Kanguru PC Clone or Acrnis TrueImage

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Larry Dawson

I bought a pc laptop last fall as a second computer to our Macintosh.
While I don't use it as my main computer, I am getting a bit concerned
if it does crash and need to be rebuilt. At first it wouldn't have been
any big deal, but as I use it more, install software, and customize it
it would be a disaster if had to start from scratch. From what I've
been able to find it looks like Kanguru's PC Clone (software/hard drive
kit) and Acronis' TrueImage are the best choices for creating a clone
or backup of the entire drive. Is anyone able to offer an opinion on
one over the other?

I appreciate any advice anyone can offer.

Thanks,
Larry
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Larry Dawson said:
I bought a pc laptop last fall as a second computer to our Macintosh. While
I don't use it as my main computer, I am getting a bit concerned if it does
crash and need to be rebuilt. At first it wouldn't have been any big deal,
but as I use it more, install software, and customize it it would be a
disaster if had to start from scratch. From what I've been able to find it
looks like Kanguru's PC Clone (software/hard drive kit) and Acronis'
TrueImage are the best choices for creating a clone or backup of the entire
drive. Is anyone able to offer an opinion on one over the other?

I appreciate any advice anyone can offer.

Thanks,
Larry
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I've never heard of kanguru, but Acronis True Image works very well. -Dave
 
I am able to offer a poor opinion of TrueImage. I used TrueImage 9.1 to
do exactly what the OP wants to do, and I've spent the last 30 hours
digging myself out of the mess I got into with TrueImage. When I
complained, folks told me that I should have read the Acronis forums
before using it. Were they ever right! So please read the forum before
using this piece of [fill in the blank]:

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=65

Caution: if you do clone a disk, you will almost certainly be unable to
swap that disk in and boot it under XP. It's all about Windows
Activation:


http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="windows+activation"&btnG=Google+Search


-- Pete
 
I am able to offer a poor opinion of TrueImage. I used TrueImage 9.1 to
do exactly what the OP wants to do, and I've spent the last 30 hours
digging myself out of the mess I got into with TrueImage. When I
complained, folks told me that I should have read the Acronis forums
before using it. Were they ever right! So please read the forum before
using this piece of [fill in the blank]:

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=65

Caution: if you do clone a disk, you will almost certainly be unable to
swap that disk in and boot it under XP. It's all about Windows
Activation:


http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="windows+activation"&btnG=Google+Search
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If the disk was cloned properly there should be absolutely no windows
activation issues. Sounds like its all about operator error or a bad
program. I've cloned a drive to a larger one under windows and never
been bothered by doing that by itself. You have to make a few other
changes at the same time in order to have a windows activation issue.>
 
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