Re: Backing up


"Richard Urban [MVP]" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> You are beating a horse that is going no where. True Image "does not"
> allow you to restore single files that are in use, either while booted up
> within Windows, or while booted up from the T.I. recovery CD.


> Ghost 9.0 does. All a person has to do is read the help that comes with
> Ghost to find out how to do this.

But you are assuming that such documentation is easily grasped by all, which
of course is false. The average user would have trouble with the concept of
imaging, let alone the implementation of such.

> Reading all of the True Image help available is not going to tell
> people/users how to do what can not be done.
>
> You were kind enough to do so, with a bit of prodding. In your initial
> post to me you said it could be done, but didn't say how to do it.

Actually, you said:

"Please note that True Image does NOT allow you to do this single file
restore on the Windows partition. With TI it is all or nothing."

But of course, there *are* other choices, as I have shown.


> I responded with "If you have found a way to do this, please post your
> methodology here for everyone to see."

And so I did. It didn't take a lot of thought.

> If you take offence at that remark you need to toughen up a bit!

I initially was unaware that TI couldn't do it, but once you became prissy,
I checked and found out it couldn't. Of course, it was easy enough to
overwrite the file from DOS or BPE. I suppose Acronis could add it in the
future without much effort, but even if they didn't, it wouldn't sway my
opinion regarding Ghost 9, and I was an avid Ghost user for many years.

That all changed when Norton, recognizing that (even though they were the
industry leader at one time) they were losing sales, bought into drive image
and made it into that wonderful systemically bloated product that it is
today.
Of course, everyone has their opinions, which is why, I suppose, Norton is
still (incomprehensibly) in business.

However, as should be obvious, my objection was not directed toward your
endorsement of Ghost (as is your right), but rather your tone. Prissy is as
prissy does...

mxh



>
> Quote from: George Ankner
> "If you knew as much as you thought you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
>
> "mxh" <jm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:t1eBe.44861$rb6.30750@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> "Richard Urban [MVP]" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> message news:uVdS2$0hFHA.3540@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> That is not "exactly" restoring a file with True Image but thank you for
>>> posting the information. As the procedure is NOT an integral part of
>>> True Image, and requires use of other programs, others would not have
>>> likely figured it out.
>>>
>>> As I have stated, Ghost does this natively from within the program. No
>>> extra steps needed.
>>>
>>> As for my challenge, it did get you to post what you were only obliquely
>>> alluding to earlier, so others may have benefited.
>>
>> Is that what you call it? A "challenge". Seemed to be more of an
>> antogonistic remark. Perhaps because you are uncomfortable with being
>> challenged. From your response, it's obvious that you felt the need to
>> declare righteousness (subjective...).
>>
>> You do, however, seem to overlook the reality that those "others who
>> would not have likely figured it out" would "not have likely" figured out
>> the need to restore an individual system file, let alone figured out how
>> to do it, even from within (ugh) Ghost v9.
>>
>> Your "challenge" was indeed antagonistic and provocative, as you well
>> know. One would think that, as an MVP, you would subject yourself to a
>> higher standard of behavior than has been displayed, but then, one would
>> also expect that an MVP would understand usenet etiquette and the reason
>> that top posting is frowned on, but apparently not, given that both
>> ideals seem to elude you.
>>
>>
>> mxh
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>
>


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