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Back up program

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Twayne

Flightless Bird
In news:3ezin.370$cp7.357@newsfe23.iad,
Jack <nospam@invalid.not> typed:
> "Twayne" <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:#DJHODKuKHA.4220@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
>> If Acronis could also perform true cloning operations it would be on
>> an even footing with Ghost,

>
> It does. Perhaps you just missed that capability in TI?


Umm, apparently I did! I know the version I tested didn't, and I've seen
similar posts here indicating the same thing and last time I looked I
couldn't find anything on their site about cloning drives.
Thanks for the update - I'll have another look.

Regards,

Twayne`





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Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered
through personal experience does not become a
part of the moral tissue.
 
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Jack

Flightless Bird
"Twayne" <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:uyiRhIOuKHA.2072@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> In news:3ezin.370$cp7.357@newsfe23.iad,
> Jack <nospam@invalid.not> typed:
>> "Twayne" <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote in message
>> news:#DJHODKuKHA.4220@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>>> If Acronis could also perform true cloning operations it would be on
>>> an even footing with Ghost,

>>
>> It does. Perhaps you just missed that capability in TI?

>
> Umm, apparently I did! I know the version I tested didn't, and I've seen
> similar posts here indicating the same thing and last time I looked I
> couldn't find anything on their site about cloning drives.
> Thanks for the update - I'll have another look.


User's Manual:
20. Transferring the system to a new disk
 
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Unknown

Flightless Bird
Oh yeah, that's right.
"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:eJZY5xMuKHA.2072@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Because he likes to test out as many hard drives as possible for backup
> restoration capabilities?
>
> Unknown wrote:
>> How is it that you notoriously promote all the garbage one can install on
>> a
>> computer?
>>
>> Registry cleaners, Norton products, etc.
>> "Twayne" <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote in message
>> news:%23DJHODKuKHA.4220@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> In news:6v8lo559j55uf6qruq0i25vv0bv9nj6f9b@4ax.com,
>>> Ken Blake, MVP <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> typed:
>>>> On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:58:58 +0000, EN59CVH
>>>> <EN59CVH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If the data is extremely important than clearly you can't rely on a
>>>>> free program. You would do yourself justice if you spend a few bob
>>>>> on Norton Ghost 15 that is tried and tested for over 20 years or
>>>>> more since the DOS days.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I completely disagree with both things you say above:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Your view that a freeware program is necessarily less reliable than
>>>> one you have to pay for.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Your view that any Norton product is more reliable than any of its
>>>> competitors.
>>>>
>>>> My recommendation is stay as far away as possible from all Norton
>>>> products.
>>>
>>> Which is precisely why many of youre "recommendations" fall on deaf
>>> ears.
>>> Norton Ghost is one of the best imaging setups you'll find and posesses
>>> a
>>> host of useful bells & whistles. Acronis True Image is as good and just
>>> as reliable for imaging with only a few things Ghost can do that are
>>> missing, and one or two things Ghost can't do. If Acronis could also
>>> perform true cloning operations it would be on an even footing with
>>> Ghost,
>>> in fact. I have Ghost and other 2009/2010 verstions of Norton on this
>>> machine and TI on the Dell dual xeos server behind me. As is legally
>>> allowed, Ghost is also installed on two other machines here, both
>>> laptops.
>>> TI is only on one machine. Neither has ever had a problem with
>>> storing/restoreing drive images.
>>> You need to come up to speed with the real world, you really do.
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>>
>>> Twayne
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Dirk wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Im looking for a free data back up program that will only back up
>>>>>> the files that have changed since the previous back up.
>>>>>> Any suggestions
>>>>>> Thank you
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> --
>>> Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered
>>> through personal experience does not become a
>>> part of the moral tissue.

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