While workingon a 1 1/2 month old install, I realized I had done something nearly irreversable that I shouldn't have done (I'm always experimenting with my own system and this is not related to the blow up). I had made a single full backup shortly after installing WinXP and I created an incremental one after getting my main apps all set up about a week later. I decided to restore back to that incremental one. I opened up ATIH 11, told it to restore that image and let it rip. It explained that it would need to reboot out of Windows in order to continue (which I knew) and I told it to proceed. It rebooted and all I got was a black screen with the words "Starting Acronis Loader ..." with a flashing cursor at the end. I went to do something else and when I came back about an hour later, it was still sitting there doing nothing. Seems there's something about at least one of the pieces of hardware on my system that doesn't get along with the Acronis Boot Loader. I tried it on a different system before putting it on here, so I know it works great. It just doesn't like my main system for some reason. lol I'm moving right along in getting a new install up and ready for action. About half of the more difficult items are installed and set up already. Peace, Gman "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Puter25" <Puter25@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 5:56 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Wireless > Hey G, What happened with Acronis to blow up your system? > > Deane --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------