Does a medium archive take longer to compress? What's the file size of a standard backup? For answers, you'll have to search the help file or manual. The Drive Backup Wizard, for instance, lists three backup options (standard, medium, or high compression) but doesn't explain the pros and cons of each. According to Symantec tech support, there's no way to delete the tray icon. It's very easy, but we have one gripe: Ghost drops an icon in Windows' Taskbar tray, a narrow corner of screen space that's often jam-packed with too many icons.

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Norton Ghost 9.0 installs in just a few minutes. Norton Ghost 9.0 is best for upgraders everyone else should choose Acronis True Image. But while Ghost 9.0 shows great promise, its backup and overall performance speed still lags behind that of Acronis True Image 8.0, a product that also offers more features for the same price. Version 9.0's predecessor, Norton Ghost 2003, forced you to reboot and load DOS before running a backup, a clunky design that made Windows inaccessible until the backup was complete. Ghost 9.0 now lets you make a duplicate 'image' of your hard drive's contents-copying all the files, programs, and settings-by incorporating technology from Drive Image, an imaging tool that Symantec acquired when it purchased PowerQuest Corporation in 2003. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.Symantec's Norton Ghost 9.0 takes a major leap forward by allowing Windows XP and 2000 users to create byte-by-byte hard disk backups-useful for mirroring standard software configurations across new office desktops-without rebooting their PC or leaving Windows. The Android robot is reproduced or modified from work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License. Microsoft and the Window logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. Alexa and all related logos are trademarks of, Inc. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. Android, Google Chrome, Google Play and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google, LLC. Firefox is a trademark of Mozilla Foundation. or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. NortonLifeLock, the NortonLifeLock Logo, the Checkmark Logo, Norton, LifeLock, and the LockMan Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of NortonLifeLock Inc. LifeLock identity theft protection is not available in all countries. The Norton and LifeLock Brands are part of NortonLifeLock Inc.

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