Let me know if you find an answer to this because I planned on buying this
version too.
If it doesn't perform like the previous versions, I don't be buying it.

"John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
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> Versions since they adopted the DriveImage (Powerquest) programs have only
> been able to restore from the CD. They have come with the older versions
> packaged so you could run older restores made with them. Not sure about
> the restores made with the Powerquest versions.
>
>
> "Sam" <sam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:GVVCi.9186$Y7.5444@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
>>I just picked up Norton Ghost 12 to use with Vista and I'm thoroughly
>>confused. Before I contact (and probably have to pay for) support I
>>thought I'd see if anyone here had used it and could answer my questions.
>>
>> All I want to do is use the boot disk and backup the system partition,
>> but it looks like they've changed the way it works.
>>
>> The boot disk is only giving me recovery options and no backup ones. Is
>> everything done from the "client app" now?
>>
>> My Dell E521 has two recovery partitions (the Dell Utility and Vista
>> recovery) that I'd also like to backup but they aren't showing up in the
>> list of drives. Can I not select raw partitions on the disk? Am I
>> limited only to drives that are mapped by the OS?
>>
>> In case of 100% disk failure I expected to be able to boot from the
>> recovery CD and restore the two recovery partitions, the OS, (and an
>> additional files/games partitions on Disk 0) on a replacement disk. How
>> am I supposed to recover a failed disk?
>>
>> I like the old way because it operated outside the OS. I'm not sure I
>> like this whole "recovery service" idea. If all I wanted was an suped up
>> version of Vista's System Restore I wouldn't have bothered.
>>
>>
>>
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