Beyond imaging, the disc includes Symantec’s antivirus technology to disinfect systems that cannot boot due to viral infections.

The bootable CD serves as a critical rescue environment. It allows you to boot into a Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) to restore images, scan for disk errors, and even perform backups without the software being installed on the host machine.

Because it is based on Windows PE, it often works on hardware where Linux-based recovery tools might fail.

It supports converting backup images into virtual disk formats like VMware or Hyper-V, which is helpful for migrating physical machines to virtual environments. Significant Drawbacks Symantec's Norton Ghost 15: Capable Imaging and Backup