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Hi All,
Just applied some of the hive mind to a real world problem, that was bugging a guy (to do with his home PC) pointed him toward Acronis True Image, that seems to answer all his problems. Someone else suggested Norton Ghost but...
(Cheers Griff!)
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Hurrah, another one assimilated into the hive 
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glennPattonWork wrote: (Cheers Griff!)
You're welcome!
But I don't remember recommending Acronis ... AOMEI on the other hand ...
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Right, I seem to remember Acronis in a disuccion between You and someone (I think our favorite right wing Merkin was involoved Mr Simmons) I'll pass on the details...
Just got a reply on internal chat a very happy service desk employee...
modified 15-Mar-18 5:33am.
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I use Acronis
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Ah, that explains it! Cheers 
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Clonezilla here, 4 letter word beginning with F: Free
Has some limitations.
User: Technical term used by developers. See Idiot.
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glennPattonWork wrote: Hi All,
Just applied some of the hive mind to a real world problem, that was bugging a guy (to do with his home PC) pointed him toward Acronis True Image, that seems to answer all his problems. Someone else suggested Norton Ghost but...
(Cheers Griff!)
Griff advised he don't use it. John's taken credit, I've been on Acronis since 2006 and think it was me, but don't care for accolades.
Do want to tell you that last week while fixing Windows 10 and networking at a Real Estate Agent, I stumbled upon they're previous Windows 8.1 Server (Yeah, no sh*t) that ran FileSmart (never heard of it either) which had all their documents (paperless you know), not backed up anywhere and Hard Disk Sentinel gave the HDD a 9% health with projected 9 days of life.
13 years of Acronis (paid for) and it could take the HP, 6 partition image, but not restore it to SSD. AOMEI Backupper free, let me creatye a USB boot disk, boot, take image and restore to SSD.
Faarrrkkkk you Sheep Boy, but I may have to change alliances now.
Not sure if I have finished beer 12 or if it's next. If so it's Bundy OP time. Footy's finished and have to be up no later than 8 hours. Maybe the girl can bash me awake, time will tell.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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I may take a look at that free one. Acronis is kinda intrusive and has too much crap going on in the background when you're not using it.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I may take a look at that free one. Acronis is kinda intrusive and has too much crap going on in the background when you're not using it.
Definitely a great product and one Griff has been spruking for years.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Acronis is kinda intrusive and has too much crap going on in the background when you're not using it.
Do they still do that? When will these companies learn...
Before I started using VMs (and thus just backing up entire VHD files), I used a pirated version of Acronis for years to back up my OS drive. Felt bad about it, as it was a great product, and I felt they deserved the support, so I ended up purchasing it. Much to my chagrin, the latest version installed a lot of crap, integrated into Explorer, that you couldn't get rid of. I ended up uninstalling it and sticking to my older copy.
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I have used both, and actually continue to do so during my 1 year of evaluation.
I agree that Acronis has a LOT of extra baggage. I have a NAS device with 2 network ports, and I am trying to setup one connection to be secure, and to connect/disconnect only when the backups are running... Acronis is not making this easy. Windows is making it worse.
I also ran into a hiccup recently when Acronis Active Protection (Something I did not realize I was running blocked some code and screwed me up).
This may be the last year I run Acronis...
(I have a new 2TB SSD to install in my C: slot, so I am going to use AOMEI this time).
Thanks OG
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Using any suggestions or advice, from the Lounge, in the real world, is a very dangerous endeavor. You are very lucky that you did not start the apocalypse. 
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Hi, I used Acronis True Image and encountered a very strange and debilitating problem on my 32 GB super dev PC...Memory use would steadily creep upwards until it hit 100% a few minutes after boot. Then it would sit there for about 20-30 minutes then steadily creep downward. So after every boot it was 30 minutes before I could use the PC. Also, it would do this intermittently during the day. Tried all sorts of things - RAM, new SSD, etc. Lots of ideas on the web but nothing worked until I started one by one uninstalling apps before doing a complete reformat and reload. And it was simply - Uninstall Acronis! The problem went away! And so did my use of Acronics. I use Macrium now and am happy with it and happier with it than when using Acronis. After spending months with this problem and was ready to dump and replace the motherboard...I dumped and will never use Acronis. Months of productivity negatively impacted.
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I'll kick it off with this:
Von Richthoven: I must now tell you of the full horror of what awaits you.
Edmund: Ah, you see, Balders. Dress it up in any amount of pompous verbal diarrhoea, and the message is`Squareheads down for the big Boche gang-bang'.
Von Richthoven: As an officer and a gentleman, you will be looking forward to a quick and noble death.
Edmund: Well, obviously.
Von Richthoven: But, instead, an even worse fate awaits you. Tomorrow, you will be taken back to Germany...
Edmund: Here it comes!
Von Richthoven: ...to a convent school, outside Heidelberg, where you will spend the rest of the war teaching the young girls home economics. For you, as a man of honour, the HUMILIATION will be UNBEARABLE
Or if you prefer: Youtube[^]
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Lord Flashheart: Have you any idea what it's like to have the wind rushing through your hair, George?
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Flasheart: Treat your plane the same way you'll treat your woman. Get in her five times a day and bring her to heaven and back.
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Woof! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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I wonder what the Suffragette movement thought about that!
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I'm sure they found it as funny as everyone else.
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A lounge post yesterday led me to watch a movie which I hadn't known featured Rowan.
My life is not any richer for it.
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Commitstrip OTD: Goodbye Stephen Hawking[^]
I like to think he'd approve.
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I think he would have preferred being in the weelchair but yes: I think he would have liked it.
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fd9750 wrote: I think he would have preferred being in the weelchair
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