Backup-Restore

DataVampire · 24 Sep 2011 at 21:48

Hey guys im wandering what is the best software out at the mo, to enable me to do a full image of my ssd and back it up to a usb external hd.

then as and when plug in the external backup and do a restore from the external backup cheers

welshdragon · 24 Sep 2011 at 23:17

Which windows is it? I know 7 has the ability to create an image. Or macrium reflect is a solid/free alternative

DataVampire · 24 Sep 2011 at 23:26

Windows 7 (home premium 64bit)
And tbh i have never liked free ones they are quite lacking (normaly)
i would much rather pay for a solid one i know i can rely on without problems

Thank you for the reply

JayMax · 25 Sep 2011 at 01:36

For home use I've always used Acronis TI - it's never let me down.

theheyes · 25 Sep 2011 at 12:23

The built in tool is very reliable. It's not as flexible as some of the paid for alternatives but if you're just taking an image and reloading it then it's fine.

DataVampire · 25 Sep 2011 at 20:19

Dho to late my ssd died today, im in the process of rmaing to place of purchase,typical!!!!

darael · 29 Sep 2011 at 22:25

I'm in the process of looking for similar software - ideally I'd like to create an image, which I can browse at a later date. If need-be, I want to be able to restore from the image.

bledd · 1 Oct 2011 at 07:31

Macrium Reflect

ian54 · 1 Oct 2011 at 09:38

Paragon Drive Copy.

darael · 2 Oct 2011 at 22:42

bledd. said:
Macrium Reflect

Good piece of software, but extremely painful restore times. Backed up my netbook's SSD drive in about 10 minutes, and I then secure erased it in about 5 minutes. Restore took about 30 minutes. :eek:

Backed up my desktop to the same external USB harddrive, and the verification was again taking twice as long. You need to be a paid for user to access their forums...not going to happen when I have slow restore speeds.

ChrisD. · 2 Oct 2011 at 23:07

Windows backup