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11-30-2008
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| | Re: Vista, Dell, and Acronis True Image 11 "Airman Thunderbird" <airman.basic@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:WOAYk.2787$ba6.1265@xxxxxx Quote: > > When I try to image the hard drive on my new Dell Vostro 1000 with Vista > Basic, Acronis CD boots but goes to blinking cursor, with no further > activity. > > Read something a while back about the Dell recovery partition giving > Acronis problems, but haven't nailed it down. Any help? Rather than booting from the cd, I suggest that you install Acronis and start it from within your OS. It will shut down and lock the drives then clone upon restart |
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11-30-2008
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| | Re: Vista, Dell, and Acronis True Image 11 "Airman Thunderbird" <airman.basic@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:WOAYk.2787$ba6.1265@xxxxxx Quote: > > When I try to image the hard drive on my new Dell Vostro 1000 with Vista > Basic, Acronis CD boots but goes to blinking cursor, with no further > activity. > > Read something a while back about the Dell recovery partition giving > Acronis problems, but haven't nailed it down. Any help? Do you have a space on a partition or drive which is large enough to take a backup? The Dell recovery partition should not be used and is too small anyway.. -- Mike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc Mike's Window - My Blog.. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx |
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11-30-2008
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| | Re: Vista, Dell, and Acronis True Image 11 On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:28:03 -0600, Airman Thunderbird <airman.basic@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >When I try to image the hard drive on my new Dell Vostro 1000 with Vista >Basic, Acronis CD boots but goes to blinking cursor, with no further >activity. > >Read something a while back about the Dell recovery partition giving >Acronis problems, but haven't nailed it down. Any help? 2) Have you installed it yet? If so, have you tried imaging from WITHIN Windows??? PJ White |
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11-30-2008
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| | Re: Vista, Dell, and Acronis True Image 11 "Airman Thunderbird" <airman.basic@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:ypCYk.2050$dc4.1559@xxxxxx Quote: > philo wrote: Quote: > > "Airman Thunderbird" <airman.basic@xxxxxx> wrote in message > > news:WOAYk.2787$ba6.1265@xxxxxx Quote: > >> When I try to image the hard drive on my new Dell Vostro 1000 with Quote: Quote: Quote: > >> Basic, Acronis CD boots but goes to blinking cursor, with no further > >> activity. > >> > >> Read something a while back about the Dell recovery partition giving > >> Acronis problems, but haven't nailed it down. Any help? > > > > Rather than booting from the cd, > > I suggest that you install Acronis > > and start it from within your OS. > > > > It will shut down and lock the drives > > then clone upon restart > > > > > Had not planned on installing it, but guess I'll try it, thanks. I have never had it fail when I've installed it. Just be sure to follow the instructions well. Whatever you do, be sure to disconnect the cloned drive after the cloning process is complete Just test the clone by putting it in place of your original drive then set it aside once you've confirmed it's good |
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11-30-2008
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| | Re: Vista, Dell, and Acronis True Image 11 On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:54:07 -0600, "philo" <philo@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > >"Airman Thunderbird" <airman.basic@xxxxxx> wrote in message >news:ypCYk.2050$dc4.1559@xxxxxx Quote: >> philo wrote: Quote: >> > "Airman Thunderbird" <airman.basic@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> > news:WOAYk.2787$ba6.1265@xxxxxx >> >> When I try to image the hard drive on my new Dell Vostro 1000 with Quote: Quote: >> >> Basic, Acronis CD boots but goes to blinking cursor, with no further >> >> activity. >> >> >> >> Read something a while back about the Dell recovery partition giving >> >> Acronis problems, but haven't nailed it down. Any help? >> > >> > >> > Rather than booting from the cd, >> > I suggest that you install Acronis >> > and start it from within your OS. >> > >> > It will shut down and lock the drives >> > then clone upon restart >> > >> > >> Had not planned on installing it, but guess I'll try it, thanks. >FWIW: >I have never had it fail when I've installed it. > >Just be sure to follow the instructions well. > >Whatever you do, be sure to disconnect the cloned drive after the cloning >process is complete > > >Just test the clone by putting it in place of your original drive > >then set it aside once you've confirmed it's good to image - IMAGE - the drive. Completely different situation and no need to disconnect. DDW -- Reply via this group No email please |
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