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mcp6453 - 25 May 2008 03:51 GMT

What backup software to you like for XP? Acronis True Image? I've used
Genie-Soft and NovaStor (not impressed). All we need to back up is data files
and email. We use BING for disk imaging.

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Big Al - 25 May 2008 04:04 GMT

> What backup software to you like for XP? Acronis True Image? I've used
> Genie-Soft and NovaStor (not impressed). All we need to back up is data
> files and email. We use BING for disk imaging.

I use Acronis. You can do images and/or files. And this has been
asked over and over, and its a rather popular program. I even think
its 35$ +/- on newegg now.

I picked up a version 9 for about $10. But it still works.

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David H. Lipman - 25 May 2008 04:14 GMT

From: "mcp6453" <mcp6453@gmail.com>

| What backup software to you like for XP? Acronis True Image? I've used
| Genie-Soft and NovaStor (not impressed). All we need to back up is data files
| and email. We use BING for disk imaging.

What don't you like about NovaStor ?
I'm thinking about getting a few dozen copies.

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mcp6453 - 25 May 2008 13:13 GMT

> From: "mcp6453" <mcp6453@gmail.com>
>
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> What don't you like about NovaStor ?
> I'm thinking about getting a few dozen copies.

The company. Shortly after the last time I bought it, as I recall, there was a
compatibility issue with XP or XP SP2 or some such. We were just outside of the
free upgrade period, so I would have had to pay again to get working software.
At the time, it seemed to me that there should have been a service pack or
maintenance upgrade at no charge. It's not a lot of money. It's the principle.

Once I get burned or even treated poorly by a company, I tend to avoid them. It
has no effect on them, but it make me feel better. It's a personal problem. :)

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David H. Lipman - 25 May 2008 13:24 GMT

From: "mcp6453" <mcp6453@gmail.com>

>> From: "mcp6453" <mcp6453@gmail.com>
>>
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
| Once I get burned or even treated poorly by a company, I tend to avoid them. It
| has no effect on them, but it make me feel better. It's a personal problem. :)

Thank you.

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PD43 - 25 May 2008 04:26 GMT

>What backup software to you like for XP? Acronis True Image? I've used
>Genie-Soft and NovaStor (not impressed). All we need to back up is data files
>and email. We use BING for disk imaging.

Since you already have an imaging program that you like, True Image
might be overkill... but version 11 DOES do more than imaging and
cloning. It will also backup directories/files of your choosing.

Don't buy it direct from Acronis. Get it from Amazon or Newegg at a
moderate discount.

Another program that's cool is "Second Copy" (Google it). It is
highly configurable and will copy your data/files to wherever you
want. It won't copy/burn to optical media, however.

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mcp6453 - 25 May 2008 13:12 GMT

>> What backup software to you like for XP? Acronis True Image? I've used
>> Genie-Soft and NovaStor (not impressed). All we need to back up is data files
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> highly configurable and will copy your data/files to wherever you
> want. It won't copy/burn to optical media, however.

Thanks for the suggestion. I've used SecondCopy in the past. Not being able to
burn to optical media is the problem. The customer wants to back up to CD/DVD.

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JS - 25 May 2008 04:46 GMT

A simple utility named SyncToy Ver 1.4 (Not the 2.x beta as it has bugs)
might do the job:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E0FC1154-C975-4814-9649
-CCE41AF06EB7&displaylang=en

I would create a test case so that you can verify the results with each of
Sync Toy's options, this way you will not put anything at risk.

JS

> What backup software to you like for XP? Acronis True Image? I've used
> Genie-Soft and NovaStor (not impressed). All we need to back up is data
> files and email. We use BING for disk imaging.

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Mike Fields - 25 May 2008 05:15 GMT

> What backup software to you like for XP? Acronis True Image? I've used
> Genie-Soft and NovaStor (not impressed). All we need to back up is
> data files and email. We use BING for disk imaging.

You might want to check out SyncBackSE from 2brightsparks -- I have been
using it for a while and have been happy with it for backing up various
files/folders
(it can be configured to do lots of different things).
http://www.2brightsparks.com/

I use BING also for my disk imaging (or Image4Windows) from
terabyteinc - a bit
geeky, but works very well, and I have yet to have it tell me it had a
good image
then be unable to restore from it (unlike Acronis True Image - had both
versions
8 and 9 - they kept promising to fix the issues, but then released a new
version
instead - gave up on them).

mikey

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