MM>    Hello everybody!   
      
    MM> I am wondering what would be the best backup software to   
    MM> use for my pc?   
      
     I have Norton Ghost, both an old version, 2003 vintage and a   
     newer version. The 2003 version only works from a dos prompt,   
     and that means dos, not a dos prompt in windows. OTOH, it will   
     run from dos disks using Win 98 dos, which is readily   
     available. It doesn't recognize sata drives, but it does   
     everything else exceptionally well, including reading HD that   
     can't be read by windows or dos directly.   
      
    The later version, Ghost32, is a 32 bit version that works from   
    windows. It won't back up the partition I boot from, but does   
    all the rest quite well. It will back up Sata disks.   
      
    Winimage does back up hard drives, in the paid professional   
    version. It's so good I am going to upgrade to the pro version,   
    but I am experimenting with systems which is what I find it   
    great at. Don't know how good it would be as a regular backup   
    source, though it can do a self installing backup so you can put   
    the backup directly to the disk without the original program to   
    boot up. OTOH, it makes images, not partial backups.   
      
    I also use Macrium Reflect, which has the advantage of being   
    free, and does it all.   
      
    There is also Clonezilla, which is also free, and it is a linux   
    based clone of Ghost, which can boot and run from a flash drive.   
    I have it but have never used it.   
      
    I just backup the entire HD to an image. Later copies of Ghost   
    do incremental backup, so you do one then as it goes it just   
    backs up the changes.   
      
    If I just want to back up subdirectories or versions of files,   
    or such I use Ztree and do them by type or directory. All my   
    Fido subdirectory, or all my .jpg files, etc.   
      
    All the ones I tried worked well.   
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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