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Char Jackson wrote: On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:34:27 -0500, "BillW50" wrote: In news Char Jackson wrote: On Sat, 03 Mar 2012 14:26:42 -0600, BillW50 wrote: The last one was from Paragon (I like Paragon generally and I have bought a lot from them). But the latest one restores a XP machine that I had a dualboot XP and Windows 7 on it once. Now it only has XP on it and I removed all traces of Windows 7 that I know of. But it restores a previously working XP system and sets it up to boot Windows 7 instead. 1. Do a restore from that image. 2. Fix the odd booting issue. 3. Create a new image that incorporates the fix from #2. 4. Delete the problematic image. That way you can stop telling us this same story over and over. That doesn't work Char. No wonder you need CTRL-H. Two weeks is a long time in this group. ROTFL... Indeed CTRL-H does come in handy. ;-) Paragon Drive Copy v11 thinks the boot is broken on restore (when there is nothing wrong with it) and does what it thinks is fixing it. If your tools don't work for you, get new (different) tools. It's not that complicated. Yes I do use different tools. But I bought Paragon Drive Copy v11 with a money back guarantee. I requested a refund and I never heard back from them. This happens a lot with me. Acronis is another backup utility that I paid for and it never worked right either. As Acronis fails on restore with some USB chipsets (every single version). I don't know about you, but it gets old paying for software that you can't use. So what's the word for the opposite of piracy? You know, one when developers sell you something that you can't use and then run away after they got your money? -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz - 2GB - Windows XP SP3 |
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On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:27:33 -0500, "BillW50" wrote:
In , Char Jackson wrote: On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:34:27 -0500, "BillW50" wrote: Paragon Drive Copy v11 thinks the boot is broken on restore (when there is nothing wrong with it) and does what it thinks is fixing it. If your tools don't work for you, get new (different) tools. It's not that complicated. Yes I do use different tools. But I bought Paragon Drive Copy v11 with a money back guarantee. I requested a refund and I never heard back from them. This happens a lot with me. Acronis is another backup utility that I paid for and it never worked right either. As Acronis fails on restore with some USB chipsets (every single version). I don't know about you, but it gets old paying for software that you can't use. I'm sure you're not alone in buying software that doesn't do what you expected it to do, but at some point the public complaining gets old. Just because you bought something doesn't mean you have to continue to use it when you already know it doesn't do what you want it to do. If you can't make it work, move on to something else. Get opinions from other people, read reviews, take advantage of free trials, etc. Bottom line: Be a better informed consumer. So what's the word for the opposite of piracy? You know, one when developers sell you something that you can't use and then run away after they got your money? 2%'er? You seem to have more than your share of problems. -- Char Jackson |
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Char Jackson wrote: On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:27:33 -0500, "BillW50" wrote: In , Char Jackson wrote: On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:34:27 -0500, "BillW50" wrote: Paragon Drive Copy v11 thinks the boot is broken on restore (when there is nothing wrong with it) and does what it thinks is fixing it. If your tools don't work for you, get new (different) tools. It's not that complicated. Yes I do use different tools. But I bought Paragon Drive Copy v11 with a money back guarantee. I requested a refund and I never heard back from them. This happens a lot with me. Acronis is another backup utility that I paid for and it never worked right either. As Acronis fails on restore with some USB chipsets (every single version). I don't know about you, but it gets old paying for software that you can't use. I'm sure you're not alone in buying software that doesn't do what you expected it to do, but at some point the public complaining gets old. Just because you bought something doesn't mean you have to continue to use it when you already know it doesn't do what you want it to do. If you can't make it work, move on to something else. Get opinions from other people, read reviews, take advantage of free trials, etc. Bottom line: Be a better informed consumer. Char, I have like 12 of Paragon other products and I have been happy with all of them until this big change. And I have been a big supporter of them until they started this thing about they know better than you crap. And then they totally screwed up. Don't worry. Microsoft is in the same boat. It used to be that the administrator was in control. Not anymore with Vista, 7, and I haven't run 8 yet (although I downloaded it). Now Microsoft is in control and if you don't like it, tough! So what's the word for the opposite of piracy? You know, one when developers sell you something that you can't use and then run away after they got your money? 2%'er? You seem to have more than your share of problems. We few percent push stuff to the limits. As we have too. As it is the best way to find the limits (plus it is very productive IMHO as you know what the limits are). Test pilots does the very same thing. I personally believe everybody should as well. But in my experience, most people just don't have what it takes. As some were lucky if they can stop their VCRs time from flashing (when people had VCRs anyway ;-) ). -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz - 2GB - Windows XP SP3 |
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In message , Char Jackson
writes: On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:27:33 -0500, "BillW50" wrote: [] Yes I do use different tools. But I bought Paragon Drive Copy v11 with a money back guarantee. I requested a refund and I never heard back from [] I'm sure you're not alone in buying software that doesn't do what you expected it to do, but at some point the public complaining gets old. No, but if he bought it with some sort of guarantee they're not honouring, that is bad and worth mentioning: that's a separate matter from mentioning the actual fault. [] So what's the word for the opposite of piracy? You know, one when developers sell you something that you can't use and then run away after they got your money? 2%'er? You seem to have more than your share of problems. I rather like his concept of reverse piracy though! (My suggestion of a name for it.) And his reply (next post) that pushing to the limits finds them has a point he doesn't explicitly state: doing so benefits all of us indirectly as (hopefully!) at least some of the limits/bugs they discover are addressed in the next version. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "When was tomorrow yesterday, Mr. Marlowe?" (The Trouble with Harry) |
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On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:27:33 -0500, "BillW50" wrote:
In , Char Jackson wrote: On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:34:27 -0500, "BillW50" wrote: In news Char Jackson wrote: On Sat, 03 Mar 2012 14:26:42 -0600, BillW50 wrote: The last one was from Paragon (I like Paragon generally and I have bought a lot from them). But the latest one restores a XP machine that I had a dualboot XP and Windows 7 on it once. Now it only has XP on it and I removed all traces of Windows 7 that I know of. But it restores a previously working XP system and sets it up to boot Windows 7 instead. 1. Do a restore from that image. 2. Fix the odd booting issue. 3. Create a new image that incorporates the fix from #2. 4. Delete the problematic image. That way you can stop telling us this same story over and over. That doesn't work Char. No wonder you need CTRL-H. Two weeks is a long time in this group. ROTFL... Indeed CTRL-H does come in handy. ;-) Paragon Drive Copy v11 thinks the boot is broken on restore (when there is nothing wrong with it) and does what it thinks is fixing it. If your tools don't work for you, get new (different) tools. It's not that complicated. Yes I do use different tools. But I bought Paragon Drive Copy v11 with a money back guarantee. I requested a refund and I never heard back from them. This happens a lot with me. Acronis is another backup utility that I paid for and it never worked right either. As Acronis fails on restore with some USB chipsets (every single version). I don't know about you, but it gets old paying for software that you can't use. So what's the word for the opposite of piracy? You know, one when developers sell you something that you can't use and then run away after they got your money? It's called Ripacy. |
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