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Old December 4th, 2008, 04:29 AM     #11 (permalink)
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good info to know, because i might be doing this when i finally order my new drive to replace my raptor without having to reinstall everyting....again.
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Old December 4th, 2008, 10:49 AM     #12 (permalink)
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The best one I have ever used is XP Pro - Automatic System Recovery.

Ghost never was there for me when I needed it.

Acronis - using the floppy - worked fine, also.

ASR is the best.
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Old December 4th, 2008, 02:01 PM     #13 (permalink)
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Oh wait. I just opened paragon up.

Also, how long does your restore take? Mine was at 9+ hours and still, the "remaining time" was INCREASING, finally at 3+ hours left, just doesnt seem right.

Also like XP Pro recovery, does the new target drive have to be always larger than the old drive? Ia m trying to go from a 250GB to a 150GB vraptor... if so, what would be the best way to do this?

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Old December 4th, 2008, 10:50 PM     #14 (permalink)
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I think Nova Back is now the best total protection package. It now has both a file-by-file backup, and an imaging module. I was using Acronis (available free for those who have Sygate or Maxtor drives as part of their downloadable drive management software) along with Nova's file-by-file before. Now I only need the one tool.
. F by F is much more secure as any corruption will affect only single files where corruption of an image file can cause the loss of the entire image file or at least the part after the corrupted spot. For real security, use the belt and suspenders approach...
. IOW, I don't consider disk imaging alone an adequate backup solution.

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Old December 5th, 2008, 01:17 AM     #15 (permalink)
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I used to use Nova . . . . until it failed me in a crisis . . .

We use Acronis at work and I use it at home for several of my systems. I have an Acronis Boot CD both places and it's never failed me.

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Old December 5th, 2008, 02:08 AM     #16 (permalink)
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Also like XP Pro recovery, does the new target drive have to be always larger than the old drive? Ia m trying to go from a 250GB to a 150GB vraptor... if so, what would be the best way to do this?

I would pull all of the crap out of your My Doc's file onto a Cd or Dvd to make sure it will fit, they try a clone with XP Pro asr, or Acronis.
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Old December 5th, 2008, 03:19 AM     #17 (permalink)
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DriveImage XML Backup Software

Forgot about this one too. Miray Software - HDClone - Hard disk copy, hard disk backup, hard disk rescue! Driveimage xml backups should be tested to make sure they will work.

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Old December 16th, 2008, 01:22 AM     #18 (permalink)
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an Old Drive Image 2002 and Nero back It Up
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