Acronis Compatibility with Disk Encryption
Hi all,
I am exploring disk encryption for my system but am concerned about the compatibility of Acronis when backing up and then restoring a partition which is completly encrypted.
So I have two questions:
1) Is there any encryption software out there that is known to be more compatible than others with Acronis?
2) If I create a backup while in the Linux based bootable media, instead of Windows 7, will the data on the encrypted drive remain encrypted in the *.tib or does it get decrypted then too?
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Alright, thanks for the KB article.
Sounds like the following scenario would work.
Backing up the encrypted partition in Windows 7 using ATIH2011 would result in an UNENCRYPTED backup.tib file located on my passport drive. The *.tib file could be encrypted with a password during the backup process.
Recovering this information would result in an unencrypted partition being restored, that is fully bootable and this can later be encrypted again.
Does this theory sound about right?
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Yes, but you should definitely test this before trusting it.
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Thanks Heiko! I will test for sure.
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You might have some boot errors after you have restore your unencrypted image. You could repair the startup with the Windows installation DVD. Once the disk is working normally unencrypted, you can then reencrypt it.
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