vchris 3 Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 I'm formatting my comp this weekend and I'd like to copy the new installation so I don't have to go through another one again. I have an 8 GB HD that I don't use where I could create an image. What is the best way to backup a OS? Symantec Ghost or is there other better software for this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aspnetguy 30 Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 we use symantec at work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skemcin 13 Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 what he said ^ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vchris 3 Posted November 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 Symantec it is then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
boen_robot 107 Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 I actually prefer Acronis True Image if it's for backups. It can back up a whole parition and/or HDD into a single file (*.tib extension) that you can later use to resotre the machine. Not only that, but this file is actually compressed and there are few levels of compression to choose from. So if you have 7GBs, you might be able to reduce them to 4GBs, allowing you to have your HDD on DVD.The program can also create bootable rescue media, so if your computer becomes unbootable one day, you may use that utility to initiate the restoration.Once upon a time, there was also Partition Expert 2003, which can copy or move whole HDDs, similarly to Symantec Ghost, allowing you to choose how big each one will be (unlike Ghost, which de/increases them proportionally), it could resize paritions, convert file systems from FAT32 to NTFS and vise versa, etc.I don't find it now on the site though. It might be renamed to Acronis Partition Manager or included in Disk Disk Director... or both... something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vchris 3 Posted November 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Thanks for the info boen_robot, good to know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chocolate570 45 Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/That's the new version of Partition Expert 2003, supposedly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vchris 3 Posted November 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Wouldn't it be Acronis True Image 10 for backing up data or creating images of your drive?http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
boen_robot 107 Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Wouldn't it be Acronis True Image 10 for backing up data or creating images of your drive?http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/ Yes. This is what you wanted, right? If you're asking choco, I think he's giving the link for my sake, not for yours .True Image could also close HDDs, but I think it only increases them proportionally like Notron Ghost. Partition Expert/Manager can copy them in a ratio you specify, only move a partition, remove it, format it, resize it, convert it and all that cool stuff you've always asked yourself if it could be done . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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