Re: More Stupid Ghosting Software Questions

2011-06-29 Thread P. J. Alling
This is late but maybe you still need advice. Most disk manufactures allow you to download a disk imaging/cloning package for use only with their products, and Lo these days, it's usually a version of Acronis® tweaked to work only* with their products. I'd check the manufactures web site to

Re: More Stupid Ghosting Software Questions - Update

2011-06-18 Thread William Robb
Things went pretty well as planned. I installed the 128gb SSD into my computer and plugged it into a spare port. There was a power lead right where I needed it, so that was nice. I started Windows and went into the disc manager and started the disc. I downloaded the Acronis software and cloned

Re: More Stupid Ghosting Software Questions

2011-06-05 Thread mike wilson
On 04/06/2011 04:41, William Robb wrote: On 03/06/2011 8:37 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: Are there any other drive ghosting solutions out there that I should be considering, or does it even matter and I should just buy the cheapest one? I tend to be a bit lazy these days, I'll use the on board

RE: More Stupid Ghosting Software Questions

2011-06-04 Thread Bob W
So, my new SSD is here, but not installed. It turns out that the version of Norton Ghost that I have isn't compatible with Windows7, so I am in the market for new software. I am somewhat less than brand agnostic in this regard, and so am looking for other solutions than Norton Anyway...

Re: More Stupid Ghosting Software Questions

2011-06-04 Thread Brian Walters
On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:31 -0600, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: So, my new SSD is here, but not installed. It turns out that the version of Norton Ghost that I have isn't compatible with Windows7, so I am in the market for new software. I am somewhat less than brand

Re: More Stupid Ghosting Software Questions

2011-06-04 Thread Ecke PDML
I've dealt with Easeus Recovery and it was utter crap. Acronis True Image on the other hand I can say lots of good things about. My first choice. HTH Ecke 2011/6/4 Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm: On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:31 -0600, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: So, my new

More Stupid Ghosting Software Questions

2011-06-03 Thread William Robb
So, my new SSD is here, but not installed. It turns out that the version of Norton Ghost that I have isn't compatible with Windows7, so I am in the market for new software. I am somewhat less than brand agnostic in this regard, and so am looking for other solutions than Norton Anyway... I

Re: More Stupid Ghosting Software Questions

2011-06-03 Thread Rob Studdert
On 4 June 2011 12:31, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: Are there any other drive ghosting solutions out there that I should be considering, or does it even matter and I should just buy the cheapest one? I tend to be a bit lazy these days, I'll use the on board hardware mirroring

Re: More Stupid Ghosting Software Questions

2011-06-03 Thread William Robb
On 03/06/2011 8:37 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: Are there any other drive ghosting solutions out there that I should be considering, or does it even matter and I should just buy the cheapest one? I tend to be a bit lazy these days, I'll use the on board hardware mirroring if the MB has it then

Re: More Stupid Ghosting Software Questions

2011-06-03 Thread Thibouille
I'd have a preference for Acronis, personnaly. Ghost too much tends to break compatibility now and then and I now Acronis is indeed serious software. 2011/6/4 William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com: So, my new SSD is here, but not installed. It turns out that the version of Norton Ghost that