Thanks.



"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Acronis True Image (TI) works great.
>
> Still haven't used TI to make a backup "clone" of the system, when an
> "image" backup to an external USB HD enclosure drive does the trick for
> me. (I never pull out that drive - it's a pain to do, so a "clone" won't
> work well for me). Anytime I want to restore the backup, I just restore
> the image to the source drive. Works fine here, and the source drive
> stays put (no swapping of drives).
>
> Big Al wrote:
>> PD43 wrote:
>>> Big Al <BigAl@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
>>>>> Anonymous <com@com.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know about the Amazon reviews, but I've been using Acronis for
>>>>> years and have been universally pleased. Get the full workstation (not
>>>>> home) version with universal restore.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Again this is the "what works for you" story.
>>>> I use two backups. JUST TO MAKE SURE.
>>>> I use Acronis True Image Home to do an image, this copies everything.
>>>> (and it seems to work for me okay, of course I'm not crossing between
>>>> XP
>>>> and Vista). Then I use stomp soft backup to backup just files.
>>>
>>> Why don't you use ATI for both? It will DO both.
>> Its a hang over from old days, I've had stomp for years. It allows me
>> to make a config file listing just what I want to backup. Not sure ATI
>> does that. I've only had ATI for 4 months and only use it to make
>> clones so far. I've used ATI to restore files from the clone, as I
>> forgot a file on my last backup that was only on the clone. Anyway the
>> stomp 'file' backup is a one click and its done.
>> If I can config ATI, I'll look into it and yes, one less program on the
>> machine.
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