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Restore TIB from exFAT USB stick

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Hi,

I'm stuck on this frustrating issue with True Image 2016

I've cloned an older machine that I want to restore to a newer machine using True Image 2016 for Windows

The clone TIB file is on a Lexar 128 GB USB stick formatted with exFAT

I've created a second bootable USB stick for the True Image 2016 recovery media 64-bit as FAT32 and I can boot to that fine

The problem is that the True Image 2016 in boot mode can see the exFAT stick with the TIB file on it (as D:) but it simply refuses to show any directory listings at all, either of the TIB file or anything else that might be on the stick

I know the TIB file is good because I tried recovery across FTP and it can see the file that way and start to restore, but it's too slow an option for me

I also know that this some sort of problem with True Image 2016 in recovery mode reading exFAT because if I create other files or folders on the Lexar 128 GB USB stick formatted to exFAT, I can't see them either

Note: I am NOT trying to boot True Image 2016 on an exFAT formatted drive, I am trying to RECOVER a TIB file from it

help!

 

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APJ, welcome to these user forums.

The issue here is that exFAT requires extra software to work in a Linux environment (Fuse) which is not included in the standard Acronis linux based rescue media.

See the following webpages that may help provide more information.  What File System Should I Use for My USB Drive? which states:

  • If you do need to use files bigger than 4GB, exFAT works on Windows, Linux (with FUSE), and OS X. This is probably the best choice for a shared hard drive that will only be plugged into a computer.

Also: What’s the Difference Between FAT32, exFAT, and NTFS? which states:

exFAT is also more compatible than NTFS. While Mac OS X includes only read-only support for NTFS, Macs offer full read-write support for exFAT. exFAT drives can be accessed on Linux by installing the appropriate software.

 

Thanks, appreciate the welcome and the response

I understand the problem better, but not the solution to fixing it

Acronis has to anticipate that most system images are larger than 4GB these days (in this case 53GB), so if their recovery OS on the rescue media doesn't come with Fuse, how would they expect you to do a full recovery, much less a clone, of a typical desktop?

I'm now concerned that my general purpose Acronis system image backups on my other machines are useless as I'll never be able to restore them since they are being backed up to external USB drives formatted to exFAT :'( 

 

APJ, you have several options that you can use here:

  1. You can format your drives as NTFS which is fully supported by the standard Acronis linux based Rescue Media.
  2. You can build the Acronis Windows PE Rescue Media which does support exFAT.
  3. Submit Feedback to Acronis via the tool in Help in the GUI application to make your requirement known.  I would recommend doing this regardless of the other 2 options.

Please note that the 4GB file size limitation is purely for FAT32 file systems and the majority of users have either NTFS or GPT drives where backups are written to.

See KB document: 2808: Acronis True Image Splits Backup Archives to 4 GB Volumes When Backing Up to FAT32 Drives 

Another web resource: Understanding the 2 TB Limit in Windows Storage  or  Default cluster size for NTFS, FAT, and exFAT - the latter shows that there is little advantage of exFAT over NTFS as both can achieve the same maximum volume size of 256TB.