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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / General Topics / September 2008Software for full system backup /restore
What's available to do a full backup of my hard drive to DVD (and restore)in Vista? Scripting would be nice for automation, but this is likely to be a rare process for me, so click, click, click, is just fine too. Thanks, Acronis True Image. Back up to an external hard drive (USB is OK.) Forget about backing up to DVD's. Good luck...  Signatureoscar :) ...Right click is your very good friend... > What's available to do a full backup of my hard drive to DVD (and > restore)in Vista? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Thanks, >Acronis True Image. Back up to an external hard drive (USB is OK.) Forget >about backing up to DVD's. > >Good luck... Why no DVD's? Just because I might need more than one to hold this pig of an OS? Or is there another reason you suggest not using them? This is going to be a rare backup for me since I don't keep any data on my clients. I'd rather not purchase an extern HD unless I really need it. Also, does a restore require that ATI be installed on a working OS first or do they set you up with a "restore" CD that you can boot and restore from? >>Acronis True Image. Back up to an external hard drive (USB is OK.) Forget >>about backing up to DVD's. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Why no DVD's? Just because I might need more than one to hold this pig >of an OS? Or is there another reason you suggest not using them? Speed of doing the backup, for one. And it will definitely take more than one. >This is going to be a rare backup for me since I don't keep any data >on my clients. I'd rather not purchase an extern HD unless I really [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >first or do they set you up with a "restore" CD that you can boot and >restore from? OS doesn't have to be working. If that's the case, then you better have TWO optical drives: one to run the program, the other for the backup discs. >OS doesn't have to be working. > >If that's the case, then you better have TWO optical drives: one to >run the program, the other for the backup discs. Is that true? That would seem to make it an impractical program for full system restore. >>OS doesn't have to be working. >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Is that true? That would seem to make it an impractical program for >full system restore. Impractical ONLY for those with only one optical drive who want to backup to optical disc. Hardly anyone backs up an entire system to CDs/DVDs any more;-> An external hard drive - or a second internal drive - is CHEAP and a much better way to go. >Impractical ONLY for those with only one optical drive who want to >backup to optical disc. Well, it's darn hard to find a laptop with two! >Hardly anyone backs up an entire system to CDs/DVDs any more;-> > >An external hard drive - or a second internal drive - is CHEAP and a >much better way to go. Based on Vista's system footprint, you may be right. For my desktops it's a non-issue to have a second drive. For a laptop, I guess external is the only real choice. I too would suggest Acronis True Image, I've been using it for years. I dual boot two separate HDs and back both up to a 3rd HD (internal). I have never had an issue with ATI backing up or restoring. It is pretty much a click, click, click, deal.....;-) BChat What's available to do a full backup of my hard drive to DVD (and restore)in Vista? Scripting would be nice for automation, but this is likely to be a rare process for me, so click, click, click, is just fine too. Thanks, Has anyone tried using Symantec Ghost? I encountered a "weird" problem in that I was able to create a new image to an external hard drive OK, and when I performed a restore it said that the image was restored successfully. However, when I rebooted my laptop (Vista Home Premium) I got an error missing NTLoader - or something similar - error. Of course I did a couple of things different which could have changed things. 1. I used XP pro to wipe my hard drive 2. Used XP to create 2 partitions instead of one 3. I created a bootable CD with Bart-PE (XP OS) that also has my Ghost32 on it, and it allows me to backup to an external hard drive. This has always worked great for my XP game PC. After it failed I ended up restoring from my original disks which worked OK. Never having really played with Vista, is the problem that I encountered caused by using an XP based restore "tool"? > I too would suggest Acronis True Image, I've been using it for years. > I dual boot two separate HDs and back both up to a 3rd HD (internal). [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Thanks, I use Macronis Reflect image backup. Very inexpensive. Recover off a Linux CD boot disk. Can assign drive IDs to each increment so you can restore individual files. Backs up about 1gb per minute to my external HD. Incremental/differential/full backups. Can schedule daily and will wake computer from sleep to process. I have no stake in this product. I am just happy with it. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > Has anyone tried using Symantec Ghost? > I encountered a "weird" problem in that I was able to create a new image [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> >> Thanks, >Has anyone tried using Symantec Ghost? I used it for MANY years... and then I tried Acronis (at version ATI ver 8, I think it was). Never went back. Am now at version 11. I use Acronis on a couple of my systems and Paragon Drive Backup on this one; both do a fine job. Paragon is a little more limited than Acronis but still a nice program. Signaturekipper |
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