back up soft ware

I would like to find a good back up soft ware. I have a new Dell and also a
750 external hard drive. I put Acronis 11 soft ware on to do the back up
and it has not worked well for me. I seem to have a problem with a
password, that I have not been able to solve, therefore the Acronis does not
work. I want to run a full back up to my external drive and then have it
back up each day only what I have added or changed that day, overwriting
what I had deleted, etc. In otherwords I want a "mirror image" back up
current to each day, but it is not necessary to do a full back up every day.
Any advice would be helpful. Thanks. Connie

"Victoria HT" <> wrote in message
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>I would like to find a good back up soft ware. I have a new Dell and also
>a 750 external hard drive. I put Acronis 11 soft ware on to do the back
>up and it has not worked well for me. I seem to have a problem with a
>password, that I have not been able to solve, therefore the Acronis does
>not work. I want to run a full back up to my external drive and then have
>it back up each day only what I have added or changed that day, overwriting
>what I had deleted, etc. In otherwords I want a "mirror image" back up
>current to each day, but it is not necessary to do a full back up every
>day. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks. Connie

Call Acronis and have them help you with your password. Acronis works well.

Thanks Bill. Do you have a phone number to call Acronis? Perhaps they can
"talk me through" this problem. By the way I am using Vista on this
computer. Connie
"Bill Yanaire" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Victoria HT" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>I would like to find a good back up soft ware. I have a new Dell and also
>>a 750 external hard drive. I put Acronis 11 soft ware on to do the back
>>up and it has not worked well for me. I seem to have a problem with a
>>password, that I have not been able to solve, therefore the Acronis does
>>not work. I want to run a full back up to my external drive and then have
>>it back up each day only what I have added or changed that day,
>>overwriting what I had deleted, etc. In otherwords I want a "mirror
>>image" back up current to each day, but it is not necessary to do a full
>>back up every day. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks. Connie
>
> Call Acronis and have them help you with your password. Acronis works
> well.
>
>

Acronis doesn't have a direct technical support phone number per se. Your
first contact regarding technical support will be through logging-in to your
account and submitting your question or concern.

http://www.acronis.com/company/conta...index.html?t=2

Regarding, passwords. The only passwords that I've encountered using Acronis
are the ones that I've entered when backing up proprietary data.

I've used Acronis for many months: backing up data and recoverying it. No
problems.
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"Victoria HT" wrote:

> Thanks Bill. Do you have a phone number to call Acronis? Perhaps they can
> "talk me through" this problem. By the way I am using Vista on this
> computer. Connie
> "Bill Yanaire" <> wrote in message
> news:_4Mek.12406$...
> >
> > "Victoria HT" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >>I would like to find a good back up soft ware. I have a new Dell and also
> >>a 750 external hard drive. I put Acronis 11 soft ware on to do the back
> >>up and it has not worked well for me. I seem to have a problem with a
> >>password, that I have not been able to solve, therefore the Acronis does
> >>not work. I want to run a full back up to my external drive and then have
> >>it back up each day only what I have added or changed that day,
> >>overwriting what I had deleted, etc. In otherwords I want a "mirror
> >>image" back up current to each day, but it is not necessary to do a full
> >>back up every day. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks. Connie
> >
> > Call Acronis and have them help you with your password. Acronis works
> > well.
> >
> >
>
>

I use Acronis True Image exclusively for backing up and haven't yet had any
problems. I'm not sure what problems you are having with Passwords - this is
one option I do not bother with; you also need to go into advanced backup
configuration to password protect the file anyway. The default is no
password at all.

Perhaps if you outlined exactly how you are backing up someone can give you
more help.


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"Victoria HT" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I would like to find a good back up soft ware. I have a new Dell and also
> a 750 external hard drive. I put Acronis 11 soft ware on to do the back
> up and it has not worked well for me. I seem to have a problem with a
> password, that I have not been able to solve, therefore the Acronis does
> not work. I want to run a full back up to my external drive and then have
> it back up each day only what I have added or changed that day,
> overwriting what I had deleted, etc. In otherwords I want a "mirror
> image" back up current to each day, but it is not necessary to do a full
> back up every day. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks. Connie

You can password-protect an archive (which I don't),
and/or,
when you schedule a backup, it requires a username & password in order to
run.
I believe the OP is referring to the latter.

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"John Barnett MVP" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> I use Acronis True Image exclusively for backing up and haven't yet had
> any problems. I'm not sure what problems you are having with Passwords -
> this is one option I do not bother with; you also need to go into advanced
> backup configuration to password protect the file anyway. The default is
> no password at all.
>
> Perhaps if you outlined exactly how you are backing up someone can give
> you more help.
>
>
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> Windows Desktop Experience
>
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> the
> use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this
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>
>
> "Victoria HT" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> I would like to find a good back up soft ware. I have a new Dell and
>> also a 750 external hard drive. I put Acronis 11 soft ware on to do the
>> back up and it has not worked well for me. I seem to have a problem with
>> a password, that I have not been able to solve, therefore the Acronis
>> does not work. I want to run a full back up to my external drive and
>> then have it back up each day only what I have added or changed that day,
>> overwriting what I had deleted, etc. In otherwords I want a "mirror
>> image" back up current to each day, but it is not necessary to do a full
>> back up every day. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks. Connie
>

On Jul 14, 12:28*pm, "Victoria HT" <c...@cox.net> wrote:
> I would like to find a good back up soft ware. *I have a new Dell and also a
> 750 external hard drive. *I put Acronis 11 *soft ware on to do the back up
> and it has not worked well for me. *I seem to have a problem with a
> password, that I have not been able to solve, therefore the Acronis does not
> work.

Whenever you see a block to enter a password - DON'T. Just bypass it.



> I want to run a full back up to my external drive and then have it
> back up each day only what I have added or changed that day, overwriting
> what I had deleted, etc. *In otherwords I want a "mirror image" back up
> current to each day, but it is not necessary to do a full back up every day.
> Any advice would be helpful. *Thanks. * Connie

"Victoria HT" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I would like to find a good back up soft ware. I have a new Dell and also
>a 750 external hard drive. I put Acronis 11 soft ware on to do the back
>up and it has not worked well for me. I seem to have a problem with a
>password, that I have not been able to solve, therefore the Acronis does
>not work.

What is the problem? If it's with scheduled tasks, check that your user
account has a password. If it doesn't, by default, scheduled tasks will
not run.

Do the backups run properly if you launch them manually?

> I want to run a full back up to my external drive and then have it back up
> each day only what I have added or changed that day, overwriting what I
> had deleted, etc. In otherwords I want a "mirror image" back up current
> to each day, but it is not necessary to do a full back up every day. Any
> advice would be helpful. Thanks. Connie

TI can do this easily, under Vista. It's possible that you may need to
contact Acronis support.

Incidentally, it's not really great practice to have only one backup set,
and one should be stored offsite. If your system is stolen or if there is
fire, for example, you will lose the backups. So while external drives
are great for backup - you really need to use more than one and move them
around to other locations.

HTH
-pk

Personally, Dave, I've never used the 'scheduled backup' option, but going
through it just now I can see that it requires a user name and password;
however, we still don't know what problem the OP is having regarding the
password. As she has to 'create' the password is it a case that she has
forgotten it or does the password not work when it is inputted?


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"Dave" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> You can password-protect an archive (which I don't),
> and/or,
> when you schedule a backup, it requires a username & password in order to
> run.
> I believe the OP is referring to the latter.
>
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> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
>
>
> "John Barnett MVP" <> wrote in message
> news:#...
>> I use Acronis True Image exclusively for backing up and haven't yet had
>> any problems. I'm not sure what problems you are having with Passwords -
>> this is one option I do not bother with; you also need to go into
>> advanced backup configuration to password protect the file anyway. The
>> default is no password at all.
>>
>> Perhaps if you outlined exactly how you are backing up someone can give
>> you more help.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> --
>> John Barnett MVP
>> Windows XP Associate Expert
>> Windows Desktop Experience
>>
>> Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
>> Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org
>>
>> The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any
>> kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
>> reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable
>> for
>> any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of
>> the
>> use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this
>> mail/post..
>>
>>
>> "Victoria HT" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> I would like to find a good back up soft ware. I have a new Dell and
>>> also a 750 external hard drive. I put Acronis 11 soft ware on to do
>>> the back up and it has not worked well for me. I seem to have a problem
>>> with a password, that I have not been able to solve, therefore the
>>> Acronis does not work. I want to run a full back up to my external
>>> drive and then have it back up each day only what I have added or
>>> changed that day, overwriting what I had deleted, etc. In otherwords I
>>> want a "mirror image" back up current to each day, but it is not
>>> necessary to do a full back up every day. Any advice would be helpful.
>>> Thanks. Connie
>>

On Jul 14, 2:22*pm, "Dave" <d...@beepbeep.com> wrote:
> You can password-protect an archive (which I don't), and/or,
> when you schedule a backup, it requires a username & password
> in order to run.

No it doesn't. A screen appears that makes it LOOK as if you have to,
but you bypass it by choosing next (or proceed).

I've never used a password in that area.