Suggestions please for backup programme?

David_IT777 · Jan 17, 2007

Suggestions please for backup programme to use on 2 PCs.
Both PCs have CD/DVD drives.

I want to backup both desktop and laptop pc's onto the same DVD+RW disk and add incrementals weekly or so.

Must be able to add data to the same disk but backing up from 2 pc's and obviously restore to both pc's if necessary. Also, I need Vista Support.

Thanks!

Spectra · Jan 17, 2007

My favorite back up program was Seagate BackupEXEC which got bought out by Veritas, now I think STOMP Inc bought it out.

I just use Norton GHOST now to back up everything to either DVDs or an external hard drvie.

steve0617 · Jan 17, 2007

Quote from David_IT777:

Suggestions please for backup programme to use on 2 PCs.
Both PCs have CD/DVD drives.

I want to backup both desktop and laptop pc's onto the same DVD+RW disk and add incrementals weekly or so.

Must be able to add data to the same disk but backing up from 2 pc's and obviously restore to both pc's if necessary. Also, I need Vista Support.

Thanks!

Acronis True Image. Works perfectly.

Natella · Jan 18, 2007

You can use Paragon Drive Backup (http://www.drive-backup.com/).

I completely restored my computer with the software. It worked flawlessly and completely restored my C drive and all applications. The program has saved me countless hours of rebuilding, no doubt - it is one of the best backup products I have ever worked with!

I really do not advise Norton Ghost, I had a bad experience... even more it has no vista support now..

Hope I could help you!

gr8stock · Jan 23, 2007

You need the most reliable program. The last thing you need is problem when you need to restore your data. Norton and others have problems. I used Acronis to completely restore my computer. It is not problems free, but much better than others. See

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/

littletwig · Feb 12, 2007

Acronis and Retrospect. Acronis definitely has the better user-interface, but both are very quick, very reliable, and used in large corporations (read, accepted, well-established product!). HTH.

gwb-trading · Feb 12, 2007

In the past, I have tested back-up situations in an IT environment with both Acronis and Ghost.

I prefer Acronis as the better backup software.

- Greg

Brucelee · Feb 12, 2007

I am using this free backup software.

http://www.runtime.org/products.htm

It works well except you cannot schedule it.

Edit: Sorry, you can schedule it to run backups.

moonriver · Feb 12, 2007

any comments on casper XP?

gnome · Feb 12, 2007

Quote from David_IT777:

"... I want to backup both desktop and laptop pc's onto the same DVD+RW disk and add incrementals weekly or so....

Suggest backing up to external hard drive. Optic media's failure rate is too high.