Drive Image substitute?

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My ver. 2.0 of Drive Image can't work with NFTS disks. Is there an
alternative besides spending $100 for Ghost?

I am aware of XP's backup facilities, but I want something simpler as
Drive Image was.
 
My ver. 2.0 of Drive Image can't work with NFTS disks. Is there an
alternative besides spending $100 for Ghost?

I am aware of XP's backup facilities, but I want something simpler as
Drive Image was.
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I find Acronis True Image much better. I gave up on DI at about ver. 7
 
Anonymous said:
My ver. 2.0 of Drive Image can't work with NFTS disks. Is there an
alternative besides spending $100 for Ghost?

I am aware of XP's backup facilities, but I want something simpler as
Drive Image was.
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DI 7 works fine. Its up to 7.03 now at Symantec.
I would use TrueImage from Acronis though as another reader suggested.
 
DI 7 works fine. Its up to 7.03 now at Symantec.
I would use TrueImage from Acronis though as another reader suggested.
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Exactly where are you people finding Drive Image at Symantec?

I cannot find it anywhere on their pages. The only Drive Image I can
find is here:

http://www.drive-image.com/

From the general looks and tone of their pages and the numerous
versions of their product, I don't trust them.

It seems Norton killed Drive Image when they bought out Powerquest.

I guess they killed it so they could sell Ghost easier at its inflated
$100 price. Besides, years back in the days of DOS, I learned the
hard way to never trust a Norton product. They always screwed up my
machine, and that's quite a job in simple DOS.

I had forgotten about Acronis. I guess I'll get their version for
about $50.

By the way, in my DI manual for Powerquest's ver. 2.0, they state it
does do NTFS, but when you go to try, it warns you onscreen that it
cannot do NTFS.

Thanks to everyone who helped with answers.
 
Exactly where are you people finding Drive Image at Symantec?
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I cannot find it anywhere on their pages. The only Drive Image I can
find is here:

http://www.drive-image.com/

From the general looks and tone of their pages and the numerous
versions of their product, I don't trust them.

It seems Norton killed Drive Image when they bought out Powerquest.

I guess they killed it so they could sell Ghost easier at its inflated
$100 price.
Click to expand...

Nope, they changed the label from "Drive Image" to "Ghost" and discontinued
the product that they used to sell as "Ghost".

Try it and you'll find that from a functional viewpoint "Ghost 9" is pretty
much the same thing as "Drive Image 7". By the way, you might also want to
look at "Livestate Recovery" which you can find for 60 bucks.
 
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Nope, they changed the label from "Drive Image" to "Ghost" and discontinued
the product that they used to sell as "Ghost".
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That was silly. I think most non-tech users were much more aware of
Drive Image than Ghost.
Try it and you'll find that from a functional viewpoint "Ghost 9" is pretty
much the same thing as "Drive Image 7". By the way, you might also want to
look at "Livestate Recovery" which you can find for 60 bucks.
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I'm not familiar with ver. 7. My version was 2.0, which I used for
years with Win 95/98.

Symantec's price is just too much dough. If it is indeed pretty much
the same product, I don't see how they justify a $50 increase.
Besides, as I said earlier, I flat out don't like nor trust
Symantec/Norton.

I have downloaded Acronis's True Image Trial download. I'll see how
it looks before spending my $50 on it. I have to get something
because XP Pro's full restore - ASR w/boot disk, is just too clumsy a
thing for my liking.
 
Nope, they changed the label from "Drive Image" to "Ghost" and
discontinued
the product that they used to sell as "Ghost".
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Ghost is still alive in Symantec Ghost Solution Suite.
 
My ver. 2.0 of Drive Image can't work with NFTS disks.
Is there an alternative besides spending $100 for Ghost?
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Yes, Ghost 2003 as part of SystemWorks Pro 2003 off
ebay is a hell of a lot cheaper than that, peanuts basically.
 
Exactly where are you people finding Drive Image at Symantec?

I cannot find it anywhere on their pages. The only Drive Image I can
find is here:

http://www.drive-image.com/
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From the general looks and tone of their pages and the
numerous versions of their product, I don't trust them.
Click to expand...
It seems Norton killed Drive Image when they bought out Powerquest.
Click to expand...

Nope, it was basically renamed and became Ghost 9.
I guess they killed it so they could sell
Ghost easier at its inflated $100 price.
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Nope, and Ghost can be quite cheap as part of SystemWorks Pro.
Besides, years back in the days of DOS,
I learned the hard way to never trust a Norton
product. They always screwed up my machine,
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PowerQuest's Partition Magic has done that too.
and that's quite a job in simple DOS.
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Most of us found that Ghost worked fine, tho I personally
preferred Drive Image, mainly for the better user interface.

I now prefer True Image to Ghost 9, but
its not perfect, its got a few warts itself.
I had forgotten about Acronis. I guess
I'll get their version for about $50.
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By the way, in my DI manual for Powerquest's ver. 2.0,
they state it does do NTFS, but when you go to try, it
warns you onscreen that it cannot do NTFS.
Click to expand...

Forget the detail on that, its been too long.
 
That was silly.
Nope.

I think most non-tech users were much
more aware of Drive Image than Ghost.
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You're wrong.
I'm not familiar with ver. 7. My version was 2.0,
which I used for years with Win 95/98.
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Symantec's price is just too much dough.
Nope.

If it is indeed pretty much the same product,
I don't see how they justify a $50 increase.
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You've mangled those numbers completely.
Besides, as I said earlier, I flat out
don't like nor trust Symantec/Norton.
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Your prejudices are your problem.
I have downloaded Acronis's True Image Trial download.
I'll see how it looks before spending my $50 on it. I have
to get something because XP Pro's full restore - ASR
w/boot disk, is just too clumsy a thing for my liking.
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Sure, modern imaging apps have real advantages.
 
I find Acronis True Image much better. I gave up on DI at about ver. 7
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What are some of the advantages of True Image?

Secondly, for imaging the system partition how safe and reliable are DI
and True Image?

Roland
 
What are some of the advantages of True Image?
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Less buggy than Ghost 9 currently. You can create an image from
the bootable CD with TI, you cant with Ghost 9, you have to install
Ghost 9 on the system before you can create an image and that
isnt desirable at all if you want to make a quick safety image of
an entire system before doing any work on it.

Much more capable than Ghost 2003 and DI 7, particularly
with lan support from the bootable rescue CD. Those arent
bad if the NIC is in the supported list but quite a challenge
for basic users if the NIC isnt in the supported list because
both use DOS for the rescue CD or floppy. And since they
both use DOS, there are considerably problems with support
for all but the most basic hardware because you need dos
drivers for other hardware like USB drives etc.
Secondly, for imaging the system partition
how safe and reliable are DI and True Image?
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Pretty decent, particularly if you ensure that the system
isnt furiously doing stuff while the image of it is being created.
 
Rod Speed said:
Pretty decent, particularly if you ensure that the system
isnt furiously doing stuff while the image of it is being created.
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Does pretty decent mean you would rely on it for your primary backup or
would you prefer to boot from CD in True Image and image the inactive
(system) partition?

I have previously used a Dos based version of DI from which saved me on
more than one occasion. I am now using DI 7 but have not had occasion
to test the robustness of the backup and was unsure if I should trust
it.

Roland
 
Does pretty decent mean you would rely on it for your primary backup
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Yes, tho I also do the primary backup in other ways
like a separate completely different backup of the
files I will slash my wrists if I lose to DVD as well.

I never use just one technology for the backup of those files.

So the worst I could be up for is a full reinstall.
or would you prefer to boot from CD in True
Image and image the inactive (system) partition?
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No, I dont do it that way at all now.
I have previously used a Dos based version of DI from which saved me on
more than one occasion. I am now using DI 7 but have not had occasion
to test the robustness of the backup and was unsure if I should trust it.
Click to expand...

I never completely trust any backup technology, even image creation
after booting from the CD. But then I am ultra conservative with backup.
 
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