I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing up my
data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I getting
something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I schedule
it to run automatically?

Thanks.

....sorry. I'm running XP Pro SP3. I have auto updates turned on.

"offwego" wrote:

> I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing up my
> data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
> in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I getting
> something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I schedule
> it to run automatically?
>
> Thanks.

offwego wrote:
> I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for
> backing up my data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought
> I would try MS's in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes
> all night!! Am I getting something wrong or is this just what I
> have to put up with? Can I schedule it to run automatically?

offwego wrote:
> ...sorry. I'm running XP Pro SP3. I have auto updates turned on.

Great - tells us nothing.

Backing up to *what*?
Backing up *how much*?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

"offwego" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:401EF9A2-A65E-40A8-87B0-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing up
> my
> data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
> in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I getting
> something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I
> schedule
> it to run automatically?
>
> Thanks.


Well, try another product, for example Paragon -
Home and Office, Small Business & Medium and Large Business Utilities for
hard disk management etc
http://www.paragon-software.com/

For a list of products see:
http://www.paragon-software.com/products.htm


--

TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2010 - Update Services
http://taurarian.mvps.org
======================================
Disclaimer: The information has been posted "as is" with no warranties or
guarantees and doesn't give any rights.

Corruption of an Acronis image is often as a result of hd / memory problems
You need to test both your hd & memory
Your hd maker will have a free bootable test utility
www.memtest.org provides a free bootable memory test utility

"offwego" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:401EF9A2-A65E-40A8-87B0-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing up
> my
> data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
> in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I getting
> something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I
> schedule
> it to run automatically?
>
> Thanks.

Many thanks for all the posts:

Shenan,

I back up to an external hard drive (WD Net Center). When Acronis True
Image works, the initial back up was a full system back up (about 100Gb) and
I then did daily 'differential' back ups (about 5 Gb each). Using the MS
in-house version I just backed up 'my documents' which was about 80GB. I
hope this helps?


Tour,

Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out.


DL,

Thanks for the web address. I checked it out but found myself in more
complicated territory than my skills and knowledge allow for! ..but you say
my HD manufacturer may have a utility to use? I back up to a Western Digital
Net Center.


"DL" wrote:

> Corruption of an Acronis image is often as a result of hd / memory problems
> You need to test both your hd & memory
> Your hd maker will have a free bootable test utility
> www.memtest.org provides a free bootable memory test utility
>
> "offwego" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:401EF9A2-A65E-40A8-87B0-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing up
> > my
> > data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
> > in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I getting
> > something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I
> > schedule
> > it to run automatically?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>
>

WD will have a bootable test utility to test your HD
You download the utility & create the bootable floppy / cd then boot with
that floppy / cd
(Same for memtest)
If Acronis is failing then your pc has a problem either memory or drive

"offwego" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C842B318-2237-4420-BF79-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Many thanks for all the posts:
>
> Shenan,
>
> I back up to an external hard drive (WD Net Center). When Acronis True
> Image works, the initial back up was a full system back up (about 100Gb)
> and
> I then did daily 'differential' back ups (about 5 Gb each). Using the MS
> in-house version I just backed up 'my documents' which was about 80GB. I
> hope this helps?
>
>
> Tour,
>
> Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out.
>
>
> DL,
>
> Thanks for the web address. I checked it out but found myself in more
> complicated territory than my skills and knowledge allow for! ..but you
> say
> my HD manufacturer may have a utility to use? I back up to a Western
> Digital
> Net Center.
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> Corruption of an Acronis image is often as a result of hd / memory
>> problems
>> You need to test both your hd & memory
>> Your hd maker will have a free bootable test utility
>> www.memtest.org provides a free bootable memory test utility
>>
>> "offwego" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:401EF9A2-A65E-40A8-87B0-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing
>> > up
>> > my
>> > data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
>> > in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I
>> > getting
>> > something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I
>> > schedule
>> > it to run automatically?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>>
>>
>>

"offwego" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:401EF9A2-A65E-40A8-87B0-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing up
> my
> data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
> in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I getting
> something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I
> schedule
> it to run automatically?
>
> Thanks.



If you have corruption on either of your drives Acronis will balk during the
backup or recovery. It fails when bad sectors are detected. Those same bad
sectors may be causing the backup program that is part of Windows XP to take
so long.

Check both your drives for errors.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience

...thanks for the posts. So I could use MS's 'check disk' utility for my 'c'
drive and the WD download DL suggests for my external hard drive?

I have asked WD in the past and I'm sure I can't run check disk for my ext HD.

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> "offwego" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:401EF9A2-A65E-40A8-87B0-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing up
> > my
> > data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
> > in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I getting
> > something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I
> > schedule
> > it to run automatically?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>
>
> If you have corruption on either of your drives Acronis will balk during the
> backup or recovery. It fails when bad sectors are detected. Those same bad
> sectors may be causing the backup program that is part of Windows XP to take
> so long.
>
> Check both your drives for errors.
>
> --
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience
>
>
>

....just got a response from Western Digital. They can offer no way of
checking my external hard drive and if there is a fault there is no way of
fixing it, apparently! I ran 'scandisk' on my 'c' drive and picked up one
bad sector that was repaired.

"offwego" wrote:

> ..thanks for the posts. So I could use MS's 'check disk' utility for my 'c'
> drive and the WD download DL suggests for my external hard drive?
>
> I have asked WD in the past and I'm sure I can't run check disk for my ext HD.
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
> > "offwego" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:401EF9A2-A65E-40A8-87B0-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I've got really fed up with Acronis True Image as software for backing up
> > > my
> > > data as it always seems to get corrupted. I thought I would try MS's
> > > in-house facility but it takes ages. It takes all night!! Am I getting
> > > something wrong or is this just what I have to put up with? Can I
> > > schedule
> > > it to run automatically?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > If you have corruption on either of your drives Acronis will balk during the
> > backup or recovery. It fails when bad sectors are detected. Those same bad
> > sectors may be causing the backup program that is part of Windows XP to take
> > so long.
> >
> > Check both your drives for errors.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Richard Urban
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows Desktop Experience
> >
> >
> >