Norton Ghost 14 Vs Acronis True Image 11
When it comes to choosing the best backup software there really are only two
serious contenders. Norton Ghost and Acronis True Image, both have been around
for years, both have a large user base, and both will do what most people would
need a backup software package to do.
According to
Google
Trends the popularity of searches for Norton Ghost has been on a steady
decline over the last few years. Whereas the popularity of Acronis True image
has been on a steady increase. It is reasonable to predict that Acronis may very
well eventually take the lead as the most popular backup software.
Below is a basic comparison of some of the features of each software package.
You can click on the following links to read full reviews:
Norton Ghost
14
Acronis True Image
11
| Features |
Norton Ghost
14 |
Acronis True Image
11 |
| Price ($US) |
$69.99 |
$49.99 |
| Operating System supported |
Windows Vista, Windows XP |
Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000 |
| Minium hardware requirements |
CPU: 300MHz
RAM: 256MB |
CPU: 300MHz
RAM: 256MB |
| Complete Image backup of hard disk |
Yes |
Yes |
| Able to create Image backup while Windows is running |
Yes |
Yes |
| Incremental Backup |
Yes |
Yes |
| Differential Backup |
No |
Yes |
| Individual File/Folder Backup |
Yes |
Yes |
| Able to backup files in use |
Yes |
Yes |
| Schedule backups |
Yes |
Yes |
| Outlook/Outlook Express backup separately |
No |
Yes |
| Backup files to FTP |
No |
Yes |
| Backup data to external hard disk |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backup data to removable media such as DVDs, CDs, etc. |
Yes |
Yes |
| Password protect backup |
Yes |
Yes |
| Password encrypted |
No |
Yes |
| Can restore individual files and folders |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backup data is compressed |
Yes |
Yes |
| Size of Image backup files can be preset |
No |
Yes |
| Include/exclude certain file types with filters. |
Yes |
Yes |
| Verify/validate backup |
? |
Yes |
| Create mirror/clone backup of hard drive |
Yes |
Yes |
| Software can create backup recovery disk |
No. |
Yes |
| Span the backup across multiple drives or disks. |
Yes |
Yes |
| Image backup file format |
.v2i |
.tib |
| Continuous data protection |
No |
No |
| Logging/Reporting |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backup is bootable with recovery disk |
Yes |
Yes |
| Restore individual files and folders |
Yes |
Yes |
