Acronis 'True Image' Backup Program - $20 plus $5 Shipping

gjl2002 · 27-06-2006

Hi everyone

this is my first post here so i'm not sure if it is in the correct place, but you all seem to have true image so hopefully can answer my question.

i want to put in a new hard drive, & mirror my exisiting one, true image can do this i understand.

i do not have my windows xp disc with me (i am away at school & cannot get my disc) so can i mirror the old drive & just insert the disc that true image made & it will be exactly the same? will it install xp & all other programs without me having the discs? if yes is it as simple as just putting in the disc or is it complicated?

thanks for any help you can offer
Graham

*greg42* · 27-06-2006

I purchased version 9 not long ago so ti is the latest version - there is no version 10 or beta that i know of..........Updates are free to registered customers (patches to current versions) - you have to pay for major upgrades (v8 to v9 for example).

Well worth the money ! best backup program i used by far and fast too ! Even works straight from a boot cd without windows.

*maineman* · 27-06-2006

Hi Graham and welcome.

Yeah this probably is the wrong "place", but no biggie.

The easiest way to handle this, is simply to clone your present hdd. True Image has a "clone" feature, it's just a few clicks...walk away and a short time later you have an identical hdd. No need to do anything to the clone....it will operate exactly the same as your original.
I clone my system drive approximately every week, so that I always have a bkup hdd ready to go. It's kept me from untold agony...lost data, the hassle of reformatting and many hours of reinstalling all that software.

To my knowledge, it is not possible to create an xp system disc from your hdd or for that matter, even copy the disc and expect it to function correctly.

Hope this helps.

*bigmike7* · 27-06-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreamliner77

Newegg hosed me on this deal. The first time I've been burned by them. Ordered at 9.99 and rang up at 19.99 in cart. Canceled that order. Ordered the next day and it went thru at 9.99. Found out this morning that both ordered were cancelled.

Looks like I'm stuck with DriveImage 7.0 for a while.

Yo-

Did you try calling Newegg Customer Service?

They usually will make good on their pricing - even if they have posted it wrong - but you will never know until you ask-eh!

@Graham - it will be much easier to use the True Image program to use the 'clone' feature by copying entire image of your current hard drive to a spare hard drive or external hard drive and take (install) that image to the new hard drive IMO-

Mike

Techson · 27-06-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigmike7

Yo-
@Graham - it will be much easier to use the True Image program to use the 'clone' feature by copying entire image of your current hard drive to a spare hard drive or external hard drive and take (install) that image to the new hard drive IMO-
Mike

Mike,

I am very new to this as well and wonder if you would you kindly walk us through the process of migrating from one HD to another using True Image? Also, once you backuped the current HD to a spare HD/external HD, how do you go about inserting that image to a new HD? Or if you are aware of a tutorial somewhere, kindly direct us to it?

Regards,
Techson

*chas0039* · 27-06-2006

I have found that it is much easier to clone the entire drive intact rather than make an image which then needs to be copied to another drive in order to work.

When the main drive crashes, I need to do nothing other than swap out the HD and I am running in minutes without any software interaction at all. Cloning takes up the same space and time just going directly to a new HD and when I am done I pull the drive out of the system so it is in no danger of failing while running in a system somewhere.

I have done this with Drivequest and I am confident that True Image can do the same thing.

*bigmike7* · 28-06-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Techson

Mike,

I am very new to this as well and wonder if you would you kindly walk us through the process of migrating from one HD to another using True Image? Also, once you backuped the current HD to a spare HD/external HD, how do you go about inserting that image to a new HD? Or if you are aware of a tutorial somewhere, kindly direct us to it?

Regards,
Techson

Yo-

Go to the Acronis page here:

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing...cts/trueimage/

The User Guide is on the right hand side - middle

As an explanation - I personally backup to a usb external hard drive (Seagate 160gb) - once a month I do a full backup - then do incremental backups everyother day or so - and always keep the last full backup and incremental backups plus the current full backup and incremental backups to date-

That way - if I have a hard drive crash - I can either reuse the drive after a reformat or install a new drive and recover the latest full backup and incremental backups - and be back up and running in about 30 minutes - current to my latest incremental backup-eh!

Mike

gjl2002 · 28-06-2006

@ mainemane & bigmike

thanks i am waiting for the new drive but will do as you said once recieved.
thanks again for your help

Techson · 29-06-2006

Mike,

Thank you as well for that link and the additional information. I will be looking forward to much learning and experimenting with it.

Best wishes,
Techson

*Joe_Dirt* · 29-06-2006

Yeah, even at $5 more I'm in for one of these. Just ordered. Norton/Symantic sure isn't what it was back in the 1980's, and I wasn't at all pleased with what I'd seen of Ghost, so I never got it. Is Peter norton even still involved? Anyhow, at least now I have what you all say is a decent disk backup utility. I only have a single Seagate 200 gig in my main rig right now, which is EIDE, and am considering something with a little more elbow room, but am also thinking about migrating to SATA as EIDE drives are getting harder and harder to find deals on, not to mention if I CAN find some EIDE deals, they'll probably wind up in Firewire cases. I'm HOPEING that this software will make that migration as painless as possible.

As long as were getting, "Semi-off-topic," in this thread, just like we do in just about every thread here, lol, can anyone tell me if I should load XP SP 2 before attempting to install an SATA drive? Also, if any of you have any experiance migrating from EIDE to SATA by cloneing the EIDE to the SATA any input would be most appriciated.

Reguards,

JD

Dennis L · 29-06-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigmike7

Yo-
As an explanation - I personally backup to a usb external hard drive (Seagate 160gb) - once a month I do a full backup - then do incremental backups everyother day or so - and always keep the last full backup and incremental backups plus the current full backup and incremental backups to date-

That way - if I have a hard drive crash - I can either reuse the drive after a reformat or install a new drive and recover the latest full backup and incremental backups - and be back up and running in about 30 minutes - current to my latest incremental backup-eh!Mike

Has been a interesting thread. I to would like to move to "Image Backup's".

My question to Mike when creating / restoring from Image files ....
When backing up to a external USB2 HD, are their any requirements per MOBO/BIOS supporting USB during this "Image" process? I was told this feature/option has slowing become available on new computers over the past year... and my computer is going on 4 years old.

Michael Brooks · 29-06-2006

I just bought the program. Is it best to back up on hard drive or on DVD's?

*bigmike7* · 29-06-2006

Yo-

@Dennis L-

Don't know answer to that - I do my backups with the Acronis Boot Disk - and the 'Full' version apparently installs the usb drivers (says so on the screen)-

@Michael Brooks-
Have heard that folks have had problems restoring off of the DVD's - as stated above - I prefer the speed and reliability of the external hard drive which I have dedicated for backups and unplug during normal computer use-

Mike

dreamliner77 · 30-06-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigmike7

Yo-

Did you try calling Newegg Customer Service?

They usually will make good on their pricing - even if they have posted it wrong - but you will never know until you ask-eh!

@Graham - it will be much easier to use the True Image program to use the 'clone' feature by copying entire image of your current hard drive to a spare hard drive or external hard drive and take (install) that image to the new hard drive IMO-

Mike

Yeah, I tried dealing with customer service and it didn't help. As I said, it's my first bad experience with them, so I'll keep ordering, I just missed out on this deal. I'll stick with DI7 for the time being.

Dennis L · 30-06-2006

Waiting for my delivery.
Have not been able to find/read Acronis "User Agreement".
Do they allow install on both of my computers I own (networked/Lan)?
All images will be captured on a external USB2 drive -- which I think / hope is supported (literature says it does).

27-06-2006	#26
gjl2002 New on Forum Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 8	Re: Acronis 'True Image' Backup Program - $20 plus $5 Shipping Hi everyone this is my first post here so i'm not sure if it is in the correct place, but you all seem to have true image so hopefully can answer my question. i want to put in a new hard drive, & mirror my exisiting one, true image can do this i understand. i do not have my windows xp disc with me (i am away at school & cannot get my disc) so can i mirror the old drive & just insert the disc that true image made & it will be exactly the same? will it install xp & all other programs without me having the discs? if yes is it as simple as just putting in the disc or is it complicated? thanks for any help you can offer Graham

27-06-2006	#27
greg42 CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,027	Re: Acronis 'True Image' Backup Program - $20 plus $5 Shipping I purchased version 9 not long ago so ti is the latest version - there is no version 10 or beta that i know of..........Updates are free to registered customers (patches to current versions) - you have to pay for major upgrades (v8 to v9 for example). Well worth the money ! best backup program i used by far and fast too ! Even works straight from a boot cd without windows.

27-06-2006	#28
maineman CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Maine Posts: 5,269	Re: Acronis 'True Image' Backup Program - $20 plus $5 Shipping Hi Graham and welcome. Yeah this probably is the wrong "place", but no biggie. The easiest way to handle this, is simply to clone your present hdd. True Image has a "clone" feature, it's just a few clicks...walk away and a short time later you have an identical hdd. No need to do anything to the clone....it will operate exactly the same as your original. I clone my system drive approximately every week, so that I always have a bkup hdd ready to go. It's kept me from untold agony...lost data, the hassle of reformatting and many hours of reinstalling all that software. To my knowledge, it is not possible to create an xp system disc from your hdd or for that matter, even copy the disc and expect it to function correctly. Hope this helps. __________________ If it ain't broke, don't fix it! You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and... blow. \| Lauren Bacall \| "To Have and Have Not" (1944).

27-06-2006	#31
chas0039 MyCE Resident Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Lost in America Posts: 7,123	Re: Acronis 'True Image' Backup Program - $20 plus $5 Shipping I have found that it is much easier to clone the entire drive intact rather than make an image which then needs to be copied to another drive in order to work. When the main drive crashes, I need to do nothing other than swap out the HD and I am running in minutes without any software interaction at all. Cloning takes up the same space and time just going directly to a new HD and when I am done I pull the drive out of the system so it is in no danger of failing while running in a system somewhere. I have done this with Drivequest and I am confident that True Image can do the same thing.

28-06-2006	#33
gjl2002 New on Forum Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 8	Re: Acronis 'True Image' Backup Program - $20 plus $5 Shipping @ mainemane & bigmike thanks i am waiting for the new drive but will do as you said once recieved. thanks again for your help

29-06-2006	#34
Techson MyCE Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 84	Re: Acronis 'True Image' Backup Program - $20 plus $5 Shipping Mike, Thank you as well for that link and the additional information. I will be looking forward to much learning and experimenting with it. Best wishes, Techson

29-06-2006	#35
Joe_Dirt MyCE Resident Join Date: May 2004 Location: Western NY on beautiful Lake Ontario Posts: 713	Re: Acronis 'True Image' Backup Program - $20 plus $5 Shipping Yeah, even at $5 more I'm in for one of these. Just ordered. Norton/Symantic sure isn't what it was back in the 1980's, and I wasn't at all pleased with what I'd seen of Ghost, so I never got it. Is Peter norton even still involved? Anyhow, at least now I have what you all say is a decent disk backup utility. I only have a single Seagate 200 gig in my main rig right now, which is EIDE, and am considering something with a little more elbow room, but am also thinking about migrating to SATA as EIDE drives are getting harder and harder to find deals on, not to mention if I CAN find some EIDE deals, they'll probably wind up in Firewire cases. I'm HOPEING that this software will make that migration as painless as possible. As long as were getting, "Semi-off-topic," in this thread, just like we do in just about every thread here, lol, can anyone tell me if I should load XP SP 2 before attempting to install an SATA drive? Also, if any of you have any experiance migrating from EIDE to SATA by cloneing the EIDE to the SATA any input would be most appriciated. Reguards, JD __________________ Peace cannot be kept by force, it can only be achived through understanding. - A. Einstein A cynic is a person that knows the price of everything, and the value of absolutely NOTHING.

29-06-2006	#37
Michael Brooks CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 34	Re: Acronis 'True Image' Backup Program - $20 plus $5 Shipping I just bought the program. Is it best to back up on hard drive or on DVD's?

29-06-2006	#38
bigmike7 MyCE Resident Old Fart Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Diehard Old CDFreak Lurking In The Back Of Your Mind Posts: 10,038	Re: Acronis 'True Image' Backup Program - $20 plus $5 Shipping Yo- @Dennis L- Don't know answer to that - I do my backups with the Acronis Boot Disk - and the 'Full' version apparently installs the usb drivers (says so on the screen)- @Michael Brooks- Have heard that folks have had problems restoring off of the DVD's - as stated above - I prefer the speed and reliability of the external hard drive which I have dedicated for backups and unplug during normal computer use- Mike __________________ Mike (Y) <- - - (a tribute to someone) Brayden & Lil Burnits Proud Cyber Grampie - 'CERCA, TROVA' - 'NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM' Work Computer = ZT Systems i7-2600 CPU w/16GB DDR3-1333 RAM/ Win7 Pro-sp1 /Intel 510 120GB SSD @ SATA3 /Western Digital VelociRaptor 500GB Workstation HDD @ SATA3 /Corsair 650 watt PSU /Pioneer BDR-2207 as BD burner /Lite-On iHBS-112-04 as Reader/Ripper and BD Disc Quality Tester /AOC i2757fh 27 inch S-IPS monitor w/LED backlight /XFX Radeon HD6870 w/2GB GDDR5RAM /Ashampoo Burning Studio 2012 /DVDFab 8QT Burning Computer = HP xw8400 workstation w/ Two Xeon 5160, dual core, 3.0 mhz CPU's w/ 16gb PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM /Win7 Pro-sp1 /Intel X25-M G2 160GB SSD /Western Digital Caviar Black 640gb w/64mb cache HDD /Corsair 850 watt psu / Optiarc AD-5280S-CB-PLUS w/v1.Z7 fw as Disc Burner and Disc Quality Tester /Optiarc AD-5280S-CB-PLUS w/v1.Z7 fw as Disc Reader/Ripper /ATi Radeon HD 5770 w/1gb GDDR5 Ram Videocard /HP 24" LCD /Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 /DVDFab 8QT On The Shelf: (1) Benq 1640, (1)BenQ 1640 @EW168, Pioneer (2) 115D, (3) Optiarc 7200A, Optiarc 7260A, Asus DRW-24b1ST

30-06-2006	#40
Dennis L MyCE Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: USA Posts: 173	Re: Acronis 'True Image' Backup Program - $20 plus $5 Shipping Waiting for my delivery. Have not been able to find/read Acronis "User Agreement". Do they allow install on both of my computers I own (networked/Lan)? All images will be captured on a external USB2 drive -- which I think / hope is supported (literature says it does). __________________ Abit IP35 Pro, e8400 CPU, 4GB DDR2/800, EVGA 8800, (Internal HDD) - Velociraptor 300GB (sys/partitioned) & 750GB/data, (External HDD) 750GB eSata/USB2 and 200GB USB2. XP-Home/sp3 - Firefox - Thunderbird

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