Robert
robert at servicexp.com
Fri Jun 8 10:35:33 CDT 2007
Oh my.. So sorry Lembit... :-( I have several outstanding "service tickets", going. As you may know their support is a bit sloooooow.. There are other people with the same unresolved issues that I have... 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 11:23 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Petulant PC Robert, 1) - have not noticed that so far 2) - I have so far only used HD to store images - I dont trust DVDs and CDs too much. 3) - my boot disks work just fine. have used them a lot on several machines 4) - I did have some problem at the beginning when I ran backup every day at PC-shutdown. turned out to be my mistake ( AFAICR, not enough disk space or some such) 5) - have been lucky so far have you discussed the problems in their forum? Lembit (not Lambit) :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert" <robert at servicexp.com> To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 4:35 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Petulant PC > 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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