RU11 finally brought support to parity. In earlier 3.x versions, you had to jump through hoops to capture a GPT disk. Now, the “Ghost Boot Disk” wizard properly creates WinPE 10/11 media that boots UEFI and captures/restores GPT partitions without losing the EFI system partition. It works, but it’s not elegant. You still see raw sector counts in the logs – a comfort to veterans, a horror to newbies.
Rating: 4.2/5 Best for: Legacy hardware support, PXE-free environments, and sysadmins who need absolute control without cloud dependencies. Worst for: Anyone expecting a modern, sleek, UI-driven, UEFI-first deployment tool. ghost solution suite 3.3 ru11
You manage legacy hardware (BIOS), you need offline imaging without a network boot server, or you have a heterogeneous driver nightmare. RU11 finally brought support to parity
If you’re still on 2.x or an earlier 3.x, upgrade for the UEFI and WinPE 11 fixes. But don’t expect a renaissance. This is a mature, terminal product – and for its niche, it’s still the king of the morgue. It works, but it’s not elegant
You’re all-in on Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Intune/SCCM), you only deploy modern Linux, or you require a web-based dashboard.
Let’s be honest: When you hear “Norton Ghost,” most younger IT pros think of a floppy disk from 2002. But Ghost Solution Suite (GSS) 3.3 RU11 is a different beast entirely. This is not the consumer “Ghost 15” disaster. This is the enterprise deployment workhorse that never really died—it just got a fresh bandolier of ammunition.
The license server is still a separate install, and it’s temperamental. You must open ports 3115, 3116, and 1127 in your firewall. If you forget, GSS will silently fail to deploy. RU11 fixed some license checkout bugs from RU9, but it’s still not plug-and-play. Core Imaging Capabilities: Where It Shines GSS 3.3’s heart is still the .GHO (and .V2I) image format. In an age of WIM and VHDX, why use Ghost? Because it’s fast . A multicast deployment of a 20GB Windows 10 LTSC image to 50 identical Dell OptiPlexes ran at 2.4 GB/min over gigabit. That’s competitive with MDT and significantly faster than Clonezilla on heterogeneous hardware.