Guest GeraldF Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 Re: Backup Utility Recommendations Please In article <d208d3tk0pb4qd6i8pq6c8ose8h09lropq@4ax.com>, tecknode@NOSPAM.com says... > I wonder if TI has been tested on a PC with a SiS motherboard? > > > -- > ======== Tecknomage ======== > Computer Systems Specialist > San Diego, CA > Have you tried this website? http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=65 I am suspicious it is your backup drive. Are you using USB or Firewire? Have you tried a different backup drive? I agree with you that verification in TI can be a problem, and little information is provided. I literally have resored systems to all 20 machines including an SBS Server and they all have worked! I regularly restore individual files from image backups.
Guest Tecknomage Posted August 29, 2007 Posted August 29, 2007 Re: Backup Utility Recommendations Please On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:47:35 -0700, GeraldF <me@somewhere.com> wrote: > In article <d208d3tk0pb4qd6i8pq6c8ose8h09lropq@4ax.com>, > tecknode@NOSPAM.com says... > > I wonder if TI has been tested on a PC with a SiS motherboard? > > > > > > -- > > ======== Tecknomage ======== > > Computer Systems Specialist > > San Diego, CA > > > Have you tried this website? > http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=65 > Yes. > I am suspicious it is your backup drive. > Are you using USB or Firewire? > Have you tried a different backup drive? > Can't, the reason I use my external Firewire drives is there's not enough space on my EIDEs for a backup. Note, I did try a image backup to DVD. Verify says it's not a valid backup. You may have missed a previous comment. File backups will pass verification if I *deselect* all Recycle folders AND System Volume Information folders. 100% fail if these are selected. > I agree with you that verification in TI can be a > problem, and little information is provided. > > I literally have resored systems to all 20 machines > including an SBS Server and they all have worked! > I regularly restore individual files from image backups. I suspect they have never tested TI on a system using a SiS motherboard. These motherboards have their quirks. I cannot afford to continue this way, so I'm dumping TI and looking elsewhere for a backup utility with a "real" verification function and detailed job-log. First stop, NovaBACKUP from NovaStor. -- ======== Tecknomage ======== Computer Systems Specialist San Diego, CA
Guest Tecknomage Posted August 29, 2007 Posted August 29, 2007 Re: Backup Utility Recommendations Please On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:04:43 -0400, "Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM@myrealboxXYZ.invalid> wrote: > Tecknomage wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:01:32 -0400, "Daave" > > <dcwashNOSPAM@myrealboxXYZ.invalid> wrote: > > > >> Tecknomage wrote: > >> > >>> What really makes TI (IMHO) bad is its verification fail report. > >>> The only info you get is a very cryptic "Tag" that tells you > >>> nothing of what failed. > >> > >> What is the exact text? Is it something like: > >> > >> "The file is corrupted. (0x4000D) Tag = 0xC847B314771C5F00" > >> > > > > > > Yap. That's it. > > According to results from a Google search, this error is actually rare, > and I'm pretty sure there's no definitive explanantion. Anyway, have a > look at: > > http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=152060 > Been there, done that. I usually run backups on my boot drive from the TI boot CD anyway. Have the exact same problem as in thread. Note that I found out that for file backups, if I leave any Recycle folder OR System Volume Information folder selected = 100% verification fail. Deselect these folders and verification passes the majority of the time. But this means all drive image backups fail because there's no exclusions. -- ======== Tecknomage ======== Computer Systems Specialist San Diego, CA
Guest Tecknomage Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 RE: Backup Utility Recommendations Please RESULTS: 1) Tied NovaBACKUP first. There downloaded installer would not work. Not on my home PC or work PC, both running WinXP Pro SP2! 2) Downloaded and installed trial version of O&O DiskImage2. Imaged AND verified my HD0 (C: & D:). No problems at all (unlike my problems with TI). Purchased a license which included a downloaded ISO of their WinPE Boot CD w/DiskImage. CAUTION: For those who may buy O&O DiskImage, be sure you ALSO check the option to purchase the $10 backup CD. Some O&O DiskImage 2 features I like: - Can "Copy" drives and the image can be viewed in an Explorer-like interface, this makes this equivalent to a file-backup. - An image can be "mounted" as a drive and individual files/folders can be copied from the image. - The HD0 (80gb) image and verify took less than 2hrs. - You can do forensic images. By the way, thanks to all those who replied. "Tecknomage" wrote: > I've been searching around and the following look very promising: > > NovaBACKUP 8 > http://www.novastor.com/pcbackup/backup/n_backup.html > > O&O DiskImage 2 > http://www.oo-software.com/home/en/products/oodiskimage/ > > I'm trying NovaBACKUP this weekend. > > Note: "O&O DiskImage 2 Professional Edition and revive a system without > prior installation of the software. CD is based on Microsoft Windows Vista > and contains all standard drivers included in Windows, eliminating the need > on most systems for the complicated loading of extra drivers." But, there's > always a but, you have to purchase the download anyway before you can get the > CD. >
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