Acronis True Image vs Ghost

flyriceflyrice
edited February 2006 in Science & Tech
I tried Ghost 9.0's drive copy on a friend's PC and things didn't turn out so well. What he wants to do is copy his current HDD (40GB) to an 80GB HDD. We were both noobish about it, but finally got to set Ghost to copy it. We set the Ghosted drive to have an MBR, no specified drive (so when we restarted the PC after proper hardware and BIOS adjustments, the HDD Would be set to master as C drive), etc.

The project failed. Not sure if it's cuz Ghost is confusing as heck or what.

But I've heard about another program called Acronis True Image and was wondering if that's friendlier and better than Ghost. Basically, I'm looking for user-reviews from the 1337 here.

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  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited February 2006
    I use it everyday. I have bought two copies :)

    When I built my desktop, I did a master image onto my XP based "server". A scheduled job incrementally backs up my desktop every night.

    I installed the second version on my server and that incrementally backs up to my desktop at night ;)

    You can use it for imaging, backups and recovery. Id recommend it for what you want to do :)

    For what you want to do:

    Install 80GB hard drive
    Boot into Windows
    Install Acronis
    Run Acronis and do the disk move option
    It will clone the 40GB to 80GB and reboot.
    It will HIDE the 40GB.
    Once booted once, you can go into disk management (my computer) and format the disk :)

    Job done :D
  • GooDGooD Quebec (CAN) Member
    edited February 2006
    I had some very bad times with Ghost in the past... Like windows that did not goes well after a recovery...

    I'll try this Acronis :)
  • QeldromaQeldroma Arid ZoneAh Member
    edited February 2006
    I've used both, and while I've had no real trouble with either, I've gone to Acronis because it is a more versatile product. My only issues with it is that you

    1. Must break up your DVD backup files on systems that don't support UDF-packet DVD-Writing. TI has the utility in the package to automatically break it up for you- but you will have to save them one at a time.

    2. You MUST empty your recycle bin everytime you move or delete a .tib image on your hard drive or you lose the disk space (XP Pro).

    Ghost, on the otherhand, from what I know and have heard is that it is now pretty much a one dimensional and a one machine utility. It's been a couple of years for me- so take it with a grain of salt.

    As far as user-friendly- each has it's good and bad- though TI is a little bit clearer for me- but maybe not others. My best advice to you- try the guides and play with it and understand it's operation.

    Personally, I'd go Acronis.

    Hope that helps :thumbsup:
  • CycloniteCyclonite Tampa, Florida Icrontian
    edited February 2006
    Throw in another vote for Acronis. In my opinion, it beats the pants off Ghost.
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