The file ghpciscan.sys, known as Symantec Ghost PCI Scanner Kernel Mode Driver, belongs to software Symantec Ghost PCI Scanner by Symantec. Symantec Ghost PCI Scanner is a process that relates to software Symantec Ghost, which is comprised of different utilities that can be broken down into the four basic functions of Drive Imaging, Ghost Utilities, the Ghost Console, and Auto Install. Hard drive imaging is the basic function of the Ghost, which involves the creation of a hard drive copy to another hard drive, or stores a compressed image of the hard drive for later deployment to other computers. The Ghost Console is a Windows application that controls all the imaging needs remotely, which can be used to reset network configurations for client PCs. The Ghost utilities include the Ghost Boot Wizard, Ghost Walker, Ghost Explorer, and Gdisk, which is a command line-based DOS utility that allows the users to create, hide, and modify partitions. The Ghost Auto Install software can be used independently of Symantec Ghost and is designed to capture the installation of software and create a single executable package that can be deployed across a network.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. ghpciscan.sys. is used by Symantec Ghost, If you shut down ghpciscan.sys, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop ghpciscan.sys, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Symantec Ghost, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed ghpciscan.sys

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Symantec Ghost, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if ghpciscan.sys. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that ghpciscan.sys, belongs to, in this case Symantec Ghost