Re: My happines with Acronis is waning


"nesredep egrob" <Long. 31,48.21- Lat. 115,47.40> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:45:04 +0800, nesredep egrob <Long. 31,48.21-
> Lat. 115,47.40> wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 23:09:06 -0500, "Galen" <galennews@xxxxxxxxx>
> >wrote:
> >
> >>In news:uNWbDYKHGHA.2836@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> >>Pegasus (MVP) had this to say:
> >>
> >> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
> >>
> >>> Acronis is a great product 99% of the time. However, each
> >>> and every version I have seen so far also has some serious
> >>> bugs that I have discussed with the Acronis helpdesk. They
> >>> include:
> >>> - Acronis won't start with the rescue CD.
> >>> - No keyboard control under the rescue CD.
> >>> - Cannot make a rescue CD.
> >>> - The program crashes in the middle of an operation.
> >>> - The program locks up the first time but works the
> >>> second time on identical operations.
> >>> - The display looks like a caleidoscope.
> >>
> >>You'll note I snipped - mostly to avoid confusion as this delves into
the OT
> >>realm almost...
> >>
> >>1. I've not yet seen.
> >>2. I get the exact opposite - is it a USB keyboard??? I get the
opposite, no
> >>mouse control in (estimate) 6 out of 10 boots to the CD, and need to use
the
> >>keyboard to navigate when outside the OS.
> >>3. Now THAT would make me want a refund - I guess you can say I've not
seen
> >>that one yet.
> >>4. There's another refund request UNLESS I'd been using it inside the OS
and
> >>been doing more than I should have been
> >>5. Nope, see the one above.
> >>6. Monitor type? I got the most awful display on a recently made large
TFT
> >>display. I went to a CRT for that one and it was okay.
> >>
> >>I probably snipped too much. It turns out that the OP made the backup,
> >>verified it, and THEN moved it to a USB drive. USB 2.0 seems to have
been in
> >>place but we're talking a large file probably and as such subject to
packets
> >>being dropped and, depending, no errors being thrown/seen. Not a good
sign.
> >>My latest was to copy back to G: and try to do the restore from there
and
> >>hope for the best. Verification should have been done on the medium
recorded
> >>to, once the data is moved there's too much chance of dirty data and
backup
> >>should not, in my lowly opinion, be moved from the medium it's been
recorded
> >>to for just such a reason.
> >good to see a snip.
> >
> >While waiting, I could not resist setting up windows temprorarily. Had
> >vision of all the work of getting programs working again, maybe with a
> >little help from the image.
> >Forgot that the installation would come up with win2000 sitting on
> >Drive I: , that I cannot put up with so it look as if I disconnect the
> >second disk and re-partition the first disk with its format and hope
> >that Acronis will come up with Drive D: and E: which were on the first
> >drive - what do you think, Please.
> >
> >PS. maybe I should store the information from D and E to the drive to
> >be disconnected - just for safety :-)
> >
> >
> >Borge
> >B. Pedersen Latitude -31,48.21 Longitude 115,47.40
> Well I have not given up. This morning I set the computer to copy
> files from USB to a folder on internal drive.
>
> The time reported and the time taken do not quite compare. To start it
> was reported that the copying would take 6 minutes for 3 +GB. I
> thought a little optimistic but the progrees bar went along nicely at
> a good speed. At the end of its journey the display changed to report
> 2309122 minutes left - quite a shock.
> I deduced that it would be best to leave the latest images of the
> first disk on the second disk and obviously visa versa.
>
> That was wrong - I started again with Acronis Boot and it informed me
> that it would delete the partition for C: and copy to that again. I
> waited a few minutes or maybe 15 - I am patient, and at that rate soon
> will be one.
> The display has suddenly changed to say that it has 2 days to run and
> that is just a 3.7GB image.
>
> I am getting emotional - don't know wether to laugh or cry
>
> Borge
>
> PS I shall leave the computer on for 2 day to see what happens.
>
> And eventually after about 1 hour, Acronis gave up and declared an
> invalid or corrupted image.
>
> I have therefore gone the hard way and am re-installing Win2000 but
> have come up against the trouble of win2000 installing on drive H
> which is not what I want. I have seen the warning and cure for that
> many times and the answer is on the computer which is in trouble - so
> can someone please help with that. I definately want the C: drive as
> the active system drive, PLEASE.
>
> Borge
> B. Pedersen Latitude -31,48.21 Longitude 115,47.40

The good news is that you have appeared to have located
your geographical coordinates, after losing them for a while
and posting your item in the "Two W2000 Boots" thread . . .

The bad news is that once your system is installed on drive
G: it must remain on drive G:. You can employ tricks to
make the first partition of the primary master disk appear
as drive G: but in your case it would not be worth the trouble,
seeing that it is a new installation.

When re-installing, disconnect all disks other than your
system disk. Win2000 will then install on drive C:.


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