R-Drive Image 3

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.5 stars (out of 44 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  96,512

• Requirements:

  Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server

• Limitations:

  15-day trial

• Date Added:

  November 14, 2005

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version R-Drive Image 4.2 R-Drive Image 4.1 R-Drive Image 3 R-Drive Image 2.0 R-Drive Image 1.1 R-Drive Image 1.0

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Publisher's description of R-Drive Image 3

From R-tools Technology:

R-Drive Image creates disk-image files for backup or duplication purposes. A disk-image file contains an exact, byte-by-byte copy of a hard drive, partition, or logical disk and can be created with various compression levels on the fly without stopping Windows OS. These files then can be stored in a variety of places, including removable media. R-Drive Image is capable of restoring those images on the original disks, on any other partition, or even on a hard drive's free space. The program creates a special bootable diskette for restoring a system partition. To restore only certain files from a disk image, you can connect the image as a virtual disk and copy those files directly from the disk image using Windows Explorer or any other file utility. The program can be restarted in the pseudo-graphic mode directly from Windows to restore data to the system and other locked partitions. Version 3 features: Disk Image scheduler; network support; Action Report; new devices support; software interface improvements.

Editor's review of R-Drive Image 3

• 4.0 stars

Functional and easy to use, this utility makes an exact copy of your disk in case your system crashes or you need to transfer it to another hard drive. R-Drive Image belongs to the latest generation of backup programs, which go about their business without making you stop or restart Windows. If necessary, you can restore the system disk by running the program from rescue diskettes or a CD. R-Drive Image performed well in our tests, compressing and password-protecting disk images as well as splitting them to store on a CD or a DVD. It also can schedule backups to ensure continuous protection of your data. If you need to restore only a few files, the full program purportedly lets you mount the image as a virtual drive for viewing and copying files. The simple wizard interface makes R-Drive Image easy enough for beginners, though we did wish it would display the amount of time remaining in each backup. All in all, though, this drive imager is a good bet for home or small-office use.

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• 3 stars

  Version: R-Drive Image 3

  "Cheaper than Acronis for Windows 2003 Server"

  by VivamexLimited on March 25, 2007

  Pros: - Everyone else's software refuses to work on windows 2003 unless you pay some exhorbitant corporate rate. This disk imager has a much cheaper licence a lot more suitable for home or SOHO use.

  - Squeezes images nice and small

  - Easy to use

  - Licensed copy definitely works

  - It's pretty fast

  - It can create a Linux based rescue disk which gets you out of chicken and egg if your O/S drive fails and needs a restore. I.e. no need to reinstall the O/S just to get to the image installer (as long as you do actually take the precaution of creating that rescue disk)

  Cons: - Verifies only as a separate process which is not so good for automated backups

  - Worked fine until recently. Now it crashes my system when I try to create am image so has effectively become useless. Issue reported to tech. support

  I've given it three stars as it's prob the best disk imager you can get for reasonable money running w2003 at home - even if it did screw up on me.

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