The immediate reasons for me boiled down to ease-of-use and also functionality. From that point forward, I moved all of my personal backup needs to Acronis, and kissed Ghost goodbye. After popping that disc into the drive, I became an instant fan. Until last spring, I had figured that Ghost was about as good as it could get, but that was until I took a look at Kingston’s SSDNow M series bundle, a kit that included an SSD and also a piece of software called Acronis True Image. In the end, the tool I found myself relying on most often was Symantec’s Norton Ghost, both because it was reliable, and allowed full PC backups.

If someone asked me for a recommendation, I’d never have one. I’ve used a number of backup applications over the years, but something I found was that none stood out from the crowd.

I used to be one of those people, and although I hate to admit it, it took more than one hard drive failure before I got fed up enough to make sure that I never experienced data loss again. Yet, all too often, I hear horror stories from people who have had subpar backup schemes, or worse still, no backup plan at all. One cannot underestimate the importance of thorough, frequent backups.

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