Text 27001, 90 rader
Skriven 2007-01-18 10:18:00 av JAY EMRIE
     Kommentar till en text av GERALD MILLER
Ärende: duo core - what for?
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GM> AZ>>>> Note that the CPU is only one factor that affects perceived
GM> AZ>>>> computer performance. A new Core Duo PC will probably also have a
GM> AZ>>>> faster, SATA hard drive than the one its replacing- and this ought
GM> AZ>>>> to result in faster program loads, independent of any processor
GM> AZ>>>> improvements, for instance.

GM> JE>>> Maybe this is why my T60 seems faster - SATA.

GM> JE>>> One thing I did notice last night. The newer version of True Image
GM> JE>>> (10) is superior to previous versions. It backed up to my DVD drive.
GM> JE>>> However, it still can't handle more than one DVD as if there was
GM> JE>>> only one DVD. So I will back up to an external USB drive. I did the
GM> JE>>> DVD back up as a test and as a way of restoring to original setup
GM> JE>>> after loading my primary apps.

GM> GM>> Since you're talking about True Image version 10 (Home ???), I
GM> GM>> would like to know if you can continue to backup to DVD if you have
GM> GM>> more than one DVD burner.  ???

GM> JE> Can't tell you right now, Gerald. I was using 10 to back up my laptop
GM> JE> - which only has one DVD. Wont be able to tell you in the future
GM> JE> either. None of my systems have more than one DVD. All desktops have a
GM> JE> CDRW and a DVD RW drive.

I can see no advantage in having two DVD drives. I do have a CDRW AND a
DVD/RW in both my systems. Thinking about it I really do not believe
there is much advantage in having both. The DVD RW will do everything.

GM>Since I'm in the process of building my "Screamer" machine, I was wondering
GM>if it would be advantageous to have two DVD burners and if TI would
GM>recognize multiple DVD burners and span the image backups consecutively.
GM>Right now, I'm vacillating between the TI 10 Home and the TI 9.1
GM>Workstation versions.  Charles has me (currently) leaning towards the Home
GM>version...

I am using TI 10 home. Works just fine so far. Easier to use than the
previous versions. The instructions are more lucid. I've been having
indications that my backup HD was not operating properly lately.
Couldn't sleep last night so I got up and replaced the HD,
formatted it, installed TI 10 and started a backup. Woke up this AM and
everything was just fine.



GM>I can't believe the DVD burners are so inexpensive - Liteon 18x DVDRW
GM>(internal) for CDN $45.95.  I paid almost three times that much for a CDRW
GM>four years ago...

GM> JE> The backup on the DVDs turned out to be faulty. One bad DVD I believe,
GM> JE> (had a funny looking spot in the data area).

GM>Pity.

One problem with DVD and TI backups. TI doesn't logically handle more
than one DVD (DISK) back up. In doing a restore one has to start with
backup DVD #1, then it calls for inserting backup DVD #2, then reverts
to DVD #1 again and starts the actual back up. I really do not intend t
o use DVDs for all backups. Just wanted a set for possible restoring to
my beginning fully setup system. Will use a USB drive for ensuing backup
operations.

GM>Since all three of my computers have drive caddies for the OS, I will be
GM>cloning the OS drives; use my Maxtor 250GB, Maxtor 300GB and Seagate 320GB
GM>HDD in USB cases for image backups.  Right now, I imagine that burning to
GM>DVD/CD would rarely be used -- maybe for essential, individual
GM>applications.

GM>Norton Ghost behaved rather strangely for me, at the beginning of the New
GM>Year.  Mrs. Santa (my loving wife), gave me a NEC 20" LCD monitor for
GM>Christmas.  I removed the old Princeton 19" CRT monitor and replaced it
GM>with the NEC and I was going to Ghost all my drives on the WXP.  Ghost
GM>loaded and after twenty minutes of the hour glass being displayed on the
GM>screen, I came to the conclusion that there was something wrong; so I
GM>abandoned the Ghost procedure on the WXP (that particular day).  This
GM>morning, I decided to try Ghost on the W2K machine *AND* I was successful.
GM>I can't figure this one out -- why a DOS boot disk of Norton Ghost works on
GM>one machine and not the other?  I'll have to give the WXP machine another
GM>Ghost try tomorrow morning...

I gave up on Ghost when I discovered TI. Nothing inherently wrong with
Ghost - Just that TI is more capable - far more feature rich.

Jay


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