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As I often install and uninstall games, apps, drivers, etc., my
computers gets a bit sloppy in performance. I am anticipating a full format and reinstall of XP, plus all my racing sims, sometime in the coming weeks. My goal this time is to format, then reinstall everything to a "basic" level (NR2003 plus 1.1 patch, plus BGN, CTS, PTA, IROC, plus the JJ Johnston/Superspeedway.net updates, as an example) and then do a hard drive image or clone which will allow me to more easily "fall back" to the pristine condition that I have right after the format. Is there a recommendation for the software to do this? Norton Ghost 10 and True Image 9.0 seem to the be most frequently mentioned titles. Any upside/downside to these programs that anyone wants to comment on? Thanks. |
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Darus wrote:
> As I often install and uninstall games, apps, drivers, etc., my > computers gets a bit sloppy in performance. I am anticipating a full > format and reinstall of XP, plus all my racing sims, sometime in the > coming weeks. > > My goal this time is to format, then reinstall everything to a "basic" > level (NR2003 plus 1.1 patch, plus BGN, CTS, PTA, IROC, plus the JJ > Johnston/Superspeedway.net updates, as an example) and then do a hard > drive image or clone which will allow me to more easily "fall back" to > the pristine condition that I have right after the format. > > Is there a recommendation for the software to do this? Norton Ghost 10 > and True Image 9.0 seem to the be most frequently mentioned titles. > Any upside/downside to these programs that anyone wants to comment on? > > Thanks. I have used Powerquest's Drive Image 7 for some time, with great success. I image to an external usb2.0 hard drive. PQ has since been bought out, by Norton I believe. I have heard good things about both programs you mention, and you would probably be satisfied with either one. Both will allow you to image, both will also allow you to restore either individual files and folders or the complete image. I personally don't care for Norton's software anymore, for things such as anti-virus or system cleaners, but I believe Ghost by itself is a good program. I have heard very good things about the True Image software. If I were purchasing a disc imaging program today, I believe that is the one I would go with. -- Don Burnette |
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I use Ghost 10 and am extremely pleased in that it now allows scheduled unattended image backups, hot images (while OS is running), as well as a feature a lot of backup software includes - that being incremental images!!! I have also heard good things about TrueImage as well.
Wag "Don Burnette" > wrote in message ... I have used Powerquest's Drive Image 7 for some time, with great success. I image to an external usb2.0 hard drive. PQ has since been bought out, by Norton I believe. I have heard good things about both programs you mention, and you would probably be satisfied with either one. Both will allow you to image, both will also allow you to restore either individual files and folders or the complete image. I personally don't care for Norton's software anymore, for things such as anti-virus or system cleaners, but I believe Ghost by itself is a good program. I have heard very good things about the True Image software. If I were purchasing a disc imaging program today, I believe that is the one I would go with. -- Don Burnette |
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Darus wrote:
> As I often install and uninstall games, apps, drivers, etc., my > computers gets a bit sloppy in performance. I am anticipating a full > format and reinstall of XP, plus all my racing sims, sometime in the > coming weeks. > > My goal this time is to format, then reinstall everything to a "basic" > level (NR2003 plus 1.1 patch, plus BGN, CTS, PTA, IROC, plus the JJ > Johnston/Superspeedway.net updates, as an example) and then do a hard > drive image or clone which will allow me to more easily "fall back" to > the pristine condition that I have right after the format. > > Is there a recommendation for the software to do this? Norton Ghost 10 > and True Image 9.0 seem to the be most frequently mentioned titles. Any > upside/downside to these programs that anyone wants to comment on? > > Thanks. > I use a combination of backup-up solutions. I use Genie Soft Backup-Up Manager Pro to run regular backup routines, and I have Acronis True Image 8.0 to make images and it works great. Scott -- Scott B. Husted http://www.Husted.cc |
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Hi,
I'm using Drive Backup (though it wasn't mentioned) http://www.drive-backup.com/home/personal/ I was attracted by nice price and good functionality, and now it works for me well I was very pleased with support, their nice guys helped me a lot. Ah, forgot to menton - I was very impressed by Drive Backup's bootable CD. You can use it to restore your machine in case of Windows' death. Contrary to my expectations, this CD has intuitive interface and is easy to use. Hope my information can help you. Cheers, Queen. |
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Thanks! Hadn't heard of the product beforee. Seems quite good.
Something more to consider. |
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I used to use DriveImage, but it went into the crapper after version 2002.
Then symantec bought PowerQuest and as far as I know, it was a buy & Shelve purchase because I've not seen any updates in a few years. I now use Acronis TrueImage. Not a big fan of Ghost. -Larry "Darus" > wrote in message oups.com... > As I often install and uninstall games, apps, drivers, etc., my > computers gets a bit sloppy in performance. I am anticipating a full > format and reinstall of XP, plus all my racing sims, sometime in the > coming weeks. > > My goal this time is to format, then reinstall everything to a "basic" > level (NR2003 plus 1.1 patch, plus BGN, CTS, PTA, IROC, plus the JJ > Johnston/Superspeedway.net updates, as an example) and then do a hard > drive image or clone which will allow me to more easily "fall back" to > the pristine condition that I have right after the format. > > Is there a recommendation for the software to do this? Norton Ghost 10 > and True Image 9.0 seem to the be most frequently mentioned titles. Any > upside/downside to these programs that anyone wants to comment on? > > Thanks. > |
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DriveImage 7 isn't true imaging software any more. The last version that
was pure, true imaging software was V2002, which was the last version prior to version 7. Version 7 is more backup management software. It images, but not in the sense that V2002 did. Luckily V7 comes with V2002 in the box for this purpose. Also be aware, Version 7 has a heavy-handed Product Activation system built into it. -Larry "Don Burnette" > wrote in message ... > Darus wrote: >> As I often install and uninstall games, apps, drivers, etc., my >> computers gets a bit sloppy in performance. I am anticipating a full >> format and reinstall of XP, plus all my racing sims, sometime in the >> coming weeks. >> >> My goal this time is to format, then reinstall everything to a "basic" >> level (NR2003 plus 1.1 patch, plus BGN, CTS, PTA, IROC, plus the JJ >> Johnston/Superspeedway.net updates, as an example) and then do a hard >> drive image or clone which will allow me to more easily "fall back" to >> the pristine condition that I have right after the format. >> >> Is there a recommendation for the software to do this? Norton Ghost 10 >> and True Image 9.0 seem to the be most frequently mentioned titles. >> Any upside/downside to these programs that anyone wants to comment on? >> >> Thanks. > > > I have used Powerquest's Drive Image 7 for some time, with great success. > I image to an external usb2.0 hard drive. > PQ has since been bought out, by Norton I believe. > > I have heard good things about both programs you mention, and you would > probably be satisfied with either one. Both will allow you to image, both > will also allow you to restore either individual files and folders or the > complete image. > I personally don't care for Norton's software anymore, for things such as > anti-virus or system cleaners, but I believe Ghost by itself is a good > program. > > I have heard very good things about the True Image software. If I were > purchasing a disc imaging program today, I believe that is the one I would > go with. > > > > -- > Don Burnette > > > |
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