Acronis or Ghost?

ExRayTed · 11 Nov 2008 at 21:21

Looking for the best way to backup a new windows XP install with a few programs / drivers installed.I've seen norton ghost and acronis true image around.Which would you all recommend? Or is there a better solution? Cheers

Ascendancy · 11 Nov 2008 at 21:46

I tend to avoid Symantec products like the plague, so it's a vote for Acronis from me.

Brian Stuart · 11 Nov 2008 at 21:47

Kainz · 11 Nov 2008 at 21:57

Acronis by a milestone.

ExRayTed · 11 Nov 2008 at 22:03

Then Acronis it is..thx guys

jbloggs · 11 Nov 2008 at 22:11

ExRayTed said:
Then Acronis it is..thx guys

If you have either a Seagate or Maxtor HDD installed on your system, you could use DiscWizard or MaxBlast which are both basically Acronis True Image Home 11, with one or two minor features removed, and both are free....

RJC · 11 Nov 2008 at 22:28

Been using Acronis for a while and had no problems

paradigm · 11 Nov 2008 at 22:45

Ascendancy said:
I tend to avoid Symantec products like the plague, so it's a vote for Acronis from me.

Me too, which is why I use older versions of ghost, from back when they were norton.

Memphis · 11 Nov 2008 at 23:30

Acronis, every single day of the year.

Burnsy2023 · 12 Nov 2008 at 00:13

Long time Ghost user here......Go Acronis.

Phil2008 · 12 Nov 2008 at 01:16

+1 for acronis,, Ive got it set to backup automatically my windows drive once a week.

BlackAle · 12 Nov 2008 at 02:57

Acronis definately, though I'm not that impressed with their v12 True Image, have gone back to v11 for the moment.

bledd · 12 Nov 2008 at 09:10

acronis

make a bootable acronis disc, and use that, no need to clutter up your install with unwanted apps

Mr_Lemon · 13 Nov 2008 at 22:21

I've been using acronis for a long time without any problems.
I always backup my XP - it's very easy to do because acronis has user friendly intuitive interface.
So i can say that for me this software is pretty good and reliable.

swinnie · 13 Nov 2008 at 22:25

Acronis.

As bledd. has suggested, create a bootable disk and use that.

Ghost was excellent a few years ago, but Acronis has taken over.

SiD the Turtle · 13 Nov 2008 at 22:36

Burnsy2023 said:
Long time Ghost user here......Go Acronis.

Ditto. Ghost is a pain in the rear.

swinnie · 13 Nov 2008 at 22:38

SiD the Turtle said:
Ditto. Ghost is a pain in the rear.

Its only been a pain since we've been using Acronis. Acronis so simple!

OzZie · 13 Nov 2008 at 22:56

Anyone familiar with Deep Freeze?

I guess you could say it does a similar job in a way. Instead of making an image (backup file) of a hard drive state, it instead 'freezes' the hard drive so that every time you reboot the freeze is still in place and it is as though you can just restored from a fresh acronis/ghost image, but without the computer downtime.

Really handy for organisations that are prone to multiple users messing with settings..

Dappy · 14 Nov 2008 at 00:56

Another vote for Acronis.

pjansell · 14 Nov 2008 at 09:58

Acronis definitely.