naji Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 is there an app that can back up images of a specific folder instead of the entire partition or drive....?preferably somthing with the compression capability of ghost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woomera Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 check this one out,it may help in what you need: UltraISO Media Editionhope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 UltraISO is for creating CD-images! naji seems to be asking for something else!@najiWhy not just a file-compression utility? And if you want to have a single-file self-placing mechanism, you can use something called SFX in archives.In other words, using WinRAR to compress the folder to RAR, and adding an SFX module to it (for self-extraction on machines where winrar may not be installed) is what you seem to be looking at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naji Posted November 27, 2004 Author Share Posted November 27, 2004 I never tried UltraISO, sounds like its for creating CD images...not exactly what i had in mind...but would like to try it, can u give me a link? is it freeware?I never used winRAR to compress anything larger than just a few megabytes...im talking about compressing folders about 10 GBs big!!!How long would winRAR take to handle such large folders? to compress and to decompress??i was thinking of somthing like ghost...taking a snapshot of the data structure from the source drive, if thats possible...another program i know is drive snapshot which is also included in Bart PE...again like ghost, drive snapshot also backs up entire partitions or drives...although drive snapshot cannot copress the image as much as Ghost does...thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 I never tried UltraISO, sounds like its for creating CD images...not exactly what i had in mind...but would like to try it, can u give me a link? is it freeware?Its commercial.As for winrar - it is perfect for such purposes as well. I've RAR'ed up folders that were even 23 GB! (the single-file it created, and the fact that resulting archive was only 7 GB is a bonus ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woomera Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 (edited) <snip>i read the discription and it says it can make image from files too.*links removed Edited November 27, 2004 by prathapml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 Please read the forum's rules. Cracks,etc. are not allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 You don't "image" a folder, imaging is for partitions or disks. Folders just contain files, nothing special. I have to go with prathapml's advice. WinRAR works great. If you can't afford it, there's always 7-zip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewdatrip Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 If you have Xp pro, off the bat there is an appicaltion within windows that can back specfic folders. Check it out under accessories.If you have Home, pop in the cd and you can install it from there.Im not positive about the compression, but i think this would be a helpful utility for you.|Drew| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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