[JohnWill]

I like the idea that you can connect a Maxtor USB drive and use the package.

[Stoner]

So do I

[Stoner]

One thing I've noticed, this version of Acronis does not recognize my DVD drive as a DVD burner, but does recognize it as a CD writer and burn images to CDs.

Perhaps this version is not Acronis 10, but either an earlier one or a modified version.
It is listed as Disk Wizard version 10, however.

[thomasjk]

TI has always recognized the burner as a CD drive but will handle DVDS as well.

[Stoner]

In my case, when I try to burn an image to DVD thru Acronis, the media is not recognized.
I've tried Verbatum DVD-R and Fugifilm DVD+R discs, but they go unrecognized.
One computer is winxp mce with an internal Lite On DVD burner and the other comp is win2K with an external Lite On DVD burner.

Neither recognize DVD discs for me thru this version of Acronis..

Oddly, the option is there to write to a hard drive in 4.7 DVD sized files and does work.
I did save to a hard drive and then burn to DVD, but I doubt it will be recognized when reimaging from the DVD.

[thomasjk]

Quite frankly backing up to a hard drive is faster and easier, then burning direct to DVD. It also easier to restore. Unless your image fits on one DVD you will be constantly swapping disks.

[Stoner]

True, but that's not the point

And on my win2k comp, the image after normal compression is under 2 gig.
As it's used for financial purposes, I like multiple methods of back up
Right now, I have an image of it on the USB drive and on 3 CDs.
One DVD disc would have been more convenient than 3 CDs..

[thomasjk]

I agree. Multiple backups are good. If you split the backup to 1492MB you can burn 3 to a DVD. Check the TI support forums for more details on this approach http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=65. There are several useful threads here http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=29880.

[buf]

Thanks also for sharing your experiments/results with the USB Maxtor drive running Stoner. Now you have an "extra" Acronis(?) on a hard drive and that answers my thought about the USB use.

[JohnWill]

I must admit, this is mostly an academic exercise for me, since I have Acronis TI workstation.

[Stoner]

Since Ben (aarhus2004) and myself ( I tried it on win98se) have had problems installing the Seagate app on win Me and 98se...........I'd recommend anyone with any version of win9x not to install this Seagate application.

[neos1]

Originally Posted by JohnWill

I must admit, this is mostly an academic exercise for me, since I have Acronis TI workstation.

I own both the 9 and the upgrade 10 version and could never get them to work correctly.
Every back up for some reason was corrupt. But since my tirade against Acronis, some
time ago, I may have learned something.

Anyway thanks for the link Stoner.

[thomasjk]

That's not surprising since both the Seagate Disc Wizard and Maxblast 5 are based on True Image 10 which does not support 98 or ME. This is mentioned in the user guide for each app.

[Stoner]

Seagate really should have noted that as they also sell their drives for 9x systems , but do not seem to mention a restriction of usage for Disk Wizard.

Hard to criticize something free, but they are selling hard drives for which Disk Wizard is associated with on their web site.

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