Hey,
I bought Acronis True Image and I bought an external harddisk.
I had ATI make an initial complete backup of my computer to the external
harddisk, and for the disaster situation if my internal harddisk ever
becomes unbootable I had ATI create a bootable CD that will allow me to
restore my system from the external harddisk to a brand new (or completely
reformatted) internal harddisk.
That is all I ask from any backup system.
And BTW: Thanks to those who called my attention to Acronis, it's just
great.
regards Sven
"Nonny" <nonnymoose@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:48:38 -0400, bobfnospam@xxxxxx wrote:
> Quote:
>>Nonny wrote: Quote:
>>> On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:41:44 -0400, bobfnospam@xxxxxx wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sven Pran wrote:
>>>>> "davidoc" <davidoc.3ajskc@xxxxxx-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in
>>>>> message
>>>>> news:davidoc.3ajskc@xxxxxx-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...
>>>>>> i would definitely reccomend Acronis True image.
>>>>> Thanks, I shall look into that.
>>>>>
>>>>> A possible trouble is what I experienced with Norton Ghost which I
>>>>> used
>>>>> on my XP machine: Because it was a TRUE image it had the boot disk
>>>>> address as C: also on the disk copy so when I tried to boot from it
>>>>> (at
>>>>> location E
the boot process would fail.
>>>>>
>>>>> That is why at this time I'd rather fancy the ability to create a
>>>>> recovery (bootable) CD or DVD thatt could replace the original
>>>>> recovery
>>>>> CD as being updated.
>>>>>
>>>>> regards Sven
>>>> I've often wondered why such a tool (apparently) doesn't exist.
>>>> Instead
>>>> of a recovery disc that takes you back to factory condition, why can't
>>>> one simply make a recovery disc (or multiples -- more likely these
>>>> days)
>>>> that simply restores the system to the point in time when that disc was
>>>> made?
>>>
>>> That's what backup programs like Acronis True Image are for.
>>>
>>> And what an extra internal hard drive or what an external hard drive
>>> is for. >>
>>But you don't need an extra hard drive -- drives that can write DVDs are
>>nearly ubiquitous these days, why buy something else (other than DVD
>>blanks, which are quite cheap)? Can ATI create a bootable recovery DVD
>>set? >
> While it can create a bootable CD with its program on it, it can't
> create a bootable DVD set... if it can, I'm not aware of it.