Robert
robert at servicexp.com
Fri Jun 8 09:35:41 CDT 2007
Lambit, Here are my top 5 1) Dialog boxes that open up behind other model boxes, so you can not read the message or proceed. Version 7-present.. 2) Very difficult to get a (Direct Burn) clean, non corrupted image that span across multiply DVD's. There are ways around this though. Version 9-present 3) Corrupted Boot Disks. This one is more complicated, as in version 9 in later builds this seemed to be corrected but in version 10 it came back. Also it's difficult to say what is causing the problem. When you boot the machine from the TI boot disk, and load FULL support, the systems hangs and does nothing. This happens on all 3 of my machines, so I'm thinking it's a problem in the creation of the boot disks. Version 7-present 4) Huge problem in scheduled backup's. This is in my opinion the 2nd biggest problem. 8 out 10 backup (full image or otherwise) TI simply fails. The backup throws a error to the effect that it could not back up file XXXX, and just stops, waiting for user intervention. Version 10 5) I have had several corrupted images that were completely unusable. This is very frustrating because I always use the "verify backup" switch, and yet somehow several were corrupted..... This is my #1 problem. Versions 9-Present This just goes to show you how much a user will put up with junk software.. As I still use TI... ;-) I'm not sure what that says about me..:-) There just seems to be very little out there that is easy to use, feature rich and simply works... WBR Robert -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Lembit Soobik Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 8:25 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Petulant PC Robert, can you please tell us what these problems are? I am using Acronis True Image 10 Home, and the only problem I had was a misinterpretation on one screen, but once I got it, no problems. have done many images of system- and other drives and installed them on other drives with no failures. thanks Lembit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert" <robert at servicexp.com> To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 1:26 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Petulant PC > Be very careful with Acronis TrueImage, with out going into detail, the > product seems to get worse with every update. I have been dealing with > several known issues from version 7, on top of new problems in version 10. > They rarely seem to correct existing problems. > > > > WBR > Robert > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 10:56 PM > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Petulant PC > > Well, my saga with TrueImage is beginning. It refuses to install on one > machine, I haven't tried it on any others yet. Google shows this install > problam dating back to at least version 8. > > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 10:25 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Petulant PC > > John, > > I took the drive to my sysadmin at work and he hooked it up with this > hydra-headed connector to an external IDE drive controller. He saw that > the > registry was, indeed hosed. He was able, however, to rebuild the registry > from a restoration point made Saturday morning. He said, though, that at > one point my drive took down his own machine! > > I got the drive plugged back in and it was like it was a Bic pen: > first time, every time! > > Now to begin the removal of Symantec products from my system... > > Steve Erbach > Neenah, WI > > > On 6/5/07, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: >> Steve, >> >> I decided to try True Image 10. I have just had all I can stand from >> Symantec, their tech support is about as bad as it gets. True image >> is available through NewEgg for $35 including shipping. >> >> My biggest issue with this stuff is actually trying a restore. I read >> one service site that said "never do a restore over existing data" >> (they were talking images here). The reason is simple, if the restore >> fails you have hosed whatever chance you might have had of getting the >> original data recovered. >> >> Of course that means getting another disk large enough to perform the >> restore on, and of course in the case of a laptop, which will >> physically fit in the machine once you are done recovering the backup. >> >> I was reading a side by side review of Symantec's product and True Image. >> The author stated that he was a die hard fan of the Symantec product >> until the latest versions started creating corrupt backups. While the >> product would say that things failed in the LOG FILE, it never >> actually said so on the screen, so the only way to know whether you >> got a good backup was go read the log file. Which of course the >> average Joe will not think is required. In fact the author was burned >> and discovered this when his backup was corrupt. >> >> Anyway, I am going to do this stuff once I get my software. Get a >> good image of both my laptop and my wife's laptop, then get both >> backing up critical data. I have already moved my family photos off >> onto the Raid 6 system, and have a backup area out on that machine for >> raid protected storage. >> >> John W. 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