I like ShadowProtect Desktop from StorageCraft.com. I was using Acronis for years on every machine in the office and family, but I find ShadowProtect faster and more reliable. It is a little more expensive, but at ~$99 a licensed machine, it is worth it to me. Never failed to restore my data drive when necessary. Simple to mount drives from backup images similar to Acronis.
Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 07:44 To: [email protected] Subject: [NF] Backup image -- what are you using? (was Re: [NF] To upgrade or not (to Win10 from Win7)) I realize VMs are a super cool thing but I've not gone that route yet, and 2 machines seem like a better risk than just having 1. Of course, a good backup is a MUST. My backups are usually only of the Development folder (which includes all customer correspondence too). Always wanted to have a backup "image" but years ago I became disenchanted with Norton Ghost as it seemed to not deliver on imaging the same thing to the new machine. Been too long to recall the details, though. What do you folks use to safeguard your systems in case of hardware failure? Any Norton Ghost users? tia, --Mike On 2016-01-14 17:54, Ted Roche wrote: > LOL. Yeah, long-term plan is always a challenge. > > However, keeping VMs around with the last few OSes is pretty necessary > if you have to support clients with a couple of different versions. > > Had a bugger of a problem recently that I was struggling to repro > until the client mentioned they were on WinXP! > > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 3:53 PM, Paul McNett <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On 1/14/16 8:50 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> Decisions, decisions....what would you do? I'm guessing "just buy >>> the 2nd machine for a better long-term plan" (due to hardware life >>> expectancy). >> >> >> "long term plan" with regard to Windows makes me LOL. :) >> >> Paul >> >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
