The 2008 Backup and Imaging Software
Poll is complete, and DSLR Software Forum members let us know about their favorite applications.
Disk Imaging was the favorite backup method for the vast majority (about 80%) of members. For the PC, the overwhelming winner was
Acronis True Image with 43% of the overall votes. And, considering it was only a few weeks old, the clear winner in the Mac world was
Time Machine with 5% of the total.
Other popular PC imaging applications included
Ghost (9%),the various versions of
Paragon Drive Backup (3%), and
Drive Image XML (2%). Rounding out the PC field was Vista's
Backup and Restore (2%), and
Windows Home Server (1%). Mac users also liked
Carbon Copy Cloner (4%), and
SuperDuper! (2%).
File/Folder Backup software leans more toward individual file and/or folder backup and synchronization, and the distinction between imaging can become blurred. As hard drives become cheaper and imaging more mainstream, the file backup programs are less frequently used. The following applications were mentioned most often, in order of preference:
For the
PC -
Karen's ReplicatorCobian BackupEMC RetrospectSyncBackSEWindows Live OnecareBackup4all Windows NT Backup For the
Mac -
.Mac BackupEMC RetrospectOther applications which received only a handful of votes (or none at all) may still warrant your investigation:
TeraByte ImageBaculaGenie Backup ManagerNovaBackupPartimagePC BackupWinBackupHDCloneNTI ShadowBackup MagicComodo BackupFile Backup WatcherHandy BackupJaBackRoxio BackOnTrackDrive SnapshotCasperSecond CopyNetRestoreFinally, about one in twenty users stated that they have no backup strategy
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last modified: 2009-03-13 22:38:31
