Disk housekeeping utilities group test

(Acronis, Acronis, Ontrack, Symantec, Symantec, Symantec, VCom)

Features table

(30/07/2004)

Product	Acronis Disk Director Suite 9	Acronis True Image 7	Ontrack Disk Manager 5	Symantec DriveImage 7	Symantec Ghost 2003	Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2004 Professional	Vcom Partition Commander 8
Price inc. VAT	£35	£32	£41	£40	£45	£85	£35
Back-up to CD/DVD		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Back-up to USB/Firewire		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Back-up across network		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Schedule back-ups		Yes		Yes	No	No
Back-ups from Windows		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Incremental back-ups		Yes		No	No	No
Restore selected files		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Check image integrity		Yes		Yes	Limited	Limited
Create boot disk		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
HD upgrade assistance		Yes		Limited	Limited	Limited
Display partition info	Yes		Yes				Yes
Create partitions	Yes		On blank disk				Yes
Resize partitions	Yes		No				Yes
Undo new partitions	By deletion		By deletion				Yes
Boot manager	OS Selector supplied		No				System Commander
Drive diagnostics	No		Yes				No
Convert NTFS to FAT32	No		No				Yes
Runs under	Windows 95, 98, NT4, Me, 2000, XP	Windows 98, NT4, Me, 2000, XP	Windows 95, 98, NT4, Me, 2000, XP	Windows 2000, XP	Windows 98, NT4, Me, 2000, XP	Windows 98, NT4, Me, 2000, XP	Windows 95, 98, NT4, Me, 2000, XP
Other features	Disk and directory editor	Hidden 'Secure Zone' for storing drive images	None	Tips and tricks video on CD	Peer-to-peer connection	Anti-virus, Norton Utilities, password manager, restore state, remove apps, Web clean-up	Copy Commander for drive copies

Get the latest updates first, with our free RSS feed!