[mythtv-users] OT: Making image of Windows install for backup?

[Calvin Harrigan]

Steve Gonnella wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 18:32:08 -0400, Bobby Gill <bobbygill at rogers.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Being a very scarce user of Windows I am wondering if I can get a
>> recommendation for software to make a disk image of a Windows partition for
>> a friend, it is his laptop with XP. He has an external hard drive he pops on
>> via USB, and with his even more limited knowledge he needs something that
>> will work on a regular schedule.
>>
>> Appreciate any suggestions, thanks!
>> Bob
> 
> Acronis TrueImage isn't free but can be found cheap if you look
> around. Someone (Newegg?) recently had it for $10-$12. Here it is for
> about 20 bucks:
> http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=203294903&listingid=47871040
> 
> It will let you create/restore partitions and do incremental backups.
> You can mount an image and browse it just like any drive or restore
> individual files and it has a scheduler. The GUI is Windows only but
> you can image any partition. I used it a while back to image a drive
> with Windows, Linux and SunOS partitions to a new drive. It comes on
> (or you can create) a bootable CD that runs a linux version for
> restoring to bare metal. I swear by it.
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I second Acronis, additionally it can be used to backup/restore Linux 
ext partitions as well.  The universal restore under windows allows for 
restoration of a partition to a completely different computer where you 
can specify drivers, etc. if needed.  Good stuff all around, best money 
I've spend on backup software.