Ghost Programs

I dont know if this has been asked before but do programs such as Acronis True Image and Norton Ghost work with Windows 7?

I know windows7 offers full back up but I find the above programs so much easier to use and because I work away quite often if the computer has issues I can talk my wife through the restore process with these.

I imaged 7100 w/ acronis, no hitches...but I never tried restoring as yet. probably ditch it this weekend as the time limit is up for the MS key I got for it which I never used. I'll stay w/ 7264 x64.

ian1983 said:

I dont know if this has been asked before but do programs such as Acronis True Image and Norton Ghost work with Windows 7?

I know windows7 offers full back up but I find the above programs so much easier to use and because I work away quite often if the computer has issues I can talk my wife through the restore process with these.

Yes they work and they are more flexible than windows built in backup. I have both ghost and acronis installed on different machines, and much as I hate to admit it (im not a symantec fan) ghost has saved me more times than I can count. I even use a ghost image to refresh my system. as soon as i do a clean install and get the basic apps set up I do a ghost back up then when I notice a slowdown or error I just restore the system back to the clean install state. I can install whatever I want.
Acronis is also good in its own way its quick stabile and you can restor almost anything

Ken

thanks for the replies,

zigzag im not a fan of symantec either, i install it and like you said once all progs and updates are done....get the system how i like it and back up.

i had a hard drive that dies a few years ago and didnt have any backups....ive learnt since then

I've used Acronis True Image 11 and True Image 2009 sucessfully in Windows 7 (x86 and x64). True Image works well for me. There were some problems getting TI 2009 to install in earlier builds of W7 but somewhere after RC it started working correctly.
Newegg is running a special on TI 2009 right now for $23.99 before a $20 rebate if you subscribe to their email promos, or $28.99 before a $20 rebate if you don't subscribe. Not a bad deal at all.


Newegg.com - Acronis True Image Home 2009 (CD) - Security / Utilities Software

The system image backup within Windows 7 Ultimate is extremely easy to use. Right click on your C drive within My Computer, click on Properties, go to Tools, Click on Backup. On the left will be a link to do a system image. It will ask you which drives you want to backup (the hidden 100mb partition, c drive...and whichever other drives you have). Then, the backup can backup to either 1) DVD 2) another partition that isn't C or another drive you are backing up 3). An external hard drive. Once you pick the backup location, click Go and it backs up.

To restore, put in the Windows 7 install disc. Boot from it, say repair Windows, choose option to restore a system image, point it at your 1) DVD 2)Partitioin 3) external drive containing your backup. Choose the backup image you want. Sit back and wait for it to finish.

Reboot computer. Yes, it's really that easy and I've used it on a few occasions now. I used to use Ghost and Clonezilla...but don't see a need any longer.

Acroins True Image has a recovery problem IF you have added a partition after the System C partition.
I'm expecting this to be worked out when (or after) W7 gets released.
Last I read .. Acronis is not supporting W7 at this time.

The Free version of Macrium has a 64bit version .. I've heard it works but haven't tried it.