steve392 Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 Can anyone sugest a good reliable ghosting software for win xp ,I think my hd might be on its way out steve Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted January 24, 2013 Hash Fellow Posted January 24, 2013 Can anyone sugest a good reliable ghosting software for win xp ,I think my hd might be on its way out steve Norton makes Norton Ghost Quote
itsjustme Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 PING is similar to Ghost. I've used Macrium Reflect and really liked it. Hope that helps. Quote
MMZ_TimeLord Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 itsjustme is completely on target with this. BOTH of those are good, but I would say that Macrium Reflect is the easiest to use. (Much less technical and works from within windows). As to backing up just certain directories, I use SyncbackFree to sync up two drives that are not in a RAID configuration on my system. Hope that helps! Quote
steve392 Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 many thanks to you guys ,I think the Macrium Reflect looks like the easiest to use for me as Im not very pc savy thanks for letting me pick your brains Quote
Simon Edmondson Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Steve I'm not sure what you mean by Ghosting but, if you mean accessing the HD to backup files ? I've used Knoppix in the past. Its a version of Linux that you burn onto a CD and is self booting. It opens the OS and from there you can burn the files onto a CD or DVD. My last PC ate three HD's and I had to use Knoppix to back the files up when XP would no longer access the drive. Its free, you DL it and burn to the disc of choice. regards Simon Quote
steve392 Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 Thanks Simmon ,I want one that backs the os up aswell,so I can just switch drives and away I go again I might just get a new pc as this ones a bit old now I supose Quote
Simon Edmondson Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Thanks Simmon ,I want one that backs the os up aswell,so I can just switch drives and away I go again I might just get a new pc as this ones a bit old now I supose Steve I think you could just copy the drive verbatim under Knoppix, depending on its size of course, by using an external hard drive or a memory stick ? The PC I mentioned had a 15gb HD. Going around the supermarket yesterday, I noticed they were selling 16gb memory sticks, felt a bit of an old fogey ! simon Quote
steve392 Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 My hd.s are all 500gig ,The memmory sticks are a graet tool ,its amazing how much a little thing like that can hold.I have a 16 and a 8 gig and use them to take files to my brother in Spain ,very usefull Quote
*A:M User* Roger Posted January 26, 2013 *A:M User* Posted January 26, 2013 The only one I know of that I have used other than Ghost is Acronis. It is cheaper than Ghost, you can sometimes find it on sale. I think it regularly goes for $50. There are free alternatives that others have mentioned, here is a link that has some of them: http://www.snapfiles.com/downloadfind.php?...t=drive+imaging Unfortunately, I don't have much experience with using the free imaging software so I can't recommend a specific one. Hope that helps. Quote
steve392 Posted January 26, 2013 Author Posted January 26, 2013 Thanks Roger it all helps the more the better Quote
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