Acronis Question

[XS11E]

Sounds like he wants to save his present setup and
reinstall vista to try something else, like new hardware
or software. Might be better for him to create a Virtual
PC with Vista.

My guess, and it's only a guess, is that he's thinking of a backup such
as Windows XP that requires installation of the OS before you can do a
restore.

 

[David Mokeler]

Hello,

I have 2 questions about Acronis. First you can backup to dvd right? and
second how many dvd's would it take to backup a system (aprox 80-90 gigs
used total)?

Thanks

Dave

 

[miss-information]

And my comment should have ready, you DON'T receive a bootable CD if you
purchase the downloadable file!

For the download version you should create two CDs. One for the Acronis
program, I also add a text file with the serial number and my receipt. The
second is the boot recovery cd. You don't have to buy from Acronis TI, I
purchased my download from NewEgg and saved $14.00. Any questions can be
answered in the Acronis User Forum.

mi

PS: To format and restore my C drive (51GB free out of 75GB) from a second
hard drive backup, takes 10 to 12 minuets.

 

[Richard Urban]

80-90 gig ÷ by 4.7 gig

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[David]

80-90 gig ÷ by 4.7 gig

ah, dude, what about compression?? LOL!

 

[Richard Urban]

DUDE!

DVD is slow enough (compared to a hard drive). You don't want compression on
a DVD. Believe me - I tried it.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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[Annie R J Brion]

Hello,

I have 2 questions about Acronis. First you can backup to dvd right? and
second how many dvd's would it take to backup a system (aprox 80-90 gigs
used total)?

You can get about 4.3GB on a blank DVD and TrueImage will compress to
about 50% so 80-90GB will be:

(80/2) / 4.3 = about 10 DVDs
(90/2) / 4.3 = about 11 DVDs

I would look at getting an external USB hard disk drive as this will be
much quicker and eliminate DVD swapping.

 

[David]

You can get about 4.3GB on a blank DVD and TrueImage will compress to
about 50% so 80-90GB will be:

(80/2) / 4.3 = about 10 DVDs
(90/2) / 4.3 = about 11 DVDs

I would look at getting an external USB hard disk drive as this will be
much quicker and eliminate DVD swapping.

I agree. I recently picked up a 500GB WD "MY BOOK" for back up chores
for our 2 desktops and laptops. It seemed quite reasonably priced at
$129 on sale. Sure beats messing around with DVDs or gasp, CD's.

Dave

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

You can get about 4.3GB on a blank DVD and TrueImage will compress to
about 50% so 80-90GB will be:

(80/2) / 4.3 = about 10 DVDs
(90/2) / 4.3 = about 11 DVDs

I would look at getting an external USB hard disk drive as this will be
much quicker and eliminate DVD swapping.

I second that recommendation. DVDs, and even CDs, can be useful for
data backups, but for anyone who wants an image of the entire drive,
they aren't really practical. External USB drives is the way to go.

 

[Richard]

What version of TI do you use as I did not think version 10 had a BartPE
plug in.

I use version 10, latest build & it has the plugin.

 

[Tom Willett]

Acronis True Image plug-in for BartPE is included in Acronis True Image
starting from version 9.1. To install the plug-in you should select ether
"Custom" or "Complete" installation. The plug-in files will be placed to the
installation folder along with other program files.
|
| > What version of TI do you use as I did not think version 10 had a BartPE
| > plug in.
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| I use version 10, latest build & it has the plugin.
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[Richard]

I restore from a separate partition on my hard drive and that restore only
takes me about 25 minutes using only the Acronis Emergency Boot Disk that
you can create in True Image. I do seem to recall it taking a little
longer when I restore from my USB 2.0 drive but it didn't take 2 hours. I
haven't tried from my external eSATA II 3Gb drive. Nonetheless, I'm
surprised, even with BartPE that you don't experience some slowdown though
that would be in comparison to restoring from a separate partition on your
hard drive.

I restore from a USB SATA disk & I'm not exagerating in the 2 hours...it may
be a little more.
I read on a forum to try the BartPE plug in & I use PE builder & made a new
disc, up until that part I had never used BartPE.
....but when I ran Acronis from the Bart CD it didn't recognise either my usb
sata or sata hard disk (can't remember which)...so I forgot all about it.

Some time later I had the idea to disable native sata support in my bios
before booting from the Bart CD & it was then that all my disks were
detected ok & the restore flew by.

Couldn't believe how fast it was compared to the rescue disk.

 

[Richard]

How long does it take to build the BartPE CD?

10 minutes or so i think.

 

[Richard]

It takes TrueImage about 5 minutes to restore my system partition after I
muck it up (using the recovery CD). Don't know why it should take you
hours.

As I wrote I use the BartPE plug in & get much better times.
But maybe it depends on the amount of data you are restoring? Or the type
of data?
I have a single C & 1000's of MP3's, a total of 30gb so I can't see any
backup restoring this in 5 minutes.

25 minutes is very reasonable.

 

[Michael Solomon]

I restore from a USB SATA disk & I'm not exagerating in the 2 hours...it
may be a little more.
I read on a forum to try the BartPE plug in & I use PE builder & made a
new disc, up until that part I had never used BartPE.
...but when I ran Acronis from the Bart CD it didn't recognise either my
usb sata or sata hard disk (can't remember which)...so I forgot all about
it.

Some time later I had the idea to disable native sata support in my bios
before booting from the Bart CD & it was then that all my disks were
detected ok & the restore flew by.

Couldn't believe how fast it was compared to the rescue disk.

Interesting, Richard. I'll have to look into this further and possibly test
it out myself.