> Yuki Taga: Lester, on what do you base your claim that USB drives are > any less reliable than others?
I was referring to USB flash drive = pen drive = thumb drive, assuming that LB (who admitted not being a "computer person") had that in mind. I should have been more specific. > Yuki Taga: I've heard horror stories about Ghost ... So have I, the web is full of them. Ghost is an older product and its glory days seem to be over. I actually had problems with Acronis True Image Home early last year. After one of Windows Updates it just kept crashing my system (Windows XP-SP2, HP computer), all Acronis TIH versions available at the time (v9, v10 and v11). Some other users reported similar problems in Acronis forums. At this point I decided to switch to Acronis Echo Work Station installed on USB flash drive under Bart PE (pre-installed environment built from Windows XP i386 files) and has never have any problems ever since. This approach has two advantages: 1) You run True Image under Windows environment instead of default Linux. With Linux it's just a gamble, everything depends if your hardware is compatible with Linux drivers provided by Acronis or not. On some systems everything works just fine and on some others it's just a nightmare. 2) You can run backups from a DOS batch file, so you don't need to fool around with Acronis' Linux GUI. Just a time saver. For anyone who needs more info here is the link to Acronis True Image forums: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=65 Lester
