DriveClone Pro Review

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(More customer reviews)I am updating this review, and changing it to one star. One of the things that Fartsone can install on your computer is a 'snapshot' feature which can perform restore points similar to Windows restore points. This will install a splash screen boot program that can be invoked right after your computer's BIOS splash screen. WARNING, this can cause serious blue-screen-of-death errors that may not be recoverable. The ONLY reason I was able to recover from this is because I was also able to invoke an earlier Farstone restore point, which put everything back the way it was. Another reviewer who reviewed version 5 says that the snapshot feature installs it's own Master Boot Record, which is the problem. Also note the blue-screen-of-death errors reported by user "Backbutton" on this same page. I uninstalled the snapshot feature, and the problem went away. Farstone support was unable to provide me with a fix, or even own up to the problem. Speaking of Farstone support, they get a "F". They *might* respond *one* time with some one-sentence response. Any follow-ups questions from you are ignored. =========================
Edit update (Nov 30th,2009): My computer's motherboard died in October, which caused me to buy a new Dell computer with Windows 7. So now I've had a chance to evaluate Drive Clone 6 across two computers. Some bad news. I've learned AGAIN to NOT install the snapshot feature which installs bootable software between the BIOS boot screen and Windows. On both computers, this caused random blue screen of death errors. In both cases, when I removed this feature the problem went away.
Also, before getting my new computer (with Windows 7) I emailed Farstone and asked them if DriveClone was compatible with Windows 7. I was told it was. At the time I asked that question, Drive Clone 7 was not on their website. When I installed DriveClone 6 on Windows 7, I found out I couldn't make a DriveClone boot disk . When I emailed Farstone, I was told I should upgrade to Drive Clone 7 (another $29.99). All further questions from me were ignored.
As of the time I'm editing this (Dec 09), Farstone has a "F" rating with the Better Business Bureau. Based on my experience, this is well deserved.


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Symantec Norton Ghost 15.0 - Single User Review

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(More customer reviews)Backups get A+:
1. Backing up over network, high compression, custom drivers loading is easy to do. You will backup in style
2. Superior and useful utilities.
3. Every imaginable problem from the legendary Ghost 2003 is fixed and improved.
4. No more .gho format anymore. The current format so far has handled some large partition backups for me. Full 30GB partitions to high compression is a breeze.
Restores get C-:
1. Right away after a partition recover, you will get the message "Please insert the Recovery disk". It will say "Error EA730002: Cannot find the driver database directory". How does this error stay in the product? It is one confusing message for a successful recovery. The recovery disk is really just the ghost CD.
2. Then there is the staged recovery mystery. With 2 identical machines of the same hardware, I can only restore to the machine where I initially did the cold backups. I don't understand. This is ruining my confidence in the product. We are talking same motherboards, same versions, everything.
3. What other kind of hardware replacement will prevent my restores? Should I buy another backup product just in case?


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Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Home Review

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(More customer reviews)I am not a professional reviewer, but I know good software when I use it. I have tried all the Backup and Revcovery software out there, including Acronis,and Norton Ghost. I like Acronis's User Interface better, but that's all. Paragon has worked flawlessly for me in several different situations, where I could not get Norton or Acronis to work. Paragon works better than all the rest when it comes to storing a backup on another machine on the network, or locally.
I can count on Paragon to keep performing the job day after day unattended without failure.
I can always count on Paragon to do a restore from the image it created, which is the most valuable asset Paragon has. I have had "other popular software" fail in this, thinking that my systems were backed up daily, then when attempting a restore, FAILURE to restore!!
Paragon is the Most reliable and the Best Bang for the Buck. I'm sold on Paragon.

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