Acronis True Image

[kline]

Has anyone had any experience with this program? I need to back up a laptop
running XP Pro, but don't have enough HD space to accomodate an image file
and, although I have an external DVD - +R drive, it's in a USB2 enclosure
and it connects through a PC card and cannot be read in DOS. Acronis states
that it can back up "live system drives" within Windows without the need to
reboot. Any tesimonials? I'm looking for clean, reliable images of the
system drive without the need to leave windows during the creation process.

Thanks,

Kline

 

[sded]

Has anyone had any experience with this program? I need to back up a laptop
running XP Pro, but don't have enough HD space to accomodate an image file
and, although I have an external DVD - +R drive, it's in a USB2 enclosure
and it connects through a PC card and cannot be read in DOS. Acronis states
that it can back up "live system drives" within Windows without the need to
reboot. Any tesimonials? I'm looking for clean, reliable images of the
system drive without the need to leave windows during the creation process.

Thanks,

Kline

I have used it for about 18 months and think it is a great product.
ATI does exactly what you are asking about. It does all of the backup in
Windows, and can restore all but the primary partition in Windows. To restore
the primary partition, it boots into a Linux kernel that works fine with most
USB2 devices. There is a trial version at http://www.acronis.com/download/ to
verify that it suits your system. See the FAQ at
http://www.acronis.com/products/trueimage/faq.html#7 for some special
requirements when using DVD drives.

 

[GreyTop]

Has anyone had any experience with this program? I need to back up a laptop
running XP Pro, but don't have enough HD space to accomodate an image file

You will need a drive to back up to. IE another hard drive or a
Rewriteable media.

and, although I have an external DVD - +R drive, it's in a USB2 enclosure
and it connects through a PC card and cannot be read in DOS. Acronis states
that it can back up "live system drives" within Windows without the need to

That is correct and I might say that it does an excellent job of it

reboot. Any tesimonials? I'm looking for clean, reliable images of the
system drive without the need to leave windows during the creation process.

The restore function can be used. I use the media boot disk that it
will make for you.
All in all it is an outstanding program. I have not tried it on a lap
top only a desk top.
Good luck.

 

[kline]

I have used it for about 18 months and think it is a great product.
ATI does exactly what you are asking about. It does all of the backup in
Windows, and can restore all but the primary partition in Windows. To restore
the primary partition, it boots into a Linux kernel that works fine with most
USB2 devices. There is a trial version at

http://www.acronis.com/download/ to

verify that it suits your system. See the FAQ at
http://www.acronis.com/products/trueimage/faq.html#7 for some special
requirements when using DVD drives.

It's not working out to great here. It won't burn to DVD or CD. It keeps
returning errors. I have an email inot support with a system report and
Acronis logs. Hopefully they'll straighten it out fast.

Thanks,
Kline

 

[kline]

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You will need a drive to back up to. IE another hard drive or a
Rewriteable media. to
That is correct and I might say that it does an excellent job of it process.
The restore function can be used. I use the media boot disk that it
will make for you.
All in all it is an outstanding program. I have not tried it on a lap
top only a desk top.
Good luck.

Thanks, and it looks like I may need it.


Kline

 

[dglock]

i have used it for some time and its great.
i even did a backup of my laptop over my lan to a usb dvd
drive!
i have tried most of the imaging programs but acronis is
the best.
don

 

[kline]

i have used it for some time and its great.
i even did a backup of my laptop over my lan to a usb dvd
drive!
i have tried most of the imaging programs but acronis is
the best.
don

Thanks, dglock! You've just given me a workaround. I'm backing up to a
network drive right now. I'm happy.

Kline

 

[Alex Nichol]

Has anyone had any experience with this program? I need to back up a laptop
running XP Pro, but don't have enough HD space to accomodate an image file
and, although I have an external DVD - +R drive, it's in a USB2 enclosure
and it connects through a PC card and cannot be read in DOS. Acronis states
that it can back up "live system drives" within Windows without the need to
reboot. Any tesimonials?

I have seen people suggest it, but have not tried. The one I actually
use, and am confident of, is Image for Windows - from
http://www.BootitNG.com ($27 shareware - 30 day full functional trial)

That allows you to make a compressed image of a partition (using its
associated PHYlock even of the one it is running under) to either:

A File set on a separate partition

A separate device - CD or DVD. sets, including external drives on USB or
Firewire. I use DVD-R where one disk will take around 7GB or so of
original data after compression. The disks are then bootable to allow a
restore

 

[kline]

I have seen people suggest it, but have not tried. The one I actually
use, and am confident of, is Image for Windows - from
http://www.BootitNG.com ($27 shareware - 30 day full functional trial)

That allows you to make a compressed image of a partition (using its
associated PHYlock even of the one it is running under) to either:

A File set on a separate partition

A separate device - CD or DVD. sets, including external drives on USB or
Firewire. I use DVD-R where one disk will take around 7GB or so of
original data after compression. The disks are then bootable to allow a
restore

After trying and having a great deal of trouble with Acronis (unable to
consistently read from DVD drive, boot CD causing endless loops, etc.) I
tried BootitNG's Image for Windows as you recommended, but it seems to limit
itself to burning CDs exclusively. In fact, burning to DVD isn't even
mentioned in the documentation. Am I missing something?

Thanks,
Sobek

 

[Alex Nichol]

After trying and having a great deal of trouble with Acronis (unable to
consistently read from DVD drive, boot CD causing endless loops, etc.) I
tried BootitNG's Image for Windows as you recommended, but it seems to limit
itself to burning CDs exclusively. In fact, burning to DVD isn't even
mentioned in the documentation. Am I missing something?

It doesn't mention DVD, but if you use a DVD drive and disk, it will
use it to the full

 

[Alex Nichol]

In fact, burning to DVD isn't even
mentioned in the documentation. Am I missing something?

Looking back to the description on the site, it says:

Image for Windows is a Win32 based backup and restore utility that
creates a snapshot of an entire partition or volume to a set of files to
a local or network drive, or directly to most CD-R/RW or
DVD+RW/+R/-R/-RW drives creating a bootable restore disc. If something
should ever happen to that partition or volume, you'll be able to simply
restore the snapshot image.

Using the free PHYLockâ„¢ add-on utility you can continue to use your
computer while the backup is locked to a point-in-time. This eliminates
the inconsistencies typically experienced while backing up a partition
that is in use.

 

[Fred]

It doesn't mention DVD, but if you use a DVD drive and disk, it will
use it to the full

Alex,

Forgive the intrusion here but will it image to another partition, or do you have
to use Image for DOS and or BING (which I use)?

Fred

 

[kline]

It doesn't mention DVD, but if you use a DVD drive and disk, it will
use it to the full

Hi Alex,
Thanks again for responding. You're right, it does do DVDs. It just asks for
a CD a time or to (even though a DVD is in the drive). Ejecting the DVD and
re-inserting seems to do the trick.

However, I still seem to be having an issue with the drive (a Toshiba
SD-C2402 in a Compaq 12XL310 laptop). The following occurred with both Image
for Windows & Acronis True Image (although True Image failed to burn to DVD,
I could only create an image on a network drive and burn it to DVD from
there).

The image discs are readable in windows, but will not read on boot up. I
suppose this would have to be the DOS drivers Acronis and Bootit provide for
the DVD drive . Perhaps the Toshiba is unusual in some way? I suppose I may
just have to buy a bigger HD, but I don't use the laptop all that much, and,
being somewhat aged (the laptop, that is...), I hate to put too much money
in it.

Any ideas as to what may be taking place here?

Thanks again,

Kline