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Thanks - that's quite odd.

I will download it - would be very surprised if it does image partitions.

TheSchaft said:

SIW2 said:

Where did you see this bit:

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Comodo BackUp includes a variety of backups such as disk and partition backup

It looks to me like the free one is only a file backup program - not a sector based image program.

Unless I missed something.

On the "Features" tab it says:

Backup Presets for commonly used and important files
One - click back up of user settings, Windows registry and system partition

On the download page there's a link to the release notes which I grabbed for my post. That contains the line you quoted.

You can also see it in the screenshot at MajorGeeks, |MG| Comodo BackUp 2.0.1008800.9 Download

I just tried Comodo Backup.

Can't recommend it.

It took 14 mins to back up a small partition - very high cpu usage - peaking at 63%.

[In comparison, Paragon took 8 minutes and max cpu usage was 11%. Macrium Free is even faster - max cpu 22%. Both of these have bootable restore discs ]

The compression level on Medium was decent - but the only way to restore the image is to start the restore from within Windows. If the destination is in use - it will restore at the next reboot.

No use at all if you can't get into Windows.

To be fair, it seems to be primarily a file/folder backup program - imaging thrown in as an extra. It will also backup the registry in what appears to be a backup of the hives - better than .reg files.

Unfortunately - all of the above are in proprietary.cbu format. You couldn't, for example boot the 7 dvd and use the cmd to restore the registry from that backup.

Completely useless if you can't get in to Windows.

That's a shame - was hoping it would be a viable alternative to Macrium Free. Sadly, it's not anywhere near the same league.

Probably worth a look if you are interested in a file /folder backup app.

For imaging your partitions/drives - use something else.

Thanks for suggesting it. I like to try out new apps.

It probably works well for file/folder backups - it offers to back up WLM , which GFI doesn't, so it may be worth investigating from that perspective.

It just wasn't what I was hoping it would be with the imaging functions.

Yes, thanks I looked at that previously.

Shame GFI doesn't do it - and another app. is needed.

This works very well - the free one only does WLMail - small, fast, effective: ( they have other individual apps for free - or one that includes lots of functions - not free)

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