SelfImage is a utility that allows you to create images of hard drives or partitions. It's easy enough to use for beginners but features powerful functions normally only found in programs such as Norton Ghost.

SelfImage is an excellent solution for anyone trying to create a dual-boot system, as you can create an image backup of a Linux partition directly from Windows. You can create an image of an entire hard disk, including the master boot record, partition table, and all partitions as well as restore previously created images to any partition, even mounted ones, as long as it doesn't have open files.

SelfImage is also specially adapted to take advantage of superfast processors such as multi-core processors. It performs on-the-fly compression, making this a particularly fast way to create images. For network administrators, there's also a useful Network Block Device support to make images of disks on remote machines, and restore them again.

Considering all this is free and released under an open source license, SelfImage is incredibly impressive when compared to products that perform a similar job.

SelfImage is a powerful free solution for making partition or drive image.

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Creating disk images is the easiest way to back up and restore lost data or just to give you peace of mind.

The problem is that usually, such software is not that straightforward, such as Norton Ghost, which does a thorough job but isn't exactly the easiest program to use. O&O DiskImage meanwhile is a free software that enables you to image your entire computer and restore single drives in relatively few steps.

O&O DiskImage allows you to image all drives including drive information and system partitions but it can also be used to restore just single drives. It's the ease of use that really appeals about O&O DiskImage though. It's divided into two simple functions - create an image and restore an image. You can also check for image information and updates for O6O DiskImage. However, you won't be able to restore with this version - you'll need to upgrade to the Professional, Workstation or Server Edition of O&O DiskImage to do that.

O6O DiskImage is one of the easiest disk imaging programs you will use and is a great starting point for imaging beginners.

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Norton Ghost helps you back up your whole hard drive – or just selected folders – to another partition, a networked drive or an external storage device.

Creating backup copies in Norton Ghost is really easy. The program runs a step-by-step wizard the first time you launch it, which walks you through the process and provides you with all the available options.

You can configure as many different backup tasks in Norton Ghost as you need, each one of them with its own settings. The backup copies can be conveniently scheduled and restored at any time, should the worst happen. Of course, Norton Ghost lets you change any of these settings later on in the program’s configuration menu.

Norton Ghost can also create an exact copy of your hard drive (with all the existing files, programs and settings). When backing up the whole drive, Norton Ghost will also create a restoration point that will enable you to recover your system in case something goes horribly wrong.

As efficient and easy to use as it is, Norton Ghost requires just one thing: patience. Backup copies can take a long time, so you should probably leave the program running in the background while doing something else – or even better, schedule backups to take place when you don't need to use the PC.

Norton Ghost is a reliable, powerful and easy to use backup tool that prevents you from losing any important files in the case of a computer disaster.

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You probably never really go through the hassle of saving your documents regularly. Unfortunately, when one day you lose all those critical files, you’ll be the only one to blame. Creating backups is far from thrilling, but should never be overlooked, no matter how trustworthy you think your PC is.

Backup4all makes copy creation a breeze by automating the whole process. The key is to properly setup your backups so that the application takes care of it all for you. When you launch Backup4all, simply select the files or folders you'll need to backup. You can create individual backup profiles with a description, an icon and scheduling when Backup4all should save a copy. Set up filters on Backup4all to specify the type of file, the date and size of documents to save. Enable Backup4all sounds and email alerts to notify you if a backup is successful or not.

We were generally satisfied with Backup4all but worried that it only really targets a particular type of person who needs frequent copies of particular documents. Once you get familiar with Backup4all, the whole copy creation process will flow nicely. However the first time we launched Backup4all we had to click around a bit to understand how to use it. The program does feature a wizard to guide you through the backup creation process, but it would have been nice to see it pop up right when you launch the program.

Backup4all is an intelligent and effective way of managing your copies. However, the majority of PC users will only backup once in a while and should be content with a simpler alternative. If you need to recover and save everything from your PC, Norton Ghost is a good choice. If you want a simple and free backup solution, take a look at Cobian backup.

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WinSetupFromUSB is a Windows program, which prepares multiboot USB flash or fixed disk to install any Windows versions since 2000/XP, boot various Linux and *BSD flavors, AntiVirus Rescue Disks, as well as many Windows, Linux, DOS based and other utilities.

WinSetupFromUSB can also prepare Windows XP (2000, 2003) setup files to be installed onto a USB disk

It was developed with Windows setup in mind, but its functionality was extended later to cover many other sources in a multiboot USB disk.

-Multiple sets of Windows setup files- XP, 2000, 2003, Vista, WIndows 7, Server 2008, Windows 8, Server 2012, 32/64 bits

-Multiple WinPE2 (Vista and above) based sources from ISO files- Windows Defender Offline, recent Norton Ghost versions and PE based PC manufacturers recovery disks

-Single WinPE1 source-BartPE, UBCD4Win, LiveXP and similar WinBuilder projects, WinFLPC etc.

-Multiple Linux distributions and utilities from ISO files- Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS etc., this includes most Antivirus Rescue Disks

-Many other ISO images as long as they are compatible with grub4dos CD emulation, such as Ultimate Boot CD, Windows 95/98 and most DOS based utilities, Acronis and Paragon boot disks...

-Syslinux boot meny and optionally single

Simple to use interface, as well as advanced options for experts which give full control.

Special formatting option for wider USB boot compatibility on picky machines.

Full support for all Windows versions since Windows 2000, customized sources are accepted as well, number sources limited only to free space on the USB disk.

Option to auto integrate the required SATA/AHCI/RAID drivers in XP Setup.

Option to prepare XP/2003 source to be installed from USB to USB disk.

Multiple Wind

Computer technicians, IT managers, computer field engineers, enthusiasts, as well as novices.

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