@Jelson, Thank you for your experiences and opinion about different backup and imaging solutions.

Glad to know that you tested almost everything except ghost. Opposite applies to me. I have use Norton ghost as quite often and it has worked so far quite great. Regarding compression and the time required, you are right.

Even though I did tested other products, but not as much as I did Ghost. So I wont be having a opinion about them, but as I keep saying, use a solution with which you are comfortable with and avoid complex ones. At least, in case of backup as if you messed with something you will end up with either a bad backup or no working system.