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[null]

Greetings,

Can anyone recommend me good and reliable backup and restore application to do daily tasks like:

1) Incremental backup, daily backup, full backup
2) Backup whole system (Windows).
3) Restore Windows when it's not loading.

I found Norton Ghost. Is it any good?

Thanks!

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[(Stephen)]

Acronis is decent if hardware compatible, or Symantec LiveState.

[null]

Thanks, downloading Acronis Trial ...

[hekwu]

Originally Posted by JodoHost(Stephen)

Acronis is decent if hardware compatible, or Symantec LiveState.

I'll second acronis....

[desk2web]

I use Norton Ghost to periodically take a snap shot of my hard drive, and use Pico Backup (and a modified version I run for remote backups).

[null]

Originally Posted by desk2web

I use Norton Ghost to periodically take a snap shot of my hard drive, and use Pico Backup (and a modified version I run for remote backups).

How easy is it to restore snapshot? Do i have to have a bootable cd?

[trau]

Norton ghost can run from bootable floppy, bootable CD, even a bootable USB memory stick. So yes it is easy to restore a "snapshot" provided its on the same hardware. Using drive images can become tricky if you need to restore onto a new machine and its hardware is different from the original.

[CretaForce]

I am using acronis too.

[GP-JT]

I use IBM's rescue and recovery, not sure if you can buy it or if it's only for IBM systems.

I've also used Norton Ghost and definitely recommend it.

[WebzPro]

Ghost really works well, has never failed me, simple to use.