ATI2012 installed but should I jump ship?
After reading the many ATI 2012 posts I expect the overwhelming answer will be "Get rid of it." Despite the breadth of my questions below, the main one is if it's OK to boot from the Rescue Media for backups (no risk to the system). After reading the other posts I'm extremely interested in a competitor's product so my question may be moot.
Except for the blue screen a few days ago when I tried to use Try&Decide, I'm not having problems that I can attribute to ATI. My Windows 7 x64 system is relatively stable and I don't make a lot of changes. I haven't enabled or used any of the additional features (Startup Recovery Manager, Secure Zone, Boot Sequence Manager, etc.).
I see my choices as:
1. Leave it alone and continue to use the program for backups
2. Don't run the program and backup only from the Rescue Media
3. Attempt an uninstall (thank you Richard Virtue and others) and use the Rescue Media for backups
4. Use a different backup product with or without an ATI uninstall
5. A bare metal Windows install without ATI and use the Rescue Media or another product for backups
Thanks for your thoughts.
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If you have a backup of the disk before ati2012 was installed, set it aside somewhere safe in case you want to remove ati2012. A restore to pre-ati2012 is the best way to remove ati2012.
There will be probs with any version of ati you use (for that matter, with any backup/imaging prog). If ati2011 was working for you, you could just stick with that and not have another prog with online active activation. Or, as tuttle points out, if ati2012 is doing what you need, you could stay with it.
If you want to install some other brand, be sure to remove ati2012 first--backup imaging progs don't like being on machines with other backup/imaging progs.
Most brands offer a free trial so trying only costs your time and effort.
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