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From: Joe on 21 Jun 2010 15:36 "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:889nqsF71jU1(a)mid.individual.net... > Joe wrote >> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa(a)gmail.com> wrote >>> Joe wrote > >>>> Well, my concern with Acronis is that- I could figure out how to run >>>> it to make backups and create an image- but if my drive crashes and I >>>> need to do a restore- that's when I'm likely to freak out. > >>>> Can it restore an image easily to a larger drive of a different brand? > >>> Yes, completely effortlessly in fact. > >>>> Since the image would contain the boot sector which has info about the >>>> old drive- if I install the image to a new drive, what happens then? >>>> Will the new drive boot up properly? > >>> Yes. > >> so then what happens to make sure the new drive gets the boot sector >> corrected regarding the hard drive info? > > The restore does that. awesome! I had no idea! thanks everyone! Joe > >>>> I wish I had a lot of old computers to just experiment with. > >>> You just need one to experiment with, not a lot. > >>>> Years ago I did a fair amount of "geek work" but I've forgotten >>>> most of it- and this stuff evolves so quickly I've lost my confidence. > >>> Then get another system and experiment with that. > >>>> "edfair" <edfair.4cpf8t(a)no.email.invalid> wrote in message >>>> news:edfair.4cpf8t(a)no.email.invalid... > >>>>> I waffle between Acronis and PCBackup for my customers. PCB is now >>>>> something else, was MIGO but has been renamed again. > >>>>> One advantage of Acronis is the image you can get, then use that to >>>>> rebuild the system, with the overhead of all the extra stuff imaged. >>>>> PCB would require a reload of the OS and then a restore to >>>>> just get your data. > >>>>> Or a combination, weekly image with Acronis and a daily with something >>>>> else. > > |