Imaging old computer without bootable cd-rom
Hello,
I have Acronis True Image Home and thinking about imaging an older computer that May not be able to boot off the True Image home cd.
i was wondering if there is a work around for this like a floopy disk or something if it does not work?
Thanks

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well what I do it pop in the cd it boots off it and I just create an image on a usb connected external hard drive. I don't see why it would not work because its older and slower.
Only issue I see is the boot up issue, but wanted to know if there is a work around?
Thanks
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Hello all,
MudCrab, thanks for your help.
Bryan, let me help you with your concern. Yes, it is possible to create a bootable media on a floppy disks, but please note that it'll take several floppies, since new versions of the software requires about 70Mb of free space to create such media, so you'll need a lot of diskettes.
Please reply to this thread if you have any additional questions, I'll be glad to assist you.
Thank you.
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Ilya wrote:Hello all,
MudCrab, thanks for your help.
Bryan, let me help you with your concern. Yes, it is possible to create a bootable media on a floppy disks, but please note that it'll take several floppies, since new versions of the software requires about 70Mb of free space to create such media, so you'll need a lot of diskettes.
Please reply to this thread if you have any additional questions, I'll be glad to assist you.
Thank you.
Hello, Thanks for the reply.
Can you provide me with the links/info on how to create these floppy disks incase I need to go that route?
Also can you think of any other way I could get it to work if the computer does not boot off the cd-rom?
Thanks.
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You just use TI to create the floppy disks the same as if you were creating a CD. Just select the floppy drive as the destination instead of the CD. (Create Rescue Media or use Media Builder.)
Personally, I wouldn't mess with floppy disks. Unless the drive has to remain in the computer for some reason (non-standard geometry, for example), I would take it out and either use a USB enclosure (or docking station) or connect it directly to another computer. You would probably be done in the time it would take to boot the floppy disks.
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It is possible to add the TI boot CD's files to a booting partition of an external drive or some USB sticks.
The problem then is that your 'old' computer might not be able to boot off of a USB attached device if it's BIOS doesn't have that function.
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