Re: back up c drive

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There is one huge difference between Norton Ghost and Acronis TrueImage and
that is the word Symantec ;-)

Seriously though having used both products extensively I have never had an
Acronis TrueImage restore fail however I have had Ghost fail several times.
BTW which version of Ghost will allow you to restore individual files using
the boot CD? I know that you can use the Ghost Explorer to recover
individual files but so does Acronis TrueImage.

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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"NoNoBadDog!" <no_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Norton Ghost does everything that Arconis True Image does, and more. You
> can boot from the Norton Ghost disc, and you can recover individual files
> from the Ghost image instead of having to do a full restore. Ghost also
> allows you to keep multiple images and has an image browser that allows
you
> to track the differences. For the money, Ghost is a much better program.
>
> Bobby
>
> "usasma" <usasma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:8E4D6ED9-6988-43E1-AA1F-7D2B389A9416@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > There's basically 2 ways to backup your system.
> >
> > The first is to backup all of your files. MSBackup usually comes on the
> > system that you've got and is fairly good for this purpose. I prefer
the
> > free version of SyncBack, and others prefer the free version of Cobian
> > Backup
> > (you can Google for these programs).
> >
> > The next option is to create an image of your hard drive. This copies
> > everything in one big chunk - and can be used to restore your system if
it
> > crashes. While there are free programs that do this, I prefer Acronis
> > True
> > Image because it works within Windows - which most of the other programs
> > don't. The benefit of the program is that I can reboot with the Acronis
> > recovery CD and be back up and running within 20 minutes. The Acronis
> > program costs about $50.
> >
> > I use both programs in combination to protect my files. I backup all of
> > my
> > data/personal files using the SyncBack program on a daily basis. I use
> > the
> > Acronis program to image my hard drive on a weekly basis - I save 7
copies
> > of
> > it and overwrite the oldest as I go along.
> >
> > "John Torrie" wrote:
> >
> >> How do I back up my system?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>


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