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Question: what software is the best

- Acronis Backup and Recovery
- Paragon System Backup
- Norton Ghost
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what backup software do you use and why?
-Acronis Backup and Recovery
-Paragon System Backup
-Norton Ghost


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Van Chocstraw wrote:
> Jucy wrote:
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the
>> results, please visit http://ms-os.com/showthread.php?t=235612
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Question: what software is the best
>> - Acronis Backup and Recovery - Paragon System Backup - Norton Ghost
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> what backup software do you use and why?
>> -Acronis Backup and Recovery
>> -Paragon System Backup -Norton Ghost
>>
>>
>
> Backups are a waste of time. They are obsolete when needed for
> restoration and take longer than a fresh install

For the OS alone, maybe...

For OS plus a whole load of apps a backup/restore is much quicker.

Acronis is excellent - as is the backup/restore in Windows 7.

Guy