Have you purchased an Acronis application and was the image created using
the application?

Farhan wrote:
> Thanx, I have done that, but is there a program from acronis with which i
> can explore the created image?
> i remember Norton has one but not finding one on acronis site.
>
> Farhan
> "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> wrote in message
> news:eNTh5icXKHA.4148@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Farhan" <farhan********.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23zVFMt2WKHA.220@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Is there a good but FREE image program?
>>> I used Ghost some years back using ME/98 but most of the time it didn't
>>> restore image - when needed.
>>>
>>> Furthermore if I format a system partition, will i be able to restore
>>> image without installing XP?
>>> Cause I am using NTFS.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> If you have a Western Digital, Seagate, or Maxtor drive (either installed
>> in the PC or used as an external drive), you can get Acronis True Image
>> for free from their web sites. It'll make an image of pretty much
>> anything
>> you want, and doesn't rely on an OS to create or restore one. By creating
>> the boot disk with it, you bypass any installed OS and create the image
>> from the root level. I've used it to create and restore an XP PC and a
>> Vista notebook with absolutely no problems.
>>
>> SC Tom

Farhan wrote:
> Thanx, I have done that, but is there a program from acronis with which i
> can explore the created image?
> i remember Norton has one but not finding one on acronis site.
>
> Farhan
> "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> wrote in message
> news:eNTh5icXKHA.4148@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> "Farhan" <farhan********.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23zVFMt2WKHA.220@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Is there a good but FREE image program?
>>> I used Ghost some years back using ME/98 but most of the time it didn't
>>> restore image - when needed.
>>>
>>> Furthermore if I format a system partition, will i be able to restore
>>> image without installing XP?
>>> Cause I am using NTFS.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> If you have a Western Digital, Seagate, or Maxtor drive (either installed
>> in the PC or used as an external drive), you can get Acronis True Image
>> for free from their web sites. It'll make an image of pretty much anything
>> you want, and doesn't rely on an OS to create or restore one. By creating
>> the boot disk with it, you bypass any installed OS and create the image
>> from the root level. I've used it to create and restore an XP PC and a
>> Vista notebook with absolutely no problems.

I know in the full version of Acronis True Image you can mount the
backup as a virtual drive. But I can't remember if the free versions
from Seagate and Maxtor have this capability or not.

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Roy Smith
Windows XP Pro SP3