Data recovery programs

[Think]

My system is running as smooth as silk and I want to keep it that way.

SO, True image, Norton Ghost, or Drive Image?

Very confusing.

set-up in sig.

[sptw]

Hi Think,

I have been using Northon Ghost.Got a problem with drive image and NTFS file system in the past.True Image, sorry i don't know.

[Player0]

I love Ghost.

[Think]

Well, I'm thinking about buying this product. Does NTFS and can make set points on the fly:

http://www.powerquest.com/v2i/protector/desktop/

...the desktop solution, not the server version ( ouch price at $995 for the server version )

thx for the replies

[Player0]

oh, for databack up I use Veritas BackUp Exec. Very functional. Restoration, Ghost all the way.

Let us know how this one works out. $80 isnt bad.

[WesM63]

Backup exec and ghost ownz!!

[Think]

I'm a little confused here.


Powerquest has several products:

http://www.powerquest.com/products/personal.cfm

Drive image -
is the premier computer backup solution. Backup your priceless digital photos, financial records, operating system and personal settings without leaving Windows®. Conveniently schedule automatic backups. Quickly save your backups to virtually any writable CD, DVD, USB, FireWire or network drive. Designed for PC users of all levels, you can depend on the proven technology of Drive Image.

Drive copy-
is the affordable solution to safely and easily copy your old hard drive to a new hard drive in minutes instead of hours. With DriveCopy 4.0, upgrading the hard drive in your Windows or Linux system is quick and easy. DriveCopy allows you to easily copy the entire contents of your old hard drive to your new one. DriveCopy copies every setting, preference and byte of data, including hidden files. No more guessing or worrying if everything was copied.

...and what I mentioned before-

V2i Protector Desktop Edition Overview
PowerQuest V2i Protector is a real-time disk-based system and storage backup solution designed to capture and encapsulate all workstation files and configurations in one easy-to-manage backup file. Utilizing PowerQuest’s Virtual Volume Imaging (V2i™) technology, backups are created without interrupting user productivity or application usage. Quickly restore failed systems to a specified point-in-time without taking hours to manually rebuild PCs or laptops or reinstall applications from scratch. Using PowerQuest V2i Protector, perform, a complete bare metal system restoration, a full system refresh or restore individual files and folders in as little as minutes.

It seems that they are basically the same thing.

Image is a backup so why the play on words?

What I am looking for is a program that will take an image of my NTFS operating system and set programs onto a seperate drive.

As far as data is concerned, I have a seperate drive with data and I use my cdrw for everything else.

Why?
Well, I like to play around with alot of settings on this setting and if any corruption occurs ( especially on a RAID-0 configuration ) I would like to do a few clicks and reinstall my original settings.

Sorry guys for the long wind here....but I've never used any program like the aformentioned sets.

I appreciate the help.

[Player0]

I cannot speak for the powerquest lines. However, I use Ghost to do what you are talking about. I install a raw OS copy without any software, and I Ghost that image to a CD (if it fits) or another HD or file server. If I need to reinstall my Windows OS partition, I can format c: and ghost over my install. Easy as cake.

So yes, Ghost does this. Im sure there are other programs (like the ones you are looking at) that do it as well. Ghost will be the most popular software used for this though. I cannot comment on the others.

[sptw]

What I am looking for is a program that will take an image of my NTFS operating system and set programs onto a seperate drive.

My advise: Driver Image from PowerQuest or Northon Ghost from Symantec.
Both of them works great and can do the job easily, on NTFS or FAT32 file system.None of them like to works with Dynamic disks, but it's not your case.They can image a single Hd or Hds on a Raid0 setup.About Driver Image i got a problem with NTFS file system.It got a corrupted image.It happened 3 times, and since then i changed for Northon Ghost.Never got a problem anymore, but driver image have been working good for other users, then it is your choice.I would go for Ghost, but it's a kind of taste :D.

Have a good luck on your choice.

[Think]

Northon Ghost from Symantec

I bought Norton Ghost and will give it a try.

Thanks for the advice.