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[MilesAhead]

Paragon Drive Backup 9.0 Personal

So far the main thing that pisses me off about Paragon is as soon as I buy something, they start giving it away for nothing!!!

Giveaway of the day has the same Paragon Drive Backup 9.0 Personal I've been using for $40.

At least on HP Media Center PCs I can say the restore definitely works with USB external drives!

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/

This personal edition has Folder Exclusion so you can opt out of backing up folders with large expendable files, such as DVD images or whatever. If your PC meets the hw requirements and you don't have a backup imaging program I'd definitely get this one!

Edit: btw the download includes both 32 bit and 64 bit versions and weighs in at @241 MB so you need fast internet. One reason it's so big is there's an .iso image for the boot CD. Don't worry about reinstalling if your HD crashes and registration etc.. when you do a restore you put in the boot CD and just lay the image back on from the USB drive. It's already "installed" same as all the other programs you backup up.

[Abuilder]

Miles
I hate to say it, but Paragon has been on keygen & reverse engineers eyes for a very long time now. I believe it's because of the way they MARKET to many products with very little difference between them. Add this but leave that out kind of thing. Sorry you got stuck in there loop.

[MilesAhead]

Miles
I hate to say it, but Paragon has been on keygen & reverse engineers eyes for a very long time now. I believe it's because of the way they MARKET to many products with very little difference between them. Add this but leave that out kind of thing. Sorry you got stuck in there loop.

Nah, I piss and moan just to keep in practice. This software has bailed me out a bunch of times. Somebody on another forum brought up that if you for some reason wanted to set back to factory condition with the OEM restore set, you wouldn't be able to reinstall because the keys have to be used today.

But, I figure if you're really serious about saving $40, then install the software, make an image, then do your OEM restore, install the software, make an image, then lay the first image back on!! If there's only reruns on TV it would provide entertainment for a few hours.

[gonwk]

Nah, I piss and moan just to keep in practice. ...

Darn ... so I am NOT the only one who likes to keep in Practice!

Downloads are really slow ... nust be ton of people downloading this freebie!

G!

[PurpleDemon]

Downloads are really slow ... nust be ton of people downloading this freebie!

Could be something to do with a 241 MB download?

Worth the wait.

[MilesAhead]

Could be something to do with a 241 MB download?

Worth the wait.

Hmmmm, if they're giving away v 9 I have to wonder if v 10 isn't far behind?

[doctorhardware]

I have true image, and it does work very well. I am happy with it.

[gonwk]

Hi folks,

Does anyone know if this Software today from GAOTD has a "BACKDOOR" trojan or spyware ... I ran "MP3 Converter.exe" and MSCOMCTL.OCX" thru VIRUSTOTAL.com and i gave me 1 alert per each.

Reezaa MP3 Converter 4.6.0

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/

Q: So, can it be trusted!?!?

Thanks,

G!

[MilesAhead]

I have true image, and it does work very well. I am happy with it.

A lot of people swear by it. When I was deciding which to buy the first time after my partition got deleted those were the 2 I whittled it down to. I was either going to get TI or PDBU. Probably can't go wrong either way.

[doctorhardware]

I paid only $10 for version 10 when I worked at best buy. Then I picked up version 11 for $9.95 when Admin posted that Acronis was offering it as a upgrade deal. I just downloaded Paragon System Backup 2009 - Public Beta. It will work for 30 days and limited features and useage.

[dr_ml422]

I don't remember specifics as it was several months ago, other than something provoked me to restore my registry directly after using the tool. I uninstalled and that is that for me. If you have a better experience then I'm sure you'll swear by it. It's whatever works for you. No joke.


btw an excellent free registry tool is jv16 Power Tools. You can get an old free verion here:

http://www.oldversion.com/jv16-PowerTools.html

It requires manual search to gather dead entries, but you can sort them and if you recognize something not on your system anymore, you can delete them. More time consuming but safer I think. As it's old it probably isn't good at dealing with 64 bit OS registry but I don't know that for sure. Seems to work fine on XP and Vista 32 bit.

Also, at least in my experience across anything Windows NT based, it's a good idea to use ERUNT to backup the registry. That way you can restore the registry without using a restore point. More directly at the problem in some cases without putting old versions of drivers and that type of stuff on etc..

@ gonwk Is Reezaa MP3 Converter 4.6.0 any better than Burrrn? You mean it converts to MP# or burns MP# or both? If you want a nice App. for converting to MP# get CDex. It's great. Simple to use. Also Like I suggested Copyto DVD is a excellent app. for creating Audio CDs n burning any audio or video formats. I will renew my key when the time comes.

Which Older Version do you suggest Miles? The older 1.4 or the 2006 1.5 latest? Thnx. That ERUNT sounds good as I really don't use Restore points. I have my whole drive cloned by Acronis True as I mentioned b4. Great proggie. ERUNT freeware also? Thnx.

[MilesAhead]

on jv16PowerTools mine shows file version 1.3
iirc it was the one recommended on Gizmo's 46 best XP downloads

ERNUNT is free and also the same author has NTREGOPT.

The only thing I don't like about ERUNT is the Readme file is tough to slog through. Esp. the different disaster recovery scenarios. Might be a good idea to synthesize it and put the condensed info on a page with a boot disc that lets you get at the NTFS partition to restore the registry. It's good software though. I never remember it hosing my system unless I messed up.

The main tricky part is drive letter reassignment. The backup makes a dos executable in each folder to run the restore of the registry. If you boot from a CD where the drive letter of the Windows partition is changed then you need a text editor to edit the file to correct drive letter. It's not that difficult but everything seems harder when the PC won't boot normally. If the machine will boot in safe mode then you can change to the folder and run the batch.

[dr_ml422]

Thnx Miles. I downloaded it. I also recall it being suggested either on Major Geeks or The Elder Geek. Just like it says. Sometimes newer not better.

[MilesAhead]

Thnx Miles. I downloaded it. I also recall it being suggested either on Major Geeks or The Elder Geek. Just like it says. Sometimes newer not better.

I hear you. Sometimes software hits a point where it's just about perfect for what it does, then feature creep insinuates itself into the product.

[dr_ml422]

Yes it got that way w/1 of rule 19's proggies. I should of went w/the other 1 which was lil more as they kept it simple even though it gets updated. The one I have I had to write to author n request that they take out a option that they implemented to mine that was useless to me. Now they come out w/options to it which is ridiculous. Instead of coming out w/new app. for specific function. Anything too bundled, like a Nero just ends up no good.

Tell you the truth only bundled to a degree software that's pretty decent is CopyToDVD which w/Audio n DVD is pretty simple n user friendly w/nice easy to read interface. The color coded menus and files is awesome.