LanguageGHO
Norton Ghost backup image
File type: Backup file
Files with gho extension are disk images or backups created using the versions of Norton Ghost backup utility. There are several versions of this format for each respective version of Norton Ghost.
What is gho file?
File type category:
Backup file
Date updated: December 4, 2023
File extension gho is related to Norton Ghost, to be more precise. Norton Ghost 2003 and earlier versions of Norton Ghost which used this format.
Norton Ghost 12.0, Norton Ghost 14.0, and Norton Save & Restore 2.0 do not support GHO file format anymore.
Norton Ghost 9.0 and later versions create backup images in the V2I file format. You cannot restore the .gho image files using these products.
However, you can use the Ghost Explorer to restore the individual files and folders from the gho file.
gho files are backup image files used by Norton Ghost. The program creates an image of the hard drive and its contents. You can later use the gho file to recover the entire hard drive or individual files. But here are some limitations with GHO files such us maximum file sizes of 2 GB.
For drives larger than 2 GB, a series of GHO files will be created with a file naming system of either file.gho, file001.ghs, file002.ghs or file.gho, file 001, file 002 etc, depending on the version of Ghost used. In addition to the file size limitations, GHO files can also be encrypted for security reasons.
How to open gho file?
Use Norton Ghost of the right version to access the .gho disk image.
How to convert gho file?
Use Norton Ghost to transform .gho files to other supported formats.
Suggested software to open gho file:
Associated software actions with the gho file
Software applications that can open gho files:
Norton Ghost (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create gho files:
Norton Ghost (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that backup gho files:
Norton Ghost (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that recover gho files:
Norton Ghost (Microsoft Windows)