Digibits
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The Hilltop
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1 edit | [POLL] Backup & Imaging Programs - 2009 Member Choice
Welcome to the 2009 Backup & Imaging Program Poll.
Any computer owner who has experienced a hard drive fail or become unusable due to contamination has likely found that recovery of the information may be a difficult or impossible process without the benefit of a drive backup or drive image program.
The programs listed in the Backup & Imaging Poll for 2009 are all designed to provide the computer user with a "fall back" to use in the event that recovery of file information is warranted, and the purpose of this poll is to solicit your feedback on your favorite program. If your favorite software is not listed in the poll, please check the Other box and specify that program in the replies.
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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
| Thanks for the most awesome poll, Digibits  
I voted TI here on most, and on one box I use Backup4all. |
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MagMan
Life is simpler when you tell the truth.
Premium
join:2003-10-01
Westlake, OH | reply to Digibits
Definitely ATI for me. |
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booger
join:2008-10-15
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Excellently executed poll, Digibits .. thanks!
I use a number of these tools .. and, an "Other" vote too.
I voted for:
Acronis TI
SyncBackSE
NTI Shadow
DriveImage XML
Other = GoodSync
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A sticky proposition. |
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gugarci
Premium
join:2004-02-25
Bergen Co | reply to Digibits
I used 2, True Image for the whole HD and Karens's for my docs, bookmarks, emails and Quicken. |
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randavis
74 Challenger 440 4bbl
join:2000-01-19
Blue Springs, MO | reply to Digibits
I am not sure if it fits here, but I use Windows Home Server. It backs up my machines nightly. If I hose a machine, I just re-boot from a WHS restore cd and it takes about 30 minutes to restore to a previous backup. |
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Kanebrake
JJ - Hendrick 48 Car
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join:2002-03-12 | reply to Digibits
I use Windows Home Server for nightly backups and also Outback Plus 6 for email, bookmarks, & My Documents folder.
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You can tell how big a person is by what it takes to discourage him. |
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SunDog
Premium
join:2003-12-12
2 edits | reply to Digibits
1 vote for Other for PowerQuest Drive Image 2002 for XP. (the best is still the best - have absolutely no problems with Drive Image 2002).
1 vote for ShadowProtect for Vista.
1 vote for Windows Backup and Restore (Vista)
Yes, I'm using two imaging programs for Vista.
Edit: I am also using ShadowProtect and Windows Backup and Restore for Windows 7.
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I guess my feet know where they want me to go.
Walking on a country road.... |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | reply to Digibits
Great Poll Digibits!
Acronis v10 on XP, 2009 on Vista.
Paragon as a crutch on Vista just in case.
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Think outside the Fox... Opera |
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McSummation
Mmmm, Zeebas Are Tastee.
Premium,MVM
join:2003-08-13
Round Rock, TX | reply to Digibits
I'm still using PowerQuest Drive Image v5. It's old, but it works for me.  |
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dp
Go Steelers
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join:2000-12-08
Greensburg, PA | reply to Digibits
Thanks for the poll Digibits . I'm a long time user of TrueImage. |
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MarkAW
Barry White or lil bratt
Premium
join:2001-08-27
Canada
 ·Bell Sympatico
·Cogeco Cable
1 edit | reply to Digibits
Nice job with the poll Digibits .
My vote goes to Acronis True Image. Nuff said. |
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Rxdoxx
Premium,Mod
join:2000-11-03
Middle River, MD
clubs:
 ·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
Host:
Software
Washington & Balti..
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Paragon is the only one that has been issue free for me.
(TI and PerfectDisk didn't like each other.) Also have used a Paragon program to change the Partition size afterward, so cloned a 150GB drive onto a 500GB drive, then expanded the size to fit the drive.
I also voted other
Recently been looking at PING (Partimage Is Not Ghost)
»ping.windowsdream.com/
quote:
PING is a live Linux ISO, based on the excellent Linux From Scratch (LFS) documentation. It can be burnt on a CD and booted, or integrated into a PXE / RIS environment.
Several tools have been added and written, so to make this ISO the perfect choice to backup and restore whole partitions, an easy way. It sounds like Symantec Ghost(tm), but has even better features, and is totally free.
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Was a Cruise Fanatic, one cruise on Princess cured me. Bleah |
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cgeek5467
cleckjr
join:2003-08-30
Trenton, NJ | reply to Digibits
Clonezilla |
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Marsman1
join:2004-11-10
Canada | reply to Digibits
Your poll is appreciated!
Acronis TrueImage V9 Build 2337 & Second Copy V7.1.0.3 here. |
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vukodlak75
Nisam Ti Dude
Premium,MVM
join:2001-10-27
Beachwood, OH
clubs: | reply to Digibits
Acronis and Terabyte for me. |
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Jeffrey
too dark too early
Premium
join:2002-12-24
Dix Hills,NY
clubs:
·Optimum Online
·Verizon FIOS
 ·Vonage
·magicjack.com
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Thanks for the poll!
For me, great results over the last number of years with a combination of Karen's Replicator and Handy Backup.
I do not do full-drive backups, but instead nightly backup docs/photos/music/favorites/outlook PST files to network storage, and both of the above mentioned apps have worked great for me and my family.
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"Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy." - George Carlin
[my ramblings] |
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flect
join:2006-05-31 | reply to Digibits
DSynchronize |
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La Luna
Surviving Ashraful
Premium
join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
clubs:
·Optimum Online
·Vonage
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I use Acronis as my main backup, but I also use Karen's Replicator and Mozy for backing up smaller folders/files, such as music/documents.
Thanks for the great poll Digibits ! |
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MJimLay
aka FlexBaud
Premium
join:2004-10-06
Beach Haven
clubs:
·Cox HSI
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I used to never back-up... I didn't for nearly 10 years. For the most part, I haven't lost much. I still have MP3's that I downloaded from the original Napster back when I had dial-up. I suppose I just have had good luck. I've had drives fail on me, but been lucky enough to copy the data off them. I did end up with a few corrupt MP3 (well, not corrupt, but skipping in them)
I just recently got a 1 TB External Drive and have copied all my important data over to it, so I feel a lot more safe now. I also have several online backup accounts, but haven't put them to use yet. Mostly because the data on my computer is very very very unorganized right now and it's hard to track everything down. |
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