Vista, Dell, and Acronis True Image 11

When I try to image the hard drive on my new Dell Vostro 1000 with Vista
Basic, Acronis CD boots but goes to blinking cursor, with no further
activity.

Read something a while back about the Dell recovery partition giving
Acronis problems, but haven't nailed it down. Any help?

"Airman Thunderbird" <> wrote in message
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>
> When I try to image the hard drive on my new Dell Vostro 1000 with Vista
> Basic, Acronis CD boots but goes to blinking cursor, with no further
> activity.
>
> Read something a while back about the Dell recovery partition giving
> Acronis problems, but haven't nailed it down. Any help?


Do you have a space on a partition or drive which is large enough to take a
backup? The Dell recovery partition should not be used and is too small
anyway..


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philo wrote:
> "Airman Thunderbird" <> wrote in message
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>> When I try to image the hard drive on my new Dell Vostro 1000 with Vista
>> Basic, Acronis CD boots but goes to blinking cursor, with no further
>> activity.
>>
>> Read something a while back about the Dell recovery partition giving
>> Acronis problems, but haven't nailed it down. Any help?
>
>
> Rather than booting from the cd,
> I suggest that you install Acronis
> and start it from within your OS.
>
> It will shut down and lock the drives
> then clone upon restart
>
>

Had not planned on installing it, but guess I'll try it, thanks.

Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
> "Airman Thunderbird" <> wrote in message
> news:WOAYk.2787$...
>>
>> When I try to image the hard drive on my new Dell Vostro 1000 with
>> Vista Basic, Acronis CD boots but goes to blinking cursor, with no
>> further activity.
>>
>> Read something a while back about the Dell recovery partition giving
>> Acronis problems, but haven't nailed it down. Any help?
>
>
> Do you have a space on a partition or drive which is large enough to
> take a backup? The Dell recovery partition should not be used and is too
> small anyway..
>
>

Was planning to image it to a LinkStation on my network, which has
worked fine with other computers. There's plenty of space.

Josh White wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:28:03 -0600, Airman Thunderbird
> <> wrote:
>
>> When I try to image the hard drive on my new Dell Vostro 1000 with Vista
>> Basic, Acronis CD boots but goes to blinking cursor, with no further
>> activity.
>>
>> Read something a while back about the Dell recovery partition giving
>> Acronis problems, but haven't nailed it down. Any help?
>
> 1) What version of ATI?
>
> 2) Have you installed it yet? If so, have you tried imaging from
> WITHIN Windows???
>
> PJ White

I'll try that, thanks.

On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:54:07 -0600, "philo" <> wrote:

>
>"Airman Thunderbird" <> wrote in message
>news:ypCYk.2050$.. .
>> philo wrote:
>> > "Airman Thunderbird" <> wrote in message
>> > news:WOAYk.2787$...
>> >> When I try to image the hard drive on my new Dell Vostro 1000 with
>Vista
>> >> Basic, Acronis CD boots but goes to blinking cursor, with no further
>> >> activity.
>> >>
>> >> Read something a while back about the Dell recovery partition giving
>> >> Acronis problems, but haven't nailed it down. Any help?
>> >
>> >
>> > Rather than booting from the cd,
>> > I suggest that you install Acronis
>> > and start it from within your OS.
>> >
>> > It will shut down and lock the drives
>> > then clone upon restart
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Had not planned on installing it, but guess I'll try it, thanks.
>
>FWIW:
>I have never had it fail when I've installed it.
>
>Just be sure to follow the instructions well.
>
>Whatever you do, be sure to disconnect the cloned drive after the cloning
>process is complete
>
>
>Just test the clone by putting it in place of your original drive
>
>then set it aside once you've confirmed it's good

I don't see anything in the OP's post about "cloning". The OP wants
to image - IMAGE - the drive. Completely different situation and no
need to disconnect.

DDW
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