Restore with Backup & Recovery 10 Free Edition

[Anderson2]

I am a long time user of Acronis True Image in XP to backup both my data and also my system partition. In XP I have several times restored my system partition and thus saved my bacon.

I am now in W 7 64 bit and someone suggested that Paragon's "Backup and Recovery 10 Free Edition was something to try because there have been problems with Acronis in Windows 7. What I am interested in finding out is if the images (they are image backups, aren't they?) made by Paragon's software have been successfully used to restore the C: drive in W 7 64 bit. I saw a message from someone who said that he could not get it to restore forcing him to reinstall and from someone else who said that it trashed his drive. So I am looking to hear from some who know it will restore a system partition successfully.

Other suggestions that users have found to work well not only in backing up but also in restoring system partitions?
Thank you.

 

[Minotar]

I have used Paragon's Backup and Recovery 10 Free Edition about 3 times now,in a word, flawless.

 

[Anderson2]

I have used Paragon's Backup and Recovery 10 Free Edition about 3 times now,in a word, flawless.

Thank you for replying.
Does that mean you have successfully restored the *system* 3 times or that you restored files from the data partition?

 

[Minotar]

I have used Paragon's Backup and Recovery 10 Free Edition about 3 times now,in a word, flawless.

Thank you for replying.
Does that mean you have successfully restored the *system* 3 times or that you restored files from the data partition?

The C: partition,never ran into any problems with the data partition as of yet

 

[Anderson2]

So that means we still do not know if Paragon's backup will work for its critical purpose of restoring the system. That is what has me concerned because I read some messages on this forum of people who said it trashed their drives, etc. Doing regular file backups is easy; restoring a system is what is critically needed in an image backup tool. Acronis saved my ass several times in my XP systems but I heard it too has trouble with W 7.

Has anyone had actual experience using Paragon's tool to *restore* a W 7 system partition?

 

[Minotar]

So that means we still do not know if Paragon's backup will work for its critical purpose of restoring the system. That is what has me concerned because I read some messages on this forum of people who said it trashed their drives, etc. Doing regular file backups is easy; restoring a system is what is critically needed in an image backup tool. Acronis saved my ass several times in my XP systems but I heard it too has trouble with W 7.

Has anyone had actual experience using Paragon's tool to *restore* a W 7 system partition?

I think you misunderstood me,my partition layout is as follows.
C: (300GB) D200GB)
I kept certain .exe files and other files i want to have a duble of on D volume while i keep most of my programs and system files and boot on C:

It will restore a system.