Best software for a restore disk

[Deanodarlo]

I've got a CDRW and want to back up my recent hard drive installation (under 650Mb)to CD, eliminating the need to install all the software manually.

Can I use my current software to do this - nero or winoncd 3.6?

If not, which is the best software for this purpose?

Thanks to anyone who can help.

 

[yos]

I did mine this way...

->Got norton ghost (5.1 I believe)
->Create and image
->burn the image and the ghost.exe on the image

Works great. I've imaged my system about 50 times this way... (ok, maybe 30)

 

[randomlinh]

go one step further: bootable restore

basically do the norton ghost thing, but make the cd bootable and completely automated.

 

[sun818]

You can also look into Veritas Backup Exec Desktop. (Pro if you want to backup network drives.) They have a list of supported CD-RW that you can check on their web-site:

http://seer.support.veritas.com/nav_bar/index.asp?content_sURL=http://support.veritas.com/dsl/lists/devicedt_ddProduct_BEDSKTP.htm

 

[apoppin]

Take Two, included with Adaptec's EZ CD Creator 4.0 works fine.

But upgrade it off the 'net with it's latest patches.

 

[hackmole]

Actually I heard that Drive Image 4 is almost twice as fast at copying and restoring and has a very easy to use interface so you might want to take a look at that one. You could also get a full free demo from the Powerquest site. On top of that everyone who I have spoken with that has used both Ghost and Drive Image 4 prefers Drive Image 4.

 

[algae]

I purchased Drive Image Pro recently and have made an image of approx. 3 gigs uncompressed. This needed 5 cds and took about an hour. I haven't used the restore feature....Yet🙂
Gary

 

[yoshald]

I've used both Ghost and PowerQuest's Drive Image. Thumbs up to Drive Image. It's more intuitive, the 40% compression option runs just as fast as without compression. This is also a great way to back up C to a D partition or drive.

 

[IamDavid]

I prefer Drive Image Pro from Power Quest over Norton Ghost. No real reason except Drive Image looks better.. Pretty stupid I know but thats about all that is different between the two.

 

[sun818]

Yes, it does look prettier. There is also something to be said about Ghost fitting on one floppy and designed to be used with or without a mouse. Ghost, DriveImage, and TakeTwo are all excellent tools for Partition or Drive imaging.

If you want to be able to backup individual files, go with Veritas Backup Exec Desktop (Pro).

 

[algae]

Yoshald...nit picky point...I think that DI will compress to 50%🙂