Best Software to clone a HD

Scuzzy · 10 Jan 2011 at 21:03

Hey;

Looking for a decent program to clone my HD for backup purpose's. doesnt have to be free. Norton Ghost any good?

what are people using??

Cheers

Rocker · 10 Jan 2011 at 21:06

Acronis gets my vote.

jbloggs · 10 Jan 2011 at 21:10

Norton Ghost any good?

Wouldn't be the one that I would use, although some use it and are happy with it...

Acronis True Image Home 2011 (as mentioned above) or Macrium Reflect either free version or paid for...

Diggsy · 10 Jan 2011 at 21:11

+1 for Acronis, absolute doddle to use too

Craig321 · 10 Jan 2011 at 21:13

Rocker said:
Acronis gets my vote.

RJC · 10 Jan 2011 at 21:14

Use Acronis on many occasion without a problem

theheyes · 10 Jan 2011 at 21:44

If you're on W7 the built in tool is good for just a plain ol' backup.

Raumarik · 10 Jan 2011 at 21:52

Recent versions of Norton haven't been great, I'd go for Acronis or Win 7 backup tool if that's your OS.

Skeeter · 10 Jan 2011 at 22:46

Windows Home Server

Love it!

Paul_Robson · 11 Jan 2011 at 01:49

Acronis, works well for me.

Scuzzy · 11 Jan 2011 at 20:06

Thanks all gonna google Acronis now :-)

Paul_Robson · 11 Jan 2011 at 20:18

Its all i use to safely back up my drives.

Draeger · 11 Jan 2011 at 20:29

Clonezilla

Works brilliantly. And it's free. :cool:

Paul_Robson · 11 Jan 2011 at 23:13

Ive never tried that, but i will now, thanks.

welshdragon · 15 Jan 2011 at 19:16

Didnt realise you could get western digital acronis true image for free from the wd website!

IAmATeaf · 15 Jan 2011 at 20:09

I tried Acronis as Ghost was giving me an error mid way through the imaging but it made a complete mess of things. Then discover the -ntexact switch for Ghost which solved the problem but Acronis left me with an unbootable system.

monkeyspank · 17 Jan 2011 at 13:48

Acronis seems great at backing up, but I've never tried restoring with it, so fingers crossed if that ever needs to be done!

opethdisciple · 17 Jan 2011 at 14:55

Acronis or Norton Ghost

Subliminal Aura · 17 Jan 2011 at 15:07

Clonezilla is great but Acronis is effortless....

Have it set to automatically wake up from sleep at 4am do a backup and then go back to sleep. Perfect