From 2003 to today, there have been only three backup programs I have trusted.
1. Norton Ghost 2003
2. Symantec System Revovery 2013 R2
3. Macrium Reflect
The orhers a blank blanks. Tried that TODO thing, yes rebooted, but partitions were all sized wrong.
1,2,3 above have alway restored good and correct.
I want to purchase System recovery 2018, but have some concerns.
Can you explain what "It's not supported at this stage" means exactly. Since when does imaging software have to be so picky,
I am currently using the older Symantec System Recovery 2013 R2, which is for Win 8.1. Funny it still works great on Windows 10 1803, with a UEFI boot.
Do you mean to tell me that my older Symantec System Recovery 2013 R2 works great on win 1803, but your modern 2018 product won't?
That is not very much confidence.
A crazy idea, just make the software make images like it is supposed to, instead of a "well this version" stuff.
Now a question, where do you buy a newer version, I see trial on the site, but no store or anywhere to purchase.
I want the newer version to be safe, but it needs to do it's job, which would include working with win 1803 and yes furture updates.
Funny My old Norton Ghost 2003 worked on everything over the years (Win 7 also) but of course not the new uefi (GPT) partitions.
Let's have a working product, not a (I'm scared it might not work on the new update from Windows.)
Bottom line if someone buys a 2018 version today, it should image anything for at least 10 to 12 years with no updates.
Ghost 2003 did.
In fact when I got 2003 I was actually buying ghost 9.0. But 2003 was included. I never even used ghost 9.
I used 2003 at home and at the Trucking Co I worked for, I was main programmer and imaged the disk every 3 to 6 months.
Over the years, I did not need to update, or worry about if it would work on the new Windows XP3. It did what it was supposed to, Image.
I have been doing this stuff since my Old Dbase 3 days, long before there was a Windows.
I miss the days where you did not need imaging software, I used to just "Zip" the whole drive in Windows 95.
Yes I was an enterprise java developer, ejb's, jsp, servlets. I do not like this new "have to update, renew, and all that modern junk. I like buying, and being "good to go" for many years.
Oh I once tryed that Acronis Tru Image. No way no how. It install so much "junk" in the background. Imaging should be a very easy, simple thing like Ghost 2003 was.
I am guessing that your versions are like Symantec System Recovery, the interface. It was pretty easy to restore.
