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#3512825 - 02/06/12 11:21 AM What backup imaging solution do you recomend?
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I've been using Paragon free for a while now and for restoring individual files it has been fine. However a few weeks ago I had cause to use it to restore a disk image. After going through the motions it gave me a rather unspecific error message saying it couldn't locate some file or other. This resulted in me having to do a complete re-install. Needless to say I won't trust Paragon again, but which one's have you guys used successfully? I don't mind paying but I don't want to use a cloud service either.
Any ideas, suggestions and success stories would be appreciated.
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#3512839 - 02/06/12 11:37 AM Re: What backup imaging solution do you recomend? [Re: Bokononist]
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Fast, reliable, portable...free (although there is a payware version too). Saved me a few times.

http://www.todo-backup.com/download/
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#3512872 - 02/06/12 12:20 PM Re: What backup imaging solution do you recomend? [Re: Bokononist]
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Win 7 64 bit Pro has a built in backup. The image it creates works perfect. Or you can do incremental backups.
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#3513816 - 02/07/12 02:45 PM Re: What backup imaging solution do you recomend? [Re: speedbump]
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Thanks guys, Todo looks pretty cool but you make a very good point Speedbump, don't know why I'd look outside of Windows. Probably some outdated Vista hate or something. If I can set it to do incremental backups as well that'd be awesome, well you know what I mean, useful or something. Smile2
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#3514275 - 02/08/12 08:41 AM Re: What backup imaging solution do you recomend? [Re: Bokononist]
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Win 7 backup and Seagate Freeagent Go Flex with USB 3 -
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#3514296 - 02/08/12 09:05 AM Re: What backup imaging solution do you recomend? [Re: Bokononist]
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same, Seagate USB 3.0 1TB and Windows Backup.
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#3515959 - 02/10/12 12:51 PM Re: What backup imaging solution do you recomend? [Re: Bokononist]
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I use a free program Western Digital provides as a free download. It is Acronis True Image. I do an image of my boot disk weekly since my Raptor bit the big one. I switched the disks out and they each work flawlessly so the cloning works great.
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