backing up two computers

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Jo-Anne said:
Not good! Have you checked in with the Acronis user forum for suggestions?

Jo-Anne
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I'm just now trying to make a login and I plan to do so. Writing to
you reminded me and I really want to validate this.
I've used ATI Version 9 to clone drives, but this was ATI version 11
that I had issues with.
Thanks.
 
Lots of people are having issues with version 11. There's a new build--8101
I think--but only a few people are claiming it's helped them in any way.

Jo-Anne
 
I use an older 60 GB HDD in a removable tray for a clone using Casper.
(WinXP-3 about 35GB used space) My verification is to immediately boot the
system with the just made clone and run it thru its paces etc. It is then
removed and stored and my main HDD is used until next clone is scheduled.
Even though I have ATI 11, I don't think it is that easy to "test" the image
rebuild etc ?? XP I use Casper and VistaU I use Acronis 11 having never
"tried" a rebuild yet, guess I should try at least once :-(
 
I have used True Image to restore a backed up image on another drive
numerous times now without incident. So I don't even bother verifying it.

Actually, when you use True Image to restore a partition, it checks it out
first (but how thoroughly, I don't know, but I do know it takes several
minutes to complete just this process) - BEFORE it starts restoring it.
 
You're right, Bill! I did mean one clone per partition--and I agree that
imaging is easier over all. I have a friend who has used Acronis for at
least a few years and periodically has restored to a brand new internal
drive without a glitch.

Jo-Anne
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Just a side note Jo-Anne you don't think trimming posts would be in
order? I've seen posts here from you 50 60 Lines in length and all
you typed at the top was "Thank you". Even this post is in excess
of 90 lines and only 6 lines are new your answers as a typical OE
user at the top. To teach a Windows user not to top-post on Usenet
is like teaching a elephant to fly, a waste of time.


<cut 100 lines>


Dragomir Kollaric
 
Thank you for the suggestions, Dragomir, however unpleasantly phrased. Since
the cursor is at the top in OE messages, it's the natural place to start the
post--and it's my preference as well. With a thank you at the top, no one
has to read through the rest, so it doesn't matter how long the post is.

However, in the future I'll use the format of whatever appeared before in
that thread, unless I'm the first responder. And I'll try to trim long
posts.

Jo-Anne
 
Thank you for the suggestions, Dragomir, however unpleasantly phrased. Since
the cursor is at the top in OE messages, it's the natural place to start the
post--and it's my preference as well. With a thank you at the top, no one
has to read through the rest, so it doesn't matter how long the post is.

However, in the future I'll use the format of whatever appeared before in
that thread, unless I'm the first responder. And I'll try to trim long
posts.
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Well, the cursor for the editor here was configured also to
be on the "top" of the page, with the minor difference I
have to switch it into *text-input* by hitting "i" first.
Because of this I for one got used to read to the whole
message (if the reply isn't at the top). I guess it's just a
habit people got used to.

To answer you here I hit ":20 i" and then started to type the
reply... :-)


Jo-Anne
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Dragomir Kollaric
 
Dragomir said:
Just a side note Jo-Anne you don't think trimming posts would be in
order? I've seen posts here from you 50 60 Lines in length and all
you typed at the top was "Thank you". Even this post is in excess
of 90 lines and only 6 lines are new your answers as a typical OE
user at the top. To teach a Windows user not to top-post on Usenet
is like teaching a elephant to fly, a waste of time.
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Ahhh, the impatience of youth!
 
I wouldn't worry about it too much, Jo-Anne. If they don't have the
patience (typical of newagers), that's their problem.

Sigh, yet another sign of the times. :-)
 
Version 11. Using it with Windows XP Home. Works great!

And yes, I've used ATI to backup and restore the system drive partition (by
imaging) numerous times now (due to my messin around with various software,
and not always relying on simply uninstalling the program to put the system
back into its earlier state).
 
Thank you, Bill!

Jo-Anne

Bill in Co. said:
I wouldn't worry about it too much, Jo-Anne. If they don't have the
patience (typical of newagers), that's their problem.

Sigh, yet another sign of the times. :-)
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Dragomir Kollaric wrote:
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Ahhh, the impatience of youth!
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Nay it's just a expression I heard from my mom, when I
wanted the *impossible* she used other saying like "even a
blind chicken finds a corn if it keeps plucking the
ground"... :-) Somehow I forgot that not *all* people are
used to such *proverbs*.





Dragomir Kollaric
 
I wouldn't worry about it too much, Jo-Anne. If they don't have the
patience (typical of newagers), that's their problem.

Sigh, yet another sign of the times. :-)
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And this from a person who hasn't the patience to scroll
down to the end of the page to post his reply. "Hypocrite"
isn't this the word for such people.... Besides what do you
mean by newagers? You jump rather easily to conclusion about
people you haven't the slightest clue..


Dragomir Kollaric
 
Dragomir said:
And this from a person who hasn't the patience to scroll
down to the end of the page to post his reply. "Hypocrite"
isn't this the word for such people....
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Nonsense. I use a variety of techniques, *as appropriate*: top posting,
bottom posting, inline posting, or a combination of the above. I'm not
monolithic, like many.
Besides what do you
mean by newagers? You jump rather easily to conclusion about
people you haven't the slightest clue..
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I have a clue, based one's stated impatience.
"Newager"? Someone typically under 60, with few exceptions.
 
On 2008-08-17, Bill in Co. hit the keyboard and wrote:

"Newager"? Someone typically under 60, with few exceptions.
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Get a new crystal-ball the one you're using now is broken. 1


Dragomir Kollaric
 
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