Images for Windows between any two machines simply isn't dependable. DO NOT EXPECT IT TO WORK.
Now if you can put all your stuff in a VM, you're set. Put it in Dropbox for a cheap smart (bit change only) backup. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Dec 21, 2017 11:06 PM, "Forrest Christian (List Account)" < [email protected]> wrote: > Normally backups around here are file-based, I.E. I want to make sure I > don't lose data. > > I have a couple of computers now which I really would hate to have to > rebuild due to hardware failure. These are generally computers which run a > machine, such as the automatic test system and the pick and place machine. > These machines area all typically single-drive (non-mirrored) mostly off > the shelf hardware running various versions of windows. I'd like to take > a full image, and have at least a reasonable chance of putting it back on > similar hardware (probably same motherboard, maybe different storage > medium) and it just work. > > It used to be that the tool for this was Norton Ghost. But that's been > discontinued (and I understand it was going downhill before that). So I'm > looking for whatever the current modern version is. > > I know there's a few tools out there which do this (Macrium, Acronis, > etc). But the reviews are all littered with failures. Unfortunately > it's hard to tell how much of this is lack of clue and how much of this is > broken software. > > I'm wondering if anyone has experience with using these modern > equivalents? Preferably something which runs on a range of Windows OS'es, > and can dump the image onto NAS. > > -- > *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* > Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=3577+Countryside+Road,+Helena,+MT+59602&entry=gmail&source=g> > [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> > <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> > >
