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Jeff@nospam.invalid
Flightless Bird
On 7/1/2010 7:24 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 15:09:04 -0400, Seth wrote:
>
>> "Gene E. Bloch"<not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:c9xpzgizrcmx$.1d37v62lk4bt2$.dlg@40tude.net...
>>> On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:25:52 -0400, Jeff@nospam.invalid wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 7/1/2010 1:16 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:51:59 -0400, "Jeff@nospam.invalid"
>>>>> <Jeff@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/1/2010 8
8 AM, Jeff@nospam.invalid wrote:
>>>>>>> I am not satisfied with W 7's backup utility and am looking for an
>>>>>>> alternative.
>>>>>>> I am considering purchasing either Macrium or Paragon. I know they
>>>>>>> both
>>>>>>> have trial versions but I wonder what do most people prefer between
>>>>>>> these 2 and why?
>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>> Just wanted to add that I was considering both the paid and free
>>>>>> versions, including Acronis True Image which I have used for years with
>>>>>> XP.
>>>>>> Is it true that Macrium is faster than Acronis?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know Macrium and I don't know which is faster, but I can tell
>>>>> you that I like Acronis True Image a lot.
>>>>>
>>>>> And since most of us can do a backup overnight while we are sleeping,
>>>>> I think speed is hardly an important factor.
>>>> Thank you for replying.
>>>> I've used Acronis for years in my XP system and it has rescued me more
>>>> than once. I just heard that it had problems with W7 but maybe that has
>>>> now been fixed.
>>>>
>>>> I now primarily use a laptop which is off at night. So backups at night
>>>> do not work for me unless I want to leave the laptop on all night,
>>>> something I do not do.
>>>
>>> Could you not make an exception for backing up?
>>
>> (to piggyback on the above comment) Does the software not have a setting to
>> shut the machine off when done? I know a lot of my software for encoding
>> video (a lengthy process) has an option to shut the machine down when done.
>
> I think it does.
>
> Also, you can schedule Macrium (paid version) to run a backup with settings
> to wake the computer from sleep (*not* from off!) and to shut it down at
> the end. On the nights when I wish to back up, I plug the drive in and
> sleep the computer instead of powering down.
>
> I had some trouble with that, and ended up having to modify the scripts or
> XML files it generates (I did both). For example, I added a command to run
> a Nirsoft utility to turn off the screen, since my computer is too close to
> where I sleep
>
Thanks. Good idea.
> On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 15:09:04 -0400, Seth wrote:
>
>> "Gene E. Bloch"<not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:c9xpzgizrcmx$.1d37v62lk4bt2$.dlg@40tude.net...
>>> On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:25:52 -0400, Jeff@nospam.invalid wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 7/1/2010 1:16 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:51:59 -0400, "Jeff@nospam.invalid"
>>>>> <Jeff@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/1/2010 8
8 AM, Jeff@nospam.invalid wrote:>>>>>>> I am not satisfied with W 7's backup utility and am looking for an
>>>>>>> alternative.
>>>>>>> I am considering purchasing either Macrium or Paragon. I know they
>>>>>>> both
>>>>>>> have trial versions but I wonder what do most people prefer between
>>>>>>> these 2 and why?
>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>> Just wanted to add that I was considering both the paid and free
>>>>>> versions, including Acronis True Image which I have used for years with
>>>>>> XP.
>>>>>> Is it true that Macrium is faster than Acronis?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know Macrium and I don't know which is faster, but I can tell
>>>>> you that I like Acronis True Image a lot.
>>>>>
>>>>> And since most of us can do a backup overnight while we are sleeping,
>>>>> I think speed is hardly an important factor.
>>>> Thank you for replying.
>>>> I've used Acronis for years in my XP system and it has rescued me more
>>>> than once. I just heard that it had problems with W7 but maybe that has
>>>> now been fixed.
>>>>
>>>> I now primarily use a laptop which is off at night. So backups at night
>>>> do not work for me unless I want to leave the laptop on all night,
>>>> something I do not do.
>>>
>>> Could you not make an exception for backing up?
>>
>> (to piggyback on the above comment) Does the software not have a setting to
>> shut the machine off when done? I know a lot of my software for encoding
>> video (a lengthy process) has an option to shut the machine down when done.
>
> I think it does.
>
> Also, you can schedule Macrium (paid version) to run a backup with settings
> to wake the computer from sleep (*not* from off!) and to shut it down at
> the end. On the nights when I wish to back up, I plug the drive in and
> sleep the computer instead of powering down.
>
> I had some trouble with that, and ended up having to modify the scripts or
> XML files it generates (I did both). For example, I added a command to run
> a Nirsoft utility to turn off the screen, since my computer is too close to
> where I sleep
>
Thanks. Good idea.