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zxello · 08-10-2007, 11:17 AM

I'm looking for a good, reliable, easy to use data backup utility. I don't like Norton Ghost, mainly cause I don't like Symantec products... but I'm pretty much up for anything else. Ideas?

vanblah · 08-10-2007, 02:07 PM

Are you trying to back up just the data or are you trying to create an "image" of your machine to reinstall at a later time (such as after a major crash)?

c172g · 08-10-2007, 02:45 PM

My two cents, spend $60 a year for a website and put your data there. Off-site storage, quick & easy (get an ftp program to send all your data to the site at 1 am every morning). Dot5hosting has plans starting at $4 a month or so.

Dilbert1234567 · 08-10-2007, 04:02 PM

i hate symantec, but i love Norton ghost 8.2. if you can find a copy of 8.2, it's wonderful.

zxello · 08-10-2007, 07:01 PM

I'm looking to backup my system before I reformat my computer. I don't want to really create an image because most images will retain errors in registry etc.

NeoRete · 08-10-2007, 09:00 PM

I'd highly recommend Acronis True Image, I've found it very easy to use and even the home version will allow you to make selective or whole backups, and then mount them as a drive for copying. If you to try their 15-day trial, it might be able to suit your immediate file backup needs (I'm assuming that's what you mean by backing up your system without imaging it).

MexicanOnABike · 08-11-2007, 07:44 AM

One-click Backup Solution
look at my post in this thread for my answer.

bendsley · 08-12-2007, 06:52 AM

I second Acronis for home backups. I don't like it for corporate usage because if I need to restore and Exchange mailbox, I can't, but anyway....

Yeah, Acronis is good stuff.

billege · 08-12-2007, 01:12 PM

Syncback is a great product for this type of backup.

http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/syncback-hub.html

08-10-2007, 11:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
zxello Psycho Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: OMG BEHIND YOU!	Good data backup utility? I'm looking for a good, reliable, easy to use data backup utility. I don't like Norton Ghost, mainly cause I don't like Symantec products... but I'm pretty much up for anything else. Ideas? __________________ Just......die

08-10-2007, 04:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dilbert1234567 Devils Cabana Boy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Central Coast CA	i hate symantec, but i love Norton ghost 8.2. if you can find a copy of 8.2, it's wonderful. __________________ Donate Blood! "Love is not finding the perfect person, but learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." -Sam Keen

08-10-2007, 07:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
zxello Psycho Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: OMG BEHIND YOU!	I'm looking to backup my system before I reformat my computer. I don't want to really create an image because most images will retain errors in registry etc. __________________ Just......die

08-10-2007, 09:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
NeoRete Crazy Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Cape Cod	I'd highly recommend Acronis True Image, I've found it very easy to use and even the home version will allow you to make selective or whole backups, and then mount them as a drive for copying. If you to try their 15-day trial, it might be able to suit your immediate file backup needs (I'm assuming that's what you mean by backing up your system without imaging it). __________________ Charlie was a chemist but Charlie is nomore, what Charlie thought was H2O was H2SO4

08-11-2007, 07:44 AM	#7 (permalink)
MexicanOnABike Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: up north	One-click Backup Solution look at my post in this thread for my answer. __________________ █ █ Movie Reviews - Ratings longest thread ever!

08-10-2007, 02:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
vanblah 6 foot pianist Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Memphis	Are you trying to back up just the data or are you trying to create an "image" of your machine to reinstall at a later time (such as after a major crash)?

08-10-2007, 02:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
c172g Crazy Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Michigan	My two cents, spend $60 a year for a website and put your data there. Off-site storage, quick & easy (get an ftp program to send all your data to the site at 1 am every morning). Dot5hosting has plans starting at $4 a month or so.

08-12-2007, 06:52 AM	#8 (permalink)
bendsley Professional Loafer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: texas	I second Acronis for home backups. I don't like it for corporate usage because if I need to restore and Exchange mailbox, I can't, but anyway.... Yeah, Acronis is good stuff. __________________ "You hear the one about the fella who died, went to the pearly gates? St. Peter let him in. Sees a guy in a suit making a closing argument. Says, "Who's that?" St. Peter says, "Oh, that's God. Thinks he's Denny Crane."

08-12-2007, 01:12 PM	#9 (permalink)
billege Watcher Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ohio	Syncback is a great product for this type of backup. http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/syncback-hub.html __________________ I can sum up the clash of religion in one sentance: "My Invisible Friend is better than your Invisible Friend."