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Answer» I have a Windows 2000 system and need a good backup program. Ghost is out due to poor customer service on other products. Acronis does not list operating system compatibility for TI but does list 2000 for Echo. Don't know why one would choose TI vs Echo. Anyone have thoughts on this? Are there other backup programs that will work with 2000? I would like to backup to a USB interface hard drive. Backup will probably work but restoring is a concern. Is is POSSIBLE to restore from a USB drive? Can backup be to another computer on my home lan? How would restore work if image is on another computer? Thanks for your help. try ERUNT: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/erunt.html That is, if you are thinking along the lines of the registry You can store the registry back up FILES on your USB drive Also, have you considered simply using Windows 2000 to do back ups http://uis.georgetown.edu/software/documentation/win2000/win2000.backup.open.htmlI agree with his last remark. Quote from: blockHEAD on May 18, 2009, 03:56:47 AM .... Also, have you considered simply using Windows 2000 to do back ups http://uis.georgetown.edu/software/documentation/win2000/win2000.backup.open.html The backup program with Windows 2000 is a good program. It is NOT for users who do not want to INVEST time in learning how it works. But it does, indeed, work very well. When you do a full backup, it should be to some external device. A hard drive or a network drive. This is where more hardware can help. You decide if you want more software or more hardware. I like more hardware. After the backup, you should CREATE an emergency disk on tghe A: drive. It is not a boot disk. It is used to assist in a repair of the system with the boot CD. In the event you have a total wipe out of the hard drive, it can be restored. But this requires some method a mobile drive. A mobile drive is on a tray the can be placed into a sick PC and you se the BIOS to boot the mobile drive that has a bard generic Windows 2000. That system is th en use to restore the original from the backup. When done, remove the mobile and reset the BIOS. This is a common practice in large installations where many PCs have mostly the same hardware and OS. Here is a PAGE from a popular vendor: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=285 This is NOT and endorsement for any product or service. This is to show what is call a "mobile hard drive system". With this the Windows 2000 backup is very usable as is. I wrote this a 4AM, so if it is not too clear, please understand. I am just trying to be helpful. I gotta get up again at 6AM. Acronis works fine with Win2K.Two out of Ten users say "Acronis sucks". Let them......3 out of 10 Computer users should find a new Hobby...now now, guys HuH ?

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I have a Windows 2000 system and need a good backup program. Ghost is out due to poor customer service on other products. Acronis does not list operating system compatibility for TI but does list 2000 for Echo. Don't know why one would choose TI vs Echo. Anyone have thoughts on this?

Are there other backup programs that will work with 2000?

I would like to backup to a USB interface hard drive. Backup will probably work but restoring is a concern. Is is POSSIBLE to restore from a USB drive?

Can backup be to another computer on my home lan? How would restore work if image is on another computer?

Thanks for your help.
try ERUNT:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/erunt.html
That is, if you are thinking along the lines of the registry
You can store the registry back up FILES on your USB drive

Also, have you considered simply using Windows 2000 to do back ups
http://uis.georgetown.edu/software/documentation/win2000/win2000.backup.open.htmlI agree with his last remark.
Quote from: blockHEAD on May 18, 2009, 03:56:47 AM

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Also, have you considered simply using Windows 2000 to do back ups
http://uis.georgetown.edu/software/documentation/win2000/win2000.backup.open.html

The backup program with Windows 2000 is a good program. It is NOT for users who do not want to INVEST time in learning how it works. But it does, indeed, work very well. When you do a full backup, it should be to some external device. A hard drive or a network drive.
This is where more hardware can help. You decide if you want more software or more hardware. I like more hardware.
After the backup, you should CREATE an emergency disk on tghe A: drive. It is not a boot disk. It is used to assist in a repair of the system with the boot CD.
In the event you have a total wipe out of the hard drive, it can be restored. But this requires some method a mobile drive.
A mobile drive is on a tray the can be placed into a sick PC and you se the BIOS to boot the mobile drive that has a bard generic Windows 2000. That system is th en use to restore the original from the backup. When done, remove the mobile and reset the BIOS. This is a common practice in large installations where many PCs have mostly the same hardware and OS.
Here is a PAGE from a popular vendor:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=285
This is NOT and endorsement for any product or service. This is to show what is call a "mobile hard drive system". With this the Windows 2000 backup is very usable as is.
I wrote this a 4AM, so if it is not too clear, please understand. I am just trying to be helpful. I gotta get up again at 6AM.
Acronis works fine with Win2K.Two out of Ten users say "Acronis sucks".

Let them......3 out of 10 Computer users should find a new Hobby...now now, guys HuH ?

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