Which is the Best hard disk imaging software? [closed]

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Which is the Best hard disk imaging software? Please Provide its pros and cons also.

Answer 1

My favorite is Norton Ghost.I did not use but lots of pros propose Acronis True Image as an alternative to Norton Ghost.I have not seen any negativeness while using Ghost.

Answer 2

Among the lesser known but often highly respected ones, Shadowprotect (rather expensive) and Macrium Reflect (not so expensive) is worth mentioning.

Answer 3

Acronis' True Image solutions.

I've been using it at business level (T.I. Server and Echo Server, I've still to try the Backup & Recovery series, which is a replacement for the True Image solutions) for about 5 years. its support is excellent and so are its features.

Supports full, incremental and differential backups, selective restore, saving the images in a network share or to a FTP server, ...

Check out the version comparison tables: Backup & Recovery Series & True Image Home Series.

Answer 4

Don't forget CloneZilla, for a free alternative :)

Note: Ghost sees EXT3 partitions as 'corrupt' EXT2, whereas Zilla knows the difference, and even EXT4.

Answer 5

I have used Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8.5 with great success. It not only does the image, it will do scheduled backups. It can also convert the image to a Virtual Machine(MS and VMWare) and it will also restore the image to totally different hardware if needed.

There is a 60 day trial available.

I believe there was just a new version released that supports Windows 7

Answer 6

According to raymond.cc its Acronis TrueImage Home 2010!