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Tape SUCKS! What else is there?
Hi again James. I just wondered have you used one of these devices with a backup product that does imaging, such as Acronis or Ghost? It sounds cool that you could just plug the drive in and boot right off it, but have you actually done this, and if so, what software did you use? Also, how...- seanh012
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- Forum: Data Recovery
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adding to c: drive
If your physical C: drive is out of room, the easiest thing would be to get Symantec Ghost or something along those lines, and image the drive. Then apply the image to a bigger hard drive. If the problem is just that C: is partitioned too small, you can use Server Magic or Partition Magic...- seanh012
- Post #2
- Forum: Data Recovery
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Tape SUCKS! What else is there?
Dale, The things you are telling me is what I have been hearing from the tape hardware manufacturers for YEARS. Every couple years some new tape technology comes out, and they say "for TRUE reliability, you must purchase THIS new thing and ditch all your old investements." Its as though I'm...- seanh012
- Post #5
- Forum: Data Recovery
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Tape SUCKS! What else is there?
God almighty, I've run into another problem restoring critical files from tape. The stupid tape is corrupt somehow. Of course neither the manufacturer of the tape or the backup software vendor (veritas) has an answer other than "that happens. sucks to be you." This tape has been used 3...- seanh012
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- Forum: Data Recovery
