Does Cloning Work?
I Newly installed and downloaded True Image Home. It does not seem to work on a Win XP system. I tried cloning a SATA disc to another SATA disk and it seemed to work but there was no progress indicator or even a task bar entry to indicate the process was running.
This is a bug. Cloning should always show up on the task bar.
When I stopped the program after 12 hrs, it did not show any progress.
Both SATA disks are set to AUTO in the BIOS. ( i..e not PIO )
So, in a nutshell disk cloning doesn't work then....?
Can I get my money back...?
I cannot deliver something to my clients and ask them to pay for it if part of it doesn't work, how do Acronis justify it...?
Answers on a postcard please.
Sorry for this being a rather abrupt first post aimed squarely at Acronis but I'm sick of buying so called 'good, reputable software' that doesn't work. I've already spent enough man hrs on this topic looking at the many replies to this and basically it doesn't work so why list it...?
Jut nuts...
Steve
Clone does work. But, for most users most of the time it would be better if they did a Backup rather than Clone. Clone is a complex operation that must be performed a certain way. That doesn't negate the value of the software. I see little point in dismissing an application just because you don't yet understand it. You probably don't need Clone, but Backup.
There is rarely a need to Clone. Really, Backup is safer and more flexible. Many users encounter problems Cloning which they would not have if they has instead used Backup.
1. Don't use Clone. Do a full disk Backup, selecting the entire disk, and a Restore. The end result will be the same as Clone, but with many advantages.
2. Check out the many user guides and tutorials in the left column of this forum, particularly ATIH 2012 - Getting Started and Grover's True Image Guides which are illustrated with step-by-step screenshots.
A full disk backup, selecting the disk checkbox rather than individual partitions, includes everything. It includes everything that a clone would include.
The difference is that while a clone immediately writes that information a single time to another drive, a backup is saved as a compressed .tib archive. As such, multiple .tib archives may be saved to a single backup drive, allowing for greater redundancy, security and flexibility.
Once a full disk image .tib archive is restored to a drive, the result is the same as if that drive had been the target of a clone done on the date and time that the backup archive was created.
Clone is riskier because we've seen situations where users mistakenly choose the wrong drive to clone from and to, thus wiping out their system drive.