Stubby
Thu Apr 03 05:41:34 PDT 2008
Acronis TRUE IMAGE is a fine, easy to use program. They used to give away
an old version for people to try out.
Try
http://www.acronis.com .
SanDisk gives away CRUZER on its 4GB flash memories. I use that for daily
backups of changed files.
Partition Manager provides a full partition backup/restore capability.
"Robbie Hatley" <lonewolf@well.com> wrote in message
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> "Spendius" wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for a backup software that would enable me to do the
> > following in case of hard disk crash:
> > 1/ boot from a CD containing the backup/restore program and
> > a USB driver,
> > 2/ plug an external USB disk containing the image of my crashed
> > hard drive,
> > 3/ then find this image from my CD, and restore it to a brand new
> > internal hard disk.
> >
> > To sum up: I'm looking for a small software, allowing me to install
> > it on a CD to boot from, on which I'll put a USB driver as well, to
> > access an external USB disk containing my backups...
> >
> > I'd like to be able to backup an entire drive, whatever the
> > filesystems
> > (NTFS...) existing on them...
> >
> > Are there free programs to do that ?
>
> Several.
>
> 1. Windows Explorer. Drag and drop files and folders from main
> disk to backup periodically. A bit clumsy and not automatic,
> but requires no added software, and is free (part of Win2K).
> 2. Buy a Maxtor external USB or firewire hard disk. It comes
> with it's own partition mirroring software. Sort of like
> RAID in some ways.
> 3. Symantec's "Norton Ghost". Not free, but at $70, it won't
> break your bank account either. And if you shop around, you
> can get it as part of a package deal even cheaper. To use
> it, you set aside a partition(s) on your backup disk big enough
> to mirror the partition(s) you want to ghost, and Ghost keeps
> those backup partitions identical with your main partitions.
> So if your main HD crashes, everything is backed up.
> 4. I see another respondant has mentioned "Acronis". I see from
> their website that their home backup product is only $50, so
> that might be a better deal for you.
> 5. Or drop by your computer store and ask what backup software
> they've got. Or just browse the shelves. Or read the ads in
> a copy of a PC World magazine (read it for free at your local
> library).
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Robbie Hatley
> lonewolf aatt well dott com
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