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"Rick Chauvin" <justask DeleteThis @nospamz.com> wrote in
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> thanatoid wrote:
>
>> July 30, 2003
>> Acronis TrueImage® Deluxe Ver 1, build 57.
>> Less than 9MB installed.
>> Free on a British computer magazine CD.
>> Required one email for free registration.
>> NEVER a single problem in over 4 years.

<SNIP>

> ..and is why I mentioned my favorite was v6.0.350 which
> was/is pretty much the same but updated version of yours,
> and was produced in 2003 as well. There were a few issue of
> which one was that it could not restore NTFS from media to
> your partition and for that you have to upgrade to v7 or
> above, and one or two other things iirc.. ..but still
> v6.0.350 is my favorite better than but not far ahead of
> the Powerquest DriveImage v5.01 from back then, and you're
> right, very small install files and exceptional simplicity
> and ease of use that never failed me either.
>
> Here is a screenshot gif I had previously taken and posted
> of v6 and I see the link is still current.
> I bet it's the same as what yours looks like.
> http://img77.exs.cx/img77/932/v6.gif
>
> Also I see I had made on for v8 too and it's still active
> http://img77.exs.cx/img77/3148/v8.gif

<SNIP>

Thanks for the links. Interesting. Yes, version 6 (the startup
screen of my version has an offer of 6 for 40% off) looks
identical to mine except for the little drawing at the top
right.

The other shot, OTOH, is pretty cluttered. I like simple things.

In fact, what I love about ATI is that it is possibly the
SIMPLEST program I have ever used, as well as THE most valuable
I have on my computer. To think of all the years we all had to
struggle with registry editors, bizarre system backup utilities,
etc etc... Just a distant (and horrid) memory now...

The fact that they were giving it away for free still astounds
me.

Cheers.
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Peabody wrote:
> Rick Chauvin says...
>
> > <register v7>
>
> ok, I'll do that.
>
> > I'm a partition image and tracker enthusiast, and the
> > pleasure is mine to play.
>
> Well, thanks to you, I'm all set up with an external hard
> drive, and I just image the entire C: partition once every
> couple weeks. So if anything ever happens, either a drive
> failure or virus or whatever, I can get back in business
> without losing much of anything, and most important, without

Congratulations.

Yes it's true that partition backups are outstanding.

> having to reinstall all the apps and updates. You may
> remember that I was making clones of C: using Ghost, which
> worked, but was just too cumbersome. The image files are
> slick, and you don't have to set up partitions.

Yes I somewhat remember the conversations in general.
I'm glad you are enjoying your success.

I encourage you to register the software.

best wishes,

Rick
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thanatoid wrote:

[...]

> Thanks for the links. Interesting. Yes, version 6 (the startup
> screen of my version has an offer of 6 for 40% off) looks

The 40% off thingy must be a type of shareware ad, but since it was free
then no big deal

> identical to mine except for the little drawing at the top
> right.

That is a picture of a HardDrive with arrows pointing to that it can
save to 3 different kind of Media scenarios.

> The other shot, OTOH, is pretty cluttered. I like simple things.

I know exactly what you mean, and that was my first impression back then
too, and is why I like v6 so much for its pure no frill GUI simplicity,
and small install footprint. However having said that, that's not to
say that the v8 with its extra feature is not valuable, especially! the
Disk Clone feature (Disk to Disk) ..cloning one HardDrive to the other
which I do all the time, or similar for instance if you have many
multiple partitions and you buy a new HardDrive - you can DiskClone the
old to the new with one click ease; it's imperative to have actually,
rather than having to save each partition pqi and then restore all the
partitions one by one. The new incremental backup is a frill I have
never used yet nor plan to, but I do know people who think it's just
grand and use it all the time. The Scheduling option is another frill I
will never use, nor the Recovery Manager or Secure Zone, etc ..all in
all though, v8 is imho, exceptional.

You may want to consider (since it's free via the link I gave before) to
download and even register v7 free even if you don't install it right
away ..I'd be willing to be that you may like it. Back when I switched
to v8 after using 6 for so long, it wasn't long before I realized it was
a good thing, where instead of having to use my trusty DriveImage
software to do Disk to Disk functions which I used often. If you don't
need NTFS restores from media, nor Disk Cloning, then today what you
have with v6 is fine then; just download v7 to save.

> In fact, what I love about ATI is that it is possibly the
> SIMPLEST program I have ever used, as well as THE most valuable
> I have on my computer. To think of all the years we all had to
> struggle with registry editors, bizarre system backup utilities,
> etc etc... Just a distant (and horrid) memory now...

I agree. I feel no computer user should ever be without backup
partitioning imaging software, as a matter of fact it should be
mandatory!

> The fact that they were giving it away for free still astounds
> me.

Yes it was great they did that for your v6 back then, and now moving
forward (as of today anyway) ..they are giving away v7 free, and so you
might as well at least download and register it, and then later you can
think about installing it if you want, but at least you have it.

For gp, here's a screenshot I see I once made (with the about box
opened) of the latest updated version of v7 which is v7.0.0.638 of which
I call the younger brother to it's similar v8 counterpart.
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7734/v700638oq5.gif
I made this screenshot back in 2004, but just downloading the one they
are giving free today, and hex checking the install exe's.. ..they are
identical ! ...by golly they are giving away free the latest updated
v7.0.0.638 retail version from 2004. Now it's almost the same as v8 but
has a few less options and/or updated program functions.

Just booting up and looking at v9's opening screen again it's much
different than v8 or v7, and my first impression when I bought and
installed it to test was that I didn't care for the new GUI, and looking
at again this moment I still feel that way - but it does work just fine.

I haven't installed v10 yet to test; will wait till they work out any
issues first. I'm happy with v8 so no need to tarry with 10 yet.

Rick

>
> Cheers.
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Just wanted to say thanks for the download info Rick. Downloaded it and
registered.. will look at it in the future.. might be an option to xxclone
and several other progs I have tested..

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"Rick Chauvin" <justask DeleteThis @nospamz.com> wrote in message
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|
|
| thanatoid wrote:
|
| [...]
|
| > Thanks for the links. Interesting. Yes, version 6 (the startup
| > screen of my version has an offer of 6 for 40% off) looks
|
| The 40% off thingy must be a type of shareware ad, but since it was free
| then no big deal
|
| > identical to mine except for the little drawing at the top
| > right.
|
| That is a picture of a HardDrive with arrows pointing to that it can
| save to 3 different kind of Media scenarios.
|
| > The other shot, OTOH, is pretty cluttered. I like simple things.
|
| I know exactly what you mean, and that was my first impression back then
| too, and is why I like v6 so much for its pure no frill GUI simplicity,
| and small install footprint. However having said that, that's not to
| say that the v8 with its extra feature is not valuable, especially! the
| Disk Clone feature (Disk to Disk) ..cloning one HardDrive to the other
| which I do all the time, or similar for instance if you have many
| multiple partitions and you buy a new HardDrive - you can DiskClone the
| old to the new with one click ease; it's imperative to have actually,
| rather than having to save each partition pqi and then restore all the
| partitions one by one. The new incremental backup is a frill I have
| never used yet nor plan to, but I do know people who think it's just
| grand and use it all the time. The Scheduling option is another frill I
| will never use, nor the Recovery Manager or Secure Zone, etc ..all in
| all though, v8 is imho, exceptional.
|
| You may want to consider (since it's free via the link I gave before) to
| download and even register v7 free even if you don't install it right
| away ..I'd be willing to be that you may like it. Back when I switched
| to v8 after using 6 for so long, it wasn't long before I realized it was
| a good thing, where instead of having to use my trusty DriveImage
| software to do Disk to Disk functions which I used often. If you don't
| need NTFS restores from media, nor Disk Cloning, then today what you
| have with v6 is fine then; just download v7 to save.
|
| > In fact, what I love about ATI is that it is possibly the
| > SIMPLEST program I have ever used, as well as THE most valuable
| > I have on my computer. To think of all the years we all had to
| > struggle with registry editors, bizarre system backup utilities,
| > etc etc... Just a distant (and horrid) memory now...
|
| I agree. I feel no computer user should ever be without backup
| partitioning imaging software, as a matter of fact it should be
| mandatory!
|
| > The fact that they were giving it away for free still astounds
| > me.
|
| Yes it was great they did that for your v6 back then, and now moving
| forward (as of today anyway) ..they are giving away v7 free, and so you
| might as well at least download and register it, and then later you can
| think about installing it if you want, but at least you have it.
|
| For gp, here's a screenshot I see I once made (with the about box
| opened) of the latest updated version of v7 which is v7.0.0.638 of which
| I call the younger brother to it's similar v8 counterpart.
| http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7734/v700638oq5.gif
| I made this screenshot back in 2004, but just downloading the one they
| are giving free today, and hex checking the install exe's.. ..they are
| identical ! ...by golly they are giving away free the latest updated
| v7.0.0.638 retail version from 2004. Now it's almost the same as v8 but
| has a few less options and/or updated program functions.
|
| Just booting up and looking at v9's opening screen again it's much
| different than v8 or v7, and my first impression when I bought and
| installed it to test was that I didn't care for the new GUI, and looking
| at again this moment I still feel that way - but it does work just fine.
|
| I haven't installed v10 yet to test; will wait till they work out any
| issues first. I'm happy with v8 so no need to tarry with 10 yet.
|
| Rick
|
| >
| > Cheers.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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Heh, all of what you said I understand perfectly and in one way or
another agree to many of your points, although I may have a tempered
take on it. I must admit though I do have the old trusty Office 97
(sr2b +) installed not only my SE partition but W2K & WXP as well, I
only needed Word and Excel for graphs and FrontPage to build basic
website pages, the rest of the package I don't use and is neutered; but
my point being is that I too like the simplicity and footprint of the
older programs over the bloated frillies of the new ones. (Although
speaking of Office, I'm a registered user of Office 2000 though and it
also is a fine product imho, and I would not hesitate to install in the
same way as above - but Office97 does all I need) Some of my
associates would not be without their Office 2002 or 2003, etc, though.
Hey to each their own is cool - I love the process of it all.

But back to your post and I didn't mean to get sidetracked on Office
specifically. Anyway I understand your stated TI usage and sounds like
it goes well with your needs.

About your NTFS comment, well I also have XP & 2K installed as FAT32,
not that NTFS is a bad thing, but FAT32 is my personal preference. I
know well the pro's and con's of each, and it's been well debated over
the years on many a forum; there are steadfasts in each corner, and
their both right actually, however for me I specifically use FAT32 so
that I can freely navigate and see/touch each of my 3 listed OS
partitions one from the other, and FAT32 allows me to do that where
NTFS (as is) cannot.

btw, TI v6 @ 10MB and v7 & v8 are 22/25 MB respectively, and all are
very well built, and so 'their parts size' are well warranted for what
it can do extra. I would not have install them if there weren't <g>

Well we won't make this one of those threads that is too many posts long
belaboring points back and forth, and since we do agree, so I will bid
you all the best and happy 'imaging' <smile>

Rick

> Regards
> t.
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"Rick Chauvin" <justask DeleteThis @nospamz.com> wrote in
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> thanatoid wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> Thanks for the links. Interesting. Yes, version 6 (the
>> startup screen of my version has an offer of 6 for 40%
>> off) looks
>
> The 40% off thingy must be a type of shareware ad, but
> since it was free then no big deal

Since it takes one hit of the enter key to go the next screen
(the one in your first screenshot), I find it far less annoying
than the "check web site for latest upgrade?" or "daily tips" (I
know they can be turned off most of the time) in programs I have
paid for.

>> identical to mine except for the little drawing at the top
>> right.
>
> That is a picture of a HardDrive with arrows pointing to
> that it can save to 3 different kind of Media scenarios.

Of course, just that mine is a little different.

>> The other shot, OTOH, is pretty cluttered. I like simple
>> things.

> I know exactly what you mean, and that was my first
> impression back then too, and is why I like v6 so much for
> its pure no frill GUI simplicity, and small install
> footprint. However having said that, that's not to say
> that the v8 with its extra feature is not valuable,
> especially! the Disk Clone feature (Disk to Disk) ..cloning
> one HardDrive to the other which I do all the time, or
> similar for instance if you have many multiple partitions
> and you buy a new HardDrive - you can DiskClone the old to
> the new with one click ease; it's imperative to have
> actually, rather than having to save each partition pqi and
> then restore all the partitions one by one.

Frankly, I see no problem with that at all. I'm just a home
user. I have NO data on C:, I have a "perfect" (it does change
about twice a year when I discover a good new utility or
something) image of C: on a CDR (I do not plan to ever get a DVD
burner), and I have 7 partitions on one computer and 16 on the
other. Besides, to be honest, I realize the ultimate uselessness
of the vast majority of everything on my computers. It is mainly
killing time. If I had something better to do, I would.

<SNIP>

> You may want to consider (since it's free via the link I
> gave before) to download and even register v7 free even if
> you don't install it right away ..I'd be willing to be that
> you may like it.

I might very well, but I am the exact opposite of people who
can't wait for the next release of a program. I don't know what
people expect from the next release of Office. Do they think it
will make them type faster, be a better person, or think
smarter? 99% of Word users (BTW, I have NO Microsoft programs on
my computers except the OS's, heavily tweaked) could barely
figure out a third of the features of the Win 3.1 version if you
paid them to. Nobody needs Office, and MS should go into the
highly lucrative business of giving seminars on how to brainwash
people into paying lots of money for things they will NEVER use.

Also, the mere fact that ATI went from MY 9 megs to 40 or 60
megs (IIRC) is one reason I will not touch any of the later
versions. My version works perfectly, and that's all I need to
know. I am running 95B and 98se Lite and I have read the words
"NTFS" and "fiasco" in the same sentence in enough posts by
MVP's (!!!) that I know I will never use anything but FAT32
(unless I move to Linux if someday I am forced to for some
reason).

<SNIP>

Regards
t.
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