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Backup inside Windows or with bootable CD?

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Hallo,

in usenet I read very often, it is not very safe, to backup inside windows, much better with bootable CD.
Is it really true?
Is there a way, to set true image options allways to check the backup? I forget sometimes to set this option:-(

Greetings from bavaria

Horst

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Hi Horst,

It has been my experience that doing all the backup/restore using the CD built from the program
installed no your PC is the best way to go.

I do not trust that a good backup image can be done "on the fly" while running windows.

Also it seems that the last GOOD Acronis True Image Workstation was ECHO 9.7 build 8206.

The Backup/Restore series 10 programs seem to have a LOT of problems and I will not use
them till ALL the bugs are worked out.

You might want to look at the following links:

Windows 7 RTM - Acronis compatibility ETA
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/3019#comment-9743

Happy TI ECHO user
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/3019#comment-9887

and

in case you want to do Win7 x64
True Image Workstation W7 X-64 RTM Get around - Works fine!
Windows 7 BLACKLIST and work around...
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/3591

Hi, Jerry,

thank you for your informations.
I am wondering about 9.7 and Windows 7, because in usenet I read dayly warnings: Only TI 2010 should be compatible with Windows 7. May be, it is right for on the fly backups?
Normaly I prefered backups from a different windows on my dual boot Computer. Should be about the same, than with CD?

Horst

Hi Horst,

I am seeing just too many negative comments about TI 2010.

the fellow using ECHO with Win7 seems to find that OK.

Happy TI ECHO user
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/3019#comment-9887

I alwise use the boot cd so I KNOW that I am getting a full and unchanging backup.

Just my two bits...

Horst:

This topic comes up often on the forum. For all of the things that TI does wrong, creating an image while Windows is running (so-called "Hot" imaging) is one area that it gets right. TI uses snapshot technology to freeze the current state of the disk at the instant that the backup starts. Even if you continue to use the PC, the resultant image file will be at the time of the snapshot.

In summary, you should get equally good results by creating an image while Windows is running or by creating an image from the boot CD. Restoration is another issue - this MUST be done while Windows is shut down.

I've used both methods with ATI 2009 with no problems, with Vista and Windows 7 as the OS. When backing up in windows I tend not to use the OS while backup is in progress, though the documentation states you can.

I updated to ATI 2010 yesterday and ran both a backup and recovery from within Windows 7 to test it, and again had no trouble. I have a hot swap drive caddy so testing is pretty painless.

Jerry Smith and a lot of other users seem to prefer to use the boot disk in preference to Windows and I'm not going to disagree. It would be a good idea, for instance, to verify your backup images from the boot disk. From what I've read most people tend to agree that recovering an image from the boot disk is preferable to using windows.

To all my thanks for the information of your experience with the different backup methodes.

Horst

I have generally followed a process of doing backups from inside Windows and restores from the CD -- and in all versions for years now, including 2010 build 6029, I've not run into any problems doing that.

I've read from others that backing up booting from the CD is faster, but I've tried that and haven't noticed any difference.