Intergration into Windows and moving image to Bootcamp using TI 2011
I have a copy of TI 2011 including the Plus Pack which I haven't installed - I am running Windows 7 64bit BTW. The reason for doing so is that I still use TI 2009 which I have found to be just great, always been stable and never had any issues with it. My question is this - I have seen that TI 2011 integrates with Windows and have seen quite a few posts stating that TI has really mucked up Windows 7's own backup utility which I use quite a bit. Can one still use Windows 7's backup utility if using TI 2011?
My other question is this - I am thinking of creating a Bootcamp partition on my iMac for Windows 7. I have the Plus Pack and wondered if anyone has any experience of transferring a full TI image for an external drive to an iMac Bootcamp partition?
Any info will greatly received and welcomed.
Well I bit the bullet and installed TI 2011. Installed as suggested by Acronis over previous version i.e. 2009. Install went without a hitch including the Plus Pack and TI found my existing backups straight away. I created a boot-able rescue disk then carried out a full image back up. Having done all that I then took a deep breath and went for a restore (let's face it no point in carrying out backups if you're not sure they will restore or not). Restore went without a hitch also, Windows started perfectly, just as I had left it.
First impressions - well the backup was very quick as was the restore, very quick indeed. I do think this version appears overly complicated as were the previous versions before that, in fact each new version gets ever more bloated and not in a good way. I'm not keen on how Acronis has tried to take over all my Windows backup options though, I'd rather it didn't try to integrate itself everywhere. I'm also not keen on switching on the NSB option either. Do others use it, is it a resource hog and does it eat up lots of HD space?
I have seen other posters have had quite a few problems with TI 2011 but yet again TI appears to be working for me and my HP computer. Perhaps HP is one of the manufacturers that Acronis tests its products on?
NSB is a pretty convenient feature. It is not a resource hog, but my main gripe with it is that you cannot control automatically how much space it will take on the backup disk. You can manually make space, but not automatically.
Also, from my experience, I had issues using it to restore a system partition, whereas I never had any issues restoring a traditional disk and partition backup.
It looks like you know what you are doing. Make sure that you include all partitions of your system disk in your backup.
All is now working well - TI 2011 latest build appears just as stable on my hardware as TI 2009, W7 is even waking from sleep to do my backups. What I would say though is this and is merely an observation. It appears that TI has been put together by enthusiasts for enthusiasts. I like to think I'm pretty computer literate, however, wading through the user manual the myriad of options plus "computer speak" I couldn't help but observe that your average Joe would not have the first clue what the manual was referring to. It really has become unnecessarily complicated, good well written software should not be like that.