Macrium Reflect FREE Edition v4.2.2733
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From: M.L. on 24 Jul 2010 19:41 >> The dottech link doesn't indicate which imagers allow one to explore >> or copy files from an image archive, which is a very important feature >> if one accidentally deletes a file that's in the archive. > >ML - the table does show that all of the compared programs have >"mount/browse backup images and perform selective restore" - do you mean >something beyond that? No, I overlooked that feature. Thanks for the correction.
From: poutnik on 25 Jul 2010 03:46 In article <934j46195oc6fsgbqopn957fpbuomsvefp(a)4ax.com>, dinotec(a)mail.invalid says... > > On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:25:18 -0500, Caesar Romano <Spam(a)uce.gov> wrote: > > >Macrium Reflect FREE Edition v4.2.2733 - 25568 KB > > Still no possibility to boot from CD and make image? I do not see the need for imaging from boot CD. At least since Vista, it could probably make sense for XP. CD is consider as Rescue/recover one, I would not expect it will be included.
From: poutnik on 25 Jul 2010 03:59 In article <lu6m469sfb39lcupii4ffqs8dvb71ecmpr(a)4ax.com>, REMbranded(a)netscape.com says... > > > x3. The only problem that I see with Macrium from the link above is > that you can only restore an image to the same hard drive. That might > be a deal breaker. Partition? The same hard drive (brand, size?) if > the hard drive fails? I'll see soon enough. > > It does clone one hard drive to another, though. That's an interesting > ability. > It is not fully true. Once I had encountered system HD failure, unexpected by S.M.A.R.T. I bought new HD of different vendor and different size. I had few days old system partition backup of my Vista64 Premium. I tried Macrium boot CD restore, just for the fun, not believing in success. It was fully successful in restoring system image in the new drive, creating a system partition and MBR. It even asked me if I wanted to change my system partition size. After booting the system on the new HD it ( obviously) triggered chkdsk, but after reboot the Vista were running as before. -- Do you know what is difference between Windows versions and guided missiles ? None. Both are fired and forgotten.
From: H-Man on 26 Jul 2010 12:57 On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:11:02 -0500, jim.s.witherspoon wrote: > On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:58:43 -0500, VanguardLH wrote: > >> I found a comparison table of several free imaging programs (with >> Acronis TrueImage thrown in for comparison). > > Could you post the link to that table? Thanks. > > Just by chance I discovered that Acronis True Image is thrown in as part of > Seagate DiscWizard that came with one of my hard drives. I'm sure it's not > a full-fledged version; the window prominently displays "powered by > Acronis". I'd like to know what it can do compared to the commercial > version, but haven't googled for that yet. > > Just thought I'd let people know that they may have some subset of Acronis > True Image already on their system as bundleware. > > jim Jim, Acronis (the paid version) does scheduling ang incremental / differential backups, something the Seagate version does not do. Other than that, the Seagate version is a great option for manual disk imaging IMHO. -- HK
From: za kAT on 26 Jul 2010 13:52
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:57:04 -0600, H-Man wrote: > On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:11:02 -0500, jim.s.witherspoon wrote: > >> On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:58:43 -0500, VanguardLH wrote: >> >>> I found a comparison table of several free imaging programs (with >>> Acronis TrueImage thrown in for comparison). >> >> Could you post the link to that table? Thanks. >> >> Just by chance I discovered that Acronis True Image is thrown in as part of >> Seagate DiscWizard that came with one of my hard drives. I'm sure it's not >> a full-fledged version; the window prominently displays "powered by >> Acronis". I'd like to know what it can do compared to the commercial >> version, but haven't googled for that yet. >> >> Just thought I'd let people know that they may have some subset of Acronis >> True Image already on their system as bundleware. >> >> jim > > Jim, > > Acronis (the paid version) does scheduling ang incremental / differential > backups, something the Seagate version does not do. Other than that, the > Seagate version is a great option for manual disk imaging IMHO. Few notes. The deal is only one disk on your system needs to be Seagate. Therefore, if only your USB backup drive is Seagate... is still cool. There is a Western Digital deal too... perhaps others. I use this to make a secondary image once a month, using a scheduled task. It's the equivalent of the home version, as you say less incremental / differential, and scheduling, but Acronis make an advanced version which is more like the server versions, with advanced VSS support. Class product, the server versions, which I have used for many years. On Vista Business, I use MS Complete backup, scripted. Does point in time, like incremental/differential but integrated into vhd. Less user friendly, but MS wrote the VSS stuff which is v cool, and this does the biz re VSS, and it's free < ha! provided you buy the Vista licence, that is. You can mount the vhd with a hack from Virtual Server. This is the same tech built into Server 2008. On SBS you can restore Exchange only using this as well, and it works. Bloody brilliant tech, easier to use than Acronis I would say, but it nabs the whole backup drive. -- zakAT(a)pooh.the.cat - Sergeant Tech-Com, DN38416. Assigned to protect you. You've been targeted for denigration! |