acronis vs ghost compression engine

[mantra]

hi
i bought ghost 9 , but i tried a trial versione of acronis 9

i did an image , but i did notice that the compression engine doesn't work well
i can't see a great different from normal at max
the acronis image are more more more big then ghost images

what would i like to know is , is because i have a trial version or because the compression engine isn't good like ghost?

[shieber]

The trial version is the same program as the paid-licensed version.

Nice to hear that Norton Ghost has a good comperession engine. AT least their getting something right. ;-)

sh

[mantra]

try to a compare with ghost & acronis
in did a image ,with ghost 1.4 giga with acronis 2.6 !!
1 giga in less for ghost!

[ronjor]

Moved to software and services. Comparison thread.

[nod32.9]

Had TI 6.0 server and the compression was equivalent to Ghost. Unfortunately, I gave up on TI due to the constant tweaking. Again, the tweaks are necessary when you have a program that run in windows.

The older Ghost runs OUTSIDE of windows, so it is largely immune from these mysterious anomalies. Currently, I'm using the Drive Image 5.0 and Bootit NG. Both are now-windows imaging proggies.

If you have a decent PC, then the image creation speed should exceed 1.5GB/min. Expect at least 2.8GB/min for the restoration speed. Some applications will ignore the pagefile when compressing. This will result in a smaller image file. The final image size should be roughly 1/2 of the original size at maximum compression.

For example, DI 5 will compress my 687MB primary active C partition to 345MB. I moved the pagefile to another partition on the HDD.

[mantra]

by the way i did a clean install of only xp with the drivers , and i did an image with ghost 9 and Acronis 9
the acronis 9 is bigger then 1 giga!!! is too much
i used the boot cd to do the image

i did not found many teaks in the setup of acronis..

[Pennhaven]

I am seeing the opposite. Comparing primary partition backup images for two different PCs. In each case the TI backup image is smaller than the Ghost image.

Case 1 - TI 9.0/Ghost 9.0: 15.5GB/16.3GB
Case 2 - TI 9.0/Ghost 8.0: 6.97GB/7.31GB.

[mantra]

working under windows or with the bootdisk?

[nod32.9]

I've never had to use a boot disc/floppy to run DI 5 or Bootit NG, although I could if there is a need. Perhaps TI is not optimized for this environment. To me, TI is too big and complicated to be ULTRA reliable with the task of imaging data.

[Pennhaven]

-{ Quote: "working under windows or with the bootdisk?" }-

TI 9.0: Windows
Ghost 9.0: Windows
Ghost 8.0: Boot Disk