In my book, a backup doesn't work until the restore has been tested.
Chris
Bruce Markowitz wrote:
I did an Acronis true image (9) clone of my X31 hard drive last night.
Worked perfectly the first time. Rather than do backups, I just keep a
cloned hard drive on hand and update it from time to time.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Stack" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 2:43 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] Backup-recovery software for T61
This is a little off-topic, but perhaps not too much.
I've been using Acronis True Image for backup and recovery of my T61
(and previous TPs) for many years, but I've never seen a failure like
the one I'm now experiencing. My primary HD developed a bad sector,
causing backups to fail. I was able to repair the sector without
apparent damage to anything, but had Lenovo send me a replacement HD
anyway. That's when the "fun" began.
I made a backup of the primary HD to an external USB HD (a disk I
always use) using True Image. When I rebooted from the True Image
rescue disk, the primary HD could not be seen. It took a few tries
with Acronis support, but they finally understood my problem and
linked me to a more recent version which was able to see the
primary. I backed up again and did what True Image rescue told me
was a successful restore, only to find that the reboot fails (hangs)
with the cursor flashing in the upper left corner. That's the
situation which has held since the end of August. All I can say is,
thank goodness I have a working HD.
I have two questions. Has anyone else experienced such a failure to
recover on a Thinkpad? And what alternative backup software are
others using on their Thinkpads? Obviously, it's possible that
Lenovo shipped a bad replacement, but Acronis has yet to suggest
anything like that.
Thanks for any suggestions!
Mike
Michael Stack
http://www.kcats.org
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