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Backup Now 5 advanced?

by Larrycleve1 Feb 28, 2008 7:22PM PST

Anyone familiar with this? How does it compare with Shadowprotect?

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Those can't be compared as...

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Feb 28, 2008 10:22PM PST

They do different things. What do you need to do?

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what to do

by Larrycleve1 Feb 29, 2008 10:58AM PST

I want to create a backup to an external hard drive. If a disaster occurs I can boot from a cd and restore from an image. The image could be updated incrementally.

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"The image could be updated incrementally."

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Feb 29, 2008 11:09AM PST

That's a rare feature. Maybe a bad idea since to do so said software would have to read the entire drive and see what changed. The same time spent could have us a fresh image to restore.

-> I'm going to suggest the best of breed here. Go get ACRONIS.

Bob

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Another Vote For Acronis

by Noizxland Mar 4, 2008 10:19PM PST

That's just you should be looking for...

Not sure how to use, ask
(however, i find it rather easy-in-use).

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