We use Acronis products for everything that comes into our shops. We love it for the time it save.
The problem with Acronis is that it fails miserably when there are defects, bad sectors, bad infestations that went undetected, or basically when some aspects of the drive are out of normal, or data is corrupted. When you have failures with Acronis, it is usually because the hard drive is going bad, or has serious sector errors. There are other programs that are not as easily used which work better in the face of damage or corruption. Basically, Acronis is your fair weather friend... but the enemy of good is better. RayBay Ambiguity is essential to absolute Truth. .... ..... ...... ....... ..... Cicero 106 BC On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Jim Schneider <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
