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PING ANNA: Cloning/Imaging using Norton Ghost 14 or Acronis
Anna,
Have you recently prepared comprehensive NOTES to image a PC using either Norton Ghost 14 or Acronis (latest version)? I am buying a new PC and I want to image it quickly even before I have started with it so that all the factory settings are still there. I have got Norton Ghost 14 and I can buy Acronis if that is the only one you have used. I can boot the system from Norton Ghost CD but I don’t know how to image the system. Presumably, one external USB HD would be required to copy the image files? Any recommendations on this? I look forward to hearing from you. |
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PING ANNA: Cloning/Imaging using Norton Ghost 14 or Acronis
You don't need the Ghost CD to create an Image Backup
Both Ghost and Acronis will allow you to backup your drive or partition from Windows. You need to install the product first and then create an image backup to another partition or hard drive. No need to immediately buy Acronis as you can download the Acronis trial version and create a Rescue CD. The real test is using the Ghost "Recovery CD" and also the Acronis "Rescue CD" to see which is easier to use and more fool proof when recovering you Windows environment. I would suggest creating Image Backups using both Ghost and Acronis before you attempt a recovery. This way if one fails (and Acronis did on me just a few days ago and Tech support was very helpful but in the end the recovery process did not work) you still have the other backup as a safety net. -- JS http://www.pagestart.com "Randy Loafer" wrote in message ... Anna, Have you recently prepared comprehensive NOTES to image a PC using either Norton Ghost 14 or Acronis (latest version)? I am buying a new PC and I want to image it quickly even before I have started with it so that all the factory settings are still there. I have got Norton Ghost 14 and I can buy Acronis if that is the only one you have used. I can boot the system from Norton Ghost CD but I don't know how to image the system. Presumably, one external USB HD would be required to copy the image files? Any recommendations on this? I look forward to hearing from you. |
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PING ANNA: Cloning/Imaging using Norton Ghost 14 or Acronis
You don't need the Ghost CD to create an Image Backup
Both Ghost and Acronis will allow you to backup your drive or partition from Windows. You need to install the product first and then create an image backup to another partition or hard drive. No need to immediately buy Acronis as you can download the Acronis trial version and create a Rescue CD. The real test is using the Ghost "Recovery CD" and also the Acronis "Rescue CD" to see which is easier to use and more fool proof when recovering you Windows environment. I would suggest creating Image Backups using both Ghost and Acronis before you attempt a recovery. This way if one fails (and Acronis did on me just a few days ago and Tech support was very helpful but in the end the recovery process did not work) you still have the other backup as a safety net. -- JS http://www.pagestart.com "Randy Loafer" wrote in message ... Anna, Have you recently prepared comprehensive NOTES to image a PC using either Norton Ghost 14 or Acronis (latest version)? I am buying a new PC and I want to image it quickly even before I have started with it so that all the factory settings are still there. I have got Norton Ghost 14 and I can buy Acronis if that is the only one you have used. I can boot the system from Norton Ghost CD but I don't know how to image the system. Presumably, one external USB HD would be required to copy the image files? Any recommendations on this? I look forward to hearing from you. |
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PING ANNA: Cloning/Imaging using Norton Ghost 14 or Acronis
"Randy Loafer" wrote in message ... Anna, Have you recently prepared comprehensive NOTES to image a PC using either Norton Ghost 14 or Acronis (latest version)? I am buying a new PC and I want to image it quickly even before I have started with it so that all the factory settings are still there. I have got Norton Ghost 14 and I can buy Acronis if that is the only one you have used. I can boot the system from Norton Ghost CD but I don't know how to image the system. Presumably, one external USB HD would be required to copy the image files? Any recommendations on this? I look forward to hearing from you. Randy: I haven't worked with Symantec's Norton Ghost extensively since Ghost 2003 days. We were very unimpressed with the Ghost versions beginning with version 9 and continuing through the present version that we just gave up on that program. But a number of Ghost 14 users have told me that in general they're satisfied with that program. In any event I'm afraid I can't help you there re step-by-step instructions for the present Norton Ghost program. As for step-by-step instructions for the Acronis True Image disk-imaging program ...I do have them covering the ATI version 11 program (as well as for some previous versions) but not the present ATI 2009 version. I was working on instructions for the current ATI program in response to a request I rec'd from a local computer club, but I'm afraid I haven't finished them. I hope to have them finished in the not-too-distant future. But I can't really say when. While I don't think the basics of the Acronis disk-imaging process have changed too dramatically between the present and past versions of the program, I'm not absolutely certain about that since I've had only limited experience with the latest ATI 2009 version. It seemed to me from some cursory experience with that latest version that whatever changes was made re the disk-imaging process had to do more with cosmetics then substance. But again, I'm not entirely certain of that. So if you think the ATI v11 step-by-step instructions re the program's disk-imaging process would be of any use or value to you I'll be glad to post them. As you may know from my previous posts on the subject of establishing & maintaining a comprehensive backup system, I'm a strong proponent of using the Casper 5 program for this purpose. We use that program nearly exclusively nowadays. So my experience with the Acronis program has been quite limited in recent years. Casper 5 is a disk-cloning type of program; it does not have disk-imaging capability. By & large we have found the program to be superb as a comprehensive backup program for most PC users, and as such (in our view) is quite superior to the Acronis & other disk-cloning/disk-imaging programs we have worked with. The program is extremely simple to use even for an inexperienced user, reasonably quick in operation, and quite effective. There's virtually no learning curve in undertaking the disk cloning process as one navigates through the few easy-to-understand screens with a final mouse-click on the button on the screen which will trigger the disk-cloning process. After undertaking one or two disk-cloning operations it should take the user no more than 15 - 20 seconds or so to get to that point. But the truly significant advantage of the Casper 5.0 disk-cloning program is its ability to create *incremental* disk clones following the creation of the original (first) disk clone. Employing what Casper calls its "SmartClone" technology the program can create subsequent disk clones of the source HDD usually at a fraction of the time it takes to create a "full" disk clone. This results in a decided incentive for the user to undertake frequent complete backups of his or her system, knowing that they can create "incremental" disk clones in a relatively short period of time. Understand that this "incremental disk clone" is a *complete* clone (copy) of the "source" HDD. It is *not* an incremental file. The resultant "incremental" clone is a precise copy of the user's source HDD. We're aware of a sizable number of Casper 5 users, a number of whom have switched from the Acronis and other disk-cloning/disk-imaging programs. I'm hard-pressed to think of a single such user who regretted his/her purchase of the Casper 5 program and/or switched back to their former disk-cloning or disk-imaging program. There is, however, one area where the Casper 5 program may not be suitable for a PC user. If the user has a strong or vital interest in maintaining "generational" (multiple) copies of his or her system at particular points in time, then generally speaking a disk-imaging program (in most cases) would be more suitable to that objective. While the Casper 5 (or probably most other disk-cloning programs) could maintain such generational copies of one's system - depending upon the size of the contents of the source drive and the disk space available on the destination drive and the number of needed generational copies - it doesn't lend itself as readily to that objective as would a disk-imaging program. Since you already have the Norton Ghost & Acronis True Image programs I would guess you would be reluctant to purchase a third similar type of program so I have mixed feelings about recommending the Casper 5 program to you. Be that as it may, there is a trial version (somewhat crippled) of the program available at... http://www.fssdev.com so you might want to give it a try since no expenditure on your part will be necessary. Anna |
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PING ANNA: Cloning/Imaging using Norton Ghost 14 or Acronis
"Randy Loafer" wrote in message ... Anna, Have you recently prepared comprehensive NOTES to image a PC using either Norton Ghost 14 or Acronis (latest version)? I am buying a new PC and I want to image it quickly even before I have started with it so that all the factory settings are still there. I have got Norton Ghost 14 and I can buy Acronis if that is the only one you have used. I can boot the system from Norton Ghost CD but I don't know how to image the system. Presumably, one external USB HD would be required to copy the image files? Any recommendations on this? I look forward to hearing from you. Randy: I haven't worked with Symantec's Norton Ghost extensively since Ghost 2003 days. We were very unimpressed with the Ghost versions beginning with version 9 and continuing through the present version that we just gave up on that program. But a number of Ghost 14 users have told me that in general they're satisfied with that program. In any event I'm afraid I can't help you there re step-by-step instructions for the present Norton Ghost program. As for step-by-step instructions for the Acronis True Image disk-imaging program ...I do have them covering the ATI version 11 program (as well as for some previous versions) but not the present ATI 2009 version. I was working on instructions for the current ATI program in response to a request I rec'd from a local computer club, but I'm afraid I haven't finished them. I hope to have them finished in the not-too-distant future. But I can't really say when. While I don't think the basics of the Acronis disk-imaging process have changed too dramatically between the present and past versions of the program, I'm not absolutely certain about that since I've had only limited experience with the latest ATI 2009 version. It seemed to me from some cursory experience with that latest version that whatever changes was made re the disk-imaging process had to do more with cosmetics then substance. But again, I'm not entirely certain of that. So if you think the ATI v11 step-by-step instructions re the program's disk-imaging process would be of any use or value to you I'll be glad to post them. As you may know from my previous posts on the subject of establishing & maintaining a comprehensive backup system, I'm a strong proponent of using the Casper 5 program for this purpose. We use that program nearly exclusively nowadays. So my experience with the Acronis program has been quite limited in recent years. Casper 5 is a disk-cloning type of program; it does not have disk-imaging capability. By & large we have found the program to be superb as a comprehensive backup program for most PC users, and as such (in our view) is quite superior to the Acronis & other disk-cloning/disk-imaging programs we have worked with. The program is extremely simple to use even for an inexperienced user, reasonably quick in operation, and quite effective. There's virtually no learning curve in undertaking the disk cloning process as one navigates through the few easy-to-understand screens with a final mouse-click on the button on the screen which will trigger the disk-cloning process. After undertaking one or two disk-cloning operations it should take the user no more than 15 - 20 seconds or so to get to that point. But the truly significant advantage of the Casper 5.0 disk-cloning program is its ability to create *incremental* disk clones following the creation of the original (first) disk clone. Employing what Casper calls its "SmartClone" technology the program can create subsequent disk clones of the source HDD usually at a fraction of the time it takes to create a "full" disk clone. This results in a decided incentive for the user to undertake frequent complete backups of his or her system, knowing that they can create "incremental" disk clones in a relatively short period of time. Understand that this "incremental disk clone" is a *complete* clone (copy) of the "source" HDD. It is *not* an incremental file. The resultant "incremental" clone is a precise copy of the user's source HDD. We're aware of a sizable number of Casper 5 users, a number of whom have switched from the Acronis and other disk-cloning/disk-imaging programs. I'm hard-pressed to think of a single such user who regretted his/her purchase of the Casper 5 program and/or switched back to their former disk-cloning or disk-imaging program. There is, however, one area where the Casper 5 program may not be suitable for a PC user. If the user has a strong or vital interest in maintaining "generational" (multiple) copies of his or her system at particular points in time, then generally speaking a disk-imaging program (in most cases) would be more suitable to that objective. While the Casper 5 (or probably most other disk-cloning programs) could maintain such generational copies of one's system - depending upon the size of the contents of the source drive and the disk space available on the destination drive and the number of needed generational copies - it doesn't lend itself as readily to that objective as would a disk-imaging program. Since you already have the Norton Ghost & Acronis True Image programs I would guess you would be reluctant to purchase a third similar type of program so I have mixed feelings about recommending the Casper 5 program to you. Be that as it may, there is a trial version (somewhat crippled) of the program available at... http://www.fssdev.com so you might want to give it a try since no expenditure on your part will be necessary. Anna |
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