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From: BillW50 on 28 Jun 2010 13:07 In news:indh265tvhaoh0rh6dllhf1icsnq7g53kn(a)4ax.com, WaIIy typed on Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:00:33 -0400: > On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:28:49 -0500, "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > >> In news:nime26pqnm2thu77j6c1kbj5tf5lhnqd9g(a)4ax.com, >> WaIIy typed on Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:04:39 -0400: >>> On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 08:18:46 -0500, "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Well I like many others have used Acronis True Image because many >>>> swear by it. Although some of us have had lots of trouble with >>>> Acronis True Image. And last year, I wrote a number of pages of >>>> information that I believe users should know about. When it works, >>>> it works great. But Acronis doesn't really care about customer >>>> support or problems that has been there version after version. >>> >>> I use Casper, no problems at all and a log file is generated each >>> time. >> >> Hi Wally! I have used many backup programs but Casper wasn't one of >> them. I have used and paid for many like Norton Ghost, Acronis True >> Image, Paragon, etc. And what strangely works the best is something >> really simple like BartPE which comes with A43 file manager. And just >> boot BartPE on CD, flash drive, or whatever and just copy files and >> folders like you would under Windows. >> >> The only time BartPE and A43 failed for me was if MS Works v9 was >> installed. As MS Works fails to run on a restore. The only thing I >> can think of was because it was copied from NTFS to FAT32 and >> restored back on NTFS format. I dunno for sure though. I have done >> it enough times though and MS Works v9 breaks. Not something I use >> much though. >> >> And oddly enough Acronis is one of the most unreliable backup >> programs. And it gives you a false sense of security. As the backup >> part goes without a hitch. The problems pops up during restores. > > > I've used BartPE, Mint, etc to grab some files off of a lunched > Windows install, but it's uses are limited and you still need > to reinstall Windows which is easy, but reinstalling all your > programs, put in all of your tweaks, etc can be a real chore. > > I like Casper because it is so easy and I also have access to any file > on the backup if I need to. > > I use an external enclosure (usb/e-sata) and just hook it up when I > want to do the backup. > > I've tested it several times and it's as easy as connecting the backup > drive and you're good to go. > > It was a tossup between Acronis and Casper and I'm glad I stuck with > casper after seeing the Acronis complaints here. > > There are pros and cons to each method and Casper works for me. Hi Wally! No actually you can clone everything with just BartPE alone. I have done it many times. If it is a Windows 2000/XP system, I select all from the root and unselect the hibernation and the swapfile files, as you don't need to clone them. And I also unselect the System Volume Information folder too. And you just drag all of the rest to another drive and/or folder. And during a restore, I wipe the hard drive clean and just drag the files and folders back and you are all set. The only thing that might pop up with another drive is the MBR might be missing. But that is easy to add to another drive. This really works Wally, I do it all of the time. Heck if you can get SyncBack (the free version) to run under BartPE (I don't think I ever tried it), you could do incremental backups too. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3
From: BillW50 on 29 Jun 2010 17:15
WaIIy wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:07:04 -0500, "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > >> In news:indh265tvhaoh0rh6dllhf1icsnq7g53kn(a)4ax.com, >> WaIIy typed on Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:00:33 -0400: >>> On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:28:49 -0500, "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >>> >>>> In news:nime26pqnm2thu77j6c1kbj5tf5lhnqd9g(a)4ax.com, >>>> WaIIy typed on Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:04:39 -0400: >>>>> On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 08:18:46 -0500, "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Well I like many others have used Acronis True Image because many >>>>>> swear by it. Although some of us have had lots of trouble with >>>>>> Acronis True Image. And last year, I wrote a number of pages of >>>>>> information that I believe users should know about. When it works, >>>>>> it works great. But Acronis doesn't really care about customer >>>>>> support or problems that has been there version after version. >>>>> I use Casper, no problems at all and a log file is generated each >>>>> time. >>>> Hi Wally! I have used many backup programs but Casper wasn't one of >>>> them. I have used and paid for many like Norton Ghost, Acronis True >>>> Image, Paragon, etc. And what strangely works the best is something >>>> really simple like BartPE which comes with A43 file manager. And just >>>> boot BartPE on CD, flash drive, or whatever and just copy files and >>>> folders like you would under Windows. >>>> >>>> The only time BartPE and A43 failed for me was if MS Works v9 was >>>> installed. As MS Works fails to run on a restore. The only thing I >>>> can think of was because it was copied from NTFS to FAT32 and >>>> restored back on NTFS format. I dunno for sure though. I have done >>>> it enough times though and MS Works v9 breaks. Not something I use >>>> much though. >>>> >>>> And oddly enough Acronis is one of the most unreliable backup >>>> programs. And it gives you a false sense of security. As the backup >>>> part goes without a hitch. The problems pops up during restores. >>> >>> I've used BartPE, Mint, etc to grab some files off of a lunched >>> Windows install, but it's uses are limited and you still need >>> to reinstall Windows which is easy, but reinstalling all your >>> programs, put in all of your tweaks, etc can be a real chore. >>> >>> I like Casper because it is so easy and I also have access to any file >>> on the backup if I need to. >>> >>> I use an external enclosure (usb/e-sata) and just hook it up when I >>> want to do the backup. >>> >>> I've tested it several times and it's as easy as connecting the backup >>> drive and you're good to go. >>> >>> It was a tossup between Acronis and Casper and I'm glad I stuck with >>> casper after seeing the Acronis complaints here. >>> >>> There are pros and cons to each method and Casper works for me. >> Hi Wally! No actually you can clone everything with just BartPE alone. I >> have done it many times. If it is a Windows 2000/XP system, I select all >>from the root and unselect the hibernation and the swapfile files, as >> you don't need to clone them. And I also unselect the System Volume >> Information folder too. And you just drag all of the rest to another >> drive and/or folder. >> >> And during a restore, I wipe the hard drive clean and just drag the >> files and folders back and you are all set. The only thing that might >> pop up with another drive is the MBR might be missing. But that is easy >> to add to another drive. >> >> This really works Wally, I do it all of the time. Heck if you can get >> SyncBack (the free version) to run under BartPE (I don't think I ever >> tried it), you could do incremental backups too. > > That's why I like this group, you learn so much. Thanks for taking the > time to explain backing up with a Linux disk. Well BartPE is actually a mini Windows and not Linux based. But Linux should be able to do the same thing. ;-) -- Bill Asus EEE PC 702G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC Xandros Linux (build 2007-10-19 13:03) |