Hard drive cloning

[Giraffe]

Dear Old Fool :-)

What can Acronis do that the 'free' version can't?

I would like to be able to clone partitions rather than whole drives.

[EtheAv8r]

If by the 'Free Version' you mean the Acronis trial download - well just about everything usefull!

Check out the Acrons website for details, but the Windows backup / restore capability is highly restricted and for demo purposes only, and the boot from CD to take Image / Restore Image does not actually work - if it did no one would buy it!

I only use the Boot from CD (Recovery) aspects to take Images of the perfect clean install - updated from time to time as necessary. I don't actually use the Windows backup facility - so it has never actually been installed on my system. This way I can get back to a fresh install clean state in 15 minutes instead of many many hours.

[Giraffe]

Thanks.
Looks as if the Seagate/Maxtor version might be best for me atm - so long as the Maxtor HD keeps going (it's currently got XP Pro and 3 distros of Linux on it).

[[GSV]Trig]

TrueImage

[Giraffe]

Yes, Acronis.