Re: Acronis True Image vs. Norton Ghost - which to buy?

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From: Art (noonehere_at_someplace.com)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:52:45 -0500

> In article <Ok4Chxe7EHA.2600@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>,
>>"Al Dykes" <adykes@panix.com> wrote in message
>>news:cqv5u4$i93$1@panix5.panix.com...
>>> The CD-bootable Acronis TI is based on a very current version of Linux
>>> with, I expect, every stable driver known to man built into the
>>> kernel. This mans that it is not dependant on the BIOS, except to
>>> boot, and it has good Read Only access to NTFS. A darn sight better
>>> than a DOS-based product.
>>> --
>>> a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m
>>>
>>> Don't blame me. I voted for Gore.

> Art <noonehere@someplace.com> wrote:
>>Al:
>>One further question/comment re the Acronis True Image bootable CD: as I
>>mentioned previously based upon some limited experience with this program
>>I've been quite impressed with its cloning speed vis-a-vis Norton Ghost
>>2003
>>which I've been using regularly. But there is one negative. From time to
>>time the CD doesn't boot and the system goes directly to the Desktop. I've
>>made a number of different CDs, using them in a variety of CD/DVD-ROMs,
>>but
>>always with the same results. Sometimes it takes two or three tries before
>>the CD boots. A friend of mine also has been using the ATI program and
>>tells
>>me he runs into the same problem from time to time. It's very erratic.
>>We're
>>both using build 771. I believe there's a later build but I haven't yet
>>downloaded it. I sent an email to Acronis re this problem but haven't had
>>a
>>reply. Have you run into this?
>>Art

"Al Dykes" <adykes@panix.com> wrote in message
news:cqvhu7$luf$1@panix5.panix.com...
> Home-burned CDs sometines have error rates that make them unreliable.
> Does your friend burn his won bootable CD or is he testing yours ?
>
> If it's the latter then IMO your CD burner is margial, or maybe your
> media.
> Did it all come in the same batch ? try another brand.
>
> Look in the BIOS see if yo can set it to just boot from the CD,
> and halt if it can't. That will make it lots less frustrating.
>
> Is this a DVD/CDR drive ? You might have better luck if you can
> burn the CD on a simple CDR burner.
>
> IMO This has nothing to do with Acronis. It's somethin with your
> PC and media.
>
> --
>
> a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m
>
> Don't blame me. I voted for Gore.

Al:
Thanks for your response. No, it isn't my CD/DVD ROM devices nor my media
that's the problem. As I stated, I've run into the same problem
notwithstanding the fact that I've used at least three different CD/DVD
players/recorders as well as a variety of CD-Rs on different machines, all
of which I've worked with for many months and know to be sound. And as I
stated, my friend has run into the identical problem as I with his
equipment/media. I've no problem booting from a bootable CD. I do it all the
time. The only plausible explanation would seem to be the particular build
(771) of ATI that both of us are using. I'll download a later build (which I
should have done before) ASAP. Thanks again for your input.
Art

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