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OK, installed the free version & did my 1st backup. Went to create the Rescue CD and... the WAIK download is 1.7GB!?! I've got a 25MB internet connection and it's too slow for this hugh file. Guess I'll just let the PC run tonight after I go to bed.

Thanks guys. I've been doing some reading about Macrium to get familiar with it. I'm trying to decide if I want to go with the free version or the Standard version to get the incremental and differential capability. Alan's comment got me thinking. Since I can't find any documentation that states FireWire support, I might try the free version, burn the rescue CD and try booting it to verify that it sees the FIreWire port & connected HDD. Unfortunately, the internal HDD is only one partition so I don't have a "test" partition. Maybe I should create one with GParted. I'll let you know how I make out. I don't want to have to scratch load this system - again - anytime soon. It takes too long to get it set up the way it was.

My wife's main PC is an old WinXP Pro SP3 (x86) desktop which she loves. Years ago, I installed a backup program from CMS Products. I faithfully used it weekly to backup the system to an external FireWire Seagate drive. Until last week, I never had a need to do a full restore using the CMS Rescue CD. When I did, it failed miserably. There were no error messages during the restore, but when I booted the restored PC, there were many, many more things wrong than there were before the restore. Bottom line, I'm looking for a new system backup/imaging program to replace the CMS piece-o-junk. I've read mixed reviews on Acronis True Image and Norton Ghost. Users seem to either love them or hate them. Some have never tried to do a restore. Others have tried to do a restore and had there own variety of problems. I'm looking for recommendations from you guys since I trust your opinions... especially those who have actually done a full restore either successfully or unsuccessfully. I would prefer to continue using the external FireWire Seagate drive for my backups/images so I would need a program that supports that interface for a restore. Under Windows, it is seen as a normal drive letter in My Computer. It does also have a USB2 interface, but I would have find (or buy) that cable with the right connector ends. Thanks in advance for any comments! p.s. - I've spent the last 2 days scratch loading it and I'm still not completely done.

That's why letting the defrag run overnight works best (for me) as long as the PC isn't set to automatically hibernate.

In my experience, trying to use a PC while the HDD is being defragged, can be aggravatingly slow. I usually run a defrag when I know I will be away from the PC, or let it run overnight if it has been a long time since my last defrag. JMO

Off-topic comment to Taximan48 - time to update your #17 graphic. Matt is now driving the #20 for Joe Gibbs Racing. Ricky Stenhouse Jr will be driving the #17 for Jack Roush in 2013. (from one NASCAR fan to another) Now back to your original post...

They may email you LOTS of stuff now that they have your address.

Neat program, Alan... thanks!

Strange. I have an old 256MB NVidia GeForce 6200 in this WinXP desktop and Speccy v1.19.411 DOES show the temp - 57°C in fact. There is no fan on the board so it has always run a little hot.

Happy New Year, gang!

I'm using Norton Internet Security version 20.2.0.19, which is the latest. Norton uses an online "Safe Web" database of safe and unsafe websites. So this error is really outside the function of their traditional antivirus and firewall functions. I have posted a question on their forum asking if there is a "whitelist" function. I could not find anything obvious in the option settings.

Country zone is also correct - (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Thanks for the suggestion, Super Fast. Date & time are set correctly. BTW, yesterday and today I have been surfing the Piriform forum without problem... but, that's the way this problem has manifested itself. I could be fine for several more days or weeks before it happens again. This is 1912, isn't it?!? (only kidding)

Strange. Right now I'm not having any problem either, but that is the way this problem has been behaving. I can surf the topics with no problem for several days and then this problem will show up.

Linked sites... now that's interesting and something I didn't think of. I'll have to check that out.

Has anyone else, using Norton Antivirus or Internet Security, had access to the Piriform Forum blocked? Read the details of my problem here: http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/False-quot-Suspicious-Web-Page-Blocked-quot/td-p/877034

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to everyone at Piriform and all the forum contributors!

Years ago (when I was still working) United Airlines was one of my customers. On a trip to their training facility in Denver, I got to take a ride in a 727 flight simuator with a pilot in training. Really cool and at the time, very realistic.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to everyone! Are "biggify" and "smallify" real words? :D Where's my Websters...

Try the 5.1 test file here: http://www.lynnemusic.com/surround.html

Wonder what the noise level is like... hummmmmmmmmmm

I know I've done my share of downloading over the years. WTG Piriform!

:D :D ... then I won't bother clicking on it.

What does the "Like This" button over on the right side of each post do? I've never used it.