Angstromm

December 12, 2009 at 5:31am

I'm still looking for a viable disk-to-DVD cloning solution for my RAID 0 array. Norton Ghost doesn't do it anymore and I've tried Acronis True Image and other potential solutions. And MaxPC doesn't seem to have any suggestions posted on its site. Here we are, ostensible power PC users building high-end rigs with RAID and can’t even backup our systems. Sheesh! Anyone out there find any viable solutions? (Win XP/7x64)

JackNT

November 24, 2009 at 6:02am

Thanks for the info!

Tried it and I was absolutely amazed - it has the needed features set & works flawlessly. It is the ONLY imaging solution I can advise various beginners and "average" users to use, because it is simple, fast, reliable, and extremely effective.

FunkySquirrel

November 12, 2009 at 12:09pm

It's interesting that you dinged Avast AV for having to register with an email address ("what do we do if their servers ever shut down oh noes the panikz is on!!!!!!!!!one"), but you're perfectly comfortable with this program, which does the exact same thing.

But I guess any PC mag that would rather trash a product's interface because it looks too much like a media player (especially an interface you'll never have to look at again, if everything works properly), than give the product its due props for working the way it should, and working very well at it, can't be bothered to be too consistent.

HokieTechie

November 05, 2009 at 5:58am

I used an earlier version of Paragon for a while, but I eventually concluded that it was "slightly flakey" - just a little bit to complex for its own good, not quite transparent enough in its controls and settings, and only 99% reliable where it needs to be 99.96% reliable.

I've also moved to a linux backup solution - dd for the MBR, partition table, and Luks partitions, tar for ext3, and ntfsclone for NTFS. I sleep alot better at night.

 

stinger608

November 05, 2009 at 5:55am

I have used Paragon's products in the past, and they seem to be a real solid application. Seemed to be well on par with backup's programs such as Acronis True Image.

 

And for free!!! I am getting it so I can pass it along to folks that can't afford to purchase Acronis or Paragon!

damicatz

November 04, 2009 at 7:57pm

I prefer df if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/sdb/backup.img bs=128k

nekollx

November 04, 2009 at 5:09pm

 better then cobian 9?

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