Re: backing up two computers

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Lots of people are having issues with version 11. There's a new build--8101
I think--but only a few people are claiming it's helped them in any way.

Jo-Anne

"Big_Al" <BigAl@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jo-Anne wrote:
Not good! Have you checked in with the Acronis user forum for
suggestions?

Jo-Anne

"Big_Al" <BigAl@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jo-Anne wrote:
I've used the verify/validate function, which takes forever (and the
more backup images on the drive, the longer it takes, since it
apparently can't validate only the current image--or so people on the
Acronis forum say). However, some people have reported that even
validated images sometimes don't restore. One way to check--and I
haven't done it yet--is to mount an image and copy some of its files to
the hard drive to see if they open OK. At least that gets closer to a
true restore.

Jo-Anne

"Big_Al" <BigAl@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jo-Anne wrote:
Thank you, Al! Actually, images are what I'm doing too--with Acronis
True Image. You can do incrementals with this program. I'm guessing
that Dave is cloning his drive; hence one image per drive (or, I've
been told, per partitition). I like the idea of being able to put
multiple images on one external drive and can only hope that they
restore OK in an emergency.

Jo-Anne

"Big_Al" <BigAl@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jo-Anne wrote:
Thank you again!

Jo-Anne

"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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All imaging is of the current installation, and totally replaces
the original it overwrites in my case.

--
Dave

"Jo-Anne" <naples@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you, Dave! Are all your backups full ones, or do you do
incrementals too?

Jo-Anne

"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Jo-Anne" <naples@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm currently backing up my desktop XP SP3 computer to two
external hard drives with Acronis True Image. I'm planning to
buy the program for my new laptop as well (currently XP SP2 but
will install SP3 soon). How do others handle backups from two
computers? Do you dedicate separate external drives to each
computer or do backups to the same drives from different
computers? If the latter, do you just store the backups in
different folders?

Thanks much!

Jo-Anne

Currently, I am only using one PC. However, I sometimes boot
off an insertable hard drive.

For the onboard, I use one external hard drive for image
backups.
For the external, I use yet another external hard drive for
image backups.
In each case, I keep the original installation as an image at
the root of each external backup hard drive.

Further, I use 5 separate folders for each week of the month on
each external hard drive for backups. As a result, I have a
month's worth of image backups at all times.

Using DriveImage 7 and firewire for backup external hard drives.
--
Dave


Note Jo-Anne, he is imaging the drive, not doing backups of files
and folders. An image is IMO, a much simpler and thorough way to
backup. If he was doing backups, you could do incrementals too.

There is a verify function, not sure if it does much, but I've had the
same question. I use ATI to backup my AMD machine before SP3 since
AMD processors had a big SP3 issue. I tested that image to make
sure. I was paranoid, it was my wife's PC. I'd be dead if I messed
it up. :-)

You should try. I did and image for SP3 and then tested it by restoring
a single image folder with about 20 sub folders and images. All of the
thumbs.db files in each folder were corrupted. Everything else was
okay. And I got permission issues on each and could not remove them.
Using ATI of course. Still, luckily I put it on a spare drive and
wound up formatting it to get those files off. Never tried to solve
the issue since format was too simple at this point.



I'm just now trying to make a login and I plan to do so. Writing to you
reminded me and I really want to validate this.
I've used ATI Version 9 to clone drives, but this was ATI version 11 that
I had issues with.
Thanks.


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