Re: Do we really NEED SP2?
From: JCO (joliviero4_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/17/04
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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 04:15:52 GMT
How does True Image differ from Norton Ghost?
Does True Image allow for you to boot with a disk?
Just curious!!
"Jeff" <jeff@falsepart.com> wrote in message
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> I meant Acronis's True Image 7. It is a super program. I am not sure
what
> the differences are with version 6. But True Image 7 works flawlessly in
> both directions. It is also one of the few that will save the image to a
> USB external drive. Even though it saves an image of the partition, you
are
> not limited to restoring the entire image. It allows you to also select
> individual files from the image to restore just these files - which I have
> done several times. So it works as both an image backup AND a file to
file
> backup. One backup does it all, including incremental backups, etc. Just
a
> terrific utility.
>
> In restoring the system partition it booted into a different OS (I think
it
> was a Linux flavor) did its thing and then restarted Windows XP. All
> automatically and with no hiccups. I was always afraid to try that with
the
> system partition but it was no problem.
>
> --
>
> Jeff McPherson
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> "Roger" <nosuchaddress@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> > On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:02:39 -0400, "Jeff"
> > <jeff@falsepart.com> wrote, at least in part:
> >
> > >I back up "images" of my C: partition using Acronis True Image 7. I've
> > >already had a corrupted system after a previous "MS Critical Update"
and
> > >simply restored my partition with Drive Image 7. Went very smoothly
and
> > >made a believer of me. I am not sure that a restore from a standard
> "file
> > >to file" backup would have succeeded in restoring my messed up XP
system
> > >partition. I know I will make sure to have an uptodate image before
> > >installing SP2 - which I will not do for quite some time <grin>.
> > >
> > >(My backups are to a USB Western Digital external drive - makes them
> > >available almost no matter what happens to any of my PCs and Drive
Image
> 7
> > >works great from it).
> >
> > I too like the Acronis product, Jeff. But you refer to True
> > Image first, then Drive Image later. Because I used Drive
> > Image, then went to True Image, I often confuse the two
> > names. Like the Acronis better.
> >
> > If you do mean True Image throughout, what is the difference
> > in TI 7 vs. TI 6? I'm still using the TI 6 with complete
> > satisfaction.
> >
> > --
> > Roger
> > Southern Arizona
> > rbeamon1(at)cox(dot)net
>
>
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