Finally rid of Norton! Also: Question about TrueImage

[Runes911]

Well after trying Norton '05 I did not like how invasive it has become, compaired to Norton 2003. So I got rid of it and got Kasperkey and Acronis as my image and anti virus pair. Well, I fell in love with TrueImage the first time I used it. Compaired to Ghost its WAY faster.

I have a question about how it works compaired to the old ghost, the one that totally shut down Windows, rebooted to dos and then imaged the PC. How is it that it can image/backup the disk without shutting Windows down? Wouldn't that be bad since some files may be changing constantly? How is it able to image if Windows and some programs may be writeing/changing files? Would that not lead to corruption of some files?

 

[BlueWeasel]

The new imaging programs like TrueImage use some kind of technology that basically "locks" all the Windows files in use. That allows them to be backed up as part of the image even though it wasn't possible in earlier versions of Ghost, etc.

I always do my TrueImage backup/restore using the Boot CD -- that way, there's no issue.

 

[Runes911]

Originally posted by: BlueWeaselI always do my TrueImage backup/restore using the Boot CD -- that way, there's no issue.

Ah, I will look into that. I would rather it close down Windows to backup.

 

[LED]

I always copy my Drives rather than imaging as I had problems in the past...with True Image it'll still have to reboot the Puter to copy the HD.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: Runes911

Originally posted by: BlueWeaselI always do my TrueImage backup/restore using the Boot CD -- that way, there's no issue.

Ah, I will look into that. I would rather it close down Windows to backup.

To make the bootable CD, just go under Tools --> Make Bootable Rescue Media. I'm using TrueImage v8, so I don't know how it's changed in the newest version.