John, > I've been using Ghost 9 for some time to make backup drive > images with no problems. I've recently been having some > issues with my test machine so decided to restore a previous > image. Ghost told me that all three of my latest images were > corrupt which rather surprised me.
Can you run Ghost again and see how it behaves now for both the backup and restore? You do know that v9 requires .net framework 1.1 and if you've installed any upgrades, that will screw up Ghost V9 since it depends on ONLY 1.1. I had a big problem with this, but have since recovered. Can you restore individual files from the bad ghost backups using the image browser? > I decided that it was > probably time I re-built the system anyway as it had become > quite cluttered so did so. I have just tried to install > Ghost and found that it won't run setup for some reason. Could be the .net conflict? > I decided to investigate upgrading Ghost or going for Acronis > True Image 11 Home. The reviews for both on Amazon are > pretty mixed ranging from excellent to rubbish, there doesn't > seem to be a happy medium. As a stop gap I am using > DriveImageXML which is an open source product; I've never had > to recover a disc in anger but it seems to work OK. > > Question - what does the team think of Acronis or Ghost? Having recovered from the .net-induced problem, I've created images and restored some files here and there. Been very happy with ease of use and results. I have NOT had to do a full drive restore yet (lucky). I keep the ghost image on a separate drive, figuring the probability of losing two drives at once is very unlikely. But I also have Nero DVD backups as well. > Should I carry on with DriveImageXML? I am running a bog > standard XP Pro OS but intend to make it dual boot with > Ubuntu 7.1, but not until I have a good disc image for if > (when?) I mess it up <g>. Dunno Bill > > Any comments gratefully received. > > John Weller > 01380 723235 > 07976 393631 > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
