Question about Norton Ghost

Hi everyone,

 

I was interested in purchasing Norton Ghost for databackup/recovery, but I'm not sure if it would do my purpose or not, so I figured I' would ask someone who might know. :smileywink:  I have a failing IDE hard drive, and have purchased a new drive, but the new drive is SATA, and MUCH bigger.  Will Norton Ghost allow me to make a backup of the first drive, then restore to the second?  Much of the data on the original drive is programs that I no longer have installation disks for, and I would rather not lose them.  If so, then this program is definitely what I need, and what I should've gotten earlier!