Drive Image backup software

[Hiker]

If one of your drives is a Seagate you can get a stripped down version of ATI called DiskWizard for free from the Seagate site. I've cloned a couple HDD when upgrading to something larger and it worked flawlessly.

Of course you can back up your entire HDD, but if you reinstall Windows, I suggest you make an image of the OS with drivers etc, and an image with all your programs installed.

Then I use Karen's Replicator to back up my photos, music and documents as needed. (it can be scheduled)

[olyteddy]

Thanks everyone for the input! unfortunate paid software is out of the question for me.

I'm looking into Paragon right now but in the windows utility as well. i might get an external for the files so i wont have to fret over imaging my entire drive every time i do a backup. what concerns me most is the OS and system files that might get corrupted and also my uncle installed the one time microsoft office good for 3 computers. What i'm going to do is make an image of my system with complete windows updates and the installed microsoft office 2010. Another concern is that i'm planning on migrating to an ssd drive and i need a utility that will be able to copy my entire system to another drive(probably a smaller sized ssd)

Sad, you have a $1200+ laptop and can't afford $50 for software. If you have a Seagate or WD hard drive, you can get Acronis for free. Just remember, you get what you pay for...

[singkuy]

Sad, you have a $1200+ laptop and can't afford $50 for software. If you have a Seagate or WD hard drive, you can get Acronis for free. Just remember, you get what you pay for...

I was waiting for this comment. LOL. thing is i didn't exactly pay the whole $1200.

glad to see that people are still contributing though.

[JennaBlum]

I think you can get quality software even if it’s not that expensive. The trick is to try out different products. We use Praetorian Guard at work. It makes full and folder backups centrally and uses a scheduler. You may check it out.