Why did Symantec discontinue Norton Ghost? Alongside Norton Ghost - which is what we’ll focus on throughout this post - there is also Ghost Solution Suite (GSS), a fully featured deployment platform aimed at the enterprise market. It’s worth noting before we continue that there are (or were) two different products bearing the Ghost name. We’ll look more closely at what Macrium Reflect offers you over Norton Ghost, but first we’ll go over the reasons why Norton Ghost was discontinued.
Macrium Reflect Free is a free, simple tool that can be used to image and clone Windows disks, but Macrium also has a number of paid products that include additional powerful features that can provide you with the flexibility and security required to protect your data effectively. For many Windows users looking for reliable, and powerful backup today, it is still very much a case of seeking out a good replacement for Norton Ghost.įortunately, Macrium is on hand to help with a powerful and popular alternative to Norton Ghost.
The rise and fall of the first disk cloning toolĪlthough Norton Ghost was discontinued all the way back in 2013, its legacy appears to be strong - unsurprising, perhaps, given that it was around throughout much of the nineties, a period that feels like the very early years of home computing.
