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Which disk image creation software is good for Vista?



 
 
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Old January 11th 08, 02:55 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment,microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
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Default Which disk image creation software is good for Vista?

In article ,
Malke wrote:

I highly recommend Acronis True Image.


Boot your Linux partition and make a copy of the filesystem with dd

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Old January 11th 08, 03:07 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment,microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
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Default Which disk image creation software is good for Vista?


Which version of Vista do you have?

If that version is Home Premium, I highly recommend native "Complete PC
Backup and Restore". Excellent programme.



I agree it does a good job. The problem is it doesn't compress the image.
Acronis True Image, Norton Ghost, etc. offer varying levels of compression
so that more images can be stored.

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Old January 11th 08, 04:43 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment,microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
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Default Which disk image creation software is good for Vista?


"Jack" replyto@it wrote in message
...
Hello,
In previous years I used Ghost to create the image of my harddrive.
It was simple, easy procedure and very fast.
I booted up computer to the command prompt and restored harddrive in few
minutes!!!
But it was FAT32 system.
Now, with Vista I do not have a choice but to use NTSF file system.
Which program offers the most features for disk image creation?
I know it will be impossible for me to restore image from command boot
option, but what the options I have?
Can I for example take the harddrive to another computer and restore the
image in there?
Or create bootable CD (DVD?) and restore the image that way?
Or I have to first install Windows and then restore?
What are the options?
Your experience is welcomed,
Jack


One word: Acronis. It has the most robust boot CD available (written in
Linux).


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Old January 11th 08, 04:47 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices,microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup,microsoft.public.windows.vista.general,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment
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Default Which disk image creation software is good for Vista?



"Jack" wrote:

Hello,
In previous years I used Ghost to create the image of my harddrive.
It was simple, easy procedure and very fast.
I booted up computer to the command prompt and restored harddrive in few
minutes!!!
But it was FAT32 system.
Now, with Vista I do not have a choice but to use NTSF file system.
Which program offers the most features for disk image creation?
I know it will be impossible for me to restore image from command boot
option, but what the options I have?
Can I for example take the harddrive to another computer and restore the
image in there?
Or create bootable CD (DVD?) and restore the image that way?
Or I have to first install Windows and then restore?
What are the options?
Your experience is welcomed,
Jack





Acronis True Image

C.B.
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Old January 11th 08, 04:56 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment,microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Patrick Keenan
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Default Which disk image creation software is good for Vista?

"Jack" replyto@it wrote in message
...
Hello,
In previous years I used Ghost to create the image of my harddrive.
It was simple, easy procedure and very fast.
I booted up computer to the command prompt and restored harddrive in few
minutes!!!
But it was FAT32 system.


That shouldn't be an issue anymore.

Now, with Vista I do not have a choice but to use NTSF file system.
Which program offers the most features for disk image creation?
I know it will be impossible for me to restore image from command boot
option, but what the options I have?
Can I for example take the harddrive to another computer and restore the
image in there?


If you have the imaging software installed on that PC and have the stored
image file, yes.


Or create bootable CD (DVD?) and restore the image that way?
Or I have to first install Windows and then restore?


If you have to install Windows first, you didn't image, you backed up
specific files.

What are the options?
Your experience is welcomed,
Jack


Would suggest Acronis TrueImage. Very flexible, not expensive, fast and
easy to use. I use it all the time for service tasks, and can generally
create an image of a hard disk in under half an hour including moving the
drive to my host system.

HTH
-pk

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Old January 11th 08, 05:36 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment,microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Kevin Weaver
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Default Which disk image creation software is good for Vista?

"Telstar" none@none wrote in message
...

"Jack" replyto@it wrote in message
...
Hello,
In previous years I used Ghost to create the image of my harddrive.
It was simple, easy procedure and very fast.
I booted up computer to the command prompt and restored harddrive in few
minutes!!!
But it was FAT32 system.
Now, with Vista I do not have a choice but to use NTSF file system.
Which program offers the most features for disk image creation?
I know it will be impossible for me to restore image from command boot
option, but what the options I have?
Can I for example take the harddrive to another computer and restore the
image in there?
Or create bootable CD (DVD?) and restore the image that way?
Or I have to first install Windows and then restore?
What are the options?
Your experience is welcomed,
Jack


One word: Acronis. It has the most robust boot CD available (written in
Linux).



That must be the reason why it could not find a ext usb DVD drive to boot
from huh ? Installed a IDE which it would boot, But then it could not find
the drive which had the Image. Biggest POS There is.

Installed Ghost. Saw USB drive and also the IDE Hard Drive.

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Old January 11th 08, 02:05 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment,microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
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Default Which disk image creation software is good for Vista?


"Patrick Keenan" a écrit dans le message de
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"Jack" replyto@it wrote in message
...
Hello,
In previous years I used Ghost to create the image of my harddrive.
It was simple, easy procedure and very fast.
I booted up computer to the command prompt and restored harddrive in few
minutes!!!
But it was FAT32 system.


That shouldn't be an issue anymore.

Now, with Vista I do not have a choice but to use NTSF file system.
Which program offers the most features for disk image creation?
I know it will be impossible for me to restore image from command boot
option, but what the options I have?
Can I for example take the harddrive to another computer and restore the
image in there?


If you have the imaging software installed on that PC and have the stored
image file, yes.


Or create bootable CD (DVD?) and restore the image that way?
Or I have to first install Windows and then restore?


If you have to install Windows first, you didn't image, you backed up
specific files.

What are the options?
Your experience is welcomed,
Jack


Would suggest Acronis TrueImage. Very flexible, not expensive, fast and
easy to use. I use it all the time for service tasks, and can generally
create an image of a hard disk in under half an hour including moving the
drive to my host system.

HTH
-pk




I also mentioned Ghost andAcronis earlier in this newsgroup.
For some reason of my own I now use Ghost, but
Acronis is a really good utility. Not expensive and easy to use.
I really do not know which one to recommend. Both !


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Old January 12th 08, 02:38 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment,microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Jack
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Default Which disk image creation software is good for Vista?

Thank you all.
I have tried it and I am very disapointed with Ghost 12.
Or I do not know how to use it or it does not create disk image as a single
file.
What it does it just copy one drive into another one, which is not the same
as creating an image I can do with it what I want.
I am trying now Acronis and will report that later.
Jack


"Jack" replyto@it wrote in message
...
Hello,
In previous years I used Ghost to create the image of my harddrive.
It was simple, easy procedure and very fast.
I booted up computer to the command prompt and restored harddrive in few
minutes!!!
But it was FAT32 system.
Now, with Vista I do not have a choice but to use NTSF file system.
Which program offers the most features for disk image creation?
I know it will be impossible for me to restore image from command boot
option, but what the options I have?
Can I for example take the harddrive to another computer and restore the
image in there?
Or create bootable CD (DVD?) and restore the image that way?
Or I have to first install Windows and then restore?
What are the options?
Your experience is welcomed,
Jack



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Old January 12th 08, 03:23 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment,microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Jack
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Default Which disk image creation software is good for Vista?

Acronis is what I like.
It created compressed .tdb file (6.8 GB) out from my C drive (180 GB).
I restored that file to another drive (20 GB) and booted computer
successfully with it.
Interestingly, when trying Ghost and choosing 'Copy Files' option Ghost
refused proceeding with that operation complaining that my 20 GB drive is
too small!!!!
Acronis wins!!!!
Jack

"Jack" replyto@it wrote in message
...
Thank you all.
I have tried it and I am very disapointed with Ghost 12.
Or I do not know how to use it or it does not create disk image as a
single file.
What it does it just copy one drive into another one, which is not the
same as creating an image I can do with it what I want.
I am trying now Acronis and will report that later.
Jack


"Jack" replyto@it wrote in message
...
Hello,
In previous years I used Ghost to create the image of my harddrive.
It was simple, easy procedure and very fast.
I booted up computer to the command prompt and restored harddrive in few
minutes!!!
But it was FAT32 system.
Now, with Vista I do not have a choice but to use NTSF file system.
Which program offers the most features for disk image creation?
I know it will be impossible for me to restore image from command boot
option, but what the options I have?
Can I for example take the harddrive to another computer and restore the
image in there?
Or create bootable CD (DVD?) and restore the image that way?
Or I have to first install Windows and then restore?
What are the options?
Your experience is welcomed,
Jack





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Old January 12th 08, 04:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices,microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment,microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Jack
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Default Which disk image creation software is good for Vista?

You did not say why, but now I know.
Please see the bottom of this thread.
Jack

"Malke" wrote in message
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Jack wrote:
Hello,
In previous years I used Ghost to create the image of my harddrive.
It was simple, easy procedure and very fast.
I booted up computer to the command prompt and restored harddrive in few
minutes!!!
But it was FAT32 system.
Now, with Vista I do not have a choice but to use NTSF file system.
Which program offers the most features for disk image creation?
I know it will be impossible for me to restore image from command boot
option, but what the options I have?
Can I for example take the harddrive to another computer and restore the
image in there?
Or create bootable CD (DVD?) and restore the image that way?
Or I have to first install Windows and then restore?
What are the options?
Your experience is welcomed,
Jack


I highly recommend Acronis True Image.


Malke
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www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User



 




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