Clone Drive Backup Solution

[LarsReviews]

Hi,

I would like to set up a backup for my pc, just in case something happens. Is there a way, so the backup will be a perfect clone of the drive and I just need to clone it back, if something breaks? For Backup, I could use a NAS, which is able to make virtual drives, that show up as individual drives in the network or a external hard drive.

[MrYuriy]

My personal favorite, although it isn't free is Acronis True Image.

http://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/pc-backup

 

If you are interested in a free one, here are some I recommend and have used before:

CloneZilla: http://clonezilla.org

ShadowCopy: http://www.runtime.org/shadow-copy.htm

MacriumReflect: http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

[Jaybird]

Im sure I saw a clone button in the windows 7 backup program. Id would be happy to check now but my work computer is running off a historic OS. windows XP.

[FizzyFantom]

If your'e running Windows 7 or 8.X this method may be appropriate for you:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/4241/how-to-create-a-system-image-in-windows-7/

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/7702/restoring-windows-7-from-an-image-backup/

Note that these will create a disk image which will need to be restored to another drive, rather than a fully functional copy of the OS on the target drive. I have used this method to replace an old HDD with an SSD without reinstalling

[rustikles]

I'm surprised no one has suggested it, but AOMEI Backupper meets all your criteria. It can schedule full images, sequential backups, etc of your drives and save them in a local or network location. The default windows backup tool doesn't allow you to create backups to network devices unless you have a higher tier version of Windows (pro, ultimate, etc).

[LarsReviews]

I'm surprised no one has suggested it, but AOMEI Backupper meets all your criteria. It can schedule full images, sequential backups, etc of your drives and save them in a local or network location. The default windows backup tool doesn't allow you to create backups to network devices unless you have a higher tier version of Windows (pro, ultimate, etc).

 

 

My personal favorite, although it isn't free is Acronis True Image.

http://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/pc-backup

 

If you are interested in a free one, here are some I recommend and have used before:

CloneZilla: http://clonezilla.org

ShadowCopy: http://www.runtime.org/shadow-copy.htm

MacriumReflect: http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

 

Aomei seems good, but I if I correctly understood it, acronis is more like Mac Time Machine and will continually create a recovery image?

 

I will try Aomei out first. Thank you all for helping!

[rustikles]

Aomei seems good, but I if I correctly understood it, acronis is more like Mac Time Machine and will continually create a recovery image?

 

I will try Aomei out first. Thank you all for helping!

AOMEI is also free, but it works the same way. You can set it to create a scheduled image or just backup files directly. It also lets you mount images and pull specific files.

[LarsReviews]

AOMEI is also free, but it works the same way. You can set it to create a scheduled image or just backup files directly. It also lets you mount images and pull specific files.

I just opened the seagate software, that I installed and never used. And guess what, it does exactly the same thing and it is from acronis. Someone give me a Face palm. 

[qthree]

My tool is also aomei backupper. Now it have both free and paid one. free is enough for me.