Question about Norton Ghost

I have a notebook computer in which the hard drive is failing.  It intermittently won't boot, which I assume is caused by a hard drive read failure.  I would like to know if I can use Norton Ghost to create an image of the drive (when it boots successfully) and transfer that image to a new drive.  If so, how would I do that and will the computer be logically the same as before (i.e., all applications present and working as before).

 

thanks for the help

 

keith