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Thread ID: 115561	2011-01-24 03:26:00	Boot and operate from External USB Drive	B.M. (505)	Press F1

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1172161	2011-01-24 20:24:00	Ok, I think I’ve got the picture there, so where does this “Bare-Metal” restore fit into the scheme of things? :confused: And, can “Paragon 10 Home Addition” achieve this “Bare-Metal” recovery should it be of any use? :confused: I would imagine the program adds a API layer before the O/S reads the hardware, when restoring, the new layer acts as an intermediary....but that just a guess, cant find any other info on it!	SolMiester (139)
1172162	2011-01-24 20:44:00	I would imagine the program adds a API layer before the O/S reads the hardware, when restoring, the new layer acts as an intermediary....but that just a guess, cant find any other info on it! I don't feel so bad then, because nor can I. :D However, I did wind up in the depth of restoring "Raid Arrays" which wasn't where I wanted to be. :D	B.M. (505)
1172163	2011-01-24 20:46:00	I suspect the Bare metal approach is similar to the Acronis Universal restore (kb.acronis.com). A couple of years ago, I tried Universal Restore,but with very limited success. Sometimes it worked, others it didn't, still ended up with BSOD on new hardware sometimes. By the looks of it, there is a "Acronis Plus Pack is a separate add-on for Acronis True Image Home 2011 that has Acronis Universal Restore" - it wont be free, here it is (www.acronis.com.au).	wainuitech (129)
1172164	2011-01-24 21:09:00	I suspect the Bare metal approach is similar to the Acronis Universal restore ( . acronis . com/content/5372" target="_blank">kb . acronis . com) . A couple of years ago, I tried Universal Restore,but with very limited success . Sometimes it worked, others it didn't, still ended up with BSOD on new hardware sometimes . By the looks of it, there is a "Acronis Plus Pack is a separate add-on for Acronis True Image Home 2011 that has Acronis Universal Restore" - it wont be free, here it is ( . acronis . com . au/homecomputing/products/trueimage/#plus-pack" target="_blank">www . acronis . com . au) . Thanks Wainui . I don't mind paying if it does the job . However, it would seem the "Spin" attached to some of these products exceeds their capability . ;) But Here's ( . paragon-software . com/?p=408" target="_blank">blog . paragon-software . com) a link that may interest some of those following this thread . Unfortunately, I'm struggling to get to grips with it . :groan:	B.M. (505)
1172165	2011-01-24 21:50:00	Thanks Wainui . I don't mind paying if it does the job . However, it would seem the "Spin" attached to some of these products exceeds their capability . ;) But Here's ( . paragon-software . com/?p=408" target="_blank">blog . paragon-software . com) a link that may interest some of those following this thread . Unfortunately, I'm struggling to get to grips with it . :groan: Just get a bigger laptop drive, clone old to new, then install ALL the programs you need!	SolMiester (139)
1172166	2011-01-24 22:15:00	Thanks Wainui . I don't mind paying if it does the job . However, it would seem the "Spin" attached to some of these products exceeds their capability . ;) But Here's ( . paragon-software . com/?p=408" target="_blank">blog . paragon-software . com) a link that may interest some of those following this thread . Unfortunately, I'm struggling to get to grips with it . :groan: Thanks for the Links . What a disappointment -- "Bare Metal Backup' in other words a fancy name for simply backing up the HDD, from CD -- errrrrr techs do that all the time :D In fact thats the only way I do customers backups to save their data if a reinstall is required . Paragon does have good software, BUT if you watch the second Video, at approx 1 . 52 - he suggests a Hard Drive failure - thats fair enough, change the HDD and restore the backup, BUT if it were a Motherboard failure /replacement then that backup may be close to useless unless it were the same board - As per post 7&8 .	wainuitech (129)
1172167	2011-01-24 23:59:00	Thanks for the Links. What a disappointment -- "Bare Metal Backup' in other words a fancy name for simply backing up the HDD, from CD -- errrrrr techs do that all the time :D In fact thats the only way I do customers backups to save their data if a reinstall is required. Paragon does have good software, BUT if you watch the second Video, at approx 1.52 - he suggests a Hard Drive failure - thats fair enough, change the HDD and restore the backup, BUT if it were a Motherboard failure /replacement then that backup may be close to useless unless it were the same board - As per post 7&8. Yes, that does appear to be the case. :crying Now given that I have experienced more Motherboard failures than I have HDD failures (leaky Cap’s etc) there is a void when it comes to “simply” restoring order upon a Motherboard failure. I must have been lucky with the Motherboard Failures I’ve experienced as they’ve all booted in some form or other and attending to all the ! & ? in “System” had everything running tikety boo again. There are a few little tricks readily available on the Internet to deal with Microsoft’s continual whingeing. ;) But it only gets worse, (well for me anyway), :D because it seems that MojoPac (as suggested by pcuser) is no longer available so it doesn’t look like I’ll be testing that either. :crying	B.M. (505)
1172168	2011-01-25 00:13:00	because it seems that MojoPac (as suggested by pcuser) is no longer available so it doesn’t look like I’ll be testing that either. :crying Um... what? www.mojopac.com	pcuser42 (130)
1172169	2011-01-25 00:29:00	Um... what? www.mojopac.com Yep, I’d tried that site but when you click the download Button it blinks and nothing happens. :( There are a couple of other posts on Google that say it’s finished. Given it was licensed software they may have called it a day after XP was superseded? :confused:	B.M. (505)
1172170	2011-01-25 00:34:00	Just tried that page - its a bit deceiving -- If you click on the small wording on the right Download Mojopac ----- then it downloads.	wainuitech (129)
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