Cannot use another tool in true image 2013
System is XP professional. I am having difficulty using more than one tool in a session sequentially. For example, if I do a backup and then say shreds some files and then click on say system cleanup I get a message that 'cannot start tool because another tool is running' but nothing is running because each tool action was completed before clicking on the other. I have to shut down my computer and restart before I can continue, which is not right. Image 11 worked fine on my system without a blip, just having this problem with 13. How can I remedy this?
Thank you.
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I have the exact same problem from the very beginning asnd could never get it working again, program still running warnings. Just downloaded a trial of 2013 True Image on XP SP3 home edition. I can end the tools program in the task manager, but the warning was scary, sytem instability, etc. I was able to end it either by a re-start, or by logging off and then back on again. But that should not be necessary. I believe there is a bug in the program.
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And another question. I'm thinkin of purchasing a new Lenovo M series tower, win 7 pro 64 bits. Maybe M72e Intel i-5, etc.
Lenovo has their own system back-up and restore software that used the F-11 button also, like one of the 2013 True Image restore options. Do they conflict with each other? Do you have to either remove the Lenovo software or not enable the F-11 feature in TI 2013?
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It would only conflict if you enabled the optional Startup Recovery Manager, which I do not use. I recommend against the associated Startup Recovery Manager. If activated, it modifies your system drive Master Boot Record (MBR), which can cause problems with multi-boot managers and other low-level disk utilities.
You don't need the Startup Recovery Manager. You can do recoveries from the ATI2013 bootable Rescue Media.
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Thanks for the advice!!! I'll turn it off right now. The trial version doesn't allow you to make a boot disk, so I couldn't do that, and it was a download from their site. Sounds like good advice. I've used and love Norton Ghost 9, very simple, and always used the disk to boot for a restore. But Ghost 15 for Win 7 is a nightmare!!! I threw it in the garbage.
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Looking for advice and maybe here's the wrong place. Just ordered a new Lenovo M82 tower Win 7 Pro 64 bit (had troubles on another machine previously with Win 7 64 bit home ed back-up and restore not detecting external USB hard drives, where I stored system back-ups) and Lenovo has their own back-up and restore software. I haven't seen it yet, but using F11 at boot to restore is one of the features. Similar to Acronis 2013. But previously advised not to use the F11 feature on Acronis (see prior comment) and looking to follow the advice. Not sure if the Lenovo allows/has a rescue or boot disk. Anyway, many people on Amazon.com don't seem to like Acronis True Image software. I just looked to purchase a CD. I'm using 2013 trial now on an old computer XP SP3 (trial does not allow boot disk creation) and it seems OK, but concerned about comments on Amazon. But True Image is considered one of the best back ups.
Any comments????
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Jacob,
I believe there is now available a trial version of the recovery CD, you need to have registered your trial serial number of 2013. I think you need to log in via the US Acronis website in order to see the download in your account.
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Next question and Colin maybe you're still looking at this forum. In contrast to what I previously wrote about users on Amazon.com not liking True Image, I found that it is highly rated by users on Tiger Direct. Probably the difference that people on Tiger can build their own computers, much more tech literate, etc. I'm probably somewhere in bewtween the two groups. Anyway, other than cloud and sync, which I don't need, is there an advantage to getting True Image 2012? Price difference un-important!!! Bugs removed, simpler screens, things of that sort. All I do is make complete system images and back-up copies of folders on USB flash drives onto USB 2.0 and 3.0 external hard-drives.
Thanks.
Jacob
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jacob smith wrote:is there an advantage to getting True Image 2012?
2012? Compared to what version?
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Thanks for the reply. TI 2012 as compared to TI 2013.
jacob.
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If this is a new purchase I would go for 2013 as it has some fixes that aren't in 2012 and if at a later stage you wish to upgrade to Windows 8, it can be installed whereas 2012 can't.
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Agree with Colin. I also don't understand your question, really. If you are buying new, why would you even consider buying 2012 instead of 2013? 2013 is definitely a better release than 2012.
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Ok thanks. Maybe just paranoid from the Norton Ghost series. As the years passed and the version numbers increased, it just got more and more complicated, and harder to use. A newer version didn't mean that it was better. I still use Ghost 9 on my XP SP3 soon to be retired as a back-up computer. It's simple and it just plainly works. I also downloaded the trial of True Image Beta lite, and got rid of it immediately after install. You cannot make complete system images, only non-stop incremental ones, unless maybe I missed something. And I'm not interested in that.
The next project will be seeing how, in simplicity, Lenovo back-up and restore compares to True Image 2013 and Windows 7 Pro back-up and re-store. I recently returned a new computer with a number of problems, one was that Windows 7 home edition back up and restore was unable to detect external hard drives (where I stored the back-ups) when booting from the rescue disks or OS install dsik, yet Win 8 no longer allows images stored on the C drive, which makes sense to me.
Anyway, thanks for the advice!!!!
Jacob.
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