> As long as the new HD is at least as large as the original, this
> should not be an issue.
Andrew McP
Andrew McP
It's not -unreliable- but it's not bulletproof either.
> > However, when I came to restore said image when I
> > changed my HD
> I find Trueimage is as fallible as the rest if restoring an old setup to
> a new hard disk. The "shape" of the HD needs to match the shape of the
> old one in order for XP to work properly from the start. You'd think by
> now they'd have got round that problem. Still, at least the old backup
> can be mounted later on and critical files copied over.
Actually, when I think back, perhaps I'm being unfair to True Image.
The HD had started to develop errors and that's why I replaced it and,
although no actually problems occurred whilst using the XP O/S, the data
partition on the same HD also turned out to be a wee bit shagged in
certain parts with some folders completely irretrievable.
I may try making 2 backups of XP to test things out. One from the other
O/S and one from within XP itself. That way, if I try to restore from
the XP running image and it fails I still have the image that was
created outside of XP and that will be an almost exact replica. Those
HD image backups have always restored flawlessly.
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Pete Ives
Remove All_stRESS before sending me an email
I am not super concerned with data backup per se, it's a ***
computer, so important docs, apps and etc. are not a real issue. I want
convenience and ease of use along with some semblance of reliability. I
simply want to be able to wake up one day and say, "let's roll out a
spring fresh copy of my computer" and have it be like the day I first
installed everything.
I do appeciate all the input and it is making me think a bit more about
which to go.
I can recover from a cat-tastrophe in 20 min.
-Larry
I've done a complete 'hot image' and had to restore it with Ghost 10 - zero problems.
Wag
>> Is there a recommendation for the software to do this? Norton Ghost
>> 10 and True Image 9.0 seem to the be most frequently mentioned
>> titles. Any upside/downside to these programs that anyone wants to
>> comment on?
>
> Ghost 2003 was the last reliable version of Ghost. The newer ones
> are just rebadged Powerquest Driveimage which runs in Windows and
> hence aren't anywhere near as reliable.
I have not had any issues using Drive Image 7, and I have used it to
restore a working image.
Perhaps I just got lucky...
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Don Burnette
What is "SecureZone?
What do you mean by "base" and "Full images"? I am guessing "Base" is
the original install and the "full" are the incremental images?
I like the recover time....
Most software works as advertised. 90% plus of the service calls Ive done over the last 15+ years are "user errors/issues" not the software's fault. Some people "think" they are smarter than they are and that usually spells more trouble than the un-assuming fellow that acually RTFM ;)
Ive used Ghost and Drive image for years but I prefer Drive Image. Each has changed drastically over the years as corporate ownership changes and technology advances move ever forward.
True Image sounds interesting though and I may give it a shot sometime soon as well..
Mitch
I've done a complete 'hot image' and had to restore it with Ghost 10 - zero problems.
Wag
When you boot your system, you hit F11 and it brings up a Linux (I believe)
based core-version of TrueImage, and you have the option of Imaging,
restoring, etc... without ever having to boot to windows, use a CD or a
floppy.
You can write this image to the SecureZone, another local drive, a network
drive, etc...
TrueImages support of Networks is the best I've seen. It actuall WORKS!
When I set up a computer I do the following:
1. Install the OS, all updates and drivers for base hardware until I have a
green-board in the device manager.
2. At this point I image the machine. This is my base image.
3. Then I load up all the apps, utilities, games, etc...
4. Then I image the machine. This is the full image.
My monthly running images go to the SecureZone, but every other month I send
it to the server instead in case of a hard drive failure, which would also
take out the SecureZone obviously.
I store no data on my C drive. It's all stored on a separate D drive. This
way I can re-image without fear of data lost. There are one or two programs
that stupidly save their data in the program folder, but nothing I can't
live without as I manually back those up at a regular interval. The D drive
is backed up to my RAID-5 file server as needed, and important documents are
burned to DVD as needed for extra security.
-Larry
I'd like to do exactly as you laid out in points 1-4, but store the
images on a 2nd HDD in my box, for security. I may also burn a DVD
image (this is possible also, right?) as EXTRA, EXTRA security. I would
then do monthly backups as normal.
Thanks so much for the replies, the info is quite valuable.
-Larry
Larry enlightened us with:
> -Larry
>> Can the SecureZone be another physical hard drive? Or does it have to
>> be on the same drive as the program itself?
>> I'd like to do exactly as you laid out in points 1-4, but store the
>> images on a 2nd HDD in my box, for security. I may also burn a DVD
>> image (this is possible also, right?) as EXTRA, EXTRA security. I
>> would then do monthly backups as normal.
>> Thanks so much for the replies, the info is quite valuable.
The other versions are for corporate environments where images may need to
be pushed to workstations.
-Larry
> Larry enlightened us with:
>> You know, I'm not sure :)
>> -Larry
>>> Can the SecureZone be another physical hard drive? Or does it have to
>>> be on the same drive as the program itself?
>>> I'd like to do exactly as you laid out in points 1-4, but store the
>>> images on a 2nd HDD in my box, for security. I may also burn a DVD
>>> image (this is possible also, right?) as EXTRA, EXTRA security. I
>>> would then do monthly backups as normal.
>>> Thanks so much for the replies, the info is quite valuable.
Installing a 2nd copy of your OS on another partition
will allow you to back up your primary OS partition.
TrueImage is like $49.
-Larry