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       #11

    Short is better... but that's to short for me, could you expand each step. Thanks
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       #12

    oneextraid said:
    Acronis Home will not restore from an external drive. The files must be on DVD or a partition.

    If you have only 1 partition, Acronis will not backup.
    Hmmm. I have backed up (imaged) my Win 7 installation several times to an external USB hard drive and have successfully restored from the same USB external hard drive more than once. I use Acronis True Image Home ver 10. It didn't seem to care about having only one partition either.

    Edit: Perhaps you meant network drive instead of external?
    Last edited by WiFi Ed; 02 Nov 2009 at 16:28. Reason: clarity
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       #13

    Gee, RC7100 clearly stated no image backup to cd/dvd or external harddrive for security reasons. A network or internal H/D is the only
    allowed method.
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       #14

    I just tested it as well and had no option to restore from my external drive
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       #16

    Thanks for the info, I'll give Acronis another try it cost me $49.95 money not well spent. Also their help site will charge per each inquiry.
    I would not recommend the software but it is highly rated in the various PC magazines.
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       #17

    If you intend to restore to a Western Digital or Seagate hard drive, you can get Acronis for no charge directly from the websites of those 2 companies.
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       #18

    Why bother with images/backups with win 7


    After reading postings for over an hour as well as the help site for Acronis I've come to the conclusion it's not worth my time or effort to work with Acronis when your OS is Win 7.

    Win 7 is so quick in doing a reload and if you have your data well organized on your backup hard drive, this seems the best route to go and forget about "I Hope" 3rd party software.

    Firstly you save the cost of the program, looking for updates, and finally trying to figure out the darn thing as to what it will and won't do in each function. Sorry, I just don't have the patience nor the brain power any more. There are better thing to do! I could have bought two 26's of Johnny Walkers.....
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       #19

    You can - sort of - very limited functions - if you click one of the better functions - it tells you to go buy the product.

    ignatzatsonic said:
    If you intend to restore to a Western Digital or Seagate hard drive, you can get Acronis for no charge directly from the websites of those 2 companies.
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  10. Posts : 12,012
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       #20

    SIW2:

    What functions are you referring to??

    I just pulled down all the menus in my version (WD) and poked the icon. I got no errors or nags to buy something else.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Creating image using acronis-acronis-menus.jpg  
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