I backup my XP PC to an external USB drive using Acronis True Image
software and it works great. I've restored even the C: partition more
than once and it has worked flawlessly.
A friend decided she too wished to start backing up her system and I
advised buying an external USB HD - which she did. Now she is asking
about backup software. She is not anxious to lay out more money so I
looked around for free options and found something called "DriveImage
XML" ( http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm ) and watched its tutorial on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTEnKA7tOXM
As far as I can see it seems to be very similar to my Acronis True Image
and I am considering recommending it to her. Does anyone know how it
compares to the Acronis software? Is it as reliable? Does it compress
as efficiently? etc.?
Re: Copying Bootable Drive in XP ... the Acronis True Image but the problem is that the "source" in my case ... is ONE partition of my primary drive. ... Might you consider using a disk imaging program to meet your objective? ... type of program is also ideal for maintaining a comprehensive backup system... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: Save entire hard disks ... Others use acronis true image.... entire partition to a second partition and do incremental backups and ...compress the image. ... it was when you made the backup so any installed programs will work the same ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: Backing up - no diskette drive ... I am now using a trial versionof Acronis true image and the ... > the backup software wouldn't work on my computer despite a week of trying ... Keeping backup data on a different partition of the ... >> files and folders to CD/DVD and other drives.... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: PartitionMagic, system partition copy failed? ... by copying my system partition,... Today I tried to boot the backup partition,... In future use Acronis True Image to backup ... hidden partition and it will creat a boot rescue meun for you if you want ... (comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage)
Re: disk backup. Efficiency? ... My view is that the whole point of using an external drive for backup,... I use two external USB drives for backup, ... My choice of software is Acronis True Image, and I backup by creating an ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
