Paragon Backup and Recovery

[Ciara]

This morning I have being practising with Paragon Backup and Recovery 2010 and I'm very pleased with it, you can burn a recovery bootable CD that works out side your OS to reinstall your complete OS from a backup archive. Paragon Backup and Recovery 2010 can also test your backup archive for integrity. I am looking forward to using this software on my new external hard drive after I have formatted it to NTFS.

Big thank you to Dinesh who put me on to Paragon

 

[richc46]

Here is a list of free give aways from our Tut Library
http://www.sevenforums.com/software/92-free-great-programs-windows-7-a.html

 

[Ciara]

Wow thanks Richard, saving that link

 

[richc46]

For you, buddy, anytime.

 

[pparks1]

Ciara....most of the imaging apps work the same way (Acronis, Macrium, Paragon). What makes Paragon unique in this space (free) is the fact that it does differential backups from your last image. This is normally a feature reserved for the pay-for applications.

 

[Ciara]

Thank you for the info pparks1

Today I made my first full backup with Paragon to my new external hard drive (that was delivered this morning), I find Paragon easy to use and fast !

 

[Ponmayilal]

.......I find Paragon .......... fast !

Paragon backup is the slowest of all the three, miles behind the other two I have tried - Acronis TIH 2011 and Shadowprotect Desktop v4.

 

[pparks1]

My experience put Paragon the slowest as well and also resulted in the largest of the image files. I found that Macrium was the fastest imager, and Acronis resulted in the smallest sized output file...but was just a bit slower than Macrium.

 

[IownAmoneyPit]

Thank you for the info pparks1

Today I made my first full backup with Paragon to my new external hard drive (that was delivered this morning), I find Paragon easy to use and fast !

Hello Ciara, I agree Paragon is easy to use and fast. It is one of two backup solutions I use in case a backup may fail although Paragon has proven reliable thus far.

I noticed in your system specs you are using two western digital drives which makes you eligible to also use Acronis True Image WD Edition Software as a second backup solution if you wish to do so.

 

[polarbear]

To date Paragon has never failed me and I love to play. Tried a few now and never looked back since. GL

 

[whs]

Interesting discussion. I guess everybody has their pet imaging program - and that is fine. Whatever works for you is the best.
I used Norton Ghost 14 for a couple of years on Vista. That worked well although it was a bit tricky to really understand all the settings.
Now I use free Macrium for Win7 and find that extremely user friendly. My system images are done in less than 4 minutes - what more can you ask for.

I have some problem with the differential backups. It builds up a chain and if you lose any single piece in the chain, you cannot recover. I feel a lot safer with full images and those are also a lot easier to manage.

 

[Ponmayilal]

...... I feel a lot safer with full images and those are also a lot easier to manage.

+1 for that. Me too shuns incremental and/or differential backups and resort to full backup at all times. Call me a paranoid or whatever, I also prefer to backup and restore from the recovery disks, run from my Multiboot pendrive.( So you won't see any screenshots. )

 

[Ciara]

I have not tried any others but I may in time

 

[whs]

I have not tried any others but I may in time

Have a look at this http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/73828-imaging-free-macrium.html?ltr=I

 

[Ciara]

Hi whs I just watched your video tutorial and thank you for the info

 

[pparks1]

All the apps are essentially the same, a few features here and there. The time the image takes to create and restore fluctuates...and the size of the image fluctuates...but if you have found something that you are happy with....by all means just stick to it. It's better to use something that you like, understand and is "reliable for you", than something which might be faster...but isn't "as intuitive for you", which lands you in a bind down the road.

 

[Ciara]

I appreciate the advice pparks1, Thank you

 

[whs]

All the apps are essentially the same, a few features here and there. The time the image takes to create and restore fluctuates...and the size of the image fluctuates...but if you have found something that you are happy with....by all means just stick to it. It's better to use something that you like, understand and is "reliable for you", than something which might be faster...but isn't "as intuitive for you", which lands you in a bind down the road.

I would say the same. Although I am now using Macrium, I did use Norton Ghost for a couple of years on Vista. And that worked well. And if they had not charged an additional price to upgrade to Ghost15 (which is required for Win7) I would probably still be using Ghost.
Last year I played around with Paragon and found it quite nice too. I had a full license that I won in a contest on another Forum. But it was only valid for 6 months. I guess I could try the forum give-away again. But I think I did that a while ago and had some trouble getting it validated - something with the product key that did not work.

 

[polarbear]

Think I had to re-boot my computer or shut down Paragon and start it again to enter the key. GL

 

[whs]

Think I had to re-boot my computer or shut down Paragon and start it again to enter the key. GL

Yeah, but there was some problem with getting the key in the first place. I do not remember the datails since it was last year. Maybe Ciara would know the procedure since she has just done it.