I use DriveImage XML to Image my drives but have not needed to restore an image, 
so I do not know how well it works. I notice that the forum experts no longer mention 
DriveImage when responding to queries about backing up drives. Does that mean that 
some problems have been discovered, and I should seek other imaging software?

raminder singh

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re: DriveImage XML Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 8:41 pm Posted by Bobcat (274 messages posted) I don't know about everyone else, but I have used it a number of times and found it to be 100% reliable everytime I needed it. On Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 8:05 pm, raminder singh wrote: >I use DriveImage XML to Image my drives but have not needed to restore an image, >so I do not know how well it works. I notice that the forum experts no longer mention >DriveImage when responding to queries about backing up drives. Does that mean that >some problems have been discovered, and I should seek other imaging software? > >raminder singh [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: DriveImage XML Friday, October 17, 2008 at 12:43 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) Don't be so paranoid, you seldom get comprehensive lists of the tools that are available. I started using drive imaging 13 years ago, before Symantec bought and subsequently butchered Ghost. A few years later Acronis came along, and Ghost refused to even run on two of my computers, so I switched to Acronis. At that time I think those were the only two drive imaging programs available. Another one by Powerquest had come and gone. So now I have something that still works. Most of us here operate under the premise that if it's not broke, don't fix it. If I were not already using Acronis, I'd look at all the free products, but I already own Acronis, so why waste time fixing something that works perfectly? In fact, DriveImage often comes up on a recommended list, but you don't read enough posts to have noticed that. Just because everyone doesn't use it doesn't make it bad. Most were simply using something else long before it was ever published. On Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 8:05 pm, raminder singh wrote: >I use DriveImage XML to Image my drives but have not needed to restore an image, >so I do not know how well it works. I notice that the forum experts no longer mention >DriveImage when responding to queries about backing up drives. Does that mean that >some problems have been discovered, and I should seek other imaging software? > >raminder singh [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: DriveImage XML Friday, October 17, 2008 at 5:32 am Posted by raminder singh (92 messages posted) Thank you very much for reassuring me. raminder singh On Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 8:41 pm, Bobcat wrote: >I don't know about everyone else, but I have used it a number of times and found >it to be 100% reliable everytime I needed it. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: DriveImage XML Friday, October 17, 2008 at 5:34 am Posted by raminder singh (92 messages posted) Thank you very much for your comments and advice. raminder singh On Friday, October 17, 2008 at 12:43 am, Ricer46 wrote: >Don't be so paranoid, you seldom get comprehensive lists of the tools that are available. >I started using drive imaging 13 years ago, before Symantec bought and subsequently >butchered Ghost. A few years later Acronis came along, and Ghost refused to even >run on two of my computers, so I switched to Acronis. At that time I think those >were the only two drive imaging programs available. Another one by Powerquest had >come and gone. > >So now I have something that still works. Most of us here operate under the premise >that if it's not broke, don't fix it. If I were not already using Acronis, I'd look >at all the free products, but I already own Acronis, so why waste time fixing something >that works perfectly? > >In fact, DriveImage often comes up on a recommended list, but you don't read enough >posts to have noticed that. Just because everyone doesn't use it doesn't make it >bad. Most were simply using something else long before it was ever published. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: DriveImage XML Friday, October 17, 2008 at 6:55 am Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) Never Heard anything Bad about DriveImage XML. I have never used it myself because what I use works fine, and that is one of those applications that you only need one of, also who likes going thru a new software learning curve for something you shouldn't need to use often anyway. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: DriveImage XML Friday, October 17, 2008 at 8:41 am Posted by geek9pm (1030 messages posted) I use it. I am paranoid. I restore to another drive. Geek9pm [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: DriveImage XML Friday, October 17, 2008 at 6:53 pm Posted by raminder singh (92 messages posted) Thank you, Steve. raminder singh On Friday, October 17, 2008 at 6:55 am, Steve wrote: >Never Heard anything Bad about DriveImage XML. I have never used it myself because >what I use works fine, and that is one of those applications that >you only need one of, also who likes going thru a new software learning curve for >something you shouldn't need to use often anyway. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: DriveImage XML Friday, October 17, 2008 at 7:48 pm Posted by Mark (1810 messages posted) Sometime along the way you might need to restore the image. It might be a good idea to try it NOW otherwise, if you do encounter a problem with your OS in the future, you will be under some stress as you will be thinking about whether the recovery operation will be successful. So as a trial run, make sure that you restore the image to ANOTHER disk. If it works then you have learnt a new technique. If it does not work then at least you still have your ORIGINAL disk and OS. You will then realise that you need to review your recovery process or contemplate on whether the images are corrupted. On Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 8:05 pm, raminder singh wrote: >I use DriveImage XML to Image my drives but have not needed to restore an image, >so I do not know how well it works. I notice that the forum experts no longer mention >DriveImage when responding to queries about backing up drives. Does that mean that >some problems have been discovered, and I should seek other imaging software? > >raminder singh [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: DriveImage XML Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 5:10 am Posted by raminder singh (92 messages posted) Your advice is very sound and I thank you for your response. Unfortunately, my computer is under guarantee and I cannot open the box to mount another hard disk and try out the experiment! I keep my backup images on an external HDD, which is probably not the best option, but I cannot think of another one for my situation. Thanks again. Raminder Singh On Friday, October 17, 2008 at 7:48 pm, Mark wrote: >Sometime along the way you might need to restore the image. It might be a good idea >to try it NOW otherwise, if you do encounter a problem with your OS in the future, >you will be under some stress as you will be thinking about whether the recovery >operation will be successful. >So as a trial run, make sure that you restore the image to ANOTHER disk. >If it works then you have learnt a new technique. >If it does not work then at least you still have your ORIGINAL disk and OS. You will >then realise that you need to review your recovery process or contemplate on whether >the images are corrupted. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: DriveImage XML Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 6:28 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) Mark's suggestion was a great one. I recall one time that I needed to restore a Ghost image, you can imagine my dismay to discover that the image was corrupt. Ghost (and Acronis) has a tool for checking an image after it's made, but I was a novice and didn't even know the tool was there. That cost me a fair amount of lost time. Since then I always run the check on a newly created image. Presumably your DriveImage XML has a similar feature. Acronis allows you to mount a drive image just like a hard drive (the newer Ghost probably also has this feature). This allows you to restore a few files (to an alternate location) without risk, most likely if a few files restore from an image, every file will. On Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 5:10 am, raminder singh wrote: >Your advice is very sound and I thank you for your response. Unfortunately, my computer >is under guarantee and I cannot open the box to mount another hard disk and try out >the experiment! I keep my backup images on an external HDD, which is probably not >the best option, but I cannot think of another one for my situation. Thanks again. >Raminder Singh > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: DriveImage XML Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 1:18 pm Posted by Billyray (36 messages posted) I use DriveImage XML regularly. I use it to backup a Windows XP home computer, where the image resides on another partition, and also a Windows XP pro machine where it resides on another hdd. I have always used DriveImage XML within UBCD4Win (where it is a standard included program.) I was nervous the first time I restored my hdd, so I can understand. However, there were no problems. My usual procedure is to restore the C: drive from the UBCD4Win CD, reboot back into UBCD4Win, then reboot again into the C: drive. That is all it takes. I also like that you can retrieve files individually with DriveImage XML (don't know if others do that) I've easily gotten important files that suddenly disappeared for whatever reason without doing a complete image restore. On Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 8:05 pm, raminder singh wrote: >I use DriveImage XML to Image my drives but have not needed to restore an image, >so I do not know how well it works. I notice that the forum experts no longer mention >DriveImage when responding to queries about backing up drives. Does that mean that >some problems have been discovered, and I should seek other imaging software? > >raminder singh [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: DriveImage XML Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 6:53 pm Posted by raminder singh (92 messages posted) Thank you for your response. I also have UBCD4Win and plan to use it to restore an image if I need to. I have successfully looked at individual files in the image, but I cannot attempt a full restore on to another hard disk since my machine is under guarantee and opening the box to install another internal HDD is not an option. Thank you, again, for your response. raminder singh On Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 1:18 pm, Billyray wrote: >I use DriveImage XML regularly. I use it to backup a Windows XP home computer, where >the image resides on another partition, and also a Windows XP pro machine where it >resides on another hdd. I have always used DriveImage XML within UBCD4Win (where >it is a standard included program.) I was nervous the first time I restored my hdd, >so I can understand. However, there were no problems. My usual procedure is to >restore the C: drive from the UBCD4Win CD, reboot back into UBCD4Win, then reboot >again into the C: drive. That is all it takes. > >I also like that you can retrieve files individually with DriveImage XML (don't know >if others do that) I've easily gotten important files that suddenly disappeared >for whatever reason without doing a complete image restore. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: DriveImage XML Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 6:57 pm Posted by raminder singh (92 messages posted) I will examine DriveImage to see if there is some way to check the stored image. However, in my response to BillyRay I mentioned that I used UBCD4Win to look at some individual files in the image and found them to be present and true. With thanks for your comments. raminder singh On Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 6:28 am, Ricer46 wrote: >Mark's suggestion was a great one. I recall one time that I needed to restore a Ghost >image, you can imagine my dismay to discover that the image was corrupt. Ghost (and >Acronis) has a tool for checking an image after it's made, but I was a novice and >didn't even know the tool was there. That cost me a fair amount of lost time. Since >then I always run the check on a newly created image. Presumably your DriveImage >XML has a similar feature. Acronis allows you to mount a drive image just like a >hard drive (the newer Ghost probably also has this feature). This allows you to restore >a few files (to an alternate location) without risk, most likely if a few files restore >from an image, every file will. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum