Is it possible to perform a manual incremental backup off of an existing full backup?
Good morning everyone, I hope someone can help me.
My hard drive is about to die, and unfortunately, the only backup I have of it is an Acronis True Image WD edition full backup from last year on an external hard drive. I have some important stuff from this past year I need to save. I don't know how long I will be able to get the hard drive to keep working, and so I would like to backup as quickly as possible. I now have Acronis True Image Home 2011 on a different computer, which recognizes the full backup on the external hard drive.
I want to pull out the dying hard drive and attach it to the working computer via usb (so that it doesn't tax the hard drive having to run a computer, etc.) Is there a way for me to now do an incremental backup based off of the existing full backup from last year? I don't believe I have enough time to do another full one, but I might have just enough time to do an incremental one to bring me up to date on the changes from this past year before the hard drive becomes unusable.
If it's possible, if someone could provide me with step-by-step instructions that would be amazing and sincerely appreciated. I would like to know every step that I am going to do beforehand, so that I don't waste any precious time when trying to pull this off before the hard drive goes for good.
Thanks so much!
Great! Thank you so much!
I just checked and the WD edition only allows you to do full backups, so I have to use the 2011 edition I have on my second computer. As mentioned above, I don't think my hard drive will last long enough to do another full.
When you say recovery cd, do you mean the program (which I already have installed on the second computer) or are you referring to the bootable media builder?
If it's not too much trouble, could you list the steps that I would take? I tried to look at the program, but I'm confused as to how I would base the incremental off of the existing full and as mentioned before, I don't want to waste any time trying to figure it out on the fly once I start the dying hard drive.
Would I do the following? Would I: 1) right click on the old full backup, 2) select "recreate backup settings," 3) select the dying hard drive (which is now attached to the second computer via usb) that was backed up originally, 4) change the backup scheme to a custom scheme>incremental, 5) press ok, and then 6) press backup now?
Thanks again!
Jay,
The recovery CD is the one you create from ATI in Windows, using the bootable media builder, or that you download in ISO form from your account to burn directly.
Yes you have the right process to create an incremental from Windows.
If you wish to use the Create Bootable Meda Rescue CD, here is a 2010 PDF which is mostly applicable except for these differences.
http://forum.acronis.com/sites/default/files/forum/2009/11/5940/2010-ti…
Figure 2:
It is the Disk option which is to be checked for the disk to be backed up. Checking the disk option should cause all partitions for the old disk to become checked.
Figure 3:
Select the "Add to Existing Backup Archive." Then use the browse function inside TI to locate the old WD full backup. Click and select the *.tib file.
Figure 5: What you should see is that the "Add to Existing backup archive" is checked plus the actual path to your original WD backup listed before the "Next" option will become selectable.
All remaining illustrations are applicable.
----------------------------------------------------------------
It is important that you become familiar with the actual use of the TrueImage Bootable Media CD (Recovery/Rescue CD). Should you need to restore your system or transfer your system onto a new disk, it is the CD which will provide the best chances for success. The CD can also be used for backup creation.
Some users never test (until too late) the CD to make sure to prove their restores are possible. Use the CD so it will become an ol' friend.