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Backups?

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Can someone tell me a good backup program to buy? ALso what are the advantages of backing up using a program like Ghost or Acronis True Image? Would I be able to put the disk in and load EVERYTHING I have on my computer in the case of a system crash or if I reformant my HD? Will it save settings, backgrounds, programs etc etc? Also are they hare to use? I have never used one before, but now that I got spyware and had to go through the trouble of installing everything on my computer again, I dont ever want to have to do that, so any info, help or advice would be appreicated alot. Thanks alot..
 
A simple glance at the Ghost product description will answer all of your questions. It's an imaging program, not just a back up application.
 
djnes said:
A simple glance at the Ghost product description will answer all of your questions. It's an imaging program, not just a back up application.
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QFT. Norton Ghost is awesome; we use it all the time at work. Just make sure that you're using at least version 8.0.

 
I highly recommend Acronis True Image over all other imaging programs. I've tried pretty much all the major ones such as Norton Ghost, TrueImage, and Drive Image (not sure about the name).

In my experience, TrueImage offers the easiest and most reliable form of imaging backup.

This is what the program pretty much does. You have your C drive with your WinXP and other applications set up. You then open TrueImage and first create a Restore CD that is bootable.

After that, you create a backup image of your C drive (other drives too, if you want) and save it to a HDD partition other than the C drive or to blank media such as CD's or DVD's (I recommend the DVD option).

If and when your OS becomes hosed, you start your computer with the Restore CD. It will load TrueImage. From its menu, you just choose the option to "Restore" your HDD. You point the program to the image you created earlier and let TrueImage do its thing.

Once the restoration process is complete, take the Restore CD out of the CD/DVD drive and reboot your computer.

And voila, you have your C drive back exactly as it was.

I recommend using True Image v9.0.2245. It's been very reliable and I use it backup both my desktop and laptop C drive.
 
I love it when someone says to use Acronis because it's better, and then proceed to explain in detail everything that Ghost can do.
 
Acronis leads you to believe that you can image your system volume while running Windows. I can't imagine how or why anyone would want to do this. Would you change your oil while driving down a highway? It's the same principal of why you run Memtest outside of Windows...so you have exclusive access to the memory. You want to do your drive imaging outside of a Windows session as well, so you have exclusive access to the drive.
 
I've been using Ghost for years but I've been playing around with Acronis True Image over the past few months and it seems to be "better". Mind you it does the same thing as ghost but for what I use it for(making image files of notebooks before I send them out for warranty work) it seems to be faster then ghost and does not seem to error out as easy. Both the true image and the new ghost(which is pretty much drive image) will run from windows but yea I would recomend not doing that unless you are imaging another drive(not the os drive). Pretty much either will do the job.
 
swatbat said:
I've been using Ghost for years but I've been playing around with Acronis True Image over the past few months and it seems to be "better". Mind you it does the same thing as ghost but for what I use it for(making image files of notebooks before I send them out for warranty work) it seems to be faster then ghost and does not seem to error out as easy. Both the true image and the new ghost(which is pretty much drive image) will run from windows but yea I would recomend not doing that unless you are imaging another drive(not the os drive). Pretty much either will do the job.
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Yes, that is why I switched from Ghost to TrueImage as well. Ghost would get errors way more than TrueImage and it was getting annoying.

To the TS: But either way, both programs are good and you should choose one that fits your needs better.
 
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