For disk imaging (computer hard drive copying) we recommend the "TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award" winner Acronis True Image by Acronis. This disk imaging software is a powerful, versatile tool that can restore a copy to a single computer or to several computers at once.
Acronis True Image performed the best of all the disk imaging programs we evaluated—this software was fast, error–free and fairly simple to use.
Acronis True Image Standout Features:
- Many quick, one-click tools
- Can backup to two locations simultaneously
- Includes Acronis Startup Recovery Manager
- Has Acronis Secure Zone for safely “hiding” images
- Supports all common file systems and backup locations, including network drives and FTP sites
- Provides a technology called Try & Decide which allows you to test software and browse the Internet with safety
With Acronis True Image, you have all the options for making images (exact copies of data on a hard disk) and more. Scheduling automatic backup times for an image is easy and images can be differential and incremental—that means you can choose to backup only data that has changed since the previous backup to save time.
If you need to do more than simply copy data, you can format, partition and even delete a hard drive right from the Acronis control panel. Putting data back onto a hard drive for use (disk deployment) is simple too—just a few steps, and the data is back in action. You can even restore individual files from an image.
The Acronis True Image viewer can open an image you've created as a local drive by assigning it a drive letter (such as D:). This means you can view and access copied files and folders conveniently.
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