[time-nuts] While we're discussing backups...

[Bruce Lanning]

Thanks John and sorry that I am so late in thanking you for your response to 
my question on xxCLONE. I have tried all of your recommendations to no 
avail. Guess I will write to the authors of the software. Thanks again for 
your input.
Bruce

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neon John" <jgd at johngsbbq.com>
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" 
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Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] While we're discussing backups...


> On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:51:35 -0400, "Bruce Lanning" 
> <belanning at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>>In regard to the below info, I downloaded xxclone and it does appear to be
>>the type of backup program that I have been looking for, BUT I can not get
>>my C: drive to come up in the source or the target window. I am running XP
>>on a COMPAQ Presario if that helps. Could anyone  tell me why I can not 
>>see
>>my C: drive. It has my start up info and WINDOWS on it.
>
> No idea other than the brand name.  Compaqs have a rep for stuff like 
> that.
> Are you running XP?  All bets are off if Vista is involved.
>
> I've installed xxclone on a number of client and friends' computers and 
> never
> had a problem.  It just came up and ran.
>
> Did you try pressing the disk management button to the right of the source 
> and
> target slots?  That brings up windows disk drive management package.  What
> does it show?  Is your C drive an NTFS volume that is showing healthy?
>
> Have you turned off any services, particularly windows shadow volume copy
> service?  Some "optimization" websites recommend turning that service off 
> but
> doing so disables just about every backup or clone package that runs in
> multi-user mode.
>
> Do you have any virus bloat-ware like Norton running?  If so, it might be
> interfering with disk detection.  I have the freebie Avast package on my
> machine and before that AVG (release 8 turned into bloatware so I had to
> change) running with no problems but given the amount of problems I've had 
> in
> the past with Norton and MaCaffee, I'd be looking there.
>
> Have you tried since rebooting the machine?  Kind of an obvious question 
> but I
> had to ask.
>
> As a last resort, you might drop them a support note and ask if they've 
> had
> any reported problems with your model computer.  Maybe they'll have a 
> patch or
> a work-around.
>
> John
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