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The Digital Photographer's Software Guide
feature that allows you to restore a complete Windows-based system to a different hardware
configuration. This is useful if you need to replace failed hardware and have difficulty
matching your original configuration. FarStone Technology specializes in PC
backup and has several other products for this purpose.
Version: DriveClone 5 (2008)
OS: Windows 2000, 2003 Server, SmallBusiness Server, XP Professional, and Vista 32- and 64-bit
RAM: 64MB
Supported file formats: N/A
Price level: DriveClone approx. $40, DriveClone Pro approx. $55
Address: FarStone Technology, 6 Morgan, Suite 160, Irvine, CA 92618, United States
www.farstone.com
Norton Ghost
Vendor: Symantec
Purpose: Versatile utility for backup to nearly all media
Description
One of the most mature of backup utilities, Norton Ghost backs up to nearly all media
including CD-R/RW and DVD+-R/RW drives, USB and FireWire devices, and Iomega
Zip and Jaz drives. It detects storage devices automatically, analyzes your system, and
even gives advice about “best practice” while it is being installed. Other key features
include backup encryption, automatic monitoring and optimization of backup disk
space, and an informative interface for easy configuration and management. It works
particularly well with Maxtor (Seagate) external drives, via the Maxtor OneTouch button
interface.
Among the new features in the most recent releases of Norton Ghost is Symantec
ThreatCon integration. ThreatCon is a measurement of the global threat exposure to
viruses, worms, and malware “in the wild.” When a specified threat level is reached,
Ghost makes a backup automatically, hopefully before any problems have reached your
machine.
Comments
You do not often see products reach double-digit version numbers, but Norton Ghost
is an exception (although two or three versions seem to come out every year). With a
long history, it ought to be good—and it is. Easy to install and configure, it shows all
the scheduled backups in a single view so that you can compare the relative protection
level given to each device. One very useful feature is the simple “Back Up Now” button
for backup on demand. PC only, unfortunately.