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To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (70171)	5/12/2010 7:32:42 PM
From: Carolyn	Respond to of 110655

Ok. I will wait to see what he says, then go from there. I appreciate this.

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (70171)	5/12/2010 7:44:42 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110655

I use Paragon Partition manager for organizing my disk spaces. I have an old version 8.5 and it's now up to version 11. I only have the personal edition, not the professional edition, and it's an old build. According to the literature, Paragon Partition Manager can also be used to image your Hard Disks, but maybe my version needs updating to the final build of 8.5. I am checking up on that. I found the support at Paragon really good. Their software is easy to use and trouble free. The Partition Manager can be used from within Windows but there is also a boot CD that can be downloaded as well as a boot manager CD. It really has been an ace piece of software. These older versions of software can usually be bought cheap but new on places like ebay. As you know, I use Norton Ghost for making HD images. I have ghost images going back to 1998 and its a real handy way to archive loads of data. The recovery point browser allows the user to almost instantly retrieve files from an image, as well as recover a full drive or partition. It's been trouble free for me, and I have almost the latest version (14). However, I am going to try this Paragon back up image maker too if I don't have to spend money on it. I'll post to this msg if it proves to be a winner.

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (70171)	5/12/2010 7:46:36 PM
From: Raptech	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110655

I am not too imaging knowledgeable, but if she has op system and software issues now why would you want to image the problems if it is other than a hard drive failure. I think imaging is good if you keep it updated frequently.

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (70171)	5/13/2010 12:40:58 PM
From: Eric L	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110655

True Image Home (2009 or) 2010 by Acronis: Booting from the install/boot CD (or not) Cheeky, << I would recommend running the program off the boot CD and don't install it on your computer. Buy it from a retail store so you don't have to create a boot CD. ... Others may disagree, but I have been doing that way for 10 years.>> To each his own, but I wouldn't (and don't) recommend that, so this is a contrary view. I recommend installing the software from the original disk and registering with Acronis to obtain future updates then vaulting the disk after creating a recovery disk, and activating the Acronis Startup Recovery Manager which allows you to start Acronis True Image Home and recover or rollback without loading the operating system by pressing F11 at boot time, before the operating system starts. It works flawlessly for me using 2009 or 2010. I should note that I do not install TI (or any other application on the primary systems partition (C:Win7) of my primary drive which is reserved for the OS (and of course any files that force an install there). Applications are installed on my A:Apps partition, and all files generated or downloaded are on my F:Files partition and that includes my default user folders (My Documents, Photos, Music, etc.) and files moved to F: from C:Win7. I backup to a partition on my secondary internal drive and a partition on my external Iomega USB drive which is shared with my XP Pro SP3 secondary desktop and my laptop with both running TI Home 2009 rather than 2010 which is running on my primary desktop. I don't do incremental backups, don't schedule them, and instead backup C:/A:/F: once a week or so, or alternatively after creating files I must retain. I also advise keeping Acronis TI Home current rather than using an obsolete version as you are doing, once one determines with reasonable certainty that the updated revision hasn't introduced new bugs or potential conflicts. My original TI Home 2010 version (on the install boot CD) has been updated 4 tor 5 times since the original CD was pressed so its obsolete. The current rev is Build: #7046: April 1, 2010). There's a reason the software app has been updated, and typically Acronis TI imaging products go through several revs before they are clean and stable. Since you are still on XP SP3 the version you have is likely pretty darn stable, but the likelihood of other than the current rev being clean and stable with Win7 and its updates is lower. After downloading and installing an updated rev of TI Home a new recovery boot CD should be created and the new versions ISO Image should also be download and copied to CD. I create 2 of each. I vault 1 of each and keep the other 2 handy on my workstation. I should also add (again) that I consider TI's 'Try & Decide' mode invaluable. Any time I load an application I have some doubts about and may not be keeping, I activate it, exercise the new app, and roll back if I elect not to keep it. Different strokes for different folks. Cheers, - Eric -