Paragon backup?
louise
I am interested in it for image backups and drive cloning in
case of a full failure.
I am not comfortable with Acronis 11 because of the many
bugs, bad backups, non-verifies etc, that keep being
reported. I am not interested in Ghost 14 because of bloat.
I'm presently using Ghost 9 but this will not work on Vista
or Windows 7, if we ever see it.
Input appreciated.
Louise
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> Is anyone using Paragon Drive Backup 9.0 Personal?
>
> I am interested in it for image backups and drive cloning in
> case of a full failure.
>
> I am not comfortable with Acronis 11 because of the many
> bugs, bad backups, non-verifies etc, that keep being
> reported.
Is this your own experience? If not, please direct me to the relevant link.
I have been using Acronis 11 for making images of my (Vista) laptop and
(W2K) PC on external USB hard drive. No problems at all. Also verified:
'OK'.
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Dave T.
This is the tech support forum for Acronis. It has more traffic than
this N.G.
I took it in the shorts with Acronis too. They wanted me to do a
registry hack to disable one core of my CPU in order to get Acronis to
behave.
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Dave T.
Dave T.
me". It is a known issue with Acronis that they "promise" to fix someday.
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Dave T.
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> Dave T. wrote:
>> Linea Recta wrote:
>>> "louise" <lou...@invalid.invalid> schreef in bericht
>>> news:6cjcd1F...@mid.individual.net...
>>>> Is anyone using Paragon Drive Backup 9.0 Personal?
>>>>
>>>> I am interested in it for image backups and drive cloning in
>>>> case of a full failure.
>>>>
>>>> I am not comfortable with Acronis 11 because of the many
>>>> bugs, bad backups, non-verifies etc, that keep being
>>>> reported.
>>>
>>>
>>> Is this your own experience? If not, please direct me to the relevant
>>> link.
>>> I have been using Acronis 11 for making images of my (Vista) laptop and
>>> (W2K) PC on external USB hard drive. No problems at all. Also verified:
>>> 'OK'.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=65
>>
>> This is the tech support forum for Acronis. It has more traffic than this
>> N.G.
Thanks, I'll start reading asap.
I have to add that there are a lot of TI options I haven't used yet, so
possibly I haven't hit any potential bugs yet.
>>
>> I took it in the shorts with Acronis too. They wanted me to do a registry
>> hack to disable one core of my CPU in order to get Acronis to behave.
>>
> I should add that this crap with certain dual-core CPU's is not "just me".
> It is a known issue with Acronis that they "promise" to fix someday.
Using TI on a pentium4 PC and also on an Intel dual core notebook...
Howard Kaikow
appear in the first release of each major version.
I use TI 9 on a Win 2000 system.
And TI 11 on a Vista system
I've not been a fan of TI, but TI is the only image backup of which I am
aware, that provides the functionality I require and does proper
incremental/differential backups.(see
http://forums.hardwareguys.com/ikonboard.cgi?s=4492619c5fa1ffff;act=ST;f=13;t=4573).
Some folkes seem to like Shadow Protect.
I helped StorageCraft locate a bug in version 2, so I havea free license for
version 3.
However version 3 would notwork on my Windows 2000 system.
I explained the problem (Storage Craft has/had real tech suppor tfolkes
particiapating in their forums), and a fix is supposedly in 3.1. But I have
not yet had a chance to try it.
Dave T.
> The bad rap TI deservedly gets is due to the bugs that seem jor versointo
> appear in the first release of each major version.
The Current release of TI is not the first. It is the second release of
Version 11.
> I use TI 9 on a Win 2000 system.
> And TI 11 on a Vista system
>
> I've not been a fan of TI, but TI is the only image backup of which I am
> aware, that provides the functionality I require and does proper
> incremental/differential backups.(see
> http://forums.hardwareguys.com/ikonboard.cgi?s=4492619c5fa1ffff;act=ST;f=13;t=4573).
For my money (and I did spend my money), TI is too bloated with dog and
pony crap. Hidden partitions, VM partitions, modifications to the MBR,
etc.. I ended up with a damaged MBR after removing TI from my system. I
currently am using Retrospect mainly because of it's simplicity. It's
not the perfect app either, but I am able to use it successfully.
>
> Some folkes seem to like Shadow Protect.
> I helped StorageCraft locate a bug in version 2, so I havea free license for
> version 3.
> However version 3 would notwork on my Windows 2000 system.
> I explained the problem (Storage Craft has/had real tech suppor tfolkes
> particiapating in their forums), and a fix is supposedly in 3.1. But I have
> not yet had a chance to try it.
TI has a tech support person who pops up once in a while, but he never
offers a solution to anything. He will ask for a ton of logs, etc., and
then the thread just dies. If a solution is ever offered, it must be by
personal email, because it doesn't appear in the threads.
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> The bad rap TI deservedly gets is due to the bugs that seem jor versointo
> appear in the first release of each major version.
>
> I use TI 9 on a Win 2000 system.
> And TI 11 on a Vista system
>
> I've not been a fan of TI, but TI is the only image backup of which I am
> aware, that provides the functionality I require and does proper
> incremental/differential backups.(see
>
http://forums.hardwareguys.com/ikonboard.cgi?s=4492619c5fa1ffff;act=ST;f=13;t=4573).
I suppose most of these bug reports concern pre - 11 versions.
>
> Some folkes seem to like Shadow Protect.
> I helped StorageCraft locate a bug in version 2, so I havea free license
for
> version 3.
That's an achievement. In fact all users 'help locate bugs' in software just
by using it, but most of them get nothin for it...
Howard Kaikow
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> For my money (and I did spend my money), TI is too bloated with dog and
> pony crap. Hidden partitions, VM partitions, modifications to the MBR,
> etc..
Yes, but even tI states that SEcure Zone, etc. should be used.
Such features do not belong in the product, as the inexperienced masses get
sucked into using such inappropriate features.
> are I ended up with a damaged MBR after removing TI from my system.
I neve rlet tI touch the MBR.
> I
> currently am using Retrospect mainly because of it's simplicity. It's
> not the perfect app either, but I am able to use it successfully.
I use to use Retrospect.
The only useful backup is an IMAGE backup to an external drive.
File based backups have no use that I can see.
> TI has a tech support person who pops up once in a while, but he never
> offers a solution to anything. He will ask for a ton of logs, etc., and
> then the thread just dies. If a solution is ever offered, it must be by
> personal email, because it doesn't appear in the threads.
It's more than one person, and both genders.
I am not at all pleased with TI's support.
With ShadowProtect, I posted to what was then a very inactive SP user forum.
I booted them in the arse, and others joined in, waking up StorageCraft.
Haven't checked recently, but forum was active last I checked.
I had a number of long, productive phone calls with their tech support, in
clear English.
This might not be so easy with TI, due to native language differences.
Howard Kaikow
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> I suppose most of these bug reports concern pre - 11 versions.
No, see http://community.mcafee.com/showthread.php?t=186031.
> That's an achievement. In fact all users 'help locate bugs' in software
just
> by using it, but most of them get nothin for it...
Yes, but in my case, I got into the technical nitty gritty, more than most
users could.
A free version of most any software is not sufficient compensation.