Acronis TIH 2011 (build 6597) "sees" all my Backups

[George Tyndall]

Acronis update informs me that there is a still more recent build available, however, I did not download it as build 6597, unlike my previous build, does see the 4 backups that I previously created on each of 4 external HDDs.

That being the case, I've created a new backup, and I am at the moment "validating" it. (I've discovered that validating the backup after, rather than during, the creation of the backup seems to be much faster.)

Caution: I haven't yet needed to actually perform a Restore from any of the backups, so I am still not certain that the backups will work.

In a while, I am going to download the latest version of iTunes, and if it mucks up anything (for example, my Playlists or my Star Ratings), then I'll be using the validated Acronis backup to restore the previous version of iTunes and then reporting back later.

[Bob]

Acronis has a history of releasing buggy builds and then taking a very long time to fix them. If you have a working version, I'd recommend sticking with it until the new build has been out a while to see if anyone is having problems with it -- then, before installing, check the support forum to see what people are saying about it.

[George Tyndall]

Acronis has a history of releasing buggy builds and then taking a very long time to fix them. If you have a working version, I'd recommend sticking with it until the new build has been out a while to see if anyone is having problems with it -- then, before installing, check the support forum to see what people are saying about it.

I totally agree--and that is why I never "upgrade" anything that is woking well, unless there is a very desirable new feature AND I've got both a System Restore Point and a mirror image to retreat to.

The reason I'm interested in the latest iTunes is that the old version that I am using cannot access the iTunes Store AND it seems to have, like the older version, the ability to create a WAV version of the downloaded file merely by right-clicking on it (no need to use the burn CD workaround to have a WAV version to use in my slide shows).

Question: Apple would also like to instll Safari 5? I'm happy with IE8. Any advantage?

[George Tyndall]

Clarification: Not only the Aronis Windows program but also the all-important Acronis Recovery Disk can "see" the backups on all four of my external HDDs.

If ever I need to perform an actual Restore of my C drive, and it is successful--that is to say, I can once again "compute with confidence"--I'll report back here.