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Skriven 2010-03-29 12:28:52 av Jean Parrot (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 60362 av ED VANCE (1:123/140)
Ärende: Clones and such.
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Ed wrote:

 EV> Why would Acronis want me to make a CD if it wasn't Bootable???

	You got me here, Ed. I do not know what level of "booting" is done here, not a
full as we know it booting for sure, there is no OS ! I know for sure that when
using the rescue TI CD, it does it all in RAM, there is still no OS. this
brings up the question... what copying back your files can do ? I do not think
that you can copy back any Registry folders, there are two. Without these, you
are hosed.

 EV> I admit, I don't know much, but I'd think I could Boot from the TI CD I
 EV> made, just using the BIOS in the XP SP3 computer to do it.

	Makes two of us. I do not think that this above statement of yours will hold
any water.

 EV> My contention is that EITHER a Clone or a series of backup files on an
 EV> external hard drive would be Restorable, just using the CD Acronis
 EV> suggested for users of their software to make, just in case something
 EV> very BAD happened to the computer.

	This is where we differ.

 EV> It may be that, after Booting with the Acronis CD, I would have to put a
 EV> driver on the hard drive so it could read the external unit, so I could
 EV> get my data onto the new, mostly blank, hard drive.

	You are starting to see it my way, Ed. ;-)

 EV> So far, a serious hard drive problem or computer problem hasn't happened
 EV> to me. I can't remember if you have had to Restore data to a computer that
 EV> doesn't have an operating system installed, I hope not!

	With a clone, it is all solved. Yes, I have done many blank operation and with
this clone, it is a pleasure.

 EV> To my understanding, the CD Acronis asked me to make, has a version of
 EV> Linux on it so their program has an operating system to rely on, so that
 EV> a TI user can use that CD to do a Restore on their new (blank) hard
 EV> drive.

	When you do this ( if ! ), you will see that there is no HDD activity, I
presume (?) that it is all done in RAM. Remember, if you had to replace the
HDD, there is nothing on it.

 EV> Just as Acronis wanted me to make a Bootable CD, so did HP when they
 EV> suggested that I Burn a set of CDs or DVDs with the data they put on
 EV> their 8GB Restore Partition.

	Ed, this HP DVD is a twin to the TI clone, it is bootable and it will redo the
whole OS, nothing for you to move. But, a large but, it will be like "out of
the box", you will have lost all. A TI clone takes you back to your last clone,
not to day-1, OoTB situation.

	You are getting closer and closer all the time, Ed.

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