NovaBACKUP Professional VS Acronis Backup & Recovery

[Mohawk70]

I'm looking for a complete backup / restore solution for a new Dell laptop running Windows 8.1

( not my system, but I'll be taking care of backups and general maintenance ). Is anyone familiar

with both NovaBACKUP Professional and Acronis Backup & Recovery ? If so, which

do you prefer and why ?

Thanks

[PB]

Never had a problem with Acronis products. I recommend them.

[Danilo]

Never had a problem with Acronis products. I recommend them.

+1

[ts-soft]

Ever since DriveImage from PowerQuest is no more continued, i use Acronis True Image without any problem

[luis]

I liked Acronis products in the past, they were top quality.
From around 2010 things started to change, they have become constantly more bloated, more buggy, more slow.
So once the trend was clearly established I've left them for something else.
I've never used the other product you mentioned so I cannot comment on that one.

[PB]

> From around 2010 things started to change, they have become
> constantly more bloated, more buggy, more slow

Could you not just keep using the pre-2010 versions, then?

[luis]

That's what I did for a while. But that cannot continue because it's not very wise to use an outdated partition editor or imaging backup system when you start to have new OSes, different partitioning schemes and/or filesystems not available at the time. This is not exactly a word processor.

[PB]

> This is not exactly a word processor

Oh, I see.

[Little John]

That's what I did for a while. But that cannot continue because it's not very wise to use an outdated partition editor or imaging backup system when you start to have new OSes, different partitioning schemes and/or filesystems not available at the time.

I absolutely agree!
I'm now using the current version of Paragon Backup & Recovery Free. I can recommend that program. It has a good, intuitive user interface, more than enough options, and -- most important in this context -- it is very reliable. IMHO it's a jewel of free software.

[Mohawk70]

I liked Acronis products in the past, they were top quality.
From around 2010 things started to change, they have become constantly more bloated, more buggy, more slow.
So once the trend was clearly established I've left them for something else.
I've never used the other product you mentioned so I cannot comment on that one.

Luis, purely out of curiosity, what is the product you now use, ?

[luis]

Macrium Reflect, I use the commercial version but there is a freeware version too.

Here you can see the features -> http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

In my experience is fast, reliable, small (for now), until now not a problem with a lot different hardware.
It's not the most feature rich but it does what I need.

[IdeasVacuum]

From around 2010 things started to change, they have become constantly more bloated, more buggy, more slow.

That is my experience too.

An alternative product (similar-style GUI) is Macrium Reflect http://www.macrium.com/

[luis]

An alternative product (similar-style GUI) is Macrium Reflect http://www.macrium.com/

I know it

[Mohawk70]

Thanks everyone. I think I'll check out Macrium, and my final decision shall be between that and Nova !