Backup Software rcommendation

March 22, 2008

Re: Backup Software rcommendation

Either -

Acronis for all your backup and data recovery needs - easy to use

http://www.acronis.com.sg/

or

Paragon - For a list of products see:

http://www.paragon-software.com/products.htm

--

TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2008 - Update Services

http://taurarian.mvps.org

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Computer Maintenance: Acronis / Diskeeper / Paragon / Raxco

"PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message news:uJE09T4iIHA.5452@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

| For Windows XP Home

|

| I'm looking for backup software that would do several things:

|

| 1. Create an "image" backup suitable for completely restoring to a new hard

| disk in the event of the original's failure

| 2. Make quick backups of selected folders of data files, which can be

| quickly referenced, opened and/or restored.

|

| I have Norton Ghost 12.0, but find all the Norton products cause too many

| other problems, and plan to remove it as soon as I find a substitute.

|

| --

|

| PT

|

March 22, 2008

Re: Backup Software rcommendation

Richard in AZ wrote:

> Here is a link to Smart Computing review of Backup program.

> http://tinyurl.com/3bnn5e

>

> "Sue" <Sue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:2349B887-862F-44B8-9E8D-18DC6AC47672@microsoft.com...

>> I would encourage you to explore the range of products available to

>> accomplish this task. Of all the backup programs I have worked with (and I

>> have evaluated quite a large number of them), I prefer Backup Platinum by

>> Softlogica.

>>

>> If you want a program which will enable you to do a rollback, then Rollback

>> RX Pro is the right choice. It is very fast and lightweight and also enables

>> you to easily backup your daily image to an external source. I really,

>> really like this program and their technical support is very good and prompt.

>>

>> I try to avoid the large, mass-marketed solutions such as the ones already

>> suggested to you, not just for backup but across the board. I've

>> consistently discovered superior solutions developed by the "little guys."

>>

>> I hope this helps!

>>

>> "PT" wrote:

>>

>>> For Windows XP Home

>>>

>>> I'm looking for backup software that would do several things:

>>>

>>> 1. Create an "image" backup suitable for completely restoring to a new hard

>>> disk in the event of the original's failure

>>> 2. Make quick backups of selected folders of data files, which can be

>>> quickly referenced, opened and/or restored.

>>>

>>> I have Norton Ghost 12.0, but find all the Norton products cause too many

>>> other problems, and plan to remove it as soon as I find a substitute.

>>>

>>> --

>>>

>>> PT

>>>

>

Why do so many people point links to 1/2 articles that you can't read

unless you subscribe? No, I'm not being snide, its an honest question.

I need to join to get the remainder of the story. Put ads on the page

to vendors that sell backup, yes, but I don't want to give out personal

info just to see an opinion of backup software. And I'm not pointing

to Richards opinion, the links opinion.

March 22, 2008

Re: Backup Software rcommendation

ANONYMOUS wrote on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:07:48 +0000:

A> You asked for a simple solution and this only produced

A> infighting between PD43, Bill & Co and others. This says

A> something about how insecure people are or indeed the nature

A> of these newsgroups! What people forget is that there are

A> many ways to skin a cat! Some are more efficient than

A> others but all ways can do the job at hand!

A> If you want to back up your data (files and folders) then

A> clearly Nero is the simplest solution. Look here:

A> http://www.nero.com/eng/backup.html

A> Hope this helps.

A> PT wrote:

??>> For Windows XP Home

??>>

??>> I'm looking for backup software that would do several

things:

??>> ??>> 1. Create an "image" backup suitable for completely

As you observe, there is more than one way to make backups.

Which is best depends on what you need and I have tried two

programs. Symantec used to be faster and have a more

understandable structure for retrieving an accidentally altered

or deleted file than Acronis but doing a total restore did not

work in the one instance that I needed it and I had to pay a

tech to clone the noisy and probably dying hard disc.

My own requirements are:

1. Do a total backup once a week.

2. Do incremental backups daily.

3. Do both of these things without asking questions.

4. Shut down the computer after the backup.

5. Work with a fast USB disc as the backup media.

6. If I lose a file, have a structure or method that makes it

easy and rapid to find the backup of the missing file.

7. Have an easily understandable method for doing a total

restore.

Except for 6 and 7, Acronis does all of these things and

incremental backups usually take 10-15 minutes tho' a total

backup seems considerably slower than Symantec. I have always

been able to find backups of missing files but it took longer

than I would wish. My computer is a working tool so I have not

timed any attempts to do a total restore.

James Silverton

Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:

not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

March 22, 2008

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On Mar 21, 2:54 pm, "PT" <x...@xyz.com> wrote:

> For Windows XP Home

>

> I'm looking for backup software that would do several things:

>

> 1. Create an "image" backup suitable for completely restoring to a new hard

> disk in the event of the original's failure

> 2. Make quick backups of selected folders of data files, which can be

> quickly referenced, opened and/or restored.

>

> I have Norton Ghost 12.0, but find all the Norton products cause too many

> other problems, and plan to remove it as soon as I find a substitute.

>

> --

>

> PT

Joe Farruggio wrote:

Try Dfsee. This program can make images of a partition or a full disk

which can then be stored on suitable media

March 22, 2008

Re: Backup Software rcommendation

Big Al <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote:

>Why do so many people point links to 1/2 articles that you can't read

>unless you subscribe? No, I'm not being snide, its an honest question.

>I need to join to get the remainder of the story. Put ads on the page

>to vendors that sell backup, yes, but I don't want to give out personal

>info just to see an opinion of backup software. And I'm not pointing

>to Richards opinion, the links opinion.

check this out:

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-ways-to-access-must-sign-up-to-view-sites/

March 22, 2008

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PD43 wrote:

> Big Al <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote:

>

>> Why do so many people point links to 1/2 articles that you can't read

>> unless you subscribe? No, I'm not being snide, its an honest question.

>> I need to join to get the remainder of the story. Put ads on the page

>> to vendors that sell backup, yes, but I don't want to give out personal

>> info just to see an opinion of backup software. And I'm not pointing

>> to Richards opinion, the links opinion.

>

> check this out:

>

> http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-ways-to-access-must-sign-up-to-view-sites/

See, there's a web page for everything. Thanks!.

March 22, 2008

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James Silverton wrote:

> ANONYMOUS wrote on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:07:48 +0000:

>

> A> You asked for a simple solution and this only produced

> A> infighting between PD43, Bill & Co and others. This says

> A> something about how insecure people are or indeed the nature

> A> of these newsgroups! What people forget is that there are

> A> many ways to skin a cat! Some are more efficient than

> A> others but all ways can do the job at hand!

>

> A> If you want to back up your data (files and folders) then

> A> clearly Nero is the simplest solution. Look here:

>

> A> http://www.nero.com/eng/backup.html

>

> A> Hope this helps.

>

> A> PT wrote:

>

> ??>> For Windows XP Home

> ??>>

> ??>> I'm looking for backup software that would do several things:

>

> ??>> ??>> 1. Create an "image" backup suitable for completely

>

> As you observe, there is more than one way to make backups. Which is

> best depends on what you need and I have tried two programs. Symantec

> used to be faster and have a more understandable structure for

> retrieving an accidentally altered or deleted file than Acronis but

> doing a total restore did not work in the one instance that I needed it

> and I had to pay a tech to clone the noisy and probably dying hard disc.

>

> My own requirements are:

>

> 1. Do a total backup once a week.

> 2. Do incremental backups daily.

> 3. Do both of these things without asking questions.

> 4. Shut down the computer after the backup.

> 5. Work with a fast USB disc as the backup media.

> 6. If I lose a file, have a structure or method that makes it easy and

> rapid to find the backup of the missing file.

> 7. Have an easily understandable method for doing a total restore.

>

> Except for 6 and 7, Acronis does all of these things and incremental

> backups usually take 10-15 minutes tho' a total backup seems

> considerably slower than Symantec. I have always been able to find

> backups of missing files but it took longer than I would wish. My

> computer is a working tool so I have not timed any attempts to do a

> total restore.

>

> James Silverton

> Potomac, Maryland

>

> E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

I like James' suggestions. I'd almost suggest you test the whole

process one day if you have a spare drive that is. Leave your main

drive in tact. I also burn a CD with some of the cute little utilities

that you always use. The free stuff you download and install. If you

had a good thumb drive 4 gigs or so, you can drop some daily files

there. I copy my phone book and inbox (all others I can ignore) and an

odd other file or two to the thumb drive. I reload sometimes every 6

months due to just screwing around too much. My desktop I leave alone,

but my laptop I play with just way to much. I can have a working

system, reloaded in a few hours. You just need your files. Knowing

where the files are is your best knowledge. Where are you settings for

IM? Where is your mail? Where is anything? If you know that then an

image of the drive maybe overkill but you won't be crying when you have

it and it saves your life. I do an image so I guarantee all the files,

then I do a backup with just selected. Paranoid, but I want the image

to make sure I get all files just in case. And remember!, make sure y

you have two backups. Like keep last weeks. If this weeks is no

good, at least you are only a week off. At work we rotate 10 copies.

Just ideas.

March 22, 2008

Re: Backup Software rcommendation

Big Al <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote:

>Paranoid, but I want the image

>to make sure I get all files just in case.

I've been a backup freak since the days of tape drives, when my system

drive was only 213mb.

I am SO paranoid that I not only have several full images on an

external drive (including incremental updates to the most current) and

another internal (one of three) drive, that I also have the second of

those three internal drives cloned from my system disk and updated

every two hours using a program called Second Copy (highly

recommended... have been using it for years).

If my main drive bites the dust, a reboot will automatically boot me

using the cloned drive, which will be rarely behind by more than a few

hours (if I install new software and decide to keep it, I do a new

clone).

OH... the third internal drive also has copies of the images that are

on the external drive.

TALK ABOUT PARANOID.

March 22, 2008

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PD43 wrote:

> Big Al <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote:

>

>> Paranoid, but I want the image

>> to make sure I get all files just in case.

>

> I've been a backup freak since the days of tape drives, when my system

> drive was only 213mb.

>

> I am SO paranoid that I not only have several full images on an

> external drive (including incremental updates to the most current) and

> another internal (one of three) drive, that I also have the second of

> those three internal drives cloned from my system disk and updated

> every two hours using a program called Second Copy (highly

> recommended... have been using it for years).

>

> If my main drive bites the dust, a reboot will automatically boot me

> using the cloned drive, which will be rarely behind by more than a few

> hours (if I install new software and decide to keep it, I do a new

> clone).

>

> OH... the third internal drive also has copies of the images that are

> on the external drive.

>

> TALK ABOUT PARANOID.

>

We say paranoid, but when you have a failure, and that toy stops

working, you'll kiss yourself left and right that you did the labor.

Yes, its time to fix it up, but loss of data is just hard to put a price

on. I wrote software for a database application and clients used to ask

me if they needed to back up. I just respond, how much would it cost

to get 10 temps in here to enter your 5 years of data back into this

computer, and could you even reconstruct the data accurately. It kinda

opened their eyes. Even if it could be typed in, the 2000 hours * 15$

an hour would be gastly. (and 15$ is a off the wall guess).

March 22, 2008

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Big Al <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote:

>> TALK ABOUT PARANOID.

>>

>We say paranoid, but when you have a failure, and that toy stops

>working, you'll kiss yourself left and right that you did the labor.

For sure. And it's not really "labor" once you have it all setup to

be performed automatically.

March 22, 2008

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PD43 wrote:

> Big Al <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote:

>

>> Paranoid, but I want the image

>> to make sure I get all files just in case.

>

> I've been a backup freak since the days of tape drives, when my system

> drive was only 213mb.

>

> I am SO paranoid that I not only have several full images on an

> external drive (including incremental updates to the most current) and

> another internal (one of three) drive, that I also have the second of

> those three internal drives cloned from my system disk and updated

> every two hours using a program called Second Copy (highly

> recommended... have been using it for years).

>

> If my main drive bites the dust, a reboot will automatically boot me

> using the cloned drive, which will be rarely behind by more than a few

> hours (if I install new software and decide to keep it, I do a new

> clone).

>

> OH... the third internal drive also has copies of the images that are

> on the external drive.

>

> TALK ABOUT PARANOID.

>

sounds like all these drives are interconnected and in the same location

what about a fire or direct lightning strike (which can blow through the

average surge protector or even create surges directly in the equipment)

--

Marko Jotic

"Common sense is anything but common".

From the notebooks of Lazarus Long. Robert A. Heinlein.

Handmade knives, antique designs, exotic materials at

http://www.knifeforging.com/

March 22, 2008

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No backup/recovery plan is complete if ALL the recovery mediums

are "Magnetic" and stored locally with the PC. To be able to assume

100% recovery you need an image on a permanent media, like a CD

or DVD-R disk set. Also, you need to have a copy off-site. I have a

number of customers who create Mini DVD-R disks sets that will fit

in a standard bank lock box. ( Too narrow for standard size disks ).

Or as a minimum -a backup of personal data, especially financial info.

I can't recall the number of customers who reach tax time and cannot

find previous year data that has been lost. ( Not sure why they didn't

print out a paper copy for safekeeping? )

On every machine that I work on, I insist on a image which I keep for

them in a fireproof safe. I used to return the image sets to the customer

but have found over time that they are unable to properly store of find

in case of emergency. For a "Set it & Forget It", an online backup

service might be best. Something like Carbonite or Backup Solutions.

The other issue with Imaging is the lack of a verification pass. This

takes longer to complete but VERIFIES the integrity of an image. 2nd

only to no backups is having one you can't use.

I recently read an article that said that 43% of all personal computer

users have lost irreplaceable data.

"Marko Jotic" <Marko@mmct.net> wrote in message

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>

> PD43 wrote:

>> Big Al <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote:

>>

>>> Paranoid, but I want the image to make sure I get all files just in

>>> case.

>>

>> I've been a backup freak since the days of tape drives, when my system

>> drive was only 213mb.

>>

>> I am SO paranoid that I not only have several full images on an

>> external drive (including incremental updates to the most current) and

>> another internal (one of three) drive, that I also have the second of

>> those three internal drives cloned from my system disk and updated

>> every two hours using a program called Second Copy (highly

>> recommended... have been using it for years). If my main drive bites the

>> dust, a reboot will automatically boot me

>> using the cloned drive, which will be rarely behind by more than a few

>> hours (if I install new software and decide to keep it, I do a new

>> clone).

>>

>> OH... the third internal drive also has copies of the images that are

>> on the external drive.

>>

>> TALK ABOUT PARANOID.

>>

> sounds like all these drives are interconnected and in the same location

>

> what about a fire or direct lightning strike (which can blow through the

> average surge protector or even create surges directly in the equipment)

> --

> Marko Jotic

> "Common sense is anything but common".

> From the notebooks of Lazarus Long. Robert A. Heinlein.

> Handmade knives, antique designs, exotic materials at

> http://www.knifeforging.com/

March 22, 2008

Re: Backup Software rcommendation

Marko Jotic <Marko@mmct.net> wrote:

>sounds like all these drives are interconnected and in the same location

>

>what about a fire or direct lightning strike (which can blow through the

>average surge protector or even create surges directly in the equipment)

The USB drive is only powered on and connected when I'm imaging to it.

No... I will not be carrying it to another site. I'm not THAT

paranoid.

March 22, 2008

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"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote:

>On every machine that I work on, I insist on a image which I keep for

>them in a fireproof safe

I'm not gonna do that either.

If the place burns down, I'll live with it... and get a new computer

with the insurance payment.

March 22, 2008

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PD43 wrote:

> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote:

>

>> On every machine that I work on, I insist on a image which I keep for

>> them in a fireproof safe

>

> I'm not gonna do that either.

>

> If the place burns down, I'll live with it... and get a new computer

> with the insurance payment.

I don't get it, you are paranoid about loosing data, and, don't care if

you loose it?

check your office supply, fireproof file boxes aren't that expensive

if you are insured odds are you have a house, where do you keep the deed?

--

Marko Jotic

"Common sense is anything but common".

From the notebooks of Lazarus Long. Robert A. Heinlein.

Handmade knives, antique designs, exotic materials at

http://www.knifeforging.com/

March 22, 2008

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Marko Jotic <Marko@mmct.net> wrote:

>I don't get it, you are paranoid about loosing data, and, don't care if

>you loose it?

It's "lose", not "loose".

Get lost.

March 23, 2008

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"Big Al" <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote in message

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> Richard in AZ wrote:

>

> Why do so many people point links to 1/2 articles that you can't read

> unless you subscribe? No, I'm not being snide, its an honest question.

> I need to join to get the remainder of the story. Put ads on the page to

> vendors that sell backup, yes, but I don't want to give out personal info

> just to see an opinion of backup software. And I'm not pointing to

> Richards opinion, the links opinion.

Who did that? I can't find one.

--

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http://www.fjsmjs.com

Do not reply with email

March 23, 2008

Re: Backup Software rcommendation

I nowback up with Ghost to a separate hard drive. I like to have a

"disaster" backup, permitting me to throw out a failed hard drive, install a

replacement, and then reload the entire old drive, without having to go

through a nightmare of reinstallation and reactivation. I'd do this type of

major backup monthly. Then on a weekly or less basis I like to back up my

data files, unencrypted, either a full backup, or some sort of incremental

backup into a separate set of folders, but on the same external hard drive.

--

PT

"Anna" <myname@myisp.net> wrote in message

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>

> "PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message

> news:uJE09T4iIHA.5452@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> For Windows XP Home

>>

>> I'm looking for backup software that would do several things:

>>

>> 1. Create an "image" backup suitable for completely restoring to a new

>> hard disk in the event of the original's failure

>> 2. Make quick backups of selected folders of data files, which can be

>> quickly referenced, opened and/or restored.

>>

>> I have Norton Ghost 12.0, but find all the Norton products cause too many

>> other problems, and plan to remove it as soon as I find a substitute.

>>

>> --

>>

>> PT

>

> Tell me, PT, is your heart set on a "disk imaging" program or might you

> consider a disk-to-disk "cloning" type of program?

>

> And what would be the recipient of your backup? Another internal HDD? A

> USB external HDD? An external HDD that has SATA-to-SATA connectivity?

> Anna

>

March 23, 2008

Re: Backup Software rcommendation

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:52:34 -0700, "PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote:

> I like to have a "disaster" backup, permitting me to throw out a failed hard drive, install a

>replacement, and then reload the entire old drive, without having to go

>through a nightmare of reinstallation and reactivation.

You could set up a RAID1 (or other mirrored RAID) array for this part of your

problem.

I have a RAID 10 array and did have a hard drive failure. My computer

continued to function; I replaced the failed hard drive (took a few days to get

a replacement) -- unplugged the old one and plugged in a new one -- and I did

nothing else. The controller rebuilt the array over a few hours. Painless and

simple.

--ron

March 23, 2008

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I have used Casper now for several years, I write to an IDE drive in a

Removable drive enclosure for my backups, else it remains OFF until such

time as I make an updated backup(clone). The main drive has on occasion

become unstable, I turn the backup drive ON, boot to it and Iam up in

running in less than 5 minutes, I then re-clone the main drive, usually

takes 15 minutes and am back in business. This I have done twice in the

last year without incident. I also have Vista on a removable drive

enclosure that I slip in there when I want to run that OS. I don't think

this qualifies as a dual boot system but a selectable OS selection setup.

One current OS system cannot effect the other because they are not

physically in the machine at the same time. I have tried Linux this way,

but not getting much use out of that OS. Not trying to put ACRONIS down, but

have tried their trial versions 9,10 and 11 on both my XP box and Vista and

simply could not get them to work, I wish it would have since a lot of

responders here seem to recommend it. MTCW.

"Ron Rosenfeld" <ronrosenfeld@nospam.org> wrote in message

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> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:52:34 -0700, "PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote:

>

>> I like to have a "disaster" backup, permitting me to throw out a failed

>> hard drive, install a

>>replacement, and then reload the entire old drive, without having to go

>>through a nightmare of reinstallation and reactivation.

>

> You could set up a RAID1 (or other mirrored RAID) array for this part of

> your

> problem.

>

> I have a RAID 10 array and did have a hard drive failure. My computer

> continued to function; I replaced the failed hard drive (took a few days

> to get

> a replacement) -- unplugged the old one and plugged in a new one -- and I

> did

> nothing else. The controller rebuilt the array over a few hours.

> Painless and

> simple.

> --ron

March 23, 2008

Re: Backup Software rcommendation

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:40:30 -0400, "Meebers" <justme@idontkno.com> wrote:

>I have used Casper now for several years, I write to an IDE drive in a

>Removable drive enclosure for my backups, else it remains OFF until such

>time as I make an updated backup(clone). The main drive has on occasion

>become unstable, I turn the backup drive ON, boot to it and Iam up in

>running in less than 5 minutes, I then re-clone the main drive, usually

>takes 15 minutes and am back in business. This I have done twice in the

>last year without incident. I also have Vista on a removable drive

>enclosure that I slip in there when I want to run that OS. I don't think

>this qualifies as a dual boot system but a selectable OS selection setup.

>One current OS system cannot effect the other because they are not

>physically in the machine at the same time. I have tried Linux this way,

>but not getting much use out of that OS. Not trying to put ACRONIS down, but

>have tried their trial versions 9,10 and 11 on both my XP box and Vista and

>simply could not get them to work, I wish it would have since a lot of

>responders here seem to recommend it. MTCW.

I've never used Acronis either. For me, I use my RAID 10 against a

catastrophic HD failure, and I find Windows Backup to be adequate for my

regular data backup.

--ron

March 24, 2008

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"PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message

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> Marko Jotic <Marko@mmct.net> wrote:

>

>>I don't get it, you are paranoid about loosing data, and, don't care if

>>you loose it?

>

> It's "lose", not "loose".

>

> Get lost.

If it's loose, one could lose it. <s>

--

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March 27, 2008

Re: Backup Software rcommendation

Acronis TrueImage

--

Xandros

"PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message

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> For Windows XP Home

>

> I'm looking for backup software that would do several things:

>

> 1. Create an "image" backup suitable for completely restoring to a new

> hard disk in the event of the original's failure

> 2. Make quick backups of selected folders of data files, which can be

> quickly referenced, opened and/or restored.

>

> I have Norton Ghost 12.0, but find all the Norton products cause too many

> other problems, and plan to remove it as soon as I find a substitute.

>

> --

>

> PT

>

March 27, 2008

Re: Backup Software rcommendation

Seconded. It's probably wisest to stay away from Norton, with the

possible exception of Partition Magic.

Xandros wrote:

> Acronis TrueImage

>

> --

>

> Xandros

>

> "PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message

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>> For Windows XP Home

>>

>> I'm looking for backup software that would do several things:

>>

>> 1. Create an "image" backup suitable for completely restoring to a new

>> hard disk in the event of the original's failure

>> 2. Make quick backups of selected folders of data files, which can be

>> quickly referenced, opened and/or restored.

>>

>> I have Norton Ghost 12.0, but find all the Norton products cause too many

>> other problems, and plan to remove it as soon as I find a substitute.

>>

>> --

>>

>> PT

May 13, 2008

Re: Backup Software rcommendation

PT,

I have used Acronis True Image for several years now, and it works

flawlessly to create and restore a drive image. I use it regularly on

Windows 98 and Windows XP machines. It's saved my butt many times.

Scott

PT wrote:

>

> For Windows XP Home

>

> I'm looking for backup software that would do several things:

>

> 1. Create an "image" backup suitable for completely restoring to a new hard

> disk in the event of the original's failure

> 2. Make quick backups of selected folders of data files, which can be

> quickly referenced, opened and/or restored.

>

> I have Norton Ghost 12.0, but find all the Norton products cause too many

> other problems, and plan to remove it as soon as I find a substitute.

>

> --

>

> PT

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