Software 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...
--
oscar

....Right click is your very good friend...


"+Bob+" wrote:

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


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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,

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:20:01 -0700, oscar
<oscar@xxxxxx> wrote:

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?

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"?



"BChat" wrote:

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.

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.

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