Restore software-what is your choice?

Yes I know the prices. SU is quite expensive, but DF is certainly a good alternative and cheaper.
For me as long the softwares are under $100, it won't influence my choice.
Anything higher than $100 has to be extremely good and a serious improvement or I won't buy it.

 

But if you camnpare both, SU is more than twice costly as compared to DF, it,s too much in comparison.

 

Pls see post no. 13 of my thread here.

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=125623

 

Never tried SU and I think I'll never will.
Thanks for your detailed report aigle.

Pretty satisfied with BootBack which gives me exactly what I want.
If I want to try something else, all I've to do is creating a new snapshot.
True Image 8 give me another layer of peace of mind.
In short I agree with aigle, Pete & many others, more flexibility and very easy to use.

 

These are very good arguments, I will consider it very seriously.
Since I haven't done anything yet, I can go in any direction.
Thanks.

 

Pete~ I couldn't have said it better, so I'm just quoting your summarization. ~pv

 

Did vote for Rollback Rx, I'm running it for few days, it's amazing; really allow me to do as if I had 2 computers (or more), with just one, for testing purposes , when several snapshots have different setups.

Cheers,
nicM

 

For backup/restore I use the disk image method. this cuts down on the
amount of extra junk you can well do without.!!
I have tryed a number of progs & my choice is as follows :

Powerquest-drive image 2002 for win-98 or win xp. my fav.
acronis true-image 8 or higher. acronis is good but the "image" can let you down when you need it most
Bart PE with drive snapshot. classic. if you find yourself locked out of
-windows-xp then you insert the bart boot CD into the tray & away you go.
drive snapshot working in bart PE can backup & restore your drive from the cd. I like it.

norton ghost 9 got it never use it

 

As for a fast goback to base-line of windows, then norton goback is slow.

I am very pleased with " returnil " & the fact that it can make a virtual
drive for you to store your data on is very clever

shadow surfer. is good. you can protect c,d.e, & so on.

rollback rx. good. not for me but a lot will like it.

deepfreeze no thank you !!!

norton goback. well still a good alround old fav.

 

Re: Backup software-what is your choice?

omg

why is acronis true image not in that list, i thought everyone used this.

its the most easy, most reliable one ive tried.

after a fresh format and a few programs, the image is 1.8gb thats it and restores it to that in about 10 mins.

very very simple, a child could do it.

 

Re: Backup software-what is your choice?

well, acronis is a imaging app. what the topic starter probably was asking was immediate restore software. thats how is see it from teh choices given. otherwise wed see paragon, terabyte, and awhole lotmore

 

Re: Backup software-what is your choice?

Ya, u are right.
Or I would have included an option Imaging sofware( irrespective of the name).
I mean here Immediate System Recovery Software , some people use imaging for same purpose as well.

 

Re: Backup software-what is your choice?

but ghost 10 is in the list and that does images, doesnt it?

 

Re: Backup software-what is your choice?

I cleaned my eye-glasses and my monitor screen, but I still don't see Ghost on the list.

 

Re: Backup software-what is your choice?

I think u mean GoBack.

 

According the poll, not many users seem to use rollback solutions, quite a difference with other polls.

 

FirstDefence vs Rollback rx.

Both are very good in what they do.
To select a snapshot from a list & revert your system to a point in time
is always a very handy option when testing software. or upgrading your
system. if something goes wrong it's nice to go back & start again.
Progs like this are not what I want or need but I must say for speed Rollback rx is
fast & having the option to revert back to a baseline & dump all other snapshots
is something I really like. rollback rx can update your baseline to the
point in time you are happy with & dump all the old snapshots.

Give me rollback rx please.

 

There is so much software that works just great.

I'm impressed with Drivesnapshot as disk imaging solution, I'm comfortable with the command line restore.
Firstdefense-ISR and eazFix/Rollback RX are both great, I vote for Rollback RX, because I think that their concept is a better representation of my way of working.
Regardless of technical challenges.

 

I voted other and was wondering until the last few posts where True Image was. To me Ghost and TI are restore software. I use TI.

I also use virtual machines and that means I hardly ever need TI. Virtual machines are the best for restore software.

 

I prefer Returnil Virtual System and VMWare.

 

Hello,
For Windows, it would ShadowSurfer, Acronis True Image and VMware, if they may qualify in the list.
Mrk

 

I don't use a full system restore program. I have extensive backups and I would prefer to start over clean, if something really disruptive occurred. But there are 2 partial restore software programs I really, really like and recommend:

1. If you use Office 2003, and you find Word reverts back to settings you tried to change, then a "must have" is the free program that saves your Office 2003 settings anywhere you want, and restores them anytime you wish. It is called Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard. I prefer to call it Save My Sanity Wizard. Absolutely fantastic. Free from M$.

2. ERUNT is a really nice registry saver. Beautiful! However, a word of warning: it is extremely simple to set up and use, but if you are not an expert, don't read too much of the instructions! The guy who created it is extremely knowledgeable, and his enthusiasm is daunting—read too much, and you might just think it is beyond you. But, nope—you can be using it effectively with no trouble at all, in just a few minutes. Easy! If you Google for ERUNT, you'll get it, along with its companion NTREGOPT. Both highly recommended.

 

I use my own system of keeping a back log of backups and restoring them if needed. Also I keep track of the changes I make to my system (noting them down) and then make these changes after restoring the system from a backup just to create a new "clean backup" after these changes and software upgrades and so on.

Not as sophisticated as some of the tools mentioned in this thread, yet it keeps me in full control of the system at any point. I did this for 2.5 years with DriveImage and the same (clean) system and use TrueImage now (for a simple reason ... I need no CD for restoration of a backup!).

// Oliver

 

an OS and registry ap only partition with all ap data written to storage partitions
and Ghost