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I'm using more then 10 years different legal versions of Norton Ghost for making weekly an image of my C-drive as a backup.

Problem is that Norton Ghost 15 is not Windows 8 compatible and sometimes I also make images of other pc/laptop of friends and family's computers.

So I want to upgrade to another image software that Windows 8 compatibel.

Norton Ghost is end of life and is now called Symantec System Recover 2013.

But I 'm also thinking about Acronis True Image 2013.

I'v you had to choose between them, what would it be and why?

Bye

Ragdd

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You may not know this but you can get a cut-down version of Acronis for free.

Seagate Disc Wizard - http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/discwizard/

Maxtor MaxBlast 5 - http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/item/maxblast-master-dl/

or you can try

Macrium Reflect Free - http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

I would go with Acronis over Norton because they specialize in backup software,

Currently I use Macrium Reflect Free and it works perfectly.

Info on free Image Programs - http://dottech.org/95071/windows-best-free-file-drive-system-image-sector-backup-programs-review/

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I've had good luck with Acronis for years now. I've used it to backup RAID to eSATA, and many, many other scenarios (source to backup media, incl. over the network). I prefer to use the bootdisk when practical. Also good for recovering damaged/dying drives if they'll read at all or you want to sidestep OS security (e.g. - make an image, then use Acronis browser to search and access files in image that might otherwise require authorized access). If the drives in trouble, just tell it to ignore errors and move on - often times you'll still be able to get broken machine's data if you're lucky and the data's in a readable part of the disk.

Watch for special promos and it's almost free with rebates if you have time to wait. Also, look for the free versions Weylin mentioned. It's such an important issue FWIW I'd recommend buying legit copy so you can keep it updated over the years as Windows changes.

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