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Features of Free Agent Desk vs Replica?
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I bought the Desk model and though it would back up my whole system. Am I correct that I should have bought the "Replica" and paid $100 more for software to do the job? Is the software the price difference? I should have known that $79 was too little to get what I wanted.
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11-03-2009 08:54 AM
 
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The Replica will backup you complete computer.  If I knew the reason or purpose for your complete backup I might have a diffrent answer.  You can keep you current Desk model and purchase Acronis and still save money.
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11-03-2009 10:13 AM
 
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DiscWizard is free and works well, generally.  It can create an image of your entire hard drive's partition(s).
 

--We turn on ideas. Release the hounds.

Give a hoot. Backup your data on a second storage media.

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11-04-2009 06:44 AM
 
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I looked at the Black Armor Backup by Acronis - best I can tell it would cost me another $99. Looks like 3 versions available but no directions which one would fit the DESK Seagate model.  I like the other guy's advice with the word "FREE" - I will go to that site also. thanks.
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11-04-2009 02:02 PM
 
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Disk Wizzard looks like a great bit of software to mirror a drive. It does however look like it has no SYNC capabilities. One must back up the whole drive each time. Am I right on that?  that leads me to the conclusion that 2 external drives are best - one for the Sync features where, music,document and picture backup are the main goal - and one for a mirror backup that would help with a full disk crash. Comments????????
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You are right that DiscWizard has no sync capabilities.  It's a one-shot this-time-only image capability.
 

--We turn on ideas. Release the hounds.

Give a hoot. Backup your data on a second storage media.

Kudos!
11-06-2009 06:23 AM
 
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