[QCLUG] Program recommendation- Acronis True Image

[agamotto]

	I have been using Acronis True Image 11 Home for about two months now.  I 
have finally found my ideal backup solution!  This program comes as a 
download or cd media.  I purchased the cd version as I like to have 
something physical as a back up.

	The drive imaging part is excellent!  It does what it does without asking 
you 50 questions, and the interface is very well done.  You find your 
source, the destination, click do, and it does.  It works with firewire, 
and usb 2.0 external drives.  It backed up my dual-boot 80G hd in about 45 
minutes, and that was with the verify option on.  The sole item that might 
scare/freak you out is that when it does start to work, it seems to only 
flash the hd light on your source drive.  If you are formatting the 
destination drive, I can well understand how someone might freak out 
thinking that their source drive is being blanked!

	I haven't done much with the other utilities that it comes with, as I 
don't use Windows enough to care about them.  I used them on Mom's system, 
and they work very well at defragging and setting up a weekly back up on 
her external drive.

	Since I dual-boot, I find that just using the drive image part from the cd 
to me much easier than the other bits.

	For once, a piece of commercial software that meets the 'just works' test!

Randy