| Norton Save & Restore 2 (PC) | 
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Category: Software
List Price: £39.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 1077
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.3
MPN: 11486875
EAN: 5397011824660
ASIN: B000NVRJZ0
Release Date: March 16, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Dispatch within 3-5 days, UK and Ireland only
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 Saves. no restore -AVOID! September 17, 2008
Having bought this and used it for over 100 days to backup my computer, I then had a problem and had to move from the save function to the restore function.
Hours of phone calls to support diagnosing v2isr.exe errors, downloading new versions of the disk, brought no relief.
I was then told by symantec, that I required a cd-rom burner and software to move onwards...something you'll note was not on the list of their system requirements, so add 100 to the cost of the software to make it work.
After shelling out for a burner, the v2isr.exe error persists, and Symantec have suggestion I purchase (yes you read that right) purchase ghost 14, as that works....
Amazing, avoid Symantec and look elsewhere.
norton save& restore 2 October 18, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
o.k. I suppose BUT only if you have hours to spare. there is NO incremental backup ONLY full & complete each & every time
If you've got Vista DON'T BUY THIS!!! August 26, 2007
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I've used Norton products for years quite happily. Until now.
There are no two ways about it, this software simply doesn't work and technical support don't seem to be able to make it work.
I've not tried a restore yet. But backing up files and folders is a one off thing. Try doing an incremental backup and it just fails time after time.
Technical support gave me some XP instructions for clearing it which I was left to convert into Vista, but there was no point because it didn't work anyway.
Sorry, but I've now given up and had to accept I'll have to look elsewhere.
Not good with Vista July 28, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have used Norton Ghost versions 9 and 10 and both have given excellent results. I have recommended Ghost to a number of my customers and it has always been successful. I expected Save & Restore 2 to be just as good but also compatible with Vista, so you can imagine my disappointment when this new version seems to have so many problems.
Setting up the backups is very flexible and user friendly but the true test of backup software is how well you can restore the data when things go wrong. I have only tried this with Vista, it might work OK with XP. My PC normally has four hard drives so I took a full system backup of the Vista disk and tried to restore it in different ways.
Restoring to a single disk (tried this twice) - the restored system would not boot and had to be repaired using the Vista install disk.
Restoring whilst the PC was in the same configuration as when the backup was taken, i.e. with all four disks in place - The restored system again had to repaired using the Vista disk but Save & Restore also corrupted the XP disk and that had to be repaired using the XP install disk.
I then tried a small corruption of the backup file to see if the Norton detected this, it doesn't, but worse still it refuses to make anymore backups and just comes up with a vague error message.
I believe Symantec have rushed this product in an effort to get something out that is Vista compatible. Don't buy, wait for the next version.
Not what it says on the tin June 20, 2007
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
I was duped into thinking that this product will do incremental backups to DVD, allowing you to select which files and folders you want to back up and how often. It does no such thing. The only DVD backup option is to backup ALL files of a certain type (you can't pick individual folders) and there is no incremental option. I gave up when it got to 44% with 3 more hours to run. The recovery point option already comes with HP laptops preloaded and Norton adds nothing to that. Like HP, it doesn't back up to DVD, so you have to manually copy it over once it's backed up to hard disc. Do these software developers really believe we have all day to mess around with backups? Even if they run in the background, they are disruptive, stop you from moving the laptop around and slow everything down. I used to have a simple Iomega zip drive, where I could do a quick incremental backup at the end of each day. Now, the same procedure takes hours. So don't buy this, unless you're unemployed and have all the time in the world!
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