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Back Up Software.... ?

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BBThumbHealer
BBThumbHealer Original post #1
Mar 31, 2007 at 5:24 PM
which is the best software available in the market to back up my data on the drives....it shud have the ability compress the data of arnd 10 GB to 2 GB in the process of backup...

Thnx

BlackBerry7100g.

u ppl having no answers to my ques ?
ravi_9793
ravi_9793 #2
Mar 31, 2007 at 5:45 PM
where you want to keep the backup??On any external drive(DVDs)??
koolbluez
koolbluez #3
Mar 31, 2007 at 5:45 PM
u need huge compression... go with compression sw, dude...but if u want backup software... Norton Ghost & Acronis TrueImage r the best out there...
ravi_9793
ravi_9793 #4
Mar 31, 2007 at 5:46 PM
following links may help you a bit
*www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx

*www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/backupandimage.shtml
BBThumbHealer
BBThumbHealer #5
Apr 1, 2007 at 9:23 PM
thnx guys.....btw which soft do u ppl use to take backups of ur pc's ?
ravi_9793
ravi_9793 #6
Apr 1, 2007 at 11:15 PM
I have backUP all my imp files on DVDs................I do this at regular interval.
techtronic
techtronic #7
Apr 2, 2007 at 7:53 AM
Acronis True Image Home 10 :D
amitava82
amitava82 #8
Apr 2, 2007 at 10:09 AM
techtronic said:
Acronis True Image Home 10 :D
Click to expand...
So do I.. Best Software ever for Backup.. :-D it compressed my 10GB (full) partition to 2.5GB
koolbluez
koolbluez #9
Apr 2, 2007 at 10:15 AM
compression is not one of the main strengths of backup sw. Me too use Acronis (mayb my hated to the Norton AV caused me to shift from Norton Ghost :D)

Anyway... I backup on DVDs directly.. whenever possible.. Acronis.. i use to backup my primary partition after optimization :D
Josan
Josan #10
Apr 2, 2007 at 10:36 AM
I use Acronis True Image Home 10 this is the best backup software as i think ,it has got a good compression ratio
BBThumbHealer
BBThumbHealer #11
Apr 2, 2007 at 1:51 PM
thnx guys..CONCLUSION :: ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE 10
Lucky_star
Lucky_star #12
Apr 2, 2007 at 1:51 PM
I use Acronis true Image for backup. Its compression rates are good.
but the restore is time taking. I have also checked out R-Drive Image. an I liked it for its high speed backups and recovery. With R-drive total XP installation(restore) takes 3-4 minutes while in Acronis it takes me around half an hour.
sumeetindia
sumeetindia #13
Apr 3, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Try Norton Ghost
BBThumbHealer
BBThumbHealer #14
Apr 3, 2007 at 3:21 PM
@ sumeet...noron ghost isn't vista compatible
sumeetindia
sumeetindia #15
Apr 3, 2007 at 3:37 PM
Hm...
Try using the bootable disk option (availble in ghost 9)
It will create an bootable disk using which U can boot the disk and backup an drive
Similarly drive restore can also be done using bootable Disk

Alternatively
You can also use NERO backitup
It has the same fearures as ghost The only problem is that the an ative drive can only be restores using a bootable nero backitup disk so U will have to make a bootable disk.moreover it takes more time to restore drive
(Ghost restore a only xp installtion drive in about 4 mins ;and nero takes 20 mins)
nepcker
nepcker #16
Apr 3, 2007 at 3:51 PM
I don't backup ........ yet.

I'll wait for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard which will include a innovative new feature called Time Machine which will automatically back up for me and will also let me see the previous versions of the file.

Of course, you can also use .mac for backing up online, which is much safer. It's the only one (so far) that's compatible with both Mac OS X and Windows.