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Ron Hirsch
Flightless Bird
I see no newsgroup for Windows 7, so I'll post this here. If there is Win 7
group, please advise the "name" so that I can locate it.
I'm starting the build of my new machine, which will use Windows 7 Pro 64
bit. I've been a long time fan of Acronis True Image since version 8, and am
currently using version 11 in XP. And it has saved my butt on many
occasions. I image my system drive weekly, and when a system drive fails, or
has some "tragic event", Acronis TI always saves the day.
From what I see, I'll have to upgrade to version 2010 (which is apparently
version 12) to use it in Win 7 64 bit. But I've seen a lot of horror stories
about people having very serious problems in Win 7 64 bit. The MS
compatibility page shows it to be "fine" in Win7 64 bit though.
Does anyone here have any experience/info on this situation. And, if it is a
problem in Win 7 64, are there any good similar programs out there? Since I
hate Symantec, I won't go with their Ghost software.
I do know that Windows 7 has a "Backup & Restore" utility built right in.
But it seems to be pretty barebones. And TI does offer a "CD create" utility
to boot up the system. and run TI from the CD, when the Windows OS on the
system hard drive is not functioning due to a corruption or HD failure.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
Ron Hirsch
group, please advise the "name" so that I can locate it.
I'm starting the build of my new machine, which will use Windows 7 Pro 64
bit. I've been a long time fan of Acronis True Image since version 8, and am
currently using version 11 in XP. And it has saved my butt on many
occasions. I image my system drive weekly, and when a system drive fails, or
has some "tragic event", Acronis TI always saves the day.
From what I see, I'll have to upgrade to version 2010 (which is apparently
version 12) to use it in Win 7 64 bit. But I've seen a lot of horror stories
about people having very serious problems in Win 7 64 bit. The MS
compatibility page shows it to be "fine" in Win7 64 bit though.
Does anyone here have any experience/info on this situation. And, if it is a
problem in Win 7 64, are there any good similar programs out there? Since I
hate Symantec, I won't go with their Ghost software.
I do know that Windows 7 has a "Backup & Restore" utility built right in.
But it seems to be pretty barebones. And TI does offer a "CD create" utility
to boot up the system. and run TI from the CD, when the Windows OS on the
system hard drive is not functioning due to a corruption or HD failure.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
Ron Hirsch