Software for full system backup /restore

What's available to do a full backup of my hard drive to DVD (and
restore)in Vista?

Scripting would be nice for automation, but this is likely to be a
rare process for me, so click, click, click, is just fine too.

Thanks,

Acronis True Image. Back up to an external hard drive (USB is OK.) Forget
about backing up to DVD's.

Good luck...
--
oscar

....Right click is your very good friend...


"+Bob+" wrote:

> What's available to do a full backup of my hard drive to DVD (and
> restore)in Vista?
>
> Scripting would be nice for automation, but this is likely to be a
> rare process for me, so click, click, click, is just fine too.
>
> Thanks,
>
>

I too would suggest Acronis True Image, I've been using it for years.
I dual boot two separate HDs and back both up to a 3rd HD (internal).
I have never had an issue with ATI backing up or restoring.
It is pretty much a click, click, click, deal.....;-)

BChat


"+Bob+" <> wrote in message
news:...
What's available to do a full backup of my hard drive to DVD (and
restore)in Vista?

Scripting would be nice for automation, but this is likely to be a
rare process for me, so click, click, click, is just fine too.

Thanks,

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:20:01 -0700, oscar
<> wrote:

>Acronis True Image. Back up to an external hard drive (USB is OK.) Forget
>about backing up to DVD's.
>
>Good luck...
>--


Why no DVD's? Just because I might need more than one to hold this pig
of an OS? Or is there another reason you suggest not using them?

This is going to be a rare backup for me since I don't keep any data
on my clients. I'd rather not purchase an extern HD unless I really
need it.

Also, does a restore require that ATI be installed on a working OS
first or do they set you up with a "restore" CD that you can boot and
restore from?

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:04:02 -0400, +Bob+ <>
wrote:

>On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:20:01 -0700, oscar
><> wrote:
>
>>Acronis True Image. Back up to an external hard drive (USB is OK.) Forget
>>about backing up to DVD's.
>>
>>Good luck...
>>--
>
>
>Why no DVD's? Just because I might need more than one to hold this pig
>of an OS? Or is there another reason you suggest not using them?

Speed of doing the backup, for one. And it will definitely take more
than one.

>This is going to be a rare backup for me since I don't keep any data
>on my clients. I'd rather not purchase an extern HD unless I really
>need it.
>
>Also, does a restore require that ATI be installed on a working OS
>first or do they set you up with a "restore" CD that you can boot and
>restore from?

OS doesn't have to be working.

If that's the case, then you better have TWO optical drives: one to
run the program, the other for the backup discs.

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:42:46 -0500, Paul Montgomery
<> wrote:

>
>OS doesn't have to be working.
>
>If that's the case, then you better have TWO optical drives: one to
>run the program, the other for the backup discs.


Is that true? That would seem to make it an impractical program for
full system restore.

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:14:39 -0400, +Bob+ <>
wrote:

>On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:42:46 -0500, Paul Montgomery
><> wrote:
>
>>
>>OS doesn't have to be working.
>>
>>If that's the case, then you better have TWO optical drives: one to
>>run the program, the other for the backup discs.
>
>Is that true? That would seem to make it an impractical program for
>full system restore.

Impractical ONLY for those with only one optical drive who want to
backup to optical disc.

Hardly anyone backs up an entire system to CDs/DVDs any more;->

An external hard drive - or a second internal drive - is CHEAP and a
much better way to go.

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:28:39 -0500, Paul Montgomery
<> wrote:

>
>Impractical ONLY for those with only one optical drive who want to
>backup to optical disc.

Well, it's darn hard to find a laptop with two!

>Hardly anyone backs up an entire system to CDs/DVDs any more;->
>
>An external hard drive - or a second internal drive - is CHEAP and a
>much better way to go.

Based on Vista's system footprint, you may be right. For my desktops
it's a non-issue to have a second drive. For a laptop, I guess
external is the only real choice.

Has anyone tried using Symantec Ghost?
I encountered a "weird" problem in that I was able to create a new image to
an external hard drive OK, and when I performed a restore it said that the
image was restored successfully. However, when I rebooted my laptop (Vista
Home Premium)
I got an error missing NTLoader - or something similar - error.
Of course I did a couple of things different which could have changed things.
1. I used XP pro to wipe my hard drive
2. Used XP to create 2 partitions instead of one
3. I created a bootable CD with Bart-PE (XP OS) that also has my Ghost32 on
it, and it allows me to backup to an external hard drive. This has always
worked great for my XP game PC.

After it failed I ended up restoring from my original disks which worked OK.
Never having really played with Vista, is the problem that I encountered
caused by using an XP based restore "tool"?



"BChat" wrote:

> I too would suggest Acronis True Image, I've been using it for years.
> I dual boot two separate HDs and back both up to a 3rd HD (internal).
> I have never had an issue with ATI backing up or restoring.
> It is pretty much a click, click, click, deal.....;-)
>
> BChat
>
>
> "+Bob+" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> What's available to do a full backup of my hard drive to DVD (and
> restore)in Vista?
>
> Scripting would be nice for automation, but this is likely to be a
> rare process for me, so click, click, click, is just fine too.
>
> Thanks,
>
>

I use Acronis on a couple of my systems and Paragon Drive Backup on this
one; both do a fine job. Paragon is a little more limited than Acronis
but still a nice program.


--
kipper