Anne: Both my husband and I have been using Acronis True Image 11 for quite a while -- maybe six months. Both of us have had occasion (I've done it one time and he has done it two or three times) to restore the C: partition. Neither of us has experienced a problem restoring the C: partition, although it certainly is a nerve wracking time ;-). We both backup our C: partitions weekly (to a second hard drive) and validate them religiously. Hope this helps. Carol ___________________________________________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anne Nevil Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 12:00 PM To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCWorks] Acronis backup-attn: Hugh. Hugh said: For those who want one of the very best backup solutions (That should be all of us), get an external drive and Acronis True Image. Hi Folks, I am a LONG, LONG time member of this list. I've never written before but have learned so much from you folks. (Larry B. knows me from a web design list.) Hugh just said something about something I've been 'stewing about' all day. I have used Acronis True Image Ver 7. and know it is very stable. It does a great 'restore' job. I purchased Acronis True Image upgrade Ver. 11 in Jan. and have done a backup but I've read it might not do a good restore. Not as stable as Ver. 7. The Acronis folks do not seem to be doing any improvements to Ver. 11. Question to Hugh. Have you put Version 11 to the 'restore test' and had good luck. I've been thinking about uninstalling Ver. 11 and putting 7 back on and doing another backup. Right now I have a backup of the entire drive, and also backups of each of the 4 partitions. All done with Ver. 11. These were done in Jan. when I first got the computer and I'm getting nervous about being WAY overdue... (My Documents and photos have been copied to external HD last week. Just a 'copy and paste.') Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for this and for ALL the good help I've gotten in the past. Anne Nevil Georgia ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts.