ATI11 transiently to internal and then transferred to peripheral. Usable Strategy?
32 Vista machine and 32 XP Pro machine. Each has a C:\ and D:\ internal hdd.
Because NTFS's Delayed Write has caused me infinite grief, i want to avoid imaging directly onto a peripheral. Therefore, can i image onto an internal, wait for the ATI image to consummate (i have seen consummation require 30 - 45 minutes) and then transfer the consummated image to the peripheral? will the rescue media still be usable? will F11 at bootup still be operational?

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Neal,
For a long time(years), I have regularly used TrueImage to back up direct to a variety of external drives using both USB and eSata. None has ever caused me a read/write cache problem. Maybe you might want to make sure that the write caching is not enabled on the external drives in question.
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GroverH's recommendation of checking the caching setting is the first thing I would look at as well.
Delayed Write problems are certainly not uncommon and there seems to be no real definitive cause or cure for all of them.
I have experienced some on one of my machines but using a rear panel USB connector instead of a front-panel connector seems to work much better probably related to shorter cable length. Won't say it makes total sense but if it works.
I suggest you validate with TI the images you copy to your USB drive to ensure that they are being written and can be read properly. If it seems to be working OK then you probably don't need to validate every one you transfer. Also, the first few you do should be validated with the TI Recovery CD since it is Linux and doesn't use the same drivers as Windows. It is the Linux version that you need to use to do a recovery.
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