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Hard Drive imaging Software

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  • 16-01-2008 7:32pm
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    MysticalRain
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    Can anyone recommend a decent application for creating a disk image of a Windows XP installation? I would use Norton Ghost, but it's not playing well with my current system at the moment.


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    Gadgetman496
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    MysticalRain wrote: »
    Can anyone recommend a decent application for creating a disk image of a Windows XP installation? I would use Norton Ghost, but it's not playing well with my current system at the moment.

    Acronis True Image v11


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    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    MysticalRain
    Registered Users Posts: 1,428 ✭✭✭MysticalRain


    Ta v much!


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    Gadgetman496
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    You're very welcome.

    It really is a magic piece of software ;)

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    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    darragh o meara
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    will this allow me to use my spare hard disk to boot in the event of a failure?


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    Gadgetman496
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    Omeara_darragh wrote: »
    will this allow me to use my spare hard disk to boot in the event of a failure?

    Yes it will.

    It also has the ability to create a recovery partition on your existing drive (or indeed a second drive or even a external USB drive or removable media.) This will give you an "F" key option at startup to recover your system totally in the event of a disaster. (Same as you get on a HP or Compaq machine.)


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    brophis
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    +1 for Acronis True Image v11. Been using it since v9 and works a charm. Simple, to the point, and does the job easily.


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    Gadgetman496
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    brophis wrote: »
    +1 for Acronis True Image v11. Been using it since v9 and works a charm. Simple, to the point, and does the job easily.

    And just in case anyone is wondering?

    It fully supports RAID too ;)

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    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    brophis
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    And SATA too btw, some older versions and backup programs can't read SATA drives.


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