paragon vs acronis for backup software

which do you use and why and in your opinion which is the more reliable backup software? i have both here and have tried them both and they both are very nice. but i am more interested in which is more consistant and reliable thanks.

 

I have used Acronis many times....works perfectly !! Don't know about Paragon though....

 

have you used version 11 though there are tons of people that seem to have issues in their forums??

 

I have full version of Acronis 11.....I have used it many times for cloning......The best way to use it to burn a bootable CD of their software and use it through that for cloning !!

It causes some problems like sleeping infinitely while cloning from Windows.....

 

I've used it since Norton screwed up Ghost, but what haven't they screwed up?

I'm currently using ver11, but have used each version since 8. I've never had a failure that was related to True Image.

There were some issues when Vista was released (Vista uses a different start sector), but those have been corrected.

Three important things: 1. Always do a complete image - you never know when you'll need it. 2. Always verify your image. 3. Always keep your backup in at least two different places (2 HDs, HD and DVDs, etc).

Just my .02.

 

I've only had Acronis fail on me once, and that was because of a couple of bad sectors on a HDD (so it wasn't even Acronis's fault). I've been using v10 since the day I bought it, and could not be happier. I haven't tried v11 though, but since I'm happy now I do not plan on spending to upgrade unless I'm forced to (aka Vista if/when I ever move).

 

I have used both. I like Acronis more. Acronis just has a cleaner and more familiar look. Sometimes Paragon software looks like colored static on a TV, maybe that just happens for me but you can't even use it when that happens. If I were to buy either products, I would definitely go with Acronis.

 

thanks for all the great comments.. i appreciate it ill try acronis first then