Hello Forum,
I successfully used Todo Backup Software again to create a backup of a hard drive. It is free software, easy to use and quick.
Thought I would share my experience with the forum in case somebody else was looking for similar software.
Avastfan1
Try and restore it back last time I’ve used their software was a piece of crap I had to reformat my whole HD
You might like this better but you have to hurry. 
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=19387.msg668900#msg668900
That is very interesting indeed Bob3160.
Has anybody else had bad experiences with this software?
Is the Farstone product from a reputable company?
You have to realize that the softwareoftheday isn’t for the Pro version.
http://my.jetscreenshot.com/2701/m_20110720-0j4w-62kb.jpg
From what I’ve been able to find out, it’s a better System Restore. I guess I’ll find out the first time I have to use it
to restore the system.
Btw, I prefer Paragon Backup & Recovery 2011 Free.
I use the windows 7 backup tool which does an excellent job of creating an Image
and works well to restore the image it takes.
It’s also a full featured back up program but not something I use it for.
EASEUS tools are pretty good and they offer quite some free versions. If i need HDD manipulation i always go with EASEUS tools. I mean, they are free and they just work great. What else more can you ask for 
Other options are Paragon and Acronis, but you have to look for promos and deals on the net…
Hmm… Not really. 
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/br-free/download.html
Well, the OP is on XP.
crap? so not true! runs with no problems.
That doesn’t change what I use. ;D
True. ;D
+1 Being using this software for nearly 6 months now, no problem so far backing up and restoring it clean and sweet
SpeedyPC: Is the emergency boot CD needed to restore a backup?
If you make the CD once on a Windows 7 system, can it be used later on an XP system?
Thanks in advance!
When you install Paragon Backup & Recovery 2011 Free on your PC always create a bootable CD, and yes you still need a bootable CD to restore a backup it a must, the great thing I like about Paragon Backup & Recovery 2011 Free you can check your bootable CD and your backup image files for errors just to make sure everything okay in case you might need to restore them back onto your PC.
They have a check recovery disk wizard to verify recovery media for integrity and ability to boot from, and they have a check archive integrity wizard to verify backup archives for consistency. When I create a backup image I always check my image files through check archive integrity wizard to verify backup archives for consistency for errors for safe keeping it a must, so far I haven’t had any errors or major backup and restore problem at all so far Paragon Backup & Recovery 2011 Free has deliver the most reliable backup software without any bug problems. You must understand if your system is not set-up correctly your backup software can fail, everybody computers has a different set-up no matter what OS you have some can pass the backup image and some can fail.
That is why Paragon Backup & Recovery 2011 Free has a check recovery disk wizard to verify recovery media for integrity and ability to boot from, and they have a check archive integrity wizard to verify backup archives for consistency which is great.
For more information Paragon Backup & Recovery 2011 Free about see PDF manual http://www.paragon-software.com/docs/manual_BR2011FreeAd.pdf
Thanks for the detailed reply Speedy!
RejZor: Is the emergency boot CD needed to restore a backup?
If you make the CD on a Windows 7 system, can it be used later on an XP system?
Avastfan1 when you install a backup software on W7 and you create a bootable CD from W7 the bootable CD belong to that current OS, for another words if you install a backup software on XP you cannot used the same bootable CD from the one you already created from W7. Why each bootable CD has a different driver set-up for each OS version so you have to create another bootable CD for XP, and if you have 3 computers running the same OS like W7 and yes you can used the same bootable CD for W7 only not for XP.