Does anyone know of good imaging software?

[geckojohn]

An employee's laptop computer hd is slowly dying. I already have a replacement hard drive, but i don't want to setup everything over again. Is there a way to make an image of his current hard drive, software, and configuration... and then load it onto the new hard drive?

Please let me know of any suggestions you have.

Thanks

 

[EeyoreX]

Norton Ghost.

\Dan

 

[geckojohn]

Is Norton Ghost better than PowerQuest Drive Image?

 

[NightCrawler]

Download Acronis True Image 7.0 trial http://www.acronis.com/download

15 day trial....not sure what the limits are.

Impossibility to create and restore images, and clone disks when Acronis True Image 7.0 is launched from the bootable rescue media

The windows app seems to have no limit but the bootable version is crippled til you buy it.

 

[EeyoreX]

I've never used Drive Image. I doubt there will be a newer version, as PowerQuest was bought by Symantec. Ghost will probably be the imaging software they choose to stick with. I could be wrong. In any event, I tried Ghost first, found it to be easy, fast and reliable. I have had no need to try anything else.

\Dan

 

[NightCrawler]

Originally posted by: EeyoreX
I've never used Drive Image. I doubt there will be a newer version, as PowerQuest was bought by Symantec. Ghost will probably be the imaging software they choose to stick with. I could be wrong. In any event, I tried Ghost first, found it to be easy, fast and reliable. I have had no need to try anything else.

\Dan

Drive Image 7 was pretty bloated compared with version 6 so there won't be a big loss not getting version 8.

 

[geckojohn]

I just bought Symmantec Ghost 2003. It was $30 after rebate at Fry's. So, i'll give it a try and let you know. Thanks for the help!

 

[NightCrawler]

Originally posted by: geckojohn
I just bought Symmantec Ghost 2003. It was $30 after rebate at Fry's. So, i'll give it a try and let you know. Thanks for the help!

Ghost 2003 is kinda complicated for the noob, Acronis would have been a lot easier, plus it runs under windows, no need to reboot into DOS.

 

[EeyoreX]

I was a noob the first time I used Ghost. I didn't find it the least bit difficult to use...

\Dan

 

[Bloodstein]

alritez....now letz hear of some free imaging softwarez? *grinz*

 

[Sid59]

it's amazing that Ghost 2003 works only from a single 0.97 MB EXE. but they insist you install a huge pile of crap to load GUI in windows and such.

power users UNITE!