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W7 System Imaging
How does W7 System Image compare, say, to Acronis?
What exactly is imaging, as opposed to simply saving something. I've read and re-read about this, and I still don't get it.
I have Acronis and had been constantly updating it's 'imagery'. This was for Vista, when I had it. When I installed W7, other forums told me the Vista Acronis imaging was basically worthless, now, that I did a clean W7 install.
But someone told me to do a certain scan of the empty xtrnl hdd where Acronis resided, to see if I might still be able to recover lost Thunderbird emails. They said I may be able to recover them as long as that xtrnl hdd was still empty.
I got a bunch of file hits from this scan, even ones dealing with email, but haven't been able to open or access them.
I know I may have strayed from my original post, but I had to get this out, because when I bought-into Acronis, I was told that I would be able to recover all emails. I'm aware, too, I screwed-up (on ill advice) by reformatting that xtrnl hdd with Acronis on it, too quickly.
Is imaging really worth the effort?