You just boot to it from a floppy. No need to do any kind of an install. It
"installs" when you boot to it, but not really.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Stack" <[email protected]>
To: "Bruce Markowitz" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Backup-recovery software for T61
An interesting idea to test, but I'm not clear how I'll be able to access
two drives at the same time.
I've upgraded my copy of BootIt NG to v1.86a but haven't yet tried it. I
don't want to "install" BootIt NG, and I can't yet see how to have it do
anything without being installed, but it's a new HD so anything goes.
I'll try it shortly.
Mike
At 11:35 AM 9/18/2009 -0400, 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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