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>>>>>Version 10 is quite a bit different than version 14.
>>>>>What you're trying to create is the boot disk that norton will need in the event you want to do a restore. First off I don't think you format DVD or CD disks - try doing it without formating. If that doesn't work - is there an .ISO file somewhere on the Norton Ghost DVD you bought? If there is you can use any image burning software to copy that .ISO file to a DVD.
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>>>>You are right that ver 14 is quite different than previous versions. In previous version you could create an image of the hard drive and store it on external drive or a DVD. But you can't do it with ver 14 (someone on the board said that it can be done with the Enterprise version of Ghost 14 - but I won't be the one to find out). And I can say with certainty that Ghost 14 is total crap. I give it the Worst Product of the Year Award <g>. After reading the messages on the board (thanks to Tracy for her input) and trying many times to create what they call "Recovery Disk" I gave up.
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>>>>Here is a couple of the stupid UI approaches they have:
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>>>>1. When you try to create a Recovery disk they prompt you to indicate the recovery disk location. But what they mean is that you have to first put the original Ghost 14 DVD in DVD drive and then, after Ghost does some copying, you will put the blank DVD in (maybe but I never reached this point). But nowhere in their help it says so clearly.
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>>>>2. I still tried to create this stupid Recovery disk. But when I put Ghost 14 DVD in the drive it says that it "cannot copy 64 bit drivers to a 32 bit drivers (something like that)" - complete nonsense. And then this idiotic program prompts me to select which drivers from the OS (Vista 64) I want to include in the Recovery Disk. How the hell do I know? And you cannot go passed this stage; no way.
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>>>>It proves how a good product can be "enhanced" into a totally useless product.
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>>>Wow what a pile of junk! I guessthat is not the version of Ghost I have because the one I have lets you make images of drives then copy them to DVD or another hard-drive as files. But - if you don' turn off all the stupid services and junk with it the darn thing is a huge resource hog all the time. I also have an older version that had a server and client install - I think i might be 9.x or maybe that is 10.x one - anyway that one seemed a LOT better.
>>>Another good example of Symantec messing up a perfectly good application. There used to be a firewall application called AtGuard32 - Symantec bought it and ruined that one too (it turned into the bloatware internet security gizmo they sell....)
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>>Accordning to my neighbor who has ver 8.5 (this is how he refers to it) is the best. As you described, it allows him to create and copy the OS image to a DVD/USB so that he can quickly restore it, if necessary. But ver 14 really sucks.
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>Yeah I have the network editon of 8.5 too. The version of 14 that I have lets me copy OS image - wonder what is different....

Do you remember what procedure you were running from version 14 to make OS image?