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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I'm looking for a good backup program that runs on Windows 7 & Windows 8. I want one that does the main system drive so that if it dies, I can restore to a different drive that would most likely be a different size.
How good is the backup program that comes with Windows 7 & 8 for backing up the system hard drive?
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I've been using Norton Ghost since version 5.x, back in the 90's, backing up to CD's, later to DVD, then to HDD's, and when it finally went Windows-only, I switched to Image for Linux as a follow-up, somewhere in 2008 or so. I bought version 2.01 for €21, and I still get updates (now at version 2.90).
"Image for Linux" just means that it's a Linux program, but it can backup any partition on any recognized hard drive as long as the program can boot.
There is an Image for Windows from the same company, but I don't trust it. Not because it could be bad, but I don't have any faith in programs that try to image a live system. I've got very bad experiences with the Windows version of Norton Ghost 2002 and 2003. I much prefer to boot from a CD, imaging a non-active drive or partition.
For backing up files, I just use rsync under Cygwin.