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Do Disk Imaging Tools do a Good Job?

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For most users of Disk imaging tools I'm sure they'd rather never know if their disk image is working correctly or not since it would mean that their PC had crashed or they needed to recover their data.It is how ever something that should be looked into since most find out their image is bad after a crash occurs and it's to late.

Educating yourself on the right disk imaging tools and learning how to check your backup are two easy ways to rest easy that you're backed up safely.

What's the Right Tool For the Job

Several disk imaging products exist.One of the more popular programs is made by Norton, the large PC utilities company called Ghost.While Norton has been making this program for a long time I've read several users found their images made using Ghost didn't work correctly in times of need.

There are many other disk imaging tools available that can do the job, one to note is Acronis True Image.

To read more about this disk imaging tool check out our Acronis true image home review.

Ensuring your Image Works

Using a program like Acronis creates a restore image, rather then just a regular image on disk.Instead of just being a image of everything on your system, Acronis creates a bootable disk that allows you to restore your computer back to the settings and setup it was at the time your image was made.What does this mean for you? well you don't just get a backup of your files. You also get your system settings, registry, email, startup folder etc. all backed up in one easy to re-install place.

Testing your Disk Image

It might seem like over kill but I'd suggest that you test out your disk image and backup after creating it.Why Test? Well as mentioned before if you don't test the results of your backup software you could find out the hard way that things didn't backup correctly, or the disk and files are corrupt.

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