Ghost Killer Redux
Written: Dec 13 '04
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Pros: Cheap,Effective Fast,Very easy to use, Real time Snapshots
Cons: Issues handling bad sectors
The Bottom Line: Simple, Stable and effective. No more boot to DOS or clunky interfaces.
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| Wybnormal's Full Review: Acronis True Image 8.0 ( Windows ) |
This review is on Version 8 which is the current shipping version of Acronis. For the price of 50 bucks, you can have a snapshot utility that can backup your Windows or Linux box and then easily recover them completely or just a few files. On the Windows side, you can run TrueImage natively and do the snapshot while the system is running or even being used (within reason). I have used it to back up servers, RAID drives, laptops and even a cluster at one time. If you boot off the recovery CD, you can back up Linux although Acronis is now offering a native Linux TrueIMage application.
You can dump the image several ways. To a partition, 2nd hard drive, ZIP drive, CDR, some DVDRW, USB attached devices and some firewire devices. If you have the server edition or the newest Workstation, you can back up over the network or restore from over the network.
Like most tools of this type, a hard sector error will stop the program dead in it's tracks so make sure the disk clean before you start.
In trying out version 7 on an IBM RAID, the system would not see the RAID drives. An email and a day later I had a patch to get around IBM's newest "adjusted" RAID controller.
You can set the size of the image spans from 4K (dont ask) up to 4.3 GB or auto where it ends up as one giant image. I have used TrueImage to back up my PVR and restore it went an experiment went awry.
The newest Version 8 has definitely polished up the rough edges of an already fine product. There is a scheduler for for automated snapshots. All versions can mount an image and treat just like a plug-in hard drive to grab single files or just to see what is in the image.
All current versions can offer you incremental backups and all offer a method of setting aside some disk space and then using this new hidden partition (secure zone) as the backup "holding pen" so on boot, you can do a restore right away or back up the system to it.
The newest Corp. and Enterprise version will let you do the backups and restores remotely now. A real plus in a production network.
Recommended:
Yes
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