TSGL: Backup Program Advice, Please

[The Computer Whisperer]

Mike,

So, this is multiple bootable partitions on one physical hard-disk
Mike? or is it one bootable partition on one physical disk??

Regards,

Justin

On 29/10/06, Mike <mikecrw at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Having recently used Acronis True Image to recover an entire hard disk, I'm
> perplexed as to why your friend is using the Clone option as a normal
> backup.   The clone option is intended for replacing a hard drive with a new
> one.
>
> True Image can make a full backup of the hard disk, including all hidden and
> system files without using the clone option.   And it can be scheduled to
> "increment" the backup as frequently as you like, so you don't have to do a
> full backup every time.
>
> And it works.
>
> As I mentioned, I had to replace a hard disk recently.   I had a current
> backup on an external drive.    I pulled out the dead drive, plugged in the
> new one.   Booted from the Acronis recovery CD and told it to recover the
> data from the external drive.
>
> It completely recovered all the data to the new drive.   I rebooted and it
> was like my drive never died.    All was well.
>
> What is it about the clone option that your friend "likes"?
>
> I think he may just misunderstand the purpose of the various options.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of Russell W. Coover
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 6:24 PM
> To: 'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'
> Subject: TSGL: Backup Program Advice, Please
>
> I have been using Acronis' True Image software for several years and have
> been very happy with it, but last evening I ran into a situation that True
> Image cannot handle.
>
>
>
> A friend has 4 computers. He has been backing up using the True Image "Disk
> Clone" option with 4 external drives, one for each computer. Deciding that
> he didn't need 4 external drives, he went out and bought a 320 GB drive,
> inserted it into an external drive enclosure, and then used Partition Magic
> to place 4 separate Partitions, one for each computer, on the new external
> drive. Then he attempted to back up with Acronis.
>
>
>
> Unfortunately, he found that the "Disk Clone" option wanted to delete all 4
> partitions and replace them with a cloned partition from only one of the
> computers. If he then tried to backup a second computer, the first computers
> backup would be erased. So, instead, he used the Acronis "Create Image"
> option and was able to successfully backup each computer.
>
>
>
> But he prefers the Clone option and would like to use it with only one
> external hard drive, rather than 4. Is there any software available that
> would allow this. One of the options of Partition Magic 8 is to "Copy" a
> partition. Can Partition Magic be used to do this?
>
>
>
> (Because of the on going discussion as to when various TSGL list emails
> arrive in your inbox, I am sending this email at 3:23 PM Pacific Daylight
> time on 25 October 2006).
>
>
>
> Russ Coover
>
>
>
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