Can TU 8.0 handle two SATA drives?

I know this question is similar to some other SATA threads, but I'm not literate enough to read thru the technospeak. Can anyone give me an answer at least close to "YES, TU can handle this" or "NO it can't". Much more technical than that is likely to whiz right over my head.
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My Dell 8400 came with one SATA hard drive connected to "SATA 0" on the motherboard. This is my "primary" hd. I bought a second SATA drive, exactly like the OEM (both are Western Digital Cavier SATA 160 Gig ). I plugged the second SATA into "SATA 1" on the motherboard. The SATA's are not set-up in a RAID configuration. Their independent, & run thru the motherboard - not a controller card.

The second SATA drive works great! It's recognized by all my software - EXCEPT . . .

I want to store images of my primary SATA drive on this new 2nd SATA drive. Ghost 9.0 puts images here nicely, verifies them; and even "explores" them in a widows explorer sense. BUT, when I boot the Symantec Recovery Disk to try and use the image that's on the 2nd HD to restore the primary drive - THE RECOVERY DISK CAN'T FIND THE 2nd HD !!!

QUESTION - (remember I need a simple answer, please): Can True Image 8.0 handle my system with these two SATA drives?

 

Hello Charlie,

Thank you for your interest in Acronis True Image (http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/).

We cannot tell why Symantec products cannot work with your system. Acronis True Image should work with both your disks fine.

You may download the trial version of Acronis True Image to be sure it works with your drives. The free demo version is available at http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/download/trueimage/.

If you encounter any difficulties please tell the exact model name of your motherboard and describe the details of the problem. I will help you to solve it.

Thank you.
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Ilya Toytman

 

Ilya:
Thanks for your quick reply. One feature I'm VERY impressed with already, is the tech support that is apparently available with True Image. I will try-out the trial version. But I read that that version isn't "complete" in the sense that it can't restore images. Will I at least be able to determine if it can recognize an image file, once I store one on my second SATA drive?

 

Charlie, as far as Ghost is concerned, I had the same problem. Actually my Ghost CD couldn't see either SATA HD.
Fixed by pressing F6 and loading drivers from a floppy.

An ealier build of TU 8 couldn't see either of my drives. I haven't tried the latest build.

Brian

 

I have multiple partitions on two SATA drives and image back and forth all of the time with TI. No problem. I really like True Image, after being a Ghost user for over four years.

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Hello Charlie,

When you boot the trial version from Acronis Bootable CD the limitation is that you cannot press the "Proceed" button in any wizard. So you will be able to choose the image you want to restore, the destination drive, the way you want to resize the destination partitions (if you want), etc. but in the end you won't be able to press the "Proceed" button because it will be greyed out. This is the only limitation of trial version version when you boot from Acronis Bootable CD.

Also please note that all the drivers included in the full version are the same as included in the trial one. It means that if you can see your disks with the trial version you will be able to see them with the full one as well.

Thank you.
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Ilya Toytman

 

A BIG thanks everyone!

I've given the trail version a run. IT WORKS ! Almost.
It made & verified an image of my primary drive; placing the image on my second SATA drive. Then, booting the complete rescue CD, it found the image! Finding the stored image is what Ghost 9.0 couldn't do.

I didn't proceed any further.

The "Almost" comment is because after booting from the complete rescue CD, my keyboard worked, BUT my mouse wouldn't. I tried this twice, and no mouse (not even a visible curser).

I'm using Microsoft Intellipoint software. Wireless Comfort Keyboard 1.0A, and wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.0 - the receiver is plugged into a USB port. The keyboard/mouse came with a USP/PS2 adapter.

Should I be using the PS2 plug instead of the USB port?

 

Without waiting for help on the mouse question, I plugged it into my PS2 "slot" for a trial.

IT WORKS! Now when I boot the complete recovery disk, both wireless keyboard and wireless mouse (now in PS2 instead of USB) work just fine.

I'm nearly "sold" on True Image over Ghost. Just need to browse the forum a bit more.

 

Hello Charlie,

We are glad to hear you liked Acronis True Image. If you have any further questions concerning the software please feel free to ask them on this forum and I will answer you as soon as possible.

Thank you.
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Ilya Toytman