From: Jack on

"Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:#DJHODKuKHA.4220(a)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?

From: ENS9CVH on


Ask your m u m my t roll!! Men's C 0 c k s haven't changed for
centuries!



Unknown wrote:
>
> Are you nuts? Technologies don't even resemble what they were 20 years ago.
>

From: Unknown on
How is it that you notoriously promote all the garbage one can install on a
computer?
Registry cleaners, Norton products, etc.
"Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:%23DJHODKuKHA.4220(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> In news:6v8lo559j55uf6qruq0i25vv0bv9nj6f9b(a)4ax.com,
> Ken Blake, MVP <kblake(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> typed:
>> On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:58:58 +0000, EN59CVH
>> <EN59CVH(a)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.


From: Bill in Co. on
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(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:%23DJHODKuKHA.4220(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> In news:6v8lo559j55uf6qruq0i25vv0bv9nj6f9b(a)4ax.com,
>> Ken Blake, MVP <kblake(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> typed:
>>> On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:58:58 +0000, EN59CVH
>>> <EN59CVH(a)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.


From: Twayne on
In news:3ezin.370$cp7.357(a)newsfe23.iad,
Jack <nospam(a)invalid.not> typed:
> "Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:#DJHODKuKHA.4220(a)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.