Back up program

[Twayne]

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Jack typed:

> "Twayne" wrote in message

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>> If Acronis could also perform true cloning operations it would be on

>> an even footing with Ghost,

>

> It does. Perhaps you just missed that capability in TI?



Umm, apparently I did! I know the version I tested didn't, and I've seen

similar posts here indicating the same thing and last time I looked I

couldn't find anything on their site about cloning drives.

Thanks for the update - I'll have another look.



Regards,



Twayne`











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[Jack]

"Twayne" wrote in message

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> In news:3ezin.370$cp7.357@newsfe23.iad,

> Jack typed:

>> "Twayne" wrote in message

>> news:#DJHODKuKHA.4220@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>

>>> If Acronis could also perform true cloning operations it would be on

>>> an even footing with Ghost,

>>

>> It does. Perhaps you just missed that capability in TI?

>

> Umm, apparently I did! I know the version I tested didn't, and I've seen

> similar posts here indicating the same thing and last time I looked I

> couldn't find anything on their site about cloning drives.

> Thanks for the update - I'll have another look.



User's Manual:

20. Transferring the system to a new disk

 

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Oh yeah, that's right.

"Bill in Co." wrote in message

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> Because he likes to test out as many hard drives as possible for backup

> restoration capabilities?

>

> Unknown wrote:

>> How is it that you notoriously promote all the garbage one can install on

>> a

>> computer?

>>

>> Registry cleaners, Norton products, etc.

>> "Twayne" wrote in message

>> news:%23DJHODKuKHA.4220@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> In news:6v8lo559j55uf6qruq0i25vv0bv9nj6f9b@4ax.com,

>>> Ken Blake, MVP typed:

>>>> On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:58:58 +0000, EN59CVH

>>>> wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> If the data is extremely important than clearly you can't rely on a

>>>>> free program. You would do yourself justice if you spend a few bob

>>>>> on Norton Ghost 15 that is tried and tested for over 20 years or

>>>>> more since the DOS days.

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> I completely disagree with both things you say above:

>>>>

>>>> 1. Your view that a freeware program is necessarily less reliable than

>>>> one you have to pay for.

>>>>

>>>> 2. Your view that any Norton product is more reliable than any of its

>>>> competitors.

>>>>

>>>> My recommendation is stay as far away as possible from all Norton

>>>> products.

>>>

>>> Which is precisely why many of youre "recommendations" fall on deaf

>>> ears.

>>> Norton Ghost is one of the best imaging setups you'll find and posesses

>>> a

>>> host of useful bells & whistles. Acronis True Image is as good and just

>>> as reliable for imaging with only a few things Ghost can do that are

>>> missing, and one or two things Ghost can't do. If Acronis could also

>>> perform true cloning operations it would be on an even footing with

>>> Ghost,

>>> in fact. I have Ghost and other 2009/2010 verstions of Norton on this

>>> machine and TI on the Dell dual xeos server behind me. As is legally

>>> allowed, Ghost is also installed on two other machines here, both

>>> laptops.

>>> TI is only on one machine. Neither has ever had a problem with

>>> storing/restoreing drive images.

>>> You need to come up to speed with the real world, you really do.

>>>

>>> HTH,

>>>

>>> Twayne

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>> Dirk wrote:

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Im looking for a free data back up program that will only back up

>>>>>> the files that have changed since the previous back up.

>>>>>> Any suggestions

>>>>>> Thank you

>>>

>>>

>>>

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>>> Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered

>>> through personal experience does not become a

>>> part of the moral tissue.

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