Restoring a crashed hard drive with Acronis True Image Home 11.0
A Backup Software Review
by Terje Ronneberg

This article is a continuation of the review of Acronis True Image Home 11.0

On this page I will describe how I tested the recovery features of Acronis True Image.
I imagined what I would do if my hard disk had completely been corrupted by some disaster such as a virus.

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Norton Ghost 14 Vs Acronis True Image 11

When it comes to choosing the best backup software there really are only two serious contenders. Norton Ghost and Acronis True Image, both have been around for years, both have a large user base, and both will do what most people would need a backup software package to do.

According to Google Trends the popularity of searches for Norton Ghost has been on a steady decline over the last few years. Whereas the popularity of Acronis True image has been on a steady increase. It is reasonable to predict that Acronis may very well eventually take the lead as the most popular backup software.

Below is a basic comparison of some of the features of each software package. You can click on the following links to read full reviews:
Norton Ghost 14
Acronis True Image 11

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Norton Ghost 14.0 (March 2008)
A Backup Software Review
by Terje Ronneberg

From the hundreds of backup software programs available. I chose Norton Ghost 14.0 to be one of the top 7 choices to consider based on a few simple deductions as outlined at: Best backup software for Windows PC.

On this page I will share my thoughts and experiences with Norton Ghost 14.0.

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Acronis True Image Home 11.0
A Backup Software Review
by Terje Ronneberg

From the hundreds of backup software programs available. I chose Acronis True Image to be one of the top 7 choices to consider based on a few simple deductions as outlined at: Best backup software for Windows PC

On this page I will share my thoughts and experiences with Acronis True Image.

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Best Backup Software for Windows PC?

When it comes to backup software there are hundreds of products to choose from. (As you will see if you visit the backup software links page.)

However, if you are looking for backup software for personal or small business use, you can refine the selection down to just a handful with a few simple criterion:  read the rest of this article »

Backup Software
Article about backup software

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What is backup software?
Backup software is any kind of program that automates or helps the process of creating secondary copies of data, so that the data wont be lost even if the original data source is lost or corrupted.

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Why is backup software necessary?
All computers and hard disks will eventually fail. Most people are aware of this fact, and almost everybody knows they should backup their important files. But the truth is most people do not create backups, and those that do only create them irregularly! Why is it so? One of the main reasons is because creating backups manually is tedious, and time consuming. Good backup software solves that problem, because it automates the backup process. Also, backup software products offer features that would be impossible to achieve manually, for example creating complete copy of the hard disk.

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