Glad it worked for you, Brian.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 1:59 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] PC Back-up
> Just to advise ... I finally got all the bits together plus 2 - 3 hours of
> more or
> less free time to set aside.
>
> I managed to find an out-of-the-way spot for the 'toaster', and hooked up
> all
> the cables. The WD 500GB drive fitted just like a bought one, to my
> surprise.
>
> It took a while to get the computer to agree that it actually had a new
> drive.
> Plugs that were not pushed all the way home did not help.
>
> Using Acronis True Image ( I downloaded an older version as
> recommended by Jim Nichols) and started on the process.
>
> First step was apparently to partition the new drive. It told me it would
> take
> 49 minutes, then 1 hr 39 minutes. I decided it was a lair.
> The record of time elapsed was about half to one third actual.
>
> To my utter amazement, when it said it had finished partitioning the
> drive, it
> had actually cloned the whole thing.
>
> Probably less than 2 hours. Amazing.
>
> So now I'm back in business, bothering people with letters like this one.
>
> Brian Swale
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