Topic: Suggest a good HD back up program for me please? (Read 1520 times)

Sirgod · « **on:** July 11, 2011, 01:08:19 pm »

One of my large drives which has 3 partitions on it, Is slowly dying on me, so as soon as I can afford it, I'll grab a new Sata and get away from the old IDE. ow the video clips is no problem as I can drag and drop them, but given that I have a limit of 34 gig download each month, It would take a year to download all my steam, gog, and Impulse games again.

Is there a real world practical solution to do a disk copy at 1:1 ? I can easily change the drive letter afterwords so as not having to worry about getting into regedit later on.

Thanks ahead of time guys.

Stephen

Nemesis · « **Reply #1 on:** July 11, 2011, 01:32:23 pm »

I haven't tried it myself but the free software list has CloneZilla

FCM_SFHQ_XC · « **Reply #2 on:** July 11, 2011, 01:44:34 pm »

Clonezila will do it, I've used it at work to backup all the workstations in the lab and can restore a system within 30 mins roughly with it. The slow algorithm will take a bit longer but using the ntfs clone in clonezilla should do it, be sure to read up on it though as the navigation is a little quirky till you get used to it

Sirgod · « **Reply #3 on:** July 11, 2011, 01:48:55 pm »

Thanks guys so much. Clonezilla it is then.

Stephen

GotAFarmYet? · « **Reply #4 on:** July 11, 2011, 08:35:05 pm »

Clonezilla and Norton Ghost are the only two reliable ones I know of as well, Ghost cost money though but I use for work backing up laptops and making images to clone PCs from

brentl · « **Reply #5 on:** July 11, 2011, 08:53:58 pm »

I have always used AMANDA for this type of problem. For one thing, it is free. I am not that familiar with clonezilla but if a lot of users are suggesting it, then it is definitely worth a look. Though, to be a little more dynamic, you might want to check on those who has a web interface so you can access some information regarding your back up.

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