Acronis True Image (TI) works great.

Still haven't used TI to make a backup "clone" of the system, when an
"image" backup to an external USB HD enclosure drive does the trick for me.
(I never pull out that drive - it's a pain to do, so a "clone" won't work
well for me). Anytime I want to restore the backup, I just restore the
image to the source drive. Works fine here, and the source drive stays
put (no swapping of drives).

Big Al wrote:
> PD43 wrote:
>> Big Al <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
>>>> Anonymous <com@com.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I don't know about the Amazon reviews, but I've been using Acronis for
>>>> years and have been universally pleased. Get the full workstation (not
>>>> home) version with universal restore.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Again this is the "what works for you" story.
>>> I use two backups. JUST TO MAKE SURE.
>>> I use Acronis True Image Home to do an image, this copies everything.
>>> (and it seems to work for me okay, of course I'm not crossing between XP
>>> and Vista). Then I use stomp soft backup to backup just files.
>>
>> Why don't you use ATI for both? It will DO both.
> Its a hang over from old days, I've had stomp for years. It allows me
> to make a config file listing just what I want to backup. Not sure ATI
> does that. I've only had ATI for 4 months and only use it to make
> clones so far. I've used ATI to restore files from the clone, as I
> forgot a file on my last backup that was only on the clone. Anyway the
> stomp 'file' backup is a one click and its done.
> If I can config ATI, I'll look into it and yes, one less program on the
> machine.