The Symantec Ghost Explorer is a program designed for opening GHO extension files. GHO stands for the Ghost File, a type of disk image file used for backup. GHO files are most often cloned after computer hard drives and they contain all the data necessary for a. Ghost Explorer is originally a built-in tool of Symantec Ghost (as a separate utility), which allows you to view, add, delete, launch and extract files from a Ghost image (.gho) file just like operating common files/folders in the File Explorer.
Trying to use Ghost Explorer to recompile an image more than once in GSS 2.0x, build 1533 or 1573. Symptoms Error: 'Ghost Explorer was unable to compile the image file' This issue only occurs in multi-partition situations when the NTFS file partition precedes the FAT file partition and files were added to the NTFS file partition. The FAT file partition that immediately follows the NTFS file partition becomes corrupt as do the partitions that follow. The first 'Save' appears to succeed without problems.
The problem appears during the second 'Save' when the corrupted FAT file partition attempts to recompile. Build 1597 of the Ghost Explorer was created to fix this issue. • Click on the following link to obtain the 'Ghostexp-B1597.zip' file and download to an accessible location: • Navigate to: C: Program Files Symantec Ghost • Locate the 'Ghostexp.exe' file. • Make a backup copy of the current 'Ghostexp.exe' and place in another folder.
• Delete the old 'Ghostexp.exe' in C: Program Files Symantec Ghost • Locate the new 'Ghostexp.exe' that you downloaded and extract into the following location: C: Program Files Symantec Ghost References 'Adding and deleting files within images with Ghost Explorer' at.
Ghost Explorer can restore individual files and folders from an image file to a location you specify on the hard disk. For instructions on extracting and restoring files or folders from a Ghost image file, navigate to one of the following sections: Norton Ghost 2003 • Open Ghost Explorer: • Click Start, and then Programs. Note that in Windows XP, this option is 'All Programs' rather than 'Programs.'
• Click Norton Ghost 2003, and then Norton Ghost. • Click Ghost utilities, and then Norton Ghost Explorer • Open the image file: • Click File, and then Open. • Navigate to the location of the image file. • Click the file name, and then click Open. Ghost Explorer opens the image file displaying the partition names on the left pane and the folders and files on the right pane. • Restore the file or folder: • Right-click the name of the file or folder that you want to extract. You see a short menu.
• Click Extract. • Browse to the folder to which you want to restore the file or folder. • If you are restoring multiple files, browse to the folder to which you want to restore the file. Select the folder and click OK. • Close Ghost Explorer. All other Ghost versions • Open Ghost Explorer: • Click Start, and then Programs.
Note that in Windows XP, this option is 'All Programs' rather than 'Programs.' • Click Norton Ghost or Symantec Ghost, depending on which option is available. • Click Norton Ghost Explorer or Symantec Ghost Explorer depending on which option is available.
• Open the image file: • Click File, and then Open. • Navigate to the location of the image file. • Click the file name, and then click Open.
Ghost Explorer opens the image file displaying the partition names on the left pane and the folders and files on the right pane. • Restore the file or folder: • Right-click the name of the file or folder that you want to extract. You see a short menu.
• Click Restore. • Type the path for the folder you want to restore to, or navigate to the folder to which you want to restore the file or folder. • Click Restore. If you are restoring multiple files, click Use Default Names so that all selected files retain their current file name. • Close Ghost Explorer.