winston,

Thank you for the information and advice. I do periodic full backups
with MS Backup. Would that be sufficient for the kind of problem you
encountered? Or is imaging software really necessary? I guess I am
curious about the nature of the problem that you encountered.

Lou

"...winston" wrote in message
...
If its any consolation, I've had a properly configured Norton System
Works Professional/Premier edition(versions 2003 through 2006) using
OE and Outlook/Office(originally XP, now Office 2003) installed for
the last four years on this XP machine with multiple pop3 and http
accounts in both email clients without a single incompatibility issue
nor any incident amongst NSW/OE/Office/OL that required restoring an
image. One non email client issued did occur with the Norton
Protected Recycle bin that was corrected by restoring the prior week
image and installing the Symantec Shared Component update first and
separate from the other available updates.

For those that have problems it is extremely difficult to patch/repair
a Norton caused gone awry system, if you've not the NSW or Pro
versions it would still be wise to invest in imaging software(Acronis
or Ghost) to protect your investment and current stability.

...winston
MS-MVP Windows Live Mail

Wish I could add some comments on the the use of MsBackup.
I've been a fan of imaging software for years.
Current imaging programs(Ghost 12 and Acronis True Image 10) can image
an entire drive, clone the drive/partition to new, spare, or replacement
drive, backup folders/subfolders files and more. Those capabilities
surpass anything that MsBackup includes.

The nature of the problem: The Norton recycle bin stop logging the
deleted files thereby unavailable for retrieval.

--
...winston
MS-MVP Windows Live Mail


"jrsyangl" wrote in message
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winston,

Thank you for the information and advice. I do periodic full backups
with MS Backup. Would that be sufficient for the kind of problem you
encountered? Or is imaging software really necessary? I guess I am
curious about the nature of the problem that you encountered.

Lou

"...winston" wrote in message
...
If its any consolation, I've had a properly configured Norton System
Works Professional/Premier edition(versions 2003 through 2006) using
OE and Outlook/Office(originally XP, now Office 2003) installed for
the last four years on this XP machine with multiple pop3 and http
accounts in both email clients without a single incompatibility issue
nor any incident amongst NSW/OE/Office/OL that required restoring an
image. One non email client issued did occur with the Norton
Protected Recycle bin that was corrected by restoring the prior week
image and installing the Symantec Shared Component update first and
separate from the other available updates.

For those that have problems it is extremely difficult to
patch/repair a Norton caused gone awry system, if you've not the NSW
or Pro versions it would still be wise to invest in imaging
software(Acronis or Ghost) to protect your investment and current
stability.

...winston
MS-MVP Windows Live Mail

Thanks for the useful information. I have used BackItUp, Nero, Drive
Image, and lately Retrospect with mixed success. I will look into Ghost
and Acronis. Sorry if it is somewhat off-topic, but any preferences
between the two?

Lou

"...winston" wrote in message
...
Wish I could add some comments on the the use of MsBackup.
I've been a fan of imaging software for years.
Current imaging programs(Ghost 12 and Acronis True Image 10) can image
an entire drive, clone the drive/partition to new, spare, or
replacement drive, backup folders/subfolders files and more. Those
capabilities surpass anything that MsBackup includes.

The nature of the problem: The Norton recycle bin stop logging the
deleted files thereby unavailable for retrieval.

--
...winston
MS-MVP Windows Live Mail

I've used both without any problems on both XP and Vista.
Many prefer Acronis since it is a little easier to use.

In XP
IDE drives: Acronis True Image 9 or 10 and Ghost 2003, 10, 12 are
all acceptable)
Sata Drives (Acronis 10 and Ghost 12 are suggested)

In Vista(Acronis 10 or Ghost 12 are required for Vista compatibility)

Note: each requires an understanding of the tool, drives, partitions and
of course a spare drive or partition to store the image. You should
expect about 40-60% compression in size when imaging an o/s. A
partition with only pictures or music will require almost the same size
since those are already compressed.

...winston
MS-MVP Windows Live Mail

"jrsyangl" wrote in message
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Thanks for the useful information. I have used BackItUp, Nero, Drive
Image, and lately Retrospect with mixed success. I will look into
Ghost and Acronis. Sorry if it is somewhat off-topic, but any
preferences between the two?

Lou

"...winston" wrote in message
...
Wish I could add some comments on the the use of MsBackup.
I've been a fan of imaging software for years.
Current imaging programs(Ghost 12 and Acronis True Image 10) can
image an entire drive, clone the drive/partition to new, spare, or
replacement drive, backup folders/subfolders files and more. Those
capabilities surpass anything that MsBackup includes.

The nature of the problem: The Norton recycle bin stop logging the
deleted files thereby unavailable for retrieval.

--
...winston
MS-MVP Windows Live Mail