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Re: EFI system partition problem.....

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"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message 
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> On 7/29/2011 3:35 PM, Bert Hyman wrote:
>> In news:j0v55c$5je$1@dont-email.me BillW50<BillW50@aol.kom>  wrote:
>>
>>> Acronis True Image (has a 15 day trial version available)
>>> http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/
>>
>> Last time I looked, the trial version was fully functional, so if you
>> move fast ...
>>
>> Still, I paid for it and use it for my nightly backups :-)
>
> I bought Acronis True Image 2009 and 2011 and I hate both of them. And not 
> too much difference between the two versions actually. Acronis True Image 
> for many years has had problems with some USB controllers. Oh they backup 
> to any of them just fine. Just when restoring they can't find some of the 
> drives. Some others, some days they can see them and sometimes they can't. 
> Not good at all.
>
> I also use Paragon products and they are about the same as Acronis True 
> Image. Although no USB controller problem. Paragon full backups are fine, 
> but incremental backups takes forever (much longer than a full backup 
> actually). Acronis True Image is far better for incremental. Otherwise not 
> much of a difference.
>
> Nowadays I only use Acronis True Image just for cloning. And Acronis True 
> Image can't clone live (under Windows). Although Paragon and XXClone can 
> and does. Nowadays I don't make backups, but I clone instead and use the 
> clone drives. I have about 5 drives that I rotate.
>
> I didn't think XXClone was going to be too good, but I was surprised how 
> well it works and it is only 1.6MB in size. The commercial version will 
> also do incremental cloning which is like unheard of. And unlike Acronis 
> True Image and Paragon, has nothing running in the background when the 
> application isn't running.
>
been using Casper for years and it's saved my butt more than once. My main 
box runs 2 500g drives and I have 2 500 gb drives in a USB enlosure. I can 
backup (clone) both drives in about 5 minutes so usually do it at shutdown 
each night. 100% good copies every time with one click of the mouse. Works 
great on my 3 Desktops and 2 Laptops, but use Paragon for my eePC since HD 
can't be swapped. 

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  Re: EFI system partition problem..... Tazz <dmswaine@gmail.com> - 2011-07-28 21:10 -0300
    Re: EFI system partition problem..... agodin10@hotmail.com - 2011-07-29 09:36 -0700
      Re: EFI system partition problem..... BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-29 12:13 -0500
      Re: EFI system partition problem..... wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-07-30 07:18 +0000
    Re: EFI system partition problem..... BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-29 15:28 -0500
      Re: EFI system partition problem..... Bert Hyman <bert@iphouse.com> - 2011-07-29 20:35 +0000
        Re: EFI system partition problem..... BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-29 17:23 -0500
          Re: EFI system partition problem..... Bert Hyman <bert@iphouse.com> - 2011-07-29 23:20 +0000
            Re: EFI system partition problem..... BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-29 18:53 -0500
          Re: EFI system partition problem..... "olfart" <olfart65@excite.com> - 2011-07-30 04:48 -0400
            Re: EFI system partition problem..... "olfart" <olfart65@excite.com> - 2011-07-30 09:05 -0400
              Re: EFI system partition problem..... BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-30 11:42 -0500
            Re: EFI system partition problem..... BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-30 11:42 -0500
              Re: EFI system partition problem..... "olfart" <olfart65@excite.com> - 2011-07-30 13:33 -0400
                Re: EFI system partition problem..... BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-30 13:43 -0500
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            Re: EFI system partition problem..... wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-07-31 23:01 +0000
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