GHO to ISO Converter

About This Tool

The GHO to ISO Converter accepts Norton Ghost disk images and outputs ISO 9660/UDF files suitable for mounting in virtualization platforms, backup systems, or media deployment. It achieves this by parsing GHO headers, validating image integrity, reading the contained sectors, and reconstructing a standards-compliant ISO filesystem. Bootable information and file metadata are preserved where supported by the source, enabling faithful emulation in downstream tools.

The tool is designed for IT administrators, data-recovery engineers, and systems engineers who need to reuse Ghost images in modern workflows. By converting to ISO, teams gain cross-platform compatibility, easier redistribution, and auditable pipelines. The approach reduces manual reassembly, minimizes human error, and supports automation in continuous integration and disaster-recovery workflows.

Core features include strict input validation, support for common GHO variants (including single-file images and multi-part archives when provided in sequence), ISO output with both ISO 9660 (with Joliet) and UDF compatibility, and optional integrity checks such as SHA-256. The tool can also preserve or adjust volume labeling and bootable status based on source metadata.

Error handling covers invalid formats, corrupted sectors, missing files, and size-limit violations, returning explicit codes and preventing partial outputs. Industry-standard alignment with ISO specs ensures interoperability with virtual machines, optical media writers, and backup suites. Use cases span virtualization labs, disaster-recovery exercises, archival migration projects, and secure distribution of image-based backups.

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