Babar
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join:2001-05-09
Washington
| [Poll] Backup & Imaging Software - 2008 Member Choice Poll
Welcome to the 2008 Backup and Imaging Software Poll!
Computer data protection and recovery has become big business in the last few years, and the number of available programs has blossomed to dozens and dozens. Not every offering is included in the poll, so if your favorite application is missing, please check the "Other" box and let us know your preference.
Many of us use more than one solution, so the poll is multiple choice. Let's see who this year's winners will be!
Thanks for your input!
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La Luna
Surviving Ashraful
Premium
join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
clubs: | Acronis TI.
Great poll Babar  , thanks!!  |
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lilhurricane
Crunchin' For Cures
Premium,Mod
join:2003-01-11
Purple Zone
clubs:
 ·Comcast
Host:
TV over IP
Software
RCN
Inside Insight
Team Discovery
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BackUp4All here (prolly not as often as I should)
Fantastic poll, Babar ..thank you!! |
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MarkAW
Barry White or lil bratt
Premium
join:2001-08-27
Canada | reply to Babar
Nice job with the poll Babar .
Acronis TI. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | reply to Babar
Great Poll Babar!
Acronis True Image. |
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SunDog
In Search of the Lost Bit
Premium
join:2003-12-12
1 edit | reply to Babar
I voted other - PowerQuest Drive Image 2002.
I have no reason to use anything else as this has performed flawlessly for me for the last 5 years.
The best is still the best!  |
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antiserious
The Future ain't what it used to be
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join:2001-12-12
Scranton, PA
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Thanks for the poll, Babar !
I use TrueImage for Linux and Windows, works great. The one program I absolutely won't be without. I also make manual backups of certain files and folders, burned to cd/dvd, and I have images on dvd as well.
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Kanebrake
JJ - Hendrick 48 Car
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join:2002-03-12 | reply to Babar
I voted TI but I also wanted to mention Windows Home Server which backs up all my systems nightly.
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johnrbigdog
join:2007-11-14
Austin, TX | reply to Babar
Acronis True Image 10 is what I use. I know, not the latest version, but it does what I need it to. The thing I love most about it is that it's so easy to use! |
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ahulett
Life Without Walls
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join:2003-02-02
Bellevue, WA | reply to Babar
Other - Windows Home Server.
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Chris 313
Come get some
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join:2004-07-18
Houma, LA
clubs: | reply to Babar
Acronis True Image. Dadkins introduced me to it and it's saved me from a few big problems I'd have been boned with otherwise. |
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cableties
Premium
join:2005-01-27
Newtown, PA | reply to Babar
I had to vote twice and glad for Multiple Choice: One for Windows and Once for Mac (I use BOTH platforms). Thanks for multiple Choice Option! |
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Count Zero
MD2Be
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join:2007-01-18
Warner Robins, GA
 ·AT&T DSL Service
·Cox HSI
1 edit | ChronoSync for Mac used to be a great choice, but TimeMachine blows it out of the water. I also use .Mac backup regularly.
EDIT:
I would like to add that Mozy works a lot like .Mac backup and offers a great solution for larger backups (I have ~200GB backed up to my account with them). |
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boltz
join:2000-12-06
Guelph, ON | reply to Babar
Super Flexible File Synchronizer |
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sporkme
drop the crantini and move it, sister
Premium,MVM
join:2000-07-01
Morristown, NJ
·Optimum Online
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For unix (and windows/mac clients), you missed a few:
Bacula - »www.bacula.org/
Amanda - »www.amanda.org/
There's many others, those are the two that I've used. |
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Dagda1175
join:2001-06-17
Goleta, CA | reply to Babar
None, I just manually duplicate important things to another drive. |
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DotMac
Shill H8r
Premium
join:2007-10-26
Huntington Beach, CA
1 edit | reply to Babar
Ghost 12 (for WinXP/Vista), Time Machine (OSX 10.5.1) and Apple Dot Mac Backup 3.1 (OSX 10.4.11)
Ghost is one of the few Symantec consumer apps that is still worth a crap. |
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rawgerz
In Debt we trust
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join:2004-10-03
Grove City, PA
·Verizon Online DSL
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
1 edit | reply to Babar
backup4all is one of the BEST I have come across and was just what I was looking for.
The software designers that coded it did a nice job and doesn't have that bloated GUI I found when I tried Acronis.
It's also the only one I found that backs up individual files and not making a mirror of the drive.
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howie
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join:2003-04-08
Little Falls, NJ | reply to Babar
Re: [Poll] Backup & Imaging Software - 2008 Member Choice Poll
Nice Poll!
I use TI 10 in both XP and Vista. |
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