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Number   :  4998
Date     :  2003-07-10
Author   :  J. Merrill
Subject  :  Re: Acronis TrueImage (was USB Hard drives)
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James, just for your information, Acronis TrueImage doesn't require you to exit from Windows, or reboot, in order to do a complete imaging job. That alone is a Good Feature, and describing it was IMO the main reason Michael Goodrich posted his message.

At 02:20 PM 7/10/2003 -0700, james sadler wrote
> Some of those types of programs function by
>booting to a DOS of their own and then imaging what is
>on the hard drive. The tell tale sign is that the
>program must have a floppy or cd in a drive to work.
>--- mgomgo  wrote: (in part)
>> I am running XP Home SP1 with a pair of Buslink
>> brand USB2 external hard drives. 
>> 
>> My disk imaging is currently run with a program
>> called True Image by 
>> Acronis. That program is USB2 aware. I am not sure
>> how they managed 
>> to grab the "always busy" system files in XP, [snip]


J. Merrill / Analytical Software Corp



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