Norton Ghost 2001 delivers high-performance utilities for safe and efficient system upgrading, backup and recovery

Norton Ghost 2001 delivers high-performance utilities for safe and efficient system upgrading, backup and recovery

KUALA LUMPUR -- 28 September, 2000 - Symantec Corp. today announced Norton Ghost 2001, a fast and flexible utility designed for PC and small business requiring high performance solutions for system upgrading, backup, and recovery. Based on the industry-leading Symantec Ghost Enterprise product, Norton Ghost 2001 offers users a reliable solution for safeguarding data and saving time.

"Specially designed for home users and small business users, Norton Ghost 2001 offers a comprehensive toolset for backing up systems, recovering from disasters, performing system upgrades, and installing new hardware," said Ross Wilson, Senior Regional Director for South East Asia at Symantec. "Customers can now rely on the powerful features of Ghost 2001 to safeguard their valuable data and ease PC maintenance and recovery."

New to Norton Ghost 2001 is its support for the Linux EXT2 file system, ensuring reliable cloning of Linux-based PCs. In addition, Norton Ghost 2001 is now compatible with Windows 2000 and Windows Millennium, thereby extending Ghost's powerful imaging capabilities to users of Microsoft's latest operating systems.

For increased flexibility, Norton Ghost 2001 provides users with the following features:

Cloning capabilities for an entire hard drive or specified partitions. Norton Ghost 2001 automatically determines the partition sizes for the destination drive.
Back-up feature for hard disk drives with the capability to write disk images directly to many popular CDR/RW drives, as well as a variety of the most popular removable magnetic media, including ZIP, JAZ, SuperDisk, and more.
Recovery of individual files and directories.
Manipulation of disk images using the Ghost Explorer utility, which now features enhanced image management, supports the addition of files, and includes the ability to recompile images.
Direct cloning between two PCs via high-speed parallel ports, USB cables, or local IP connections on home networks.

Pricing and Availability
Norton Ghost 2001 is available now at retail stores and through the Symantec web site www.symantec.com. Norton Ghost 2001 is priced at RM228.00.

About Symantec
Symantec, a world leader in Internet security technology, provides a broad range of content and network security solutions to individuals and enterprises. The company is a leading provider of virus protection, risk management, Internet content and e-mail filtering, remote management and mobile code detection technologies to customers. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has worldwide operations in more than 33 countries.

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