Msg: Re: OT: re Acronis & Win-10

Thanks, Phillip.

I mostly continue to use the 2012 or 2015 Acronis self-booting

disk solutions, partly because they are being used on older

hardware, and I am pretty familiar with them.

Speaking of to-other-hardware transfers, I had this project for

someone else which was all about doing that. My initial attempts

with the appropriate Acronis module resulted in some

approaching-it-but-not-quite results. (This was from an XP rig,

where the hardware was starting to flake out, and will in due

course fail altogether. It has some very particular apps in it that

can never be reinstalled to a fresh Windows, for various reasons.

I was endeavoring to transplant that XP installation to an a-few-

years-older but reliable computer. Not older enough to pose serious issues, I thought. If /when this eventually succeeds, the

new computer will not be on the Internet, so there should not be
a security exposure.)

The end result was that the new computer would not boot --

*except in Safe Mode, which is not very useful.* So, WHAT .

. . drivers ? Then I ran out of time, and need to revisit this.

I read some comments previously posted here, about how to

approach this task. I was using an Acronis image that was made

before the original hardware's deterioration became more acute.

So, I probably can't (or shouldn't) go back and make a new

image, at this point. The answers may be in the Acronis

documentation, whichI need to study in far greater detail. It
would seem that doing this is not exactly easy.

I know there are other products that claim to be able to
accomplish this. Laplink PC Mover is one of them.

Jordan

On Sunday, December 8, 2019, 5:33:26 PM PST, Philip White <pdwhite@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Jordan,

I have been using Acronis for several years. Acronis is a very dependable backup solution for the Windows 10 environment. However, it does have some rough edges. Most of these seem to disappear as you learn to use the package and avoid the gotchas.

It also has many ancillary tools that make it possible to move backed up images to different drives or different hardware, if necessary. (Some of these are very straightforward while attempting others may result in the need for greater computer expertise.)

The real bottom line is that Acronis is a tool that actually has the options. You can use it for no-brainer backups or very intricate ones, if you need them.

Acronis is a very reliable backup package, but it does have one Achilles heel; make certain that the backups you make are set up to be verified as part of the backup process. Make certain you make verify a default in your configuration scheme. (Actually, this applies to any backup application.)

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

From: J R FOX
Sent: Sunday, December 8, 2019 3:31 PM
To: XyWrite List
Subject: OT: re Acronis & Win-10

I'm posting this here since I know we have some current or

past Acronis users here, including Phillip White, Paul Breeze,

and Kari. I was looking to confirm or dispute some reports

I've seen that recent years' Acronis versions had problems

working properly with Windows 10. What has your experience

been, if any ?

Jordan