Yes, Acronis is excellent. Backs up open operating system files, is
more effective than (at the time) Norton Ghost. You can restore
individual files or restore everything to a new hard drive.
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Moose wrote:
> On 7/5/2010 5:27 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> ...
>>
>> I use an obsolete copy of Acronis (version 9.0) on my XP machine.
>> Acronis is a general backup solution (which I don't use) but it
>> also has a cloning capability for the boot drive. I'm not sure
>> what the current version of Acronis is but version 9.0 works on my
>> computer just fine and because it was back level I bought it on
>> line for about $10.
>
> Thanks for reminding me! My simple back-up of C: is old and I've
> meant to find a clone/image product to allow direct recovery. A bit
> of looking turned up the fact that both Seagate and WD have free
> versions of Acronis for use with their drives. The Seagate version
> apparently looks and acts like Acronis, but doesn't admit the
> heritage. WD provides "Acronis 9 WD"
>
> Since my boot drive and back-up drive are identical model WDs, I've
> downloaded Acronis WD. Now reading the manual, which seems to offer a
> confusing array of options. I think I'll do a clone, but the idea of
> image files that can be stored in more than one place is attractive,
> too.
>
> Reading this stuff makes my head hurt a bit, but I suppose I should
> persevere.
>
> Moose
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