From your post I understand that you have no problem filling in new license codes. As long as you change the code the moment you start up the machine, you are not into too much legal trouble. Especially when it is a one-off job of small proportions say like 4 computers. Microsoft does have tools for deploying similar computers where you must fill in the license code when starting up such a computer, but that are solutions for companies and are not nearly as simple or clear-cut as the software discussed here in this article.
Or you could do a full restore. The downside of windows-image-backup is a bare-metal restore may take a lot of manual steps. In a production env, clonezilla is a part of fog which can do bare-metal restore via a small pxe-booted linux environment. Thanks for the nice article! The article mentions that all 3 will backup to network, Acronis specifically mentions that it backs up to NAS. Hi Raymond, great article. One thing I did not see is how large the bootable or rescue media need to be.
I have flash drives lying around from MB on up. The only thing missing is what size the resulting file s are. Hate to go thru the whole process and find sorry, not enough space on media. We did a major comparison of resulting file sizes here: raymond. You could always get a full SP1 disc ; raymond. Does anyone use Terabyte to backup their machines? More so, even when validates… I have had more restore failures with Acronis than any other app. So… now I migrate towards Aomei because they too have the lifetime license and they really make it easy.
I even cloned and restored a drive the other day and it worked great. I really think that in these situations when you need to do such critic stuff, like backup of the system you should rely on a good and famous program like Acronis… or the free version of Acronis. I have tried many backup programs but most of these when the time comes failed. The only program that work for me is todo backup and it is also free. The option is not available in the free version….
Easeus makes the best free Windows partition program, but I am less than thrilled with Todo, so I appreciate this article and an actual email from raymond. I have tried clonezilla and it serves the purpose in most cases. The ideal solution that I need is browsable image for linux or dual boot systems.
I will greatly appreciate your help in this matter since I have spent a lot of time over the years looking for such solution. There is at least 6 different version of the 3 applications, all have different sizes, maximum is about MB for the Acronis tools.
We did some tests a few months back of imaging software compression ratio and speed, although not at max compression, they still give you a good idea. No point in us just repeating all the tech details of each app, the official website is for that…;.
Nice post Raymond. Thanks for writing. Plz Update all of us with your true knowledge. Conversion between gpt to mbr or wise versa. Great to read something new again! The program will either ask you to format and popup the formatting tool or automatically do it for you.
A very well written and up to date discussion of some excellent utilities. I will carefully try it again with Win 8. Aomei makes many good Programs, and they tend to be very supportive people…all big pluses, and BackUpper is new to me. I will try and let you know how it works for several systems. Easus TODO is a tool I also have used, and although there are a couple of awkward points in the process where it must restart and do magical things behind our backs, it generally produces good, safe results.
I understand why it was not reviewed here, and I like the idea of a top three comparison and review of the latest versions, especially when one or more are new versions or totally new product offerings. Glad to see you again Raymond.
We missed you a lot! I have had a very good experience indeed with Macrium reflect, backing up an SSD with system on it win 7 before a firmware update of the SSD, which was a mandatory pre-firmware update backup Crucial SSD.
By the way, very big amelioration of the SSD speed after this firmware update. Another benefit Softpedia offer is to explicitly warn the user to be careful during installation, should the application contain PUPs.
Hello Raymond. For commercial use, check out Paragon Hard Disk Manager. Everything you may need to quickly backup and recover your data or entire system on the spot, whether its to ensure the integrity and consistency of valuable information, or just to be on the safe side during service and maintenance. You may backup files, volumes and disks entirely or pick one at a time. Select the OS partition and you get all the necessary boot partitions. If your operating system crashes, you can recover it easily.
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Managed backup and retention for business and user data. Continuous protection of business-critical applications and data. Enhanced availability for mission-critical resources. This system can be used for server or service replication as well as recovery back to the original server. This system is specifically designed for managed service providers that support small and middle-sized enterprises.
The plans offered for Intronis backup are charged for on a per-client basis. The dashboard can be white-labeled , which means that you can give client staff views on the system or even let them use the service directly, charging it as a re-sale prospect. It is possible to take an image of a disk on one site and then install it on a new server in a different location.
That is an ideal service for businesses that have their premises completely destroyed by a disaster. You can check out the Intronis Backup service by accessing a day free trial. Acronis Cyber Backup is a disk imaging tool targeted at enterprises. Backups can be stored in one of over 14 cloud data centers. At the same time, Acronis Active Protection stops ransomware from interacting with your data. The platform enables the user to restore Windows and Linux systems to dissimilar hardware with Acronis Universal Restore.
There is also a remote recovery option that allows you to conduct bare-metal recovery remotely through a WAN. For streamlined management, Acronis Cyber Backup includes a web management console , which you can use to manage your backups. The management console comes with custom dashboards so that you can monitor the status of your backups more easily.
Role-based Administrative access allows you to control who has access to what data. Acronis Cyber Backup is a tool worth examining for enterprises looking for a simple but effective solution for backing up disk images.
It is available for Windows and Linux. You can sign-up for the day free trial. ManageEngine OS Deployer is aimed at system administrators who have a fleet of devices to manage. The administrator can examine a typical setup, find one that is suitable for cloning, and then extract an image of it. Once an image has been stored, it can be edited. This creates an easy way to generate a standard image that can be used again and again. The system creates a library of images because no business is entirely stocked with one device type.
Thus, whenever you buy new equipment, you just need to apply a stored OS to get it set up. Reallocated equipment can be wiped and re-provisioned by using the OS image through automated processes that are built into the management system of OS Deployer.
IT is available in three editions and the first of those is Free. The Free edition is limited to serving four workstations. The Professional edition is suitable for a single-site business and the Enterprise edition is designed for data centers that manage devices on many sites.
ManageEngine offers OS Deployer on a day free trial. Macrium Reflect is a disk imaging software that allows you to backup incremental and differential images.
With Macrium Reflect you can schedule backups and back up an entire workstation to a single compressed image file. Macrium Image Guardian provides you with protection from ransomware lowering the risk of damage of files while encryption protects your data from being accessed without your permission. Macrium ReDeploy allows you to restore images to dissimilar hardware. You can choose between recovering entire disk images or individual partitions, making it easier to recover only the data that you need.
Macrium Reflect is a solution suitable for companies in the market for a competitively priced disk imaging tool. A freeware version is available that supports scheduled backups. If you require features like incremental backups then you need to update to a paid version.
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