topic Re: Norton Ghost in PCs & Accessories

Norton Ghost

reyday — Wed, 10 May 2006 16:24:04 GMT

Hi everyone,

I recently bought my Vaio and there should be a testversion of Norton Ghost on it (90 days) - well thats written in one of the booklets. But when I open it, it says that the licence time is over... how can this happen?

thanx!!!

Re: Norton Ghost

Vas — Wed, 10 May 2006 19:15:07 GMT

Is the Vaio a x-display model?

Re: Norton Ghost

kee-lo_ — Wed, 10 May 2006 19:15:11 GMT

Sounds like someone's been using that laptop before you recieved it

Re: Norton Ghost

Thalamus. — Wed, 10 May 2006 19:18:26 GMT

Hi reyday,

Welcome to Club vaio,

Possibly if you did a system recovery the 90 days may begin again, this does work with Norton Internet security..:smileyhappy:

I does seem, as Kee-Lo and Vas have already mentioned, that this laptop has be used before you purchased it...

Re: Norton Ghost

Vas — Wed, 10 May 2006 19:25:34 GMT

You are right Thalamus when I reovered my unit I got another trial.:smileylaugh:
Will Premiere Pro 2.0 trial work like this :smileybatting_eyelashes: :smileythinking::smileylaugh:

Re: Norton Ghost

xander4173 — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:46:04 GMT

Hi Guys,

New to Vaio Ownership .....Have the same problem with my FE21h...... Norton Ghost states my subscription has expired and I have only had the laptop 6 days. Not overly concerned as several posts state that it's not compatible with Vaio Recovery and to be honest this is the first system I have owned with this kind of recovery software so it's all new/confusing. My Vaio box had a sony seal on it which had not been broken so not sure that someone (other than in the factory) could have already used it.
Just frustrated that it's a problem to sort out so soon.
It took numerous restarts and continuous downloads when I first booted up just to be able to use my vaio, with endless product update boxes/warnings for software that will expire soon anyway.

If anyone knows a quick fix for this problem I would be gratefull, otherwise I suspect I will just remove it along with all the other rubbish already clogging my system up.

Incidentally ......anyone else think the battery fit is very poor on the FE series. Mine is loose and rattles ...not overly impressed with build quality.

Thanks

Xander

Re: Norton Ghost

kee-lo_ — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:47:23 GMT

Remove it, from what I understand it's only a demo.
Acronis TrueImage is much better

Re: Norton Ghost

jumpsuit — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:15:18 GMT

I agree.

Re: Norton Ghost

Thalamus. — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:30:46 GMT

It's very strange that the Ghost trial has already expired on a new Vaio though..:smileyconfused:

Re: Norton Ghost

jumpsuit — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 19:06:47 GMT

You need Norton Exorcist to uninstall it.:smileygrin:

Re: Norton Ghost

kee-lo_ — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:40:06 GMT

Does it still work Thalamus?