ShadowProtect Desktop 3 is out...

I just purchased/downloaded a copy (BIG download... 318 MB.) I only run SP as a boot CD environment. After burning the ISO, I gave it a quick test. Worked great! I chose to boot into the Vista environment (not legacy.) Some nice, new options like CD/DVD burning and image verification. Even hardware independent restoration!

Overall, I'm very pleased. I'll be doing a few more tests in the coming days (like trying out the DVD burner etc.)

http://www.storagecraft.com/products/ShadowProtectDesktop/

 

I was looking forward to this release. I tries SP ver 2? and had issues w/ FD-ISR. Heard they were fixed a while back along w/ Raid 0 compatibility, but I decided to wait for ver.3.

I just requested an Enterprise version eval.

Currently I'm using ATI ver.9. It takes 45min to image & 6hours to recover my 52GB drive.

...screamer

 

Had never issues with ver. 2 ,but also curious about universal restore,buy me a new vista rig and replace this vista stuff with an image of my good old XP install,what are the cranckles and hooks with this option i don't know,maybe Pete have something to say about this.

 

I am about to purchase upgrade to 3.0 desktop but am thinking is it worth getting 1 year maintainence plan on this. Anyone bought that opition or think it is better no to and why. Thanks.

Gary

 

Can u give some details about how fast it is? Some numbers etc.

Thanks

 

I'm not going to upgrade. SP v2 is good enough and I only need it for my system partition. I don't need SP under Windows anymore.

 

My system partition = 11.4gb and I use only the Recovery CD.
Backup time = close to 4 minuts. Restore-time = close to 6 minuts.
The loading time of the Recovery CD = 3m30s.
ShadowProtect Desktop v3 = close to $80

 

I just installed it in Vista. 17 minutes for a full backup of my C drive 35GB @35MB/s (in the background while using the computer as usual).

I havent restored yet though, but looking at the history of Shadowprotect (in my machine at least) I have no doubt what so ever it wont work.
Now I am just waiting for my new serial so I can activate it in Vista. I have the one year maintenance.
And fyi to anyone has bought the one year maintenance : We will get a email within a week with the product key and a link to the new ISO file.
No worries

 

Pete,

Is there anything special I need to do w/ re: to FD-ISR & Raid 0?

...screamer

Edit: nVidia Raid 0

 

I,m using SP for more then a year, up until now i never got it to work on my main rig,have no complaints because the recovery disk is reliable and very fast and as Pete said version 3 recovery environment is all the more faster,so i got to scrape some money together to get version 3 !

 

I'm wondering if it would be wise to get the service for 1 year because I'm assuming that when xp service pack 3 and Vista service pack one comes out it might change the 2 so much that a newer version of ShadowProtect will be needed above newly released version 3?

 

For you guys with nForce chipsets, use the "Legacy" environment when booting the recovery CD. This "Legacy" environment isn't really old, it's just based on Windows Server 2003 rather than Vista, and has better support for nForce. Microsoft shipped crap drivers for nForce with Vista-WinPE (upon which the "Recommended" environment is based). You should have no disk or network issues with nForce as long as you use the Legacy environment.

 

I'll post back later today with more info...

 

so can the version3 recovery cd reconize any nvidia chipset?
inculding 650i and 680i?
because when i get a new computer at christmas if i want to use a winpe cd with paragon i will need a new iso from paragon with the 650i or 680i chipset drivers on it.
but if i buy shadow protect desktop for that computer i can just burn the iso to disc and use it.
lodore

 

@Peter
@Sukarof

Thanks for the details.

 

After searching high and low all over the web,i realised here in Europe there are no XP machines left to buy,everything is Vista,so the dictate from uncle Bill is very well taken by the industry.

 

Hi peter,
thanks for the info.
i can probaly get paragon to make me a new iso with the right drivers on it.
and that will save me $80 or £40.
im not sure which i will do yet since i like the idea of doing incremental images every 15mins to a second hard drive.
or even hourly would do.
but im sure i can set paragon to do on a schdule.
lodore

 

Yes. When you boot the ShadowProtect Desktop/Server 3.0 Recovery Environment CD, at the start of the boot process select to boot the "Legacy" environment rather than the "Recommended" environment. The legacy environment is based on windows server 2003 and has been thoroughly tested for proper nForce storage and network driver support.

 

The question still stands then, "Would it be worth it to buy the 1 yr service/maint for Shadowprotect now with ver 3 when XP sp3 and vista sp1 on the horizon? With these changes predicted in the 2 service packs, will it change so much that a newer version of shadow protect be needed and if so will that happen in less than 1 year?" Anyone have a handle on when these service packs will hit the market? Perhaps I'll ask storagecraft....

 

Custom configurations are available here with XP.
http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/

 

thanks grnxnmm.
i find it a bit annoying the price has gone up from $70 to $80 but oh welll.
i will have to work out if i will buy it or not.
it will cut £40 out of my new computer fund.
lodore