R-Drive Image
URL: http://www.drive-image.com/
One of the most
valuable tools for
computer users is
disk imaging software.
What imaging software
does is that it
creates an exact
duplicate of your
hard disk drive
into an "image"
file which can be
a large single file
or splitted into
several smaller
files.
The advantage to
this is that the
entire Windows along
with all other program
files and data are
backed up at the
same time. This
is definitely a
neat and simple
way to do a backup.
With the image
file stored in a
safe place, you
can restore your
system with it fast.
Just imagine how
much time it would
take if you had
to install Windows
and all those programs
too - literally
hours!
R-Drive Image v2.0
build 2006 has some
great features:
- Very user friendly
GUI with wizards
to guide you through
the imaging task
- Create a full
image of a PC
in a realtime
environment while
the Windows is
running. No need
to worry about
active applications
or memory managers
it does a complete
back up as well.
- Create bootable
CD to restore
and create images
- The created
image can be mounted
as a read-only
virtual disk.
This is useful
if you need to
retreive some
files from the
image
- Image integrity
check / verification
- Incremental
disk images can
be created; only
new and updated
data is added
to an already
existing image
The nice thing
about R-Drive Image
(and most current
imaging programs)
is that they work
'on the fly', meaning
while Windows is
running. Older imaging
programs required
booting into a version
of DOS so that the
image could be created
outside of Windows.
Note that if you
want to create the
image directly to
a writable (or rewritable)
CD or DVD, R-Drive
Image requires that
a third party packet-writing
software be installed,
such as Roxio's
Direct to Disk or
Nero's InCD.
We thought that
R-Drive Image was
worth the money
for the features
it offers. We recommend
this program for
any home user, especially
in the beginner
to intermediate
range as a good,
affordable backup
solution.
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