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asr vs ghost?
and while i’m at it…
just got new comp. and what with one thing and another…
everything is on c: ie, system and programs.
screwed up with something and decided to simply use asr to restore. it’s ok, but every time i have to reregister photoshop (cs), and repair v5.
would i be better off using ghost? would this avoind reregistering?
suggestions most welcome…
leslie
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9 Replies
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Hey Leslie……….forget both those programs, if you want to back up your C: drive. Go with Drive Image, it’s rock solid, and won’t f— things up!! You will need a second hard drive to use it, but hopefully you have one of those, for your raw video footage, etc. With Drive Image you can backup a perfect system, and if anything goes wrong, you can use your latest Image to re-load your system and be up and running within half an hour!! All the Best……….!! Remember always to keep your data on drives other than your C: Drive. Audio/Video files etc………that way backup’s a breeze.
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thanks for the quick response rob…
whose drive image? i did a serarch and got a few?
btw, i have partion magic 7, do you know if it’s on that by any chance?
all the best,
leslie
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I manage a school system network (6000 PCs). Ghost has been the best product for imaging and restoring hard drives.
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I believe Drive Image and Ghost are now both owned by the same company. I used Drive Image through Win2K. The version I had, though, would not work with XP. Instead of upgrading I decided to go with TrueImage.
Edward Troxel
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Leslie, I use Ghost, it works great for me.
After making your first perfect system backup w/program updates, write down on paper any NEW updates/additions you’ll install to this drive. That way, when you need to restore this Ghost backup, you’ll know what to add to it. Then, you can make a NEW Ghost backup.
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I’ve seen Ghost wipe out entire hard drives! It’s up to you. Powerquest makes Drive Image by the way, and I use it on XP. So I don’t know what the above poster means. Which ever you choose, backup is essential.
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Yes, I know PowerQuest makes both Drive Image and Partition Magic. I own both. I thought I had heard that Symantec (who owns Ghost) had purchased PowerQuest. I just did a quick check and went to http://www.powerquest.com and in the upper left-hand corner is a Symantec logo. So it appears, to me, that both Ghost and Drive Image are owned by Symantec.
Edward Troxel
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I’ve had terrible luck with Ghost. Our station stopped using it too–corrupted ghost files 3/4 of the time regardless of medium. Now we use Acronis True Image
https://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/
Much happier. And cheap.
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r-driveimage?
have just got a trial copy and it looks pretty good. though what looks have to do with it i don’t know!!!
anyone using it?
leslie
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