Move TI on HD to CD or DVD?

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Guest

Hi,

I have XP Pro and TI 8.0 build 937.

C: 181 GB, 11.5 GB used
G: 57.2 GB, 34.5 GB used (internal BU HD)

On G:, original TI
0213051.tib 4,194,300 KB TI BU
0213052.tib 4,194,300 KB TI BU
0213053.tib 2,913,077 KB TI BU

Also on G:
072605full1 4,194,304 KB File
072605full2 4,194,304 KB File
072605full3 3,203,015 KB File

1. What's the difference between the two True Images above?

2. I want to move one of them to a DVD. How do I do that? Does TI 8.0 do
it, or do I use my Roxio ECDC?

Should the original remain on the backup HD?

Thanks,

JW
 
G

Guest

: You need to use what is called the 2-step method which is
outlined in the FAQ's area of that message base. Here is the link
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/faq.html#20

Thank you; I've copied and saved that now. My question was different. I
asked how I could copy/transfer/burn/move one of the full True Images already
on my internal backup HD onto a CD or DVD. And I asked what the difference
is between the two images as they appear in Windows Explorer, one with .tib
and the other without.

0213051.tib 4,194,300 KB TI BU
0213052.tib 4,194,300 KB TI BU
0213053.tib 2,913,077 KB TI BU

072605full1 4,194,304 KB File
072605full2 4,194,304 KB File
072605full3 3,203,015 KB File

Thanks,

NG
 
S

Stan Brown

I
asked how I could copy/transfer/burn/move one of the full True Images already
on my internal backup HD onto a CD or DVD.
Click to expand...

You can use Windows' native software to burn data CDs but not data
DVDs. For that you need third-party software. Since your .tib files
are bigger than 700 MB they can be burned only to DVD.

If you don't have DVD burning software and hardware, in future use
the "limit" option in the Create Image wizard.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Fortunately, I live in the United States of America, where we are
gradually coming to understand that nothing we do is ever our
fault, especially if it is really stupid. --Dave Barry
 
G

Guest

Here is a direct quote from the link I gave to you

There is also a two-step method for writing to DVDs. Acronis True Image 9.0
can create an image of the hard disk as a single file on the hard disk
itself, and then you can copy the file using your own DVD-writing software to
the DVD. We recommend you to set the image archive splitting size to 2,000
MBytes on the Image Archive Splitting screen, as generally the maximum size
of a file stored on DVD is 2 GBytes. The Acronis rescue disk will also be
able to restore this file from the DVD if necessary.

Doesn't that up there talk about copying from your source to a DVD? As far
as why one or two of your files not having the .tib file type name, I could
only guess that the name got changed somehow or the file wasn't produced by
True Image. All backup files produced by TI has a file type name of .tib
(standing for True Image Backup file). When you make your backups you can
choose to call them what you want, but I don't think that you can change the
..tib. If in fact you find out that it will allow you to do that, just make
sure that when you name them that the .tib is there...otherwise you can run
into filename property problems....ie...without the file extension name there
.tib, .txt...etc...etc...the system don't know how to treat them or what to
use to open them.
 
G

Guest

: > Here is a direct quote from the link I gave to you There
is also a two-step method for writing to DVDs. Acronis True Image 9.0 can
create an image of the hard disk as a single file on the hard disk itself,
and then you can copy the file using your own DVD-writing software to the
DVD. >

I'm sorry (blushing) - you're right; I didn't read that carefully enough.
Assuming the same is true for my TI 8.0 build 937, my full True Image on my
hard disk was divided by Acronis into 3 parts. Does that constitute "a
single file" as described above?





We recommend you to set the image archive splitting size to 2,000 MBytes on
the Image Archive Splitting screen, as generally the maximum size of a file
stored on DVD is 2 GBytes. The Acronis rescue disk will also be able to
restore this file from the DVD if necessary.
 
G

Guest

: ... There is also a two-step method for writing to DVDs.
Acronis True Image 9.0 can create an image of the hard disk as a single file
on the hard disk itself, and then you can copy the file using your own
DVD-writing software to the DVD. We recommend you to set the image archive
splitting size to 2,000 MBytes on the Image Archive Splitting screen, as
generally the maximum size of a file stored on DVD is 2 GBytes.... Doesn't
that up there talk about copying from your source to a DVD?>

I’m sorry (blushing) - yes, it does; I didn’t read it carefully enough.
Assuming it also applies to TI 8.0, and that the 3 "archives" constitute "a
single file," I’ll give it a try, hoping for good directions along the way
about “archive splitting.â€

“Lonnie†wrote: > As far as why one or two of your files not having the
..tib file type name, I could only guess that the name got changed somehow or
the file wasn't produced by True Image. All backup files produced by TI has
a file type name of .tib (standing for True Image Backup file).

I think the second was also made with True Image. When I double-click the
..tib “archivesâ€, the Explore Image Wizard opens. When I double-click the
non-.tib “filesâ€, the Open With window opens, I select TrueImage from the
list, and the Explore Image Wizard opens.

I have more questions (like why didn’t TI split them into 4,000,000 KB
segments instead of 4,194,300 KB), but I’ll try to get it from Acronis.

Thanks,

No Guru yet, but working on it





When you make your backups you can choose to call them what you want, but
I don't think that you can change the .tib. If in fact you find out that it
will allow you to do that, just make
sure that when you name them that the .tib is there...otherwise you can run
into filename property problems....ie...without the file extension name there
..tib, .txt...etc...etc...the system don't know how to treat them or what to
use to open them.
 
G

Guest

In a sense yes and also no :) Literally it is more than one file
(obviously), but in the sense of the information that is backed up, it is one
file. The program TI treats it just like one big backup file. Most of the
info about the different files conjoining into one (so to speak) is in the
last .tib file, from what I understand reading the message bases over at the
TI discussion group.
 
G

Guest

You have to specify how you want to break it up because if you leave it to
the program to decide it could literally make it one huge file. Let's say
you have a system that is like 8GB in size. Now the way I do it is tell the
TI program to make the files sizes to be no larger than 4.2G in size. This
is just the way I choose to do it and so far it has worked for me. My system
fits on roughly 2.5 DVD's.
 
G

Guest

: > You have to specify how you want to break it up because if
you leave it to the program to decide it could literally make it one huge
file. Let's say
you have a system that is like 8GB in size. Now the way I do it is tell the TI program to make the files sizes to be no larger than 4.2G in size. This > is just the way I choose to do it and so far it has worked for me. My system > fits on roughly 2.5 DVD's.>
Click to expand...

This morning I bought my first DVD's and I see they say 4.7 GB, and above
you say you tell TI to make the files no larger than 4.2 G.

Yet, in the paragraph you quoted and I saved, it says "We recommend that you
set the image archive splitting size to 2,000 MBytes on the Image Archive
Splitting screen, as generally the maximum size of a file stored on DVD is 2
GBytes.... " This is confusing; am I missing something?

I see now that the way TI split mine, each "archive" will fit onto one DVD.

Thanks again.

 
G

Guest

Well first off you need room on the dvd for whatever the dvd burner software
needs to put on it....very similar to what the system puts on your hard drive
when you format it. Secondly, :) sheeeeesh....I did put in my message that
that is the way that I choose to do things...setting TI to make the file a
certain size.
 
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