It depends on your definition of 'crash restoration', but what I've been using is EASEUS Disk Copy. The downside is it doesn't do incremental or scheduled backups. However, their site claims to have a free backup solution as well, and I've been impressed enough with Disk Copy that I don't imagine they'd screw up on a backup solution either.
While the occasional bit of Engrish may set off warning bells, I've not once had any sort of problem, just to let you know. And I've restored close on to twenty HDs with it, both from crashes and from simply upgrading to a bigger disk (which it can do, and resize the partition, without forcing me to reinstall Windows). The install package for Disk Copy resides permanently on my emergency fix-everything USB thumbdrive, as a matter of fact: I use it fairly often supporting clients.
http://www.easeus.com/disk-copy/index.htm
The backup solution (haven't tried this myself yet, I get by with Disk Copy and a spare HD): http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
While the occasional bit of Engrish may set off warning bells, I've not once had any sort of problem, just to let you know. And I've restored close on to twenty HDs with it, both from crashes and from simply upgrading to a bigger disk (which it can do, and resize the partition, without forcing me to reinstall Windows). The install package for Disk Copy resides permanently on my emergency fix-everything USB thumbdrive, as a matter of fact: I use it fairly often supporting clients.
http://www.easeus.com/disk-copy/index.htm
The backup solution (haven't tried this myself yet, I get by with Disk Copy and a spare HD): http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs