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Comparison of System Backup solutions

Your Windows restore system doesn’t work, your PC will no longer boot and there is nothing you can do to fix the problem meaning that the only solution is to reinstall the system and there is no guarantee that your data will be safe. Such problems exist and it is for this reason that emergency backup programs for your system exist. Less expensive then RAID, these programs will reinstall all of your programs with just a few clicks.

Tags : backup software, clone hard drives, failure windows

Comparison of System Backup solutions

March 25th, 2007 - 06:00 pm ET by Manuel D. C.
  1. 1 - Introduction
  2. 2 - RAID, an effective solution?
  3. 3 - Optimize the hard drives management
  4. 4 - Use the system restore
  5. 5 - Cloning
  6. 6 - Creation of an image
  7. 7 - What is the best time to save?
  8. 8 - Norton Ghost 10
  9. 9 - O&O Disk Image
  10. 10 - Acronis True Image 10
  11. 11 - Drive Clone 2.1
  12. 12 - Paragon Drive Backup 8.0
  13. 13 - Part Image
  14. 14 - Restore IT
  15. 15 - Norton Save & Restore
  16. 16 - Our choice
Restore-IT-Pro

RestoreIT 7
http://www.farstone.com/
OS: Windows 2000/XP
Supported file systems: FAT 16/32, NTFS, EXT 2/3 and Linux SWAP
Average price: 55 dollars






A lot more complete then DriveClone, also developed by Farstone, RestoreIt 7 is simple to use and allowsz you to create and store complete image files, differentials and incremental on a hidden partition that is completely autonomous. During installation, like with Norton Ghost 10, a first complete image of the system is taken. The interface is quite simple and intuitive, which even allows beginners to be able to use this software, although we still prefer Paragon’s True Image. For the rest, RestoreIt 7 is loaded during Windows startup allowing you to backup and restore your system if required. This offers the advantage of being able to load a removable recovery disk, except if the hard drive fails. Unfortunately, this load with the system leads to Windows taking considerably longer to start and it is also a shame that it is impossible to manually load SATA RAID drivers in the event your hardware is not supported. Nevertheless, Restore IT is the program that Intel has decided to implement on their motherboards in the P965 and 975x chipsets, and Windows Vista is even supported.


Restore IT_2     Restore IT


RestoreIT

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+ Pros

  • Intuitive interface
  • Support for IDE/SATA/RAID controllers
  • Price

- Cons

  • No automatic update system
  • Loading of recent third party SATA RAID drivers is impossible
  • Loading of system with Windows slows the system up considerably
  • Cloning function only available with the Pro version
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