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Backup on Norton

youn29380 Posted messages 11 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
brucine Posted messages 24977 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -

Hello everyone.

Norton has changed everything in its new version (why make it simple when you can make it complicated).

I do not want to use the cloud and wish to back up to an external hard drive. Norton seems to only offer the cloud?

Do you have a tip (for an old-timer, so simple and clear)?

Thank you

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    fabul Posted messages 42183 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 071
     

    Hello,

    Are you talking about system backups (Ghost)?

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    1. brucine Posted messages 24977 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 179
       

      Hello,

      I have used Ghost including via the command line for ages, but it seems that recent Norton versions only back up online and presumably only the data; theoretically, you can't create a system image without going through VSS hypervision and rebooting.

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      1. fabul Posted messages 42183 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 071 > brucine Posted messages 24977 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        Hello,

        We can back up with O&O without rebooting, with Paragon too, and the others.

        It's the restoration that always requires a reboot.

        Or a bootable USB key is absolutely necessary in the case of O&O (key created with the program)

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  2. fabul Posted messages 42183 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 071
     

    I use O&O DiskImage 17 in Giveaway (Free)

    Note: Giveaways aren't eternal; right now, it's a lifetime free license for 1 PC, but in the future, you'll need to find other Giveaways, whether they release version 18 or 19...

    For the Giveaway

    https://www.oo-software.com/de/special/nes128

    For the setup (English)

    https://www.oo-software.com/en/download/archive/index.html?product=OODI17PRO

    For the manual in pdf (English)

    https://www.oo-software.com/en/docs/usersguide/oodi17.pdf

    They send you an initial email for you to confirm by clicking on the link, and then they send you a second one with your license.

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    To backup files in synchronization to a second internal drive, I also use O&O Autobackup 6 in Giveaway

    O&O Autobackup 6
    https://www.oo-software.com/de/special/ot739

    For the setup (English)

    https://www.oo-software.com/en/download/current/ooautobackup

    For the manual in pdf (English)

    https://dl5.oo-software.com/datasheets/pdf/datasheet_ooab6_en.pdf

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  3. MPMP10 Posted messages 47389 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   19 002
     

    Hello,

    Norton only seems to offer cloud storage?

    After all, it's normal; they won't manage your personal backups on an external hard drive at your home!

    https://www.malekal.com/comment-bien-sauvegarder-windows/

    Otherwise, in simpler terms, (once your external hard drive is connected to your PC…) just right-click on the item (file or another…) you want to send to your hard drive and then click on the hard drive listed in the context menu).

    You can also use copy-paste by right-clicking.

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  4. flo88 Posted messages 28494 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   Ambassadeur 5 170
     

    Hello

    I don't think it's Norton Ghost, because to my knowledge, it has been discontinued and stopped at version 15, which wasn't even compatible with Windows 10. I think it's more likely Norton 360, which comes with cloud storage (10, 50 GB or more).

    @youn29380 StatusMember

    This is a storage volume offered with the subscription; the built-in backup utility only backs up files and folders, and it can be configured, although it’s tedious. And it doesn't create a system image.

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    1. brucine Posted messages 24977 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 179
       

      Hello,

      Ghost has become a generic name, like Frigidaire.

      I ended up getting rid of them in favor of another utility, which is also old, I had a whole collection.

      Some site claims that a Windows version of Ghost would still work on Windows 10, I have doubts, but nothing prevents common sense (there are simpler solutions today) from using the executable in the command line as long as it is 32-bit and not 16, I no longer remember and I can no longer check.

      https://www.reneelab.fr/logiciel-ghost-gratuit.html

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