#Usb backup software ware install
#Usb backup software ware drivers
#Usb backup software ware Patch

Also, to activate a PC 'offline' you need to contact them and they basically send you a patch to install.Īfter spending a good half hour talking to various help desk people who didn't even know their own product range I decided not to trust the fate of our factory to these people.

#Usb backup software ware install

I decided to just install it on a test machine to see if it would work but then found out that you can't do that either as the machine needs access to the net (which in the factory the PC doesn't have). Which was to back up a PC without installing the software on the actual computer. Got the software and then was told that it doesn't do what I wanted. I bought the ShadowProtect software for $99 and it is diabolical AVOID!!!!Īfter fighting my way through a dazzling array of products on a website that was obviously designed by the same guy who did the Siemens site, I parted with my hard-earned. Thought I would post back with my experiences. Site license for a customer buying 1? Probably not. I'm sure it takes the right customer, of course. I think many manufactures have site/volume licenses available, where you can manage the legalities without worrying about software activation. If you are cloning the license along with it, it may WORK, but it puts you in a fuzzy place, legally. I think most company's activations will carry over, the trick is if you are using one image to clone multiple PC's. When I've done this with PCs that run Rockwell Software activations (both FactoryTalk and EVRSI), they have been retained with no problems. With Dells and other consumer computers, you might get a different motherboard if you buy the same thing 6 months down the road. With most Industrial PC (IPC) vendors, they can guarantee compatibility into the future for at least a few years. If you are installing it on a different computer, the results will be questionable, and errors might not show up immediately. A computer image should be used when you have an identical spare available or orderable. I like the idea of just having a spare hard drive ready to go that I could plug back into the same PC.

It is not always possible to just move from one PC to another without a lot more work (read up on the Microsoft Sysprep utility).

It could even cause the dreaded 'Blue-Screen-of-Death'.

#Usb backup software ware drivers

Simply moving the 'image' from PC 'A' to PC 'B' may trigger Windows to install drivers as it detects different hardware. You will also have to consider, is that new PC compatible with Windows XP? Many new PCs have hardware where drivers for XP are not available. Keep in mind Microsoft is no longer supporting Windows XP. Not a big deal, but it might require a call to Microsoft to reactivate. Windows, Office, maybe even the application software although that is less likely. The bigger issue you may face regardless of what imaging software you choose is, when you restore this to a different PC it may trigger reactivation issues due to differences in hardware. Everything will get backed up including licenses. Pretty much the same operation as what Ken mentions for Acronis. You can boot from a CD/DVD or USB drive to perform the backup or restore. Like Acronis, nothing needs to be installed on the system. I have used Symantec/Norton Ghost 2003 for over ten year now.