Re: [Thinkpad] Acronis True Image -- what's your smart procedure?

Yes of course.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Matthews" <scott@turnstyle.com>
To: "thinkpad" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Acronis True Image -- what's your smart procedure?

> I've never actually used Thinkpad recovery disks -- you can use those with
a
> new unformatted drive of a different make/size/speed than the original
> drive?
>
> thanks, -Scott
>
>
>
>
> > > I've not seen this with at least 10-12 machines installing Win2k,
> > WinXP
> > > or Novell's SLED (desktop)...
> >
> > I think as long as the new HD is formatted *in the target machine*, and
> > *not* by the imaging software, he should be OK. I'm not sure why this
> > is an advantage over using the TP recovery disks, though; the latter are
> > quick and easy.
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> > > Lee
> > >
> > > Scott Matthews wrote:
> > > >> If you have a drive failure, there is a good chance you will have
> > to
> > > >> first restore the drive using the TP recovery disks anyway - TPs
> > often
> > > >> seem to not like drives unless they are initially formatted from
> > scratch
> > > >> in the machine this way. After you do that, just run Acronis
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > You're saying that if I put a new drive into a TP, and then boot a
> > Microsoft
> > > > installer disk, that there's a "good chance" that the TP won't let
> > me do so?
> > > > Unless I first somehow format the new disk with Lenovo restore
> > disks?
> > > >
> > > > Not sure I follow?
> > > >
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