	O
.img	O
,	O
.raw	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ghost	O
12.0	O
includes	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
support	O
with	O
an	O
updated	O
and	O
more	O
thorough	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
both	O
full	O
system	O
backup	B-Protocol
and	O
individual	O
files	O
or	O
folders	O
backup	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
provides	O
a	O
"	O
LightsOut	O
Restore	O
"	O
feature	O
,	O
which	O
restores	O
a	O
system	O
from	O
an	O
on-disk	O
software	O
recovery	O
environment	O
similar	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
RE	O
,	O
thereby	O
allowing	O
recovery	O
without	O
a	O
bootable	O
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LightsOut	O
restore	O
would	O
augment	O
the	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
image	I-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
comes	O
with	O
Ghost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NSR	O
2.0	O
has	O
fewer	O
features	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
Norton	B-Application
Ghost	I-Application
12	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NSR	O
2.0	O
offers	O
one-time	O
backups	B-Protocol
,	O
file	O
and	O
folder	O
backup	B-Protocol
,	O
simplified	O
schedule	O
editor	O
,	O
Maxtor	O
OneTouch	O
integration	O
and	O
modifiable	O
Symantec	O
recovery	O
disc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
supports	O
32-bit	O
and	O
64-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	O
and	O
Vista	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
14.0	O
uses	O
Volume	B-Application
Snapshot	O
Service	O
(	O
VSS	O
)	O
to	O
make	O
backups	B-Protocol
and	O
can	O
store	O
backups	B-Protocol
to	O
an	O
FTP	B-Protocol
site	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ghost	O
can	O
connect	O
to	O
ThreatCon	O
,	O
a	O
Symantec	O
service	O
that	O
monitors	O
malware	O
activity	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
and	O
performs	O
incremental	B-General_Concept
backups	I-General_Concept
when	O
a	O
specific	O
threat	O
level	O
is	O
reached	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
features	O
include	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
back	B-Protocol
up	I-Protocol
to	O
network-attached	B-Application
storage	I-Application
devices	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
NTFS	B-Application
partitions	B-Application
up	O
to	O
16TB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
no	O
longer	O
supports	O
opening	O
.gho	B-Application
image	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
stores	O
images	O
in	O
.v2i	B-Application
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Incremental	B-General_Concept
backup	I-General_Concept
images	O
created	O
with	O
Norton	B-Application
Ghost	I-Application
are	O
saved	O
with	O
.iv2i	O
filename	O
extensions	O
alone	O
the	O
original	O
full	B-Protocol
backup	I-Protocol
(	O
with	O
.v2i	B-Application
filename	O
extension	O
)	O
on	O
a	O
regular	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Older	O
.gho	B-Application
image	O
files	O
can	O
be	O
restored	O
using	O
Ghost	O
Explorer	O
,	O
a	O
separate	O
utility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ghost	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
enterprise	O
,	O
including	O
Ghost	O
11.5	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Image	O
formats	O
Ghost	O
11.5	O
supports	O
saving	O
to	O
and	O
restoring	O
from	O
native	O
Ghost	O
image	O
format	O
(	O
.gho	B-Application
and	O
.ghs	O
)	O
and	O
VMDK	O
format	O
(	O
.vmdk	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
supports	O
restoring	O
from	O
DriveImage	B-Application
format	O
(	O
.v2i	B-Application
,	O
.iv2i	O
,	O
)	O
PowerQuest	O
image	O
format	O
(	O
.pqi	O
)	O
and	O
Symantec	O
Backup	B-Protocol
Exec	O
System	O
Recovery	O
(	O
BESR	O
)	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
updates	O
Ghost	O
Solution	O
Suite	O
to	O
2.5.1	O
and	O
provides	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2008	I-Device
R2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
Ghost	O
11.5	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
BartPE	B-Application
's	O
bootable	O
CD	O
using	O
a	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
Norton	O
community	O
on	O
Symantec	O
's	O
site	O
,	O
the	O
following	O
features	O
are	O
available	O
in	O
Norton	B-Application
Ghost	I-Application
15	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ghost	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
enterprise	O
,	O
including	O
Ghost	O
12.0	O
and	O
Deployment	O
Solution	O
6.9	O
,	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
March	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ghost	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
enterprise	O
,	O
including	O
Ghost	O
12.0	O
and	O
Deployment	O
Solution	O
6.9	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
7	O
March	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ghost	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
enterprise	O
,	O
including	O
Ghost	O
12.0	O
and	O
Deployment	O
Solution	O
6.9	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
18	O
May	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Release	O
Update	O
3	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
22	O
September	O
2017	O
,	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
ext4	B-Application
filesystem	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ghost	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
enterprise	O
,	O
including	O
Ghost	O
12.0	O
and	O
Deployment	O
Solution	O
6.9	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
31	O
October	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
release	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Ghost	O
Solution	O
Suite	O
Web	O
Console	O
,	O
iPXE	B-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	O
2016	O
,	O
Smart	O
raw	O
imaging	O
,	O
4K	O
native	O
drive	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
capture	O
and	O
deployment	O
environment	O
requires	O
booting	O
to	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
PE	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
can	O
be	O
accomplished	O
by	O
creating	O
an	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
(	O
to	O
burn	O
to	O
a	O
DVD	O
)	O
or	O
a	O
USB	B-Protocol
bootable	O
disk	O
,	O
installed	O
to	O
a	O
client	O
as	O
an	O
automation	O
folder	O
or	O
delivered	O
by	O
a	O
pxe	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ghost	O
can	O
mount	B-Application
a	O
backup	B-Protocol
volume	B-Application
to	O
recover	O
individual	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ghost	O
can	O
copy	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
one	O
volume	B-Application
to	O
another	O
or	O
convert	O
a	O
volume	B-Application
contents	O
to	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
disk	I-Application
in	O
VMDK	O
or	O
VHD	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
Ghost	O
supported	O
only	O
FAT	B-Application
file	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
although	O
it	O
could	O
copy	O
(	O
but	O
not	O
resize	O
)	O
other	O
file	B-Application
systems	I-Application
by	O
performing	O
a	O
sector-by-sector	B-Application
transfer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ghost	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
NTFS	B-Application
later	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
provided	O
a	O
program	O
,	O
Ghostwalker	O
,	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
Security	O
ID	O
(	O
SID	O
)	O
that	O
made	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
systems	O
distinguishable	O
from	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ghostwalker	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
modifying	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
computer	O
from	O
its	O
own	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ghost	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
ext2	B-Application
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
in	O
1999	O
and	O
for	O
ext3	B-Application
subsequently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
ext4	B-Application
was	O
added	O
in	O
September	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Norton	B-Application
Ghost	I-Application
was	O
discontinued	O
on	O
April	O
30	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
it	O
was	O
removed	O
,	O
the	O
Symantec	B-Application
Ghost	I-Application
Web	O
page	O
invited	O
Ghost	O
customers	O
to	O
try	O
Symantec	O
System	O
Recovery	O
,	O
described	O
as	O
software	O
for	O
backup	B-Protocol
and	O
disaster	O
recovery	O
.	O
</s>
