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    NTI Backup Now 5 Advanced Edition Review Discussion

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Greg, Jul 23, 2009.

  1. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    By: Greg Ross

    NTI Backup Now 5 Advanced Editionis NewTech Infosystem's latest system backup utility. It provides users with the ability to backup and restore files, partitions, or entire hard disks. NTI Backup Now 5 also comes with a few extra features like emergency boot disk creation, backup compression, and backup encryption. Does NTI Backup Now 5 play well with the big boys, or does it fall flat on its face? We make the call in this review.



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    DarkSilver MSI Afterburner

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    Does that mean NTI backup 5 is ****?
    The 1st thing I always do after a re-installation of OS(OEM), I would 1stly uninstall NTI Backup 5 because I don't use it and it wasted my HDD and it have a start-up which is annoying too.
    Now, you said it is a bit ****, so, I think my decision on uninstalling it on the 1st place is correct.
     
    DarkSilver, Jul 23, 2009
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    dbacchus Notebook Consultant

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    After these reviews and my own experience with Norton and Acronis I wonder if there is ANY good backup software...

    EDIT: I guess, Acronis is not that bad, but I had a problem with their Bootdisk once (they have fixed problem since).
     
    dbacchus, Jul 23, 2009
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    huntnyc Notebook Evangelist

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    huntnyc, Jul 23, 2009
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    R-drive image is much better ;)
     
    icehell, Jul 23, 2009
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    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    I hope Casper is on the list for review. However, it is aimed at cloning an entire HDD. It has worked for me when Acronis failed.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jul 24, 2009
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    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    I love O&O Diskimage. It mounts any saved disk images as a hard drive under windows, Is relatively speedy, and compression actually does work.
     
    Patrick, Jul 24, 2009
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    We're wrapping up the backup and recovery software articles right now, and believe me I was quite surprised at the variance in quality between applications. I'll be making the final call in the buyer's guide (to be written this week but published a bit later), and I think we have two or three winners here.

    I finished up with Casper not all that long ago, it has few drawbacks and it works well. It might not fit everyone's needs though.
     
    Greg, Aug 4, 2009
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    thanks for your suggestion
     
    christina2009, Aug 12, 2009
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