Ghost Windows 8 with Norton Ghost

Ghost Windows 8 Problem

You need to know how you can perform imaging operations on newly released Developer editions of Windows 8. 

Ghost Windows 8 Solution

Although imaging Windows 8 computers with Ghost Solution Suite 2.5.1 is not supported by Symantec, here are some tips that might help those who want to test this process:

• If you are using the Ghost Console/Client to perform imaging operations, you need to use PC-DOS.  There is an incompatibility between the Windows PE Pre-OS that comes with Ghost and Windows 8. 
• If you are using the Ghost Console/Client to perform imaging operations, you will not be able to invoke Sysprep via your Console task.  If you need to Sysprep your Windows 8 computer, you must do so manually and capture your image with a boot disk. 
• If you are using the Ghost Console/Client to perform imaging operations, make sure you have added the latest DOS network drivers to your virtual partition boot package via the Ghost Boot Wizard. 
• You may need to create your image using the -IB switch so that you get a sector copy of the boot tract. 
• You may need to restore your image with the -FDSP switch.

If none of these suggestions help with capturing a good image of Windows 8, you will likely need to use a boot disk and run Ghost with a sector switch like -IR.
Please keep in mind that this information is provided "as is" and this operation is not supported by Symantec Technical Support.  There is currently no release date for a version of Ghost that natively supports Windows 8 but this document will be updated with additional information as it becomes available.