With the mass of commercial drive imaging and backup software out there for Windows you’d be surprised at the functionality that could be found in this seemingly simple free application by Runtime Software known as DriveImage XML. Backing up your partitions and drives has never been easier.
Okay, so what does this do?
DriveImage XML allows you to create bootable image files of your partitions and drives. As an example, say your system decided one day it wanted to die, you’d have one of these image files on a disk. Just insert the disk, reboot the computer, run the software from the disk, and your computer will be fully restored. Yep, it’s that simple. Okay, if you didn’t understand that paragraph then DriveImage XML might not be for you as it’s not a “push this button and all will be fine” type of application.
Why use DriveImage XML?
…and of course, it’s completely free! Yep, that’s the real kicker, this application, which what most consider of commercial-quality, is complete freeware. The only downside is no support is given, but the target audience for this application is computer-literate users wanting advanced backup methods anyways.
But that’s not all! What’s also great about this software is all backups our outputted in XML format. So?…well that means you can use a number of 3rd party tools to restore your data which is nothing to complain about.
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Overall?
If you’re a Windows user, are well-versed in the ways of the computer, and want a complete, reliable backup solution then creating bootable disk images with DriveImage XML is definitely a strong recommendation.