Bill Patten
bill_patten at embarqmail.com
Fri Mar 21 12:09:13 CDT 2008
Max, You might take a look at Acronis Echo Workstation with Universal Restore module. It is design to do what you are asking for. I have not used it myself but a friend of mine has and it worked for him. http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/products/ATICW/ Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Wanadoo" <max.wanadoo at gmail.com> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT:Backup and Restore Complete PCs No Gustav, these won't work because they *expect* to be restoring to the same hardware platform that they came from. In the case of a NEW PC this will not be the case. Most PCs fail after 3-5 years (or people wish to replace at that stage) and the hardware has moved on. In my case the Power unit blew the motherboard and the CPU. A new PC has a completely different configuration. PCMover, Ghost, Image writers, etc just don't cut the mustard. Ta Max -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 1:30 PM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT:Backup and Restore Complete PCs Hi Max Well, if you have your physical machine repaired, a simple Windows backup from the virtual machine to the physical should do it. However, if you wish to establish a new machine (different hardware), Windows backup may fail if the hardware isn't nearly identical. One option to copy your old apps etc. is offered by good ol' Laplink: PCmover: http://www.laplink.com/pcmover I believe several similar tools, even free, exists but this one is capable of moving your data (quoting): "across a network, Laplink USB cable, Laplink parallel cable, Windows Easy Transfer Cable, or any type of removable media that can be read by both PCs". The only catch appears to be that the license (though not very costly) is for one transfer session only. /gustav >>> max.wanadoo at gmail.com 21-03-2008 13:55 >>> Gustav, I could kiss you! That sounds really great. I have read the details on the site but what I am a bit uncertain about is how do I get the details out of the remote virtual machine copy back onto the NEW PC once I have set it up? Ta Max -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 11:10 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT:Backup and Restore Complete PCs Hi Max Forgot the link: http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/ >>> Gustav at cactus.dk 21-03-2008 11:58 >>> Hi Max One interesting option is to use the free VMware Converter to copy a physical machine to a virtual machine from time to time. That way you can have your "machine" up an running on any other decent hardware - not at full specs, of course, but identical with all applications, passwords, and settings. /gustav -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com