? for dual xp/vista booters with Acronis BU

[DanR]

Do I need to install Acronis True Image Home 10 on both Vista and XP drives?
Or can I do backups (images) of each physical drive from within Vista. Will
I get a good XP complete image (OS etc) doing the backup from within Vista?
Thanks.

 

[AJR]

No. From either partition Acronis will backup and restore the all
partitions. What is most important is how Acronis is used - generate a
"Secure Zone" backup or to another HD or removable media.

 

[DanR]

I'm confused. From the menu I select "My Computer" > Next.
Then I see "Disk 1" and "Disk 2". Disk one is Vista and two is XP. (physical
disks)
I can check the box for either or both drives. If I select disk 2 (XP) from
within Vista will I not get an entire image of that physical drive...
including the bootable OS and all it would take to do a complete restore?
I am backing up to an external hard drive.

 

[John Barnes]

Your best bet is to do both backups from within Vista. Remember that you
will lose your Vista restore points and shadow copies whenever you boot into
XP

 

[John Barnes]

You would get a complete backup of the partition selected. I see no
evidence that it backs up or restores a MBR or boot record.