Backup Software - Opinions Wanted

[Tenor CS]

Another option that is free: I use Puppy Linux. Boot from the CD. Copy the whole hard drive to your external. Bonus is that since you're running off the linux CD, you can't possibly have windows files in use.

[mosesbotbol]

Originally Posted by Tenor CS

Bonus is that since you're running off the linux CD, you can't possibly have windows files in use.

WinPE and a batch file or Ghost is going to do the same thing and WinPE is free and easy to use.

[MajorCaptSilly]

I like Acronis. It's not the easiest to use but is very reliable. You can choose to do file backup or disk imaging. With disk imaging, you can get a full image then do incremental backups of the changes. I do the full image backup and have done 2 succesful restores with absolutely no problems.

MCS

Originally Posted by MajorCaptSilly

I like Acronis. It's not the easiest to use but is very reliable. You can choose to do file backup or disk imaging. With disk imaging, you can get a full image then do incremental backups of the changes. I do the full image backup and have done 2 succesful restores with absolutely no problems.

MCS

Concur!

Acronis is the best home solution in my books... can't beat the imaging method.

Or you can buy a Western Digital Passport drive and it's included backup software is pretty decent as well. It's very granular... You can retrieve individual e-mails if you are using MS Outlook.

I've used Backup Exec for 10+ years for corporate servers and am not a big fan it since Symantec bought it out... It works well but it is cumbersome.

In the past 6 months, we have been using BackupAssist for corporate server backups and it works very, very well with external hard drives. For home use, it is too expensive @ $249 USD

[Razorhog]

I suggest Handy Backup. http://www.handybackup.com/ Only $30 and works great.