How do you backup your system?

So what?

 

True. That's why I wrote "to/from" and not "to AND from".

 

Anyone using Drive Image -- PC World gives it better marks than Acronis?

 

This is a laptop and the primary HD is fixed

 

Although my experience with desktops is getting satle (have been using laptops last few years) I never had to change the settings. Someone more familair with this may be able to give a more detailed reply.

Sherlock

 

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009V7I4/104-9496689-9342368

You might want to check out the customer reviews.

 

I use Acronis to make disc images.

When i make CD's the write speed is 48x.

But if i make an imgae from 1 HD to another HD the write speed seems to be 48x also. Is this normal? I should think that from HD to HD the speed would be much higher.
A 5Gb image without compression needs 12 minutes to be made from HD to HD.

I have a Plextor CD reader/writer (48 speed), a Maxtor 80 Gb with 8 Mb cache (6Y080P0) and a Maxtor 60 Gb with 2 Mb cache (6Y060L0).