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    HDD imaging program

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Murdoc, Sep 28, 2007.

  1. Murdoc

    Murdoc Notebook Evangelist

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    wat suggestions do you have for an imaging program??
     
    Murdoc, Sep 28, 2007
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    JellyGeo Notebook Evangelist

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    I really like Ghost 8 but it breaks the Vista boot manager. The damaged boot manager can be fixed by running the Vista repair routine using either a Vista DVD or I use a Vista Anytime Upgrade DVD. Ghost 8 is fantabulous for XP images though.
     
    JellyGeo, Sep 28, 2007
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    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    I decided on Acronis, just in the past day or two, more in this thread.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Sep 28, 2007
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    leaftye Notebook Consultant

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    Did Acronis fix their Vista issues? It broke my boot manager.
     
    leaftye, Sep 28, 2007
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    Did you read the third post in the link from my previous post? I've not encountered any issues (yet).
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Sep 29, 2007
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    Perhaps the other package to look at is Casper. I got it a few months back to clone a dual boot Vista / XP HDD which True Image 10 couldn't handle.

    Casper works a bit differently to True Image - its main ability is to maintain a back-up HDD instead of recoverable image files on external media. True Image 10 could have problems restoring a whole HDD image onto a HDD which is not exactly the same size as the orginal (maybe this is fixed in ATI 11). Casper is more tolerant.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Sep 29, 2007
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    Casper, the friendly Ghost? Now that's funny!
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Sep 29, 2007
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    Acronis' problem only occurred when when people were backing up and restoring partitions. It did not affect whole disk images. The issue (and I assume the same issue affecting Ghost) is Vista uses a different start sector on the disk.

    The newest version (11) of Acronis is fine for whole disk and partition based images.
     
    deputy963, Sep 29, 2007
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  9. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    My old version of Ghost 2003 works just fine on my Vista partition.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Sep 30, 2007
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    Were you doing disk images or imaging the the partition only? If you were imaging a "partition only" did you try to restore it?
     
    deputy963, Sep 30, 2007
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  11. ScuderiaConchiglia

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    I never image the whole drive only partitons, and yes I was able to restore the partition.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Sep 30, 2007
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