Why so complex?
The simplest operation in the world should be "clone an exact copy of the C: drive to a new drive"
The most common reasons for wanting to do this would be
1 - upgrading the HD
2 - a master C: disk is failing (usually SMART reporting failures to the OS, or Windows read errors)
I've used it before (in XP days, and Ghost was simple - hit clone, and make a clone, swap cables, reboot, job done)
NOT ANY MORE!
Norton Ghost will NOT properly install to Windows 7 if you have any sort of of antivirus as you get the dreaded "not mapped security ID errors" that mean it simply won't work
so you have to jump through hoops and download "permission editors" that only work in IE8 (and don't work if you have any antispyware loaded - and download patched versions of Ghost from Symantec even if you have a brand new DVD version
and even if you DO get it to load and work, it does not do the ONE task that it is recommended for?
BUT, Norton Ghost has no wizard for this, and the DEFAULTS ensure that:
1 - you blast your original HD so it will not reboot
2 - the copy process (following threads here) will require me to also use BootIT, BCDedit and a heap of other things
3 - if the master C: disk is working, but failing slowly, GHOST *will not copy it" EVEN IF YOU SET "ignore errors"
4 - it will assign a drive letter to the new drive EVEN THOUGH THIS SPECIFICALLY prevents a cloned C drive working
OK, vent over, this is going back.
Dear NORTON, please REWRITE your wizards so they do the job this programme used to do so well