best / good drive imager?

best / good drive imager?
I have Acronis 11 TI, but it started hanging on me yesterday under Vista.
it always hangs for 40 secs or so running standalone.

I tried Paragon Drive Backup 8.51, it imaged okay but wanted 2 hrs plus to
restore 5gb *Acribuis tajes 8 min) - I guess It's using PIO1... (did not
send them a note).

I tried rtt r-drive image and it imaged fine but I couldn't boot the damn
Linux CD even with bios sata set to IDE/disa/legacy. (sent them a note)

Tried casper but it images 1:1 and I don't have the HD capacity at the
moment (sata 160 and IDE 80) and prefer the compressed images that I can
put to DVD occasionally if I so choose (and I do)

Latest PQDI on torrent is 7 which is flagged as Vista non-compatable anyway
(I didn't try it).

I used to use ghost but a while back when I upgraded, the boot cd caused a
bluescreen because it wanted to call home on an intel NIC, so I went to
Acronis.

I keep looking around but would appreciate ideas!

tia!!!
--
Kris
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DFI Infinity Blood-Iron P35-T2RL | E2200Alen 2.2@2.86 TtP0310
| 2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@1040 | MSI NX8600GTS-OC 256mb |
Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1

On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 14:45:34 -0400, Kris <a@b.net> wrote:

>best / good drive imager?
>I have Acronis 11 TI, but it started hanging on me yesterday under Vista.
>it always hangs for 40 secs or so running standalone.
>
>I tried Paragon Drive Backup 8.51, it imaged okay but wanted 2 hrs plus to
>restore 5gb *Acribuis tajes 8 min) - I guess It's using PIO1... (did not
>send them a note).
>
>I tried rtt r-drive image and it imaged fine but I couldn't boot the damn
>Linux CD even with bios sata set to IDE/disa/legacy. (sent them a note)
>
>Tried casper but it images 1:1 and I don't have the HD capacity at the
>moment (sata 160 and IDE 80) and prefer the compressed images that I can
>put to DVD occasionally if I so choose (and I do)
>
>Latest PQDI on torrent is 7 which is flagged as Vista non-compatable anyway
>(I didn't try it).
>
>I used to use ghost but a while back when I upgraded, the boot cd caused a
>bluescreen because it wanted to call home on an intel NIC, so I went to
>Acronis.
>
>I keep looking around but would appreciate ideas!
>
>tia!!!


I've been using Acronis 10 on my Vista and it seems to work fine. I
had used Norton Ghost before on XP and never had a problem but they
were so slow coming up with a Vista compatible version I switched to
Acronis. You can find good and bad about all of them.

On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:49:35 -0700, Ashton Crusher wrote:

> On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 14:45:34 -0400, Kris <a@b.net> wrote:
>
>>best / good drive imager?
>>I have Acronis 11 TI, but it started hanging on me yesterday under Vista.
>>it always hangs for 40 secs or so running standalone.
>>
>>I tried Paragon Drive Backup 8.51, it imaged okay but wanted 2 hrs plus to
>>restore 5gb *Acribuis tajes 8 min) - I guess It's using PIO1... (did not
>>send them a note).
>>
>>I tried rtt r-drive image and it imaged fine but I couldn't boot the damn
>>Linux CD even with bios sata set to IDE/disa/legacy. (sent them a note)
>>
>>Tried casper but it images 1:1 and I don't have the HD capacity at the
>>moment (sata 160 and IDE 80) and prefer the compressed images that I can
>>put to DVD occasionally if I so choose (and I do)
>>
>>Latest PQDI on torrent is 7 which is flagged as Vista non-compatable anyway
>>(I didn't try it).
>>
>>I used to use ghost but a while back when I upgraded, the boot cd caused a
>>bluescreen because it wanted to call home on an intel NIC, so I went to
>>Acronis.
>>
>>I keep looking around but would appreciate ideas!
>>
>>tia!!!
>
>
> I've been using Acronis 10 on my Vista and it seems to work fine. I
> had used Norton Ghost before on XP and never had a problem but they
> were so slow coming up with a Vista compatible version I switched to
> Acronis. You can find good and bad about all of them.

" You can find good and bad about all of them.
So true - thanks for your thoughts!
--
Kris
----------
DFI Infinity Blood-Iron P35-T2RL | E2200Alen 2.2@2.86 TtP0310
| 2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@1040 | MSI NX8600GTS-OC 256mb |
Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1

I also use TI 11 and it works great on my Vista Ultimate system. There is,
however, a "new kid on the block" which some friends of mine have lauded. It
is called, "ShadowProtect" and can be found here:
http://www.storagecraft.com/products...rotectDesktop/. There are a
couple of other editions too which may be more applicable to what type of
system you are using.

Your hanging problem is not typical. Have you asked for help on the Acronis
True Image support forum?
Go here: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=65


"Kris" <a@b.net> wrote in message news:1no32ugdpdnie$.dlg@myhost7.org...
> best / good drive imager?
> I have Acronis 11 TI, but it started hanging on me yesterday under Vista.
> it always hangs for 40 secs or so running standalone.
>
> I tried Paragon Drive Backup 8.51, it imaged okay but wanted 2 hrs plus to
> restore 5gb *Acribuis tajes 8 min) - I guess It's using PIO1... (did not
> send them a note).
>
> I tried rtt r-drive image and it imaged fine but I couldn't boot the damn
> Linux CD even with bios sata set to IDE/disa/legacy. (sent them a note)
>
> Tried casper but it images 1:1 and I don't have the HD capacity at the
> moment (sata 160 and IDE 80) and prefer the compressed images that I can
> put to DVD occasionally if I so choose (and I do)
>
> Latest PQDI on torrent is 7 which is flagged as Vista non-compatable
> anyway
> (I didn't try it).
>
> I used to use ghost but a while back when I upgraded, the boot cd caused a
> bluescreen because it wanted to call home on an intel NIC, so I went to
> Acronis.
>
> I keep looking around but would appreciate ideas!
>
> tia!!!
> --
> Kris
> ----------
> DFI Infinity Blood-Iron P35-T2RL | E2200Alen 2.2@2.86 TtP0310
> | 2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@1040 | MSI NX8600GTS-OC 256mb |
> Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1
>

Kris wrote:
> best / good drive imager?
> I have Acronis 11 TI, but it started hanging on me yesterday under
> Vista. it always hangs for 40 secs or so running standalone.
>
> I tried Paragon Drive Backup 8.51, it imaged okay but wanted 2 hrs
> plus to restore 5gb *Acribuis tajes 8 min) - I guess It's using
> PIO1... (did not send them a note).
>
> I tried rtt r-drive image and it imaged fine but I couldn't boot the
> damn Linux CD even with bios sata set to IDE/disa/legacy. (sent them
> a note)
>
> Tried casper but it images 1:1 and I don't have the HD capacity at the
> moment (sata 160 and IDE 80) and prefer the compressed images that I
> can put to DVD occasionally if I so choose (and I do)
>
> Latest PQDI on torrent is 7 which is flagged as Vista non-compatable
> anyway (I didn't try it).
>
> I used to use ghost but a while back when I upgraded, the boot cd
> caused a bluescreen because it wanted to call home on an intel NIC,
> so I went to Acronis.
>
> I keep looking around but would appreciate ideas!
>
> tia!!!


I use DriveImageXML, it's free and simple.

http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm

..

Kris wrote:

> I have Acronis 11 TI, but it started hanging on me yesterday under
> Vista. it always hangs for 40 secs or so running standalone.

I used Acronis 11 just last week on daughter's Vista Home Premium laptop -
worked fine.

Paddy

/Kris/ said:
> best / good drive imager?
> I have Acronis 11 TI, but it started hanging on me yesterday under Vista.
> it always hangs for 40 secs or so running standalone.
>
> I tried Paragon Drive Backup 8.51, it imaged okay but wanted 2 hrs plus to
> restore 5gb *Acribuis tajes 8 min) - I guess It's using PIO1... (did not
> send them a note).
>
> I tried rtt r-drive image and it imaged fine but I couldn't boot the damn
> Linux CD even with bios sata set to IDE/disa/legacy. (sent them a note)
>
> Tried casper but it images 1:1 and I don't have the HD capacity at the
> moment (sata 160 and IDE 80) and prefer the compressed images that I can
> put to DVD occasionally if I so choose (and I do)
>
> Latest PQDI on torrent is 7 which is flagged as Vista non-compatable anyway
> (I didn't try it).
>
> I used to use ghost but a while back when I upgraded, the boot cd caused a
> bluescreen because it wanted to call home on an intel NIC, so I went to
> Acronis.

Image for Windows (IFW) or BootIT (partition manager containing same
imager) work nicely,
if you're a bit geeky. Excellent newsgroup support as well.

http://terabyteunlimited.com

I use "Ultimate" drive imager, built into Windows Vista Ultimate. Its the
full pc backup program available with the Ultimate version of Microsoft
Windows Vista.

"Kris" <a@b.net> wrote in message news:1no32ugdpdnie$.dlg@myhost7.org...
> best / good drive imager?
> I have Acronis 11 TI, but it started hanging on me yesterday under Vista.
> it always hangs for 40 secs or so running standalone.
>
> I tried Paragon Drive Backup 8.51, it imaged okay but wanted 2 hrs plus to
> restore 5gb *Acribuis tajes 8 min) - I guess It's using PIO1... (did not
> send them a note).
>
> I tried rtt r-drive image and it imaged fine but I couldn't boot the damn
> Linux CD even with bios sata set to IDE/disa/legacy. (sent them a note)
>
> Tried casper but it images 1:1 and I don't have the HD capacity at the
> moment (sata 160 and IDE 80) and prefer the compressed images that I can
> put to DVD occasionally if I so choose (and I do)
>
> Latest PQDI on torrent is 7 which is flagged as Vista non-compatable
> anyway
> (I didn't try it).
>
> I used to use ghost but a while back when I upgraded, the boot cd caused a
> bluescreen because it wanted to call home on an intel NIC, so I went to
> Acronis.
>
> I keep looking around but would appreciate ideas!
>
> tia!!!
> --
> Kris
> ----------
> DFI Infinity Blood-Iron P35-T2RL | E2200Alen 2.2@2.86 TtP0310
> | 2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@1040 | MSI NX8600GTS-OC 256mb |
> Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1

On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 21:46:00 -0700, Gary Mount wrote:

> I use "Ultimate" drive imager, built into Windows Vista Ultimate. Its the
> full pc backup program available with the Ultimate version of Microsoft
> Windows Vista.
>
> "Kris" <a@b.net> wrote in message news:1no32ugdpdnie$.dlg@myhost7.org...
>> best / good drive imager?
>> I have Acronis 11 TI, but it started hanging on me yesterday under Vista.
>> it always hangs for 40 secs or so running standalone.
>>
>> I tried Paragon Drive Backup 8.51, it imaged okay but wanted 2 hrs plus to
>> restore 5gb *Acribuis tajes 8 min) - I guess It's using PIO1... (did not
>> send them a note).
>>
>> I tried rtt r-drive image and it imaged fine but I couldn't boot the damn
>> Linux CD even with bios sata set to IDE/disa/legacy. (sent them a note)
>>
>> Tried casper but it images 1:1 and I don't have the HD capacity at the
>> moment (sata 160 and IDE 80) and prefer the compressed images that I can
>> put to DVD occasionally if I so choose (and I do)
>>
>> Latest PQDI on torrent is 7 which is flagged as Vista non-compatable
>> anyway
>> (I didn't try it).
>>
>> I used to use ghost but a while back when I upgraded, the boot cd caused a
>> bluescreen because it wanted to call home on an intel NIC, so I went to
>> Acronis.
>>
>> I keep looking around but would appreciate ideas!
>>
>> tia!!!
>> --
>> Kris
>> ----------
>> DFI Infinity Blood-Iron P35-T2RL | E2200Alen 2.2@2.86 TtP0310
>>| 2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@1040 | MSI NX8600GTS-OC 256mb |
>> Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1

What/where is that? searches yield me nothing.
--
Kris
----------
DFI Infinity Blood-Iron P35-T2RL | E2200Alen 2.2@2.86 TtP0310
| 2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@1040 | MSI NX8600GTS-OC 256mb |
Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1

On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 16:14:24 -0400, Hapkido wrote:

> I also use TI 11 and it works great on my Vista Ultimate system. There is,
> however, a "new kid on the block" which some friends of mine have lauded. It
> is called, "ShadowProtect" and can be found here:
> http://www.storagecraft.com/products...rotectDesktop/. There are a
> couple of other editions too which may be more applicable to what type of
> system you are using.
>
> Your hanging problem is not typical. Have you asked for help on the Acronis
> True Image support forum?
> Go here: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=65
>
>
> "Kris" <a@b.net> wrote in message news:1no32ugdpdnie$.dlg@myhost7.org...
>> best / good drive imager?
>> I have Acronis 11 TI, but it started hanging on me yesterday under Vista.
>> it always hangs for 40 secs or so running standalone.
>>
>> I tried Paragon Drive Backup 8.51, it imaged okay but wanted 2 hrs plus to
>> restore 5gb *Acribuis tajes 8 min) - I guess It's using PIO1... (did not
>> send them a note).
>>
>> I tried rtt r-drive image and it imaged fine but I couldn't boot the damn
>> Linux CD even with bios sata set to IDE/disa/legacy. (sent them a note)
>>
>> Tried casper but it images 1:1 and I don't have the HD capacity at the
>> moment (sata 160 and IDE 80) and prefer the compressed images that I can
>> put to DVD occasionally if I so choose (and I do)
>>
>> Latest PQDI on torrent is 7 which is flagged as Vista non-compatable
>> anyway
>> (I didn't try it).
>>
>> I used to use ghost but a while back when I upgraded, the boot cd caused a
>> bluescreen because it wanted to call home on an intel NIC, so I went to
>> Acronis.
>>
>> I keep looking around but would appreciate ideas!
>>
>> tia!!!
>> --
>> Kris
>> ----------
>> DFI Infinity Blood-Iron P35-T2RL | E2200Alen 2.2@2.86 TtP0310
>>| 2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@1040 | MSI NX8600GTS-OC 256mb |
>> Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1
>>

Tested it and it seems very fast. However the trial version does not
include the recovery environment CD, so I can't test that unless I buy it.
I believe in peter pan and tinkerbell, too, but recovery CDs I test, as
lots simply don't boot on my computer.
--
Kris
----------
DFI Infinity Blood-Iron P35-T2RL | E2200Alen 2.2@2.86 TtP0310
| 2x1gb Mushkin HP 800@1040 | MSI NX8600GTS-OC 256mb |
Raidmax RX530-SS psu | Vista Ult 32 SP1