Why Disk Imaging Software?

You have valuable data on your computer—projects, photos, email, even financial records. The data is irreplaceable, but doing complex backups of each type of data takes time and effort.

Disk imaging software is a good choice for those who don't want to spend hours or even days backing up important data. This software makes a perfect copy, or "image" of your computer hard drive so you can spend your time on more important things. However, selecting the right software can be a chore. How do you know which features and disk-imaging tools will meet your needs?

On this site, you'll find articles on disk imaging topics, current news stories and comprehensive reviews to help you make an informed decision on which disk imaging software is right for you. At TopTenREVIEWS—We do the research so you don't have to.™

What to Look for in Disk Imaging Software

Disk imaging software should be reliable, versatile and easy to understand, or you won't bother using it. Below are the criteria TopTenREVIEWS used to evaluate disk imaging software:

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Disk Imaging Software: Take a Picture, It Lasts Longer

All hard drives eventually wear out, often with disastrous results. With disk imaging software, you can quickly create duplicate images of your hard drive-keeping your data safe and your future secure.

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Feature Set
Ease of Use
Backup/Restore Process
Help/Support
Features
Bootable DOS or CD-ROM                  
Image Explorer        
   
   
Incremental Backup          




Deletion Capabilities      


 


Change SID
   

 



Partition/Format Drives    

     


Burn Backup CD/DVD              


Backup to Physical Partitions    
   
 
 
Resizes During Restore                

Verifies Data during Burn    
 
     

Multicast Deployment  


 




Script Creation      
 
   

Backup/Restore
Virtual Disk    
   

   
Restore Individual Files/Folders        

       
Self-Extract Images
 
 
 



Backup Settings
Hot Backup        
   


Skip Auxiliary Files    
       


Compress Backup                  
Split Images              


Copy Drive-to-Drive                
 
Copy Byte-to-Byte              


Encrypt/Password Backup            



Customize Label Backup          
 


Scheduling
Set Time/Dates        




 
Task Editor  
   





Boot Disk Hardware
Network      
     

 
SCSI        
       
USB                  
CD-ROM                  
DVD              


Firewire                  
Supported File Systems
FAT 16/32                    
NTFS                    
Ext 2/3 FS        
     

ReiserFS    
 
     

Linux Swap        
   


Support/Documentation
User Guides          
   

eMail Support                  
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Help Documentation                
 
Knowledge Base          
   
 
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