I have an old version of Acronis (9.0) which I use only for cloning.
I've tested it a couple of times by installing the cloned boot drive and
running from it briefly. Seems to be fine.
On the other hand, I've read any number of horror stories about bugs in
Acronis later than version 9.0. So I won't use any later version and I
won't use it for other forms of backup despite its being a rather
complete product. Might work fine but I don't know that. SyncBack has
been doing good service for me for several years and I use that for
mirroring. If SyncBack made a cloning product I'd buy it tomorrow.
Shadowprotect seems too much like an IT shop solution with more
sophistication than I need. When I'm finally forced to dump XP I may
have to look for a different cloning solution.
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/5/2012 6:52 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> So far I've been using Shadowprotect to clone the primary HD. It had 5
> lens cap rating from my nephew and is faster/more compact than the
> others I looked into. One can get email or even tel support from a real
> knowledgeable engineer--tested that even pre-sale. It is a bit pricier
> than free though with a teaching appointment was able to get an
> educational discount. I suppose syncing non primary HD with the OS
> makes sense as not to be stuck with a proprietary compressed image but
> I don't have auxiliary drives (yet) to worry about. Acronis tech
> support is reported to be lousy at best, but if all works than it
> doesn't matter. I prefer insurance with help with a bare metal restore
> if required.
>
> Note win 7 recovery -preinstallation environment (win PE) does NOT
> support USB 3.0 so one has to load the driver manually or be sure the
> drive is seen in USB 2.
> That's a Microsoft thing and I doubt they'll fix it with win 8 in the
> picture. MS knew about this from day 1.
>
> Shadow fan (so far), Mike
>
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2254460,00.asp
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