Re: True Image problem restoring backup

"Dave" <> wrote in message
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> I am able to backup my C drive to my D drive with no problems. The problem
> I have is that I cannot restore my C drive from the D drive that I have it
> backed up on. I tried to do it from both the desktop, and from the
> original install CD, and also a rescue disk that I created. I keep getting
> an error message telling me to restart. Nothing works that I try. Do any
> of you know what the difference is between True Image 11 and TI 2009? I
> would appreciate any suggestions you may have to help me get this restore
> issue solved.
> Thanks for your help.
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I hope these suggestions get you what you want. If you google, Live Search
or Bing it, there are hundreds of problems using Acronis, although as John
or Richard might be quick to say, some of them aren't using it correctly.

At the end of the day, one thing that won't fail is to back up your files
and anything else you want to save to media. You avoid compression formats
that way, and what ya see is what ya get. Alternate HDs can fail at any
time. Media may not be forever, but it seems to be holding up for a lot of
years longer than you may need that information. Settings take minutes to
duplicate.

Good luck,

CH

Chad

I agree with you completely. I have used Acronis 2009 recently to create a
backup, but I have never actually had to use it. Hope i never have to. I back
up everything I do, every day. I use small, handy Western Digital external
drives. But even external drives can fail. So every so often I back up
everything a another external drive which is not used so often. I would hate
to lose all my music and photos, as well as business data.

"Chad Harris" wrote:

>
>
> "Dave" <> wrote in message
> news:1CRUl.24899$...
> > I am able to backup my C drive to my D drive with no problems. The problem
> > I have is that I cannot restore my C drive from the D drive that I have it
> > backed up on. I tried to do it from both the desktop, and from the
> > original install CD, and also a rescue disk that I created. I keep getting
> > an error message telling me to restart. Nothing works that I try. Do any
> > of you know what the difference is between True Image 11 and TI 2009? I
> > would appreciate any suggestions you may have to help me get this restore
> > issue solved.
> > Thanks for your help.
> > \
> > .
> >
> > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
> > signature database 4118 (20090601) __________
> >
> > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
> >
> > http://www.eset.com
>
> I hope these suggestions get you what you want. If you google, Live Search
> or Bing it, there are hundreds of problems using Acronis, although as John
> or Richard might be quick to say, some of them aren't using it correctly.
>
> At the end of the day, one thing that won't fail is to back up your files
> and anything else you want to save to media. You avoid compression formats
> that way, and what ya see is what ya get. Alternate HDs can fail at any
> time. Media may not be forever, but it seems to be holding up for a lot of
> years longer than you may need that information. Settings take minutes to
> duplicate.
>
> Good luck,
>
> CH
>
>

Can't disagree with you there, Chad. I too backup to DVDs and also to two
removable hard drives.

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"Chad Harris" <Win7@yes_she_can.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Dave" <> wrote in message
> news:1CRUl.24899$...
>> I am able to backup my C drive to my D drive with no problems. The
>> problem I have is that I cannot restore my C drive from the D drive that
>> I have it backed up on. I tried to do it from both the desktop, and from
>> the original install CD, and also a rescue disk that I created. I keep
>> getting an error message telling me to restart. Nothing works that I try.
>> Do any of you know what the difference is between True Image 11 and TI
>> 2009? I would appreciate any suggestions you may have to help me get this
>> restore issue solved.
>> Thanks for your help.
>> \
>> .
>>
>> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
>> signature database 4118 (20090601) __________
>>
>> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
>>
>> http://www.eset.com
>
> I hope these suggestions get you what you want. If you google, Live
> Search or Bing it, there are hundreds of problems using Acronis, although
> as John or Richard might be quick to say, some of them aren't using it
> correctly.
>
> At the end of the day, one thing that won't fail is to back up your files
> and anything else you want to save to media. You avoid compression
> formats that way, and what ya see is what ya get. Alternate HDs can fail
> at any time. Media may not be forever, but it seems to be holding up for
> a lot of years longer than you may need that information. Settings take
> minutes to duplicate.
>
> Good luck,
>
> CH

"Tony UK" <> wrote in message
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> Chad
>
> I agree with you completely. I have used Acronis 2009 recently to create a
> backup, but I have never actually had to use it. Hope i never have to. I
> back
> up everything I do, every day. I use small, handy Western Digital external
> drives. But even external drives can fail. So every so often I back up
> everything a another external drive which is not used so often. I would
> hate
> to lose all my music and photos, as well as business data.

Hi Tony--

One caveat that has tripped some people up. One is too many. External HDs
are great. They're basically plug and play although most of them neglect to
tell the user to format them first and show up as "raw" when plugged in.
They're cheap and always on sale, and you can now get a Terabyte for a
modest amount. However....

Sometimes laptops, netbooks, and notebooks, whose combined sales now have
surpassed desktops, reboot and don't recognize the external. You have to
replug them in, and if you don't use the icon in the notification area to
safely unplug their USB plug, you could corrupt the entire external hard
drive at a mean cost in US dollars of $1600 to recover what's on it. There
are recovery videos/instructions on the web, but they don't always work and
require opening the external HD.

I recommend backing up that external HD with plane old media. DVD-R's are
cheap, and seem to be lasting longer than most people will need that data.
Additionally you can label the folders and files, music, and .jpegs, and
docs precisely any way you want, and that's the way they'll show up when
you explore the disk. What you see is what you get, and that saves the time
of searching backup compression folders, and the possibility that those
backup folders will corrupt or be unrecoverable or an alternate hard drive,
including external HDs will corrupt/ or fail.

Best,

CH

"John Barnett MVP" <> wrote in message
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> Can't disagree with you there, Chad. I too backup to DVDs and also to two
> removable hard drives.
>
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>
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John--

That's "best backup practice."

If only every user had your habits, read your websites, and followed your
advise, it'd be a much better world for computer users.

CH

Thanks Chad, I'm glad someone listens to what I have to say:-)

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"Chad Harris" <Win7@yes_she_can.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> "John Barnett MVP" <> wrote in message
> news:e4$...
>> Can't disagree with you there, Chad. I too backup to DVDs and also to two
>> removable hard drives.
>>
>> --
>>
>> --
>> John Barnett MVP
>> Windows XP Associate Expert
>> Windows Desktop Experience
>>
>> Web: http://www.winuser.co.uk
>> Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
>> Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org
>> Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com
>
> John--
>
> That's "best backup practice."
>
> If only every user had your habits, read your websites, and followed your
> advise, it'd be a much better world for computer users.
>
> CH