Hi Newsgroup,

does anyone know a Freeware-Backup-program like
Norton Ghost?

cu

richard

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 21:36:09 +0100, Richard Huber
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi Newsgroup,
>
>does anyone know a Freeware-Backup-program like
>Norton Ghost?
Maybe not exactly what you are looking for (because it's not
freeware) but there have been copies of Acronis TrueImage on several
CDs in different computer magazines in 2004 (c't, PC Welt, ...).

HTH
-frank

Frank Steinmetz wrote:

>Maybe not exactly what you are looking for (because it's not
>freeware)

Quite

"Richard Huber" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Newsgroup,
>
> does anyone know a Freeware-Backup-program like
> Norton Ghost?
========================
I've also been looking for something like Norton Ghost. I priced it today
at CompUSA and it's $99.00. That included Disk Partition which we are not
interested in. I'll keep looking....

Karen........

Have a look at these .

Clone maxx
http://www.pcinspector.de/clone-maxx/uk/welcome.htm
PC INSPECTOR™ clone maxx is the new professional hard drive copying
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copied from hard drives in high speed mode with speeds up to 3.3 GB
per minute.

================================

DrvClonerXP
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?12500000037740
DrvClonerXP clones NTFS and FAT32 drive partitions, for the Windows
2000/XP operating systems, by copying, byte-for-byte, the drive
partition's structure to another partition, creating a perfect
duplicate, without creating an intermediate image file (as with
DrvImagerXP). Requires Windows 2000 or XP.

=================================

X-Clone
http://www.activedwg.com/Download_Links.htm
http://www.simtel.net/product.php?ur...uct_page=33313
http://www.sover.net/~wysiwygx/WinUtils5.html
XCLONE is a program that can migrate your operating system to a new
larger hard drive. It copies entire drives or directory trees
preserving long file names, attributes and time stamps. DOS,
Windows 3x, Windows 9x and Windows NT supported.

===================================

ImageCast
http://www.sover.net/~wysiwygx/WinUtils3.html
ImageCast LE Clone up to three computers' drives with this new
multicasting technology that uses familiar TCP/IP protocols to cast
an image from one machine to another. ImageCast can clone Windows
95, 98, and NT setups, as well as Netware and UNIX, and you can
provide customization
after the cloning process for your own specific needs.
Register this freeware version online in order to receive the Windows
controller file by e-mail.

======================================

Clone
http://www.sover.net/~wysiwygx/WinUtils1.html
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/w...kutl/clone.zip
It is designed to copy every file (no matter what!) from one
directory to another. The source and destination can be either a
floppy, hard disk, CDROM, or network drive. It runs from the MSDOS
real mode and is small enough to fit on the "network boot diskette".

================================

DrvImagerXP
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/...ImagerXP.shtml
DrvImagerXP creates and restores drive images of FAT32 and NTFS
partitions for the Windows2000/XP operating systems.
It makes backups of your partitions, but does not copy file-by-file,
it doesn't know anything about files!. It creates a mirror image
(but not reversed) of a partition by coping the sector bytes on the
partition. And it does this very fast! You can create images of
different operating system setups and swap them out in just minutes!
* Posted via http://www.sixfiles.com/forum

"Richard Huber" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> does anyone know a Freeware-Backup-program like
> Norton Ghost?

How about Savepart (http://www.partition-saving.com/)?

Some of the terminology takes a bit of getting used to (e.g., partitions =
"elements"), but i gave it a quick test recently on a NTFS XP-SP2 partition
and it worked fine. It works from DOS, not from within Windows, but I don't
think you'll find anything freeware that works from Windows. Besides,
imaging from DOS is far safer than working from within Windows. Trying to
image a Windows partition while you're booted into it is a bit like changing
a flat tire while you're still driving down the road. All the Windows-based
imagers have to add a whole lot of overhead just to do what is a
(relatively) simple task from DOS.

"dg1261" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:AxXGd.11512$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Richard Huber" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > does anyone know a Freeware-Backup-program like
> > Norton Ghost?
>
> How about Savepart (http://www.partition-saving.com/)?
>
> Some of the terminology takes a bit of getting used to (e.g., partitions =
> "elements"), but i gave it a quick test recently on a NTFS XP-SP2
partition
> and it worked fine. It works from DOS, not from within Windows, but I
don't
> think you'll find anything freeware that works from Windows. Besides,
> imaging from DOS is far safer than working from within Windows. Trying to
> image a Windows partition while you're booted into it is a bit like
changing
> a flat tire while you're still driving down the road. All the
Windows-based
> imagers have to add a whole lot of overhead just to do what is a
> (relatively) simple task from DOS.
===========================
Not everyone knows DOS. DOS is meaningless to those of us who started with
W95 or 98.

Karen....

Karen wrote:
> "dg1261" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:AxXGd.11512$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> "Richard Huber" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>> does anyone know a Freeware-Backup-program like
>>> Norton Ghost?
>>
>> How about Savepart (http://www.partition-saving.com/)?
>>
>> Some of the terminology takes a bit of getting used to (e.g.,
>> partitions = "elements"), but i gave it a quick test recently on a
>> NTFS XP-SP2 partition and it worked fine. It works from DOS, not
>> from within Windows, but I don't think you'll find anything freeware
>> that works from Windows. Besides, imaging from DOS is far safer
>> than working from within Windows. Trying to image a Windows
>> partition while you're booted into it is a bit like changing a flat
>> tire while you're still driving down the road. All the
>> Windows-based imagers have to add a whole lot of overhead just to do
>> what is a (relatively) simple task from DOS.
> ===========================
> Not everyone knows DOS. DOS is meaningless to those of us who
> started with W95 or 98.
>
> Karen....

You don't have to know DOS to use a DOS-based cloning program. Most of them
do have a GUI for you to use. The point of the DOS-based cloners is you can
restore when your Windows OS has crapped out and you can't even boot. These
cloners have their own operating system that lets you restore the image you
have created. I agree that Windows-based imaging programs are only good for
backing up. Even they have a DOS environment for restoring, don't they?

"Karen" <P@P> wrote in news:B_mdnc70aq9u5XHcRVn-(E-Mail Removed):

> Not everyone knows DOS. DOS is meaningless to those of us who
> started with W95 or 98.
>
That is truly sad. What do you think /runs/ Windows 95 and 98?

--
Mike
Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
- G.K. Chesterton

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:20:57 -0500, "badgolferman"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>> Not everyone knows DOS. DOS is meaningless to those of us who
>> started with W95 or 98.
>>
>> Karen....
>
>You don't have to know DOS to use a DOS-based cloning program. Most of them
>do have a GUI for you to use. The point of the DOS-based cloners is you can
>restore when your Windows OS has crapped out and you can't even boot. These
>cloners have their own operating system that lets you restore the image you
>have created. I agree that Windows-based imaging programs are only good for
>backing up. Even they have a DOS environment for restoring, don't they?
>

Acronis TrueImage uses Linux to while restoring.

regards

Dud
--

Don't bother getting married - just find a woman you hate and buy her a house.