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

I thought the problem was that some people can't seem to restore an Arconis
image to a blank new drive -- and that using the recovery CDs to first
format the blank new drive would put it into a state that would then permit
Arconis to restore to that drive. Is that not what has been said here?
Thanks!

> Recovery CD's install the original factory load. Nothing to do with
> restoring an image.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Matthews" <scott@turnstyle.com>
> To: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>; "Michael Geary"
> <Mike@Geary.com>; "'thinkpad'" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 8:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Acronis True Image -- what's your smart procedure?
>
>
> > By "not even close" did you mean that my procedure isn't right, or that
> > restoring an Arconis image to a new blank drive doesn't always work?
> >
> > thanks, -Scott
> >
> >
> >
> > > Nope. Not even close.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Scott Matthews" <scott@turnstyle.com>
> > > To: "Michael Geary" <Mike@Geary.com>; "'thinkpad'"
<thinkpad@stderr.org>
> > > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 7:48 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Acronis True Image -- what's your smart
> procedure?
> > >
> > >
> > > > So if I first restore a saved image to a new blank drive, and that
> > doesn't
> > > > then boot -- I should next use Thinkpad recovery disks to start a
> > recovery
> > > > (at least up through its disk format) and then abort the recovery,
and
> > > then
> > > > restore the image -- is that about right?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks -- I had just expected that a restore would "just work" to a
> new
> > > > blank drive.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > > From: Scott Matthews
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 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?
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes. The recovery disks do a full, fresh installation of the
> recovery
> > > > > partition and Windows, followed by a lengthy automated process
that
> > > > installs
> > > > > the preloaded software.
> > > > >
> > > > > For example, you can make a recovery CD+DVD set when you first get
> the
> > > > > machine, then put in a new drive of any type and use that CD and
DVD
> > (or
> > > > set
> > > > > of CDs) to do a fresh recovery onto a new drive of any type.
> > > > >
> > > > > You can either let that recovery run to completion and get a full
> > > install
> > > > of
> > > > > all the preloaded software, or you can interrupt it once the
> recovery
> > > > > partition has been created (after the first reboot or so), and
then
> > boot
> > > > > into the recovery partition and restart the recovery from there -
> this
> > > > will
> > > > > let you do a custom recovery so you can select the software you
> want.
> > > > >
> > > > > -Mike
> > > > >
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Received on Sun Nov 11 20:29:31 2007