Pros: Works for making backups of a single computer. I have it making backups to a networked NAS device and it does that just fine. Compresses and encrypts (password protected) the data.

Cons: I've had to re-install the software a few times because it somehow loses a driver or something, making it unable to browse through the backup volumes. Reinstalling it makes it work. The drive clone feature is clunky. The rescue discs are old and missing many drivers needed for newer computers. "Automatic" backup management based on storage space limits doesn't seem to work all the time so I have to manually manage the backups sometimes.

Overall Review: It works so I keep using it, but it's not the easiest to use.

Pros: Dependable. You can't go wrong with Ghost.

Cons: This should be a 3 PC license.

Overall Review: Saved my bacon before. Probably will save me again in the future.

Pros: Works in background Creates images

Cons: Had conflicts with Windows 7 Tech support worthless

Overall Review: I installed this to protect my computer data. During an update install, my computer froze and did not boot. Tried to restore, no success. Contacted Norton, no help. Wound up reformatting disk WITHOUT Ghost.

Pros: Does Full and Incremental backups which help speed up backups. Works great over the network. Worked great cloning the system drive from a 320G to 500G.

Cons: Takes some time to figure out the nuances to getting the backup to work.

Overall Review: Don't know what other's issues are but it runs great on Windows 7 Pro 64bit and Windows XP 32bit.

Pros: None.

Cons: My Win7 Pro x64 system rejects installation. No resolution. Check Norton forums for details. Many users waiting for fix.

Overall Review: Read at Norton forum for installation errors on Win7 x64.

Pros: The earlier versions had solid reputation, worked well, but have no Windows 7 compatibility. I bought Ghost 15 based on past performance and because Norton has listed it as the Windows 7 product.

Cons: If you have Windows 7 64-bit, stay away from Ghost 15 as Norton has no patch or repair solution at this time. Norton AutoFix Tool reports that Ghost 15 is not compatible with Windows 7. Problems started immediately after installation of Ghost 15, and on January 2 I contacted their tech support that still on 1/21 had no solution in sight. The problem might lie either with Ghost, or the two Live Updates pulled in after installation. The Ghost would choke on My Documents backup with the message “Error EBAB03F1: OS error 2147754774”, also I found that Windows 7 Backup has been disabled. The Microsoft tech support has advised me uninstall Ghost and helped with the manual system repair, and restoration of Windows Backup. I hope they’ll publish the procedure as a Knowledge Base article. On Uninstall ghost came up with another VSS error for one of the services that has been damaged as well.

Overall Review: The Windows 7 Backup does the disk image as well.

Pros: Cheap.

Cons: Flatout horrible software compared to previous versions of ghost. It cannot restore properly on too many occassions on too many machines to ever be trusted again.

Overall Review: There is only 1 software in 2011 (going into 2012) that can backup and restore at 100% rate with windows 7 64-bit ultimate, mixing hdd with multiple ssd boots with different volume types and mix of spans. That is paragon hard disk manager and does custom images online if you load your own drivers for all your devices. That software even does ssd alignment.

Pros: works for windows 7 - used it to clone another hard drive.

Cons: The manual provides bad directions.

Overall Review: Here is how I got it to work cloning a windows 7 hard drive. First clone the 100 MB "system reserved" Partition per instructions but set the Drive letter to "None" - Select "Copy my hard drive". - Select "Show hidden drives". - Select the 100 mb partition. Copy this 100 Mb hidden drive to your new empty partition by selecting - Set drive active (for booting OS) - Copy MBR - Destination partition type : Primary - Drive letter : None (important) After this copy is done you can clone the rest of the diskt (c:\) - Select "Copy my hard drive" again. - Select the C:\ drive as source and copy this to the unused partition on your new hardddrive. - Do NOT Set drive active (for booting OS) - Do NOT Copy MBR - Destination partition type : Primary - Drive letter : None (important) Please note there is another option to fit the partition to the rest of destination hard drive, use this if your source hard drive is smaller than your destination hard drive. Ho