Different image software to try

A collection of obscure image software that might have some potential and worth.

http://www.disk-image.net/drive-image.htm
http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/todisk.html
http://www.oo-software.com/home/en/products/oodiskimage/
http://www.scriptlogic.com/products/DesktopAuthority/ImageCenter/
http://shop.avanquest.com/uk/prod.php?pid=2719&tr1=AQ_UK_AD_AQHOME#ct2
http://www.easeus.com/disk-copy/
http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?wpid=1&front_id=12
http://www.pcinspector.de/Sites/clone_maxx/info.htm?Language=1
http://www.clonegenius.com/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nfgdump/
http://dubaron.com/diskimage/
http://www.synergix.com/v1/imageit.htm
http://ping.windowsdream.com/

 

Thanks a lot, gonna test a few of them starting with PING

 

ImageIT looks good. I tried O&O a few months ago and found it to be slow compared to ATI.

 

I found a few more but really not worth bothering with.

Some in that list are for corporate market. imageIT claims 10 types of compression. Desktop Image Center looks like a cross between ShadowProtect and Acronis True Image. Active@ Disk Image will probably be solid as all there products are killer. CloneMax i don't think does images but just cloning.

 

Anyone tried GParted-Clonezilla LiveCD? It images both partitions & whole drives, locally & ovr netwk. My limited experience in this post, hoping to learn frm others experiences.

 

Here's another one (from a reputable outfilt) that's relatively obscure (but not free):

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

 

I used the trial i had success with that(R-Image) for backup and restore of all Eaz-Fix snapshots.

 

markymoo, what about Active@ Disk Image 3.0 (your first reference above)? ...have you tried that one and if so, how well did it do?

 

@appster

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// Active@ Disk Image Version 3.0.088
// OS Version: Windows XP Professional SP2 Build 2600
// Running on: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 3.8GHz, 4GB RAM
//
[29-Nov-2007 19:53:17] Information: Creating Raw Image
Name: DiskImage
Location: D:\
Compression: High
Password: Not protected
File splitting: Automatic (try single file)

[29-Nov-2007 19:53:17] Information: Creating raw image of partition ( C: ) (NTFS, 9.989 GB, Disk 0)
[29-Nov-2007 19:53:19] Information: Creating raw image of Primary NTFS
[29-Nov-2007 20:07:03] Information: Image creating completed
[29-Nov-2007 20:07:03] Information: Image successfully created. Elapsed time: 00:13:46.

//
// Active@ Disk Image Version 3.0.088
// OS Version: Windows XP Professional SP2 Build 2600
// Running on: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 3.8GHz, 4GB RAM
//

[29-Nov-2007 20:16:17] Information: Creating Raw Image
Name: DiskImage1
Location: D:\
Compression: Normal (recommended)
Password: Not protected
File splitting: Automatic (try single file)
Description:

[29-Nov-2007 20:16:17] Information: Creating raw image of partition ( C: ) (NTFS, 9.989 GB, Disk 0)
[29-Nov-2007 20:16:19] Information: Creating raw image of Primary NTFS
[29-Nov-2007 20:26:42] Information: Image creating completed
[29-Nov-2007 20:26:42] Information: Image successfully created. Elapsed time: 00:10:25.

No prizes for speed and little options but it's sturdy, likeable gui and comes with a recovery cd.
Due to that result i didn't bother doing any more tests.

DS
20:27:43 Disks in backup:
20:27:43 C: -> D:\DiskImage\6.SNA
20:27:43 Start backup of C: -> D:\DiskImage\6.SNA
20:27:43 C: -> D:\DiskImage\6.SNA
20:31:40 C: 10.228MB in use - stored in 5.490MB - 3:57 minutes
20:31:40 Success

 

markymoo, thanks for the feedback ...it's looking more and more like nothing out there can top DS or IFW for backing up & restoring an EZ/RB environment.

 

I just updated my XP sp2 to sp3 v3244...Due to this,appearently, I got problems with ATI interface, bad responding...and after the recent experiences with unbeatable DS/IFW together with EF 8 I decided to get rid of it...

 

Apparently XP SP3 is twice as fast as Vista, with or without SP1 installed but think it alittle too early to put it on for reasons you describe.

 

I assume you simply restored a 'pre-SP3' snapshot in order to get rid of it?

 

Nice to hear SP3 increases velocity but at what price? I've learned over the years working with Windows that somewhere theres always a trade-off with something else.

 

Maybe I expressed myself "in crypto"...I meant took away ATI. Sure early for SP3, final expected to be out in Feb...but nevertheless testing it right now, works great with better performance...beats vista according to beta testers...Will stay permanently acc. to what I´ve seen so far...
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