Anyone test any image backup tools for Win 8 yet? How's it working out for you?
I've been using Symantec's Ghost a long long time and even stuck with it when they stripped functionality (most of which was restored in latter versions), it was just very very reliable and Arconis never gave me the same impression... However the latest version won't even activate on Windows 8, there's apparently no plan to patch it, and no ETA on the next version.
So I'm leaning towards Arconis basically out of familiarity... They're saying the newest version is fully compatible with Win 8 but I'm wondering if that's the reality. Anyone using anything else? I've heard about Macrium and Paragon... This is probably the one thing I really don't mind paying any amount for (well, and AnyDVD), as long as it's well supported and reliable.
I know Win 8 has those refresh/reset options but they're not nearly flexible enough for me (and Windows 7's image backup tool was always picky about drive sizes etc, Ghost could resize partitions on the fly very well).
I've been using Symantec's Ghost a long long time and even stuck with it when they stripped functionality (most of which was restored in latter versions), it was just very very reliable and Arconis never gave me the same impression... However the latest version won't even activate on Windows 8, there's apparently no plan to patch it, and no ETA on the next version.
So I'm leaning towards Arconis basically out of familiarity... They're saying the newest version is fully compatible with Win 8 but I'm wondering if that's the reality. Anyone using anything else? I've heard about Macrium and Paragon... This is probably the one thing I really don't mind paying any amount for (well, and AnyDVD), as long as it's well supported and reliable.
I know Win 8 has those refresh/reset options but they're not nearly flexible enough for me (and Windows 7's image backup tool was always picky about drive sizes etc, Ghost could resize partitions on the fly very well).