08-29-13 14:50 BOB KLAHN wrote to ED VANCE about Backup software

 BK> {at}MSGID: 
 BK>> However, with Ghost, made an image, then wrote it to the new
 BK>> drive. And he got the new drive running immediatly, and the
 BK>> image is stored on a second partition.
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 EV> Did You read My message in Windows 95 about what I did to a
 EV> 4GB Thumbdrive by Restoring a TI Backup of a 1.2GB HDD to
 EV> it?

 BK>  What did you do?

Bob,

I changed a 4GB thumbdrive to a 503MB thumbdrive.

After I had used a Tripp Lite U238-000-1 USB 2.0 IDE/SATA Combo
Adapter to connect a old 1.2GB drive that had 3 Partitions on it,
I Backed it up using Acronis True Image Home (TIH).

I Recovered the TIH backup to the 4GB Thumbdrive, and during the
process I put a checkmark in each of the boxes for the 3 Partitions
AND I also checked the box for a Fourth entry called MBR.

When the Restore finished I saw some pop up nessages that made me
think that I shouldn't had put a checkmark in the MBR box, so I
clicked Cancel on all of those pop up messages, and when the TIH
Main Menu screen appeared, I tried to read the 4GB Thumbdrive
and saw it had the files in the first Partition, so I deleted
all of them and later found out the drive was now 503MB instead
of 4GB.

 BK>  Oh, I found I also have a newer edition of Ghost that will
 BK>  recognize a SATA drive. Too late, but I have it. Didn't know I
 BK>  had it. Dang...too much junk!

Me Too!, but it't MINE!

... Windows 3.1: the best $99 solitare game I've ever seen!
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