Free Disk Imaging software

hi all,

any comments on the below imaging software?
does it work like the acronis TI?

Which one is more stable?

http://selfimage.excelcia.org/

http://www.dubaron.com/diskimage/

http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm

 

Have used DriveImageXML and it worked good on XP( there is BartPE plugin also). Nice speed. U can,t shrink partition( if u image a 5 GB partition with 1 GB data, u can,t restore the image on a partition with size less than 5GB).

 

Here's a thread I started on free imaging programs recently. Link

You might also want to have a look at this, although the offer has supposedly expired, they sent me an activation code after the expiry date, so it may be worth a shot.

If you have either a seagate, western digital, or maxtor HD installed, check out this thread.

As to the programs you listed, the only one I've tried is Drive Image XML as a bartPE plugin, it seems to be pretty good, but I haven't restored the image I made yet, so I can't really say.

 

I did successful restores, no problems at all.

 

Thanks for the links argus tuft, didn´t even know that Maxtor offered free imaging software, I will check it out.

 

It's Acronis-based
DriveImage XML works well, I have no complaints. It should be tested (tortured ) by Erik and Peter.

 

To tell you the truth I always been a bit afraid to install these kind of tools because I read a lot of bad stuff about it, but is Acronis safe to use?

 

Well, a perfectly fine software on one machine can BSOD another. There's no bullet-proof software.

I'm not an Acronis user, but their forums are full of mixed results: very happy people on one hand and frustrated people on the other.

 

I used Acronis longer than one year and it never failed. I had none of these problems published in Acronis Forums.
If Acronis LIKES your system, you can trust it, if it doesn't you better search for another one like ShadowProtect.