I have restored many times with Acronis, and depend on it. Also, I really like Windows Home Server, I have also restored to blank drives with that.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce Markowitz Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 10:36 AM To: [email protected]; Michael Stack Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Backup-recovery software for T61 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
