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John John (MVP)
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Re: XP 64Bit installation USB devices
Acronis True Image can compress its backups and image files, it will be
able to backup to a smaller drive but of course there is a limit to the
compression that can be achieved. I have never tried TI trial or
evaluation versions so I cannot tell you what limitations it might have.
John
umwhat wrote:
> Thankyou John,
> I will download the trial Acronis True Image 11 and use it as Charlie and
> you suggest. I am hoping there will not be a time feature that disables what
> is done during the trial period. It does not seem there is.
> Do you think Acronis can backup to a smaller partitin than the partition it
> backs up?
>
> But I will not be able to afford to pay for the retail version for a while.
>
> I did happen to download a free one day offer of a good looking backup
> application but I did not get to activate it and install it, I only activated
> it, in the one day. And that during the time I have been asking questions...I
> will still look for free versions for a while until I can afford Acronis but
> I think but there is so many available, it is going to be a trial...
> I have done a backup with Neros old version 1.2.0.65 from Nero 6 but I
> doubt that will restore to a smaller partition so I may have to reinstall.
> Thats ok.
> Thankyou
>
>
>
Acronis True Image can compress its backups and image files, it will be
able to backup to a smaller drive but of course there is a limit to the
compression that can be achieved. I have never tried TI trial or
evaluation versions so I cannot tell you what limitations it might have.
John
umwhat wrote:
> Thankyou John,
> I will download the trial Acronis True Image 11 and use it as Charlie and
> you suggest. I am hoping there will not be a time feature that disables what
> is done during the trial period. It does not seem there is.
> Do you think Acronis can backup to a smaller partitin than the partition it
> backs up?
>
> But I will not be able to afford to pay for the retail version for a while.
>
> I did happen to download a free one day offer of a good looking backup
> application but I did not get to activate it and install it, I only activated
> it, in the one day. And that during the time I have been asking questions...I
> will still look for free versions for a while until I can afford Acronis but
> I think but there is so many available, it is going to be a trial...
> I have done a backup with Neros old version 1.2.0.65 from Nero 6 but I
> doubt that will restore to a smaller partition so I may have to reinstall.
> Thats ok.
> Thankyou
>
>
>