What disc image tools are safe?

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  1. Posts : 21
    Windows home premium 32 bit
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    What disc image tools are safe?


    I know they can cause problems, anyone know a safe disc imaging tool (like power iso)
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  2. Posts : 138
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #2

    MayBe this Could help you

    Acronis:Cloning Software

    Macrium Reflect free


    Most members of the forum prefer Macrium Reflect.

    Any software can cause problems if you dont read
    instructions carefully.
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  3. Posts : 9
    WINDOWS 7
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    I Use Acronis.... not saying it is the best by any means .... it just ahs never let me down. I have read in the SSD section that there are some issues with Acronis and SSD disk alignment.
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  4. Posts : 10,455
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
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    I use Macrium. This tutorial shows you how to use it. Imaging with free Macrium
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  5. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
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    Tokennotfound said:
    I know they can cause problems, anyone know a safe disc imaging tool (like power iso)
    Safe meaning they won't harm your original data, system files, and partition?

    Or safe meaning they are extremely reliable--say 99.9% or higher successful restoration rate?

    Offhand, I can't recall issues with harming original data from any of the major tools.

    But successful restoration rate is another issue entirely. Judging from posts on this and other forums, I don't think any are what I would call "extremely reliable".
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  6. Posts : 1,800
    Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1
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    KiwiXboxer said:
    I Use Acronis.... not saying it is the best by any means .... it just ahs never let me down. I have read in the SSD section that there are some issues with Acronis and SSD disk alignment.
    I have successfully used Acronis 2013 to put an image on a SSD from a regular SATA drive. It worked fine. No problems and it was easy. I bought 3 copies for $60 from the User Group Relations web site as a User Group member. I don't have any financial interest but they do have good prices for Acronis. I think it is $25 per copy at the present for User Group members.

    But, as was said before. RTFD is always a good bet.

    Rich
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  7. Posts : 1,379
    Win7 Pro 32-bit, Win8 Pro 32-bit
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    I quit using Acronis when I tried to restore using it and it complained that the image was corrupt. Have been using Macrium ever since -- no problems. Recently, "migrated" a HDD install to an SDD, simply by connecting the SSD, running MR, and "restoring" the image to the SSD. Been working fine, no problems.
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  8. Posts : 21
    Windows home premium 32 bit
    Thread Starter
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    ignatzatsonic said:
    Tokennotfound said:
    I know they can cause problems, anyone know a safe disc imaging tool (like power iso)
    Safe meaning they won't harm your original data, system files, and partition?

    Or safe meaning they are extremely reliable--say 99.9% or higher successful restoration rate?

    Offhand, I can't recall issues with harming original data from any of the major tools.

    But successful restoration rate is another issue entirely. Judging from posts on this and other forums, I don't think any are what I would call "extremely reliable".
    Safe as in it won't **** with my laptop or give me BSOD. Daemon tools used to do that.
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  9. Posts : 10,455
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
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    Mark Phelps said:
    I quit using Acronis when I tried to restore using it and it complained that the image was corrupt. Have been using Macrium ever since -- no problems. Recently, "migrated" a HDD install to an SDD, simply by connecting the SSD, running MR, and "restoring" the image to the SSD. Been working fine, no problems.
    With Macrium you have the option to verify an image before restoring it but I've never had one fail so I don't bother.
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  10. Posts : 12,177
    Windows 7 Ult x64 - SP1/ Windows 8 Pro x64
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    If you have a Seagate or Western Digital hard drive in your system you can get a free version of Acronis.

    Seagate DiscWizard

    Acronis True Image Western Digital Edition Software
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