Important Information for Download Customers

To receive the full Norton Save & Restore product via download (which includes the Symantec Recovery Disk needed for a full system restore), you will have to download the Norton Save & Restore file (approximately 65 MB) and the .ISO file ( approximately 200 MB*) and burn the .ISO file onto a CD to create the Symantec Recovery Disk. Additionally, you must have the Microsoft .NET framework installed.

To avoid this process, please choose to purchase the Package option.

If you choose the Download option, special instructions can be found below and in your “Thank you” email.

Information for users upgrading to Windows Vista™
You do not need to install Norton Save & Restore before continuing your upgrade to Vista. Existing Ghost recovery points and data will remain intact on the backup partition following the upgrade; however, neither the recovery points nor data will be accessible until Norton Save & Restore 2.0 has been installed.


Download Installation Instructions

1) To Run Norton Save & Restore you need to have the Microsoft.net framework installed. To download, click here

2) To burn the downloaded .ISO (the Symantec Recovery Disk) to a CD, you will need the following:

-One blank CD-R disc (Do not use a CD-RW disc).

-The product .ISO (downloaded from the Symantec Store web site)

-A CD creation program, such as Nero Burning ROM or Roxio's Easy CD Creator, that is capable of burning.

To burn the .ISO image to a CD:

IMPORTANT! Do not use the "Copy" feature in Windows XP; it is not capable of burning an .ISO to a CD.

Gear DVD Standard Edition: Use the "Open external physical image" feature to burn the .ISO to a CD. Refer to the software's documentation for further instructions.

Nero Burning ROM: Use the "Burn Image" feature to burn the .ISO image to CD. Refer to the software's documentation for further instructions.

Easy CD Creator: Use the "Create CD from Disc Image" feature or "Record to CD" to burn the .ISO image to CD. Refer to the software's documentation for further instructions.


* The size of the .ISO file varies per language.