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From: bobster on 20 Jan 2010 21:17
I like Casper 6.0

http://www.fssdev.com/products/casper/

I've used Casper for a year and have found it to be easy to use, dead-on
reliable and very fast. It is a cloner only, not an imager and if cloning
is your requirement, it's hard to beat. It operates completely within
Windows -- no boot CDs required -- and can be scheduled to turn on your
computer while you sleep and make a bootable clone to either a second
internal HD or to an external HD using a USB or eSATA connection. It has a
free trial version.

I know that Norton Ghost and Acronis are very popular as is Macrium. I've
tried the latter two and much prefer Casper.

Just MHO. As always, YMMV.

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"Kelvin" <me(a)mydomain.com> wrote in message
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I finally have enough of the same model computers where I can start to think
about cloning...

I found this review and wanted to see if anyone has any advice on what I
should use.
http://disk-imaging-software-review.toptenreviews.com

I've used "Norton Ghost" a few years back, it worked well and I suspect it's
been updated since I used it...

The Paragon and Norton Ghost both have a Change SID option.
When I used Ghost before I used a Microsoft utility SysPrep, I believe it
wiped the SID and then I would make a copy of the disk\partition...

Any real world advice for todays world?
Any considerations for Windows 7? I'm currently running XP Pro but will soon
add some 7 machines.

Any advice would be appreciated!

Kelvin



From: Kelvin on 25 Jan 2010 10:23
I've used Sysprep in the past to remove the SID so I could apply the image
to other hardware...
I suspect that woul still be the case...

Kelvin



"Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> In news:%235CsqUimKHA.1824(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl,
> Kelvin <me(a)mydomain.com> typed:
>> I finally have enough of the same model computers where I can start
>> to think about cloning...
>>
>> I found this review and wanted to see if anyone has any advice on
>> what I should use.
>> http://disk-imaging-software-review.toptenreviews.com
>>
>> I've used "Norton Ghost" a few years back, it worked well and I
>> suspect it's been updated since I used it...
>>
>> The Paragon and Norton Ghost both have a Change SID option.
>> When I used Ghost before I used a Microsoft utility SysPrep, I
>> believe it wiped the SID and then I would make a copy of the
>> disk\partition...
>> Any real world advice for todays world?
>> Any considerations for Windows 7? I'm currently running XP Pro but
>> will soon add some 7 machines.
>>
>> Any advice would be appreciated!
>>
>> Kelvin
>
> If all you want is cloning and not imaging, Casper is a decent little app.
>
> Just to clarify, you DO know that cloning a hard disk doesn't make it
> usable for any other machine unless it has identical hardware, right?
>
> If you meant Backup or disk imaging, then Ghost and Acronis True Image
> seem to be the top two. Personally I find Ghost a little easier to use and
> better bells & whistels, but ymmv. There are one or two free disk imaging
> progs too but I don't use them so don't have links handy. If you're tech
> minded, BootItNG is decent too and might still have a free version;
> haven't looked in ages.
>
> As for win 7 I'm avoiding it although my machine is win7 capable. I had
> them preinstall XP SP3 instead though. Win 7 is just Vista with a few
> default changes and a couple minor fixes; not very impressed with it.
> Ymmv of course.
>
> HTH,
>
> Twayne
>
>
>


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