USB Voodoo?

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jim wrote:
> "jim" <jim@home.net> wrote in message
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>> "PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>>> "jim" <jim@home.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks to another poster I tried Terabyte's Win Image software
>>>> (http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/products.htm).
>>>>
>>>> You have to make a bootable CD and boot into DOS to use it to image
>>>> your
>>>> USB drives. I'm not really sure why this isn't possiblke directly from
>>>> Windows.
>>>>
>>>> And, it is really slow. It took almost 20 minutes to image a USB 2.0
>>>> 8GB
>>>> drive with FAT32, Ext2 and Linux swap partitions. It took 58 minute to
>>>> restore it.
>>>>
>>>> Although it does require rebooting into DOs and it is slow, it is
>>>> better
>>>> than losing your data.
>>>
>>> Did you ever try booting to an Acronis CD? The CD is Linux-based.
>>
>> Yes. I booted the Acronis True Image Home 11 recovery cd (full version)
>> and it cannot see the Linux partitions (Ext2 and Linux Swap) -- or at
>> least they didn't show in the gui.
>>
>> That's really disappointing. I really like Acronis. I recommend it all
>> the time to my Windows friends and clients.
>>
>> jim
>
> I kept searching and found another software product that handles backing
> up
> my USB Linux drives, and has no problems with the Linux partition formats.
>
> The good thing about this new software (new to me anyway) is that is does
> it's backup and restore from within windows. It runs just like any other
> Windows software - no booting to a DOS or Linux based CD to backup my USB
> drives.
>
> The great thing is the speed! Whereas Win Image took almost 20 minutes
> from
> a DOS bootable CD to make an image All Image 1.3.1 made an uncompressed
> image in 6 minutes 40 seconds. And, where Win Image took 58 monutes to
> restore the image to my USB drive, All Image 1.3.1 took exactly 20
> minutes.
>
> Check out the 14 day trial version at
> http://www.towodo.com/products/allimage/. And, it's a reasonably priced
> $25
> to purchase.
>
> Just thought you may like to know....
>
> jim

Well, that beats BING, for sure. Besides which, in case you didn't know,
BING operates down at the DOS level, too. (BING = BootItNG) Just
curious - did you ever consider trying it out?
 
"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Well, that beats BING, for sure. Besides which, in case you didn't know,
>BING operates down at the DOS level, too. (BING = BootItNG) Just
>curious - did you ever consider trying it out?

I wondered what you were talking about when you said "BING". I think
you're the only person who's called it that. It's always been called
BootItNG here.

He tried one of Terabyte's programs, I'm not sure if it was BootItNG.
 
Re: USB Voodoo? OT Acronis True Image

I am just throwing this in ... in frustation.

I love ATI 11 too...except that the 'tryanddecide' service prohibits
hibernation or sleep and sometimes is 'a very long process is running' errpr
in shutting down XP.

Acronis acknowledged. this problem almost 9 months ago....IT HAS NOT BEEN
FIXED.
 
Re: USB Voodoo? OT Acronis True Image

"Telstar" <none@none> wrote:

>I am just throwing this in ... in frustation.
>
>I love ATI 11 too...except that the 'tryanddecide' service prohibits
>hibernation or sleep and sometimes is 'a very long process is running' errpr
>in shutting down XP.
>
>Acronis acknowledged. this problem almost 9 months ago....IT HAS NOT BEEN
>FIXED.

BFD.

I've never even looked into "Try and Decide". Whatever it is, I don't
need it.
 
Re: USB Voodoo? OT Acronis True Image

"PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "Telstar" <none@none> wrote:
>
>>I am just throwing this in ... in frustation.
>>
>>I love ATI 11 too...except that the 'tryanddecide' service prohibits
>>hibernation or sleep and sometimes is 'a very long process is running'
>>errpr
>>in shutting down XP.
>>
>>Acronis acknowledged. this problem almost 9 months ago....IT HAS NOT BEEN
>>FIXED.
>
> BFD.
>
> I've never even looked into "Try and Decide". Whatever it is, I don't
> need it.

You cannot get rid of it or deactivate it in Acronis 11. So it is a BFD!

You strike me as stupid.
 
Re: USB Voodoo? OT Acronis True Image

"Telstar" <none@none> wrote:

>> I've never even looked into "Try and Decide". Whatever it is, I don't
>> need it.
>
>You cannot get rid of it or deactivate it in Acronis 11. So it is a BFD!
>
>You strike me as stupid.

I strongly suspect that you are the stupid one:

In Vista, it's listed in Services and can be disabled.

I'd be surprised if XP didn't handle it the same way.
 
Re: USB Voodoo? OT Acronis True Image

"PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "Telstar" <none@none> wrote:
>
>>> I've never even looked into "Try and Decide". Whatever it is, I don't
>>> need it.
>>
>>You cannot get rid of it or deactivate it in Acronis 11. So it is a BFD!
>>
>>You strike me as stupid.
>
> I strongly suspect that you are the stupid one:
>
> In Vista, it's listed in Services and can be disabled.
>
> I'd be surprised if XP didn't handle it the same way.


OK I'll bite. How can it be disabled permanently? You can end the process,
and that is all. Who wants to do that every time they run their computer?
 
Re: USB Voodoo? OT Acronis True Image

"Telstar" <none@none> wrote in message
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> "PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> "Telstar" <none@none> wrote:
>>
>>>> I've never even looked into "Try and Decide". Whatever it is, I don't
>>>> need it.
>>>
>>>You cannot get rid of it or deactivate it in Acronis 11. So it is a BFD!
>>>
>>>You strike me as stupid.
>>
>> I strongly suspect that you are the stupid one:
>>
>> In Vista, it's listed in Services and can be disabled.
>>
>> I'd be surprised if XP didn't handle it the same way.
>
>
> OK I'll bite. How can it be disabled permanently? You can end the
> process, and that is all. Who wants to do that every time they run their
> computer?

Start Menu > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services

Here, you will see all running services listed- including Acronis Try and
Decide.

Right click it, and click Properties.

Under the "Startup Type:" drop-down, select Disabled.

Click "Apply" at the bottom right.

Click "Stop" under "Service status".

You should be good to go.....

It should be stopped and should not restart with Windows.

jim
 
Re: USB Voodoo? OT Acronis True Image

"Telstar" <none@none> wrote:

>
>"PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> "Telstar" <none@none> wrote:
>>
>>>> I've never even looked into "Try and Decide". Whatever it is, I don't
>>>> need it.
>>>
>>>You cannot get rid of it or deactivate it in Acronis 11. So it is a BFD!
>>>
>>>You strike me as stupid.
>>
>> I strongly suspect that you are the stupid one:
>>
>> In Vista, it's listed in Services and can be disabled.
>>
>> I'd be surprised if XP didn't handle it the same way.
>
>
>OK I'll bite. How can it be disabled permanently? You can end the process,
>and that is all. Who wants to do that every time they run their computer?
>

And you called _ME_ "stupid"!?

I just checked my XP notebook... it's there (same as in Vista) just
like I thought it would be. And what I said can be done CAN be done.

Yer on yer own, bright boy.
 
Re: USB Voodoo? OT Acronis True Image

"jim" <jim@home.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Telstar" <none@none> wrote in message
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>>
>> "PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:tirg44947culj3a4qk9sjb0igcbc3fnsf7@4ax.com...
>>> "Telstar" <none@none> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I've never even looked into "Try and Decide". Whatever it is, I don't
>>>>> need it.
>>>>
>>>>You cannot get rid of it or deactivate it in Acronis 11. So it is a
>>>>BFD!
>>>>
>>>>You strike me as stupid.
>>>
>>> I strongly suspect that you are the stupid one:
>>>
>>> In Vista, it's listed in Services and can be disabled.
>>>
>>> I'd be surprised if XP didn't handle it the same way.
>>
>>
>> OK I'll bite. How can it be disabled permanently? You can end the
>> process, and that is all. Who wants to do that every time they run their
>> computer?
>
> Start Menu > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services
>
> Here, you will see all running services listed- including Acronis Try and
> Decide.
>
> Right click it, and click Properties.
>
> Under the "Startup Type:" drop-down, select Disabled.
>
> Click "Apply" at the bottom right.
>
> Click "Stop" under "Service status".
>
> You should be good to go.....
>
> It should be stopped and should not restart with Windows.
>
> jim
>
>
>
>
>
>

I will admit that Acronis Tech support said this would not work...but I
tried it now and it does.
 
Re: USB Voodoo? OT Acronis True Image

"Telstar" <none@none> wrote in message
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> "jim" <jim@home.net> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Telstar" <none@none> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:tirg44947culj3a4qk9sjb0igcbc3fnsf7@4ax.com...
>>>> "Telstar" <none@none> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> I've never even looked into "Try and Decide". Whatever it is, I
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>> need it.
>>>>>
>>>>>You cannot get rid of it or deactivate it in Acronis 11. So it is a
>>>>>BFD!
>>>>>
>>>>>You strike me as stupid.
>>>>
>>>> I strongly suspect that you are the stupid one:
>>>>
>>>> In Vista, it's listed in Services and can be disabled.
>>>>
>>>> I'd be surprised if XP didn't handle it the same way.
>>>
>>>
>>> OK I'll bite. How can it be disabled permanently? You can end the
>>> process, and that is all. Who wants to do that every time they run
>>> their computer?
>>
>> Start Menu > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services
>>
>> Here, you will see all running services listed- including Acronis Try and
>> Decide.
>>
>> Right click it, and click Properties.
>>
>> Under the "Startup Type:" drop-down, select Disabled.
>>
>> Click "Apply" at the bottom right.
>>
>> Click "Stop" under "Service status".
>>
>> You should be good to go.....
>>
>> It should be stopped and should not restart with Windows.
>>
>> jim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> I will admit that Acronis Tech support said this would not work...but I
> tried it now and it does.

Sweet!

Never trust a company whose imaging software can't image removable media.

)

jim
 
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