Re: Acronis 7/XP Questions

"Frog" <frog@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks you one and all for your responses.

Here is what I think I have learned about Acronis and XP from your
responses:

1. Acronis 7 is compatible with the Windows XP operating system.

2. I did not purchase Acronis 7 on a CD...I downloaded it when it was
offered for free. I am not sure whether the version that I have, which
I used on my old 98SE system, can be loaded onto a second computer.

3. I understand that my purchase of Acronis 11 would give me a bootable
CD...a capability that would be nice to have if restoring my system
became necessary.

4. It seems that there are several places one could store Acronis-
produced backups, but that an external hard drive system seems to be the
best solution for storing backups.

5. That I should check to see if my Acronis backup system works before it
becomes necessary to restore files and/or my system.

6. That I should email the people at Acronis to see if they will give me
a break on upgrading to Version 11.

7. That ugr.com will sell me a copy of Acronis 11 for $29.

Did I miss anything in my highlights?


Sure did. Make very sure the restoration works properly before going down
the road a few months and finding out the restore won't work for some
reason.

I think I will upgrade my 30GB external hard drive for a 500GB
hard drive. I will use this external hard drive for my system backups.


QUESTION HERE---Is it best to put my backups on a separate partition or
is it okay to have one big partition with many folders, one of which
would be for system backups?


As long as its NTFS partitioned...

And, you seem to be doing it backwards regarding hard drive capacity. That
is 500GB for the onboard/XP hard drive, and 30GB for the external for
imaging AND other data.
Dave


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