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From: H-Man on 26 Jul 2010 17:52
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:52:35 +0100, za kAT wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:57:04 -0600, H-Man wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:11:02 -0500, jim.s.witherspoon wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:58:43 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:
>>>
>>>> I found a comparison table of several free imaging programs (with
>>>> Acronis TrueImage thrown in for comparison).
>>>
>>> Could you post the link to that table? Thanks.
>>>
>>> Just by chance I discovered that Acronis True Image is thrown in as part of
>>> Seagate DiscWizard that came with one of my hard drives. I'm sure it's not
>>> a full-fledged version; the window prominently displays "powered by
>>> Acronis". I'd like to know what it can do compared to the commercial
>>> version, but haven't googled for that yet.
>>>
>>> Just thought I'd let people know that they may have some subset of Acronis
>>> True Image already on their system as bundleware.
>>>
>>> jim
>>
>> Jim,
>>
>> Acronis (the paid version) does scheduling ang incremental / differential
>> backups, something the Seagate version does not do. Other than that, the
>> Seagate version is a great option for manual disk imaging IMHO.
>
> Few notes. The deal is only one disk on your system needs to be Seagate.
> Therefore, if only your USB backup drive is Seagate... is still cool.
>
> There is a Western Digital deal too... perhaps others.
>
> I use this to make a secondary image once a month, using a scheduled task.
>
> It's the equivalent of the home version, as you say less incremental /
> differential, and scheduling, but Acronis make an advanced version which is
> more like the server versions, with advanced VSS support. Class product,
> the server versions, which I have used for many years.
>
> On Vista Business, I use MS Complete backup, scripted. Does point in time,
> like incremental/differential but integrated into vhd. Less user friendly,
> but MS wrote the VSS stuff which is v cool, and this does the biz re VSS,
> and it's free < ha! provided you buy the Vista licence, that is.
>
> You can mount the vhd with a hack from Virtual Server. This is the same
> tech built into Server 2008. On SBS you can restore Exchange only using
> this as well, and it works. Bloody brilliant tech, easier to use than
> Acronis I would say, but it nabs the whole backup drive.

Thanks for the insight.
--
HK
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