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Hi,

I have just purchased Acronis True Image Home 2010 (ATIH), but I am uncertain how what strategy that will best suit our needs.

We are now going to upgrade to three laptops, Lenovo ThinkPad. The same model, but one with SSD and the others with a conventional HDDs. Being a new user of imaging and back-up software on this level, I feel I really need some of your wise thoughts and expericence on this issue. So I have a couple of questions for you that hopefully will make my implementation of True Image Home 2010 into the best back up strategy possible!!!

I already have a desktop PC running Windows 7 and with two harddrives. On this I have put the OS and all software on the C-drive and made an image of it and put on the D-drive using the Acronis Secure Zone.

1. Now I wonder if it would be possible to accomplish something similar with the ThinkPads even if they only have one drive? (And give also that one of the drives is an SSD)??? Theintent here is to be able to very quickly be able to get back your Laptop to "crisp" state should it run into trouble, virus, etc??? Do I partion the single HDD and SSD into two different Partions??? Or what???

2. In our house we have a LAN with an NAS attached to it. So the second thing I would like to accomplish is the day to day back up given that we are on the road a lot and we do not have a regular "time slot" that we will always be present at our desks. So my question is if there is a possibility to get ATIH to only make a back up to our NAS-disk when we actually are at home and connected to our home LAN? I guess the intention here is to secure back ups when we DO are connected to our network, and avoid any annoying alerts of ATIH not finding the NAS, etc...

3. And thirdly, disaster recovery strategy. I understand that I should make a recovery CD, but I have also seen somewhere that you can opt for a USB-image as well. Is that correct, and are there any "security" and reliability issues involved and that choice?

4. How about if the hardware is stolen and I buy a DIFFERENT laptop??? Are the any considarations/preparations that should be done to cover that option???

Thanks a lot!!!

Mi, 04/28/2010 - 09:31
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Hello Dag!

Welcome to our Forum, we're glad you joined us! I completely understand your concern and will be glad to answer your questions.

I would like to assure you that there are no issues with using Acronis True Image Home 2010 in case your machine has just one drive. I would suggest you to backup your system entirely - all drives will be added to the image and protected.

You can schedule the backup creation time in case you know when you'll be at home, but since you travel a lot, I would advise to perform a manual backup on returning home.

You can definiltely create a Bootable Media on the USB drive, you can find the detailed instructions here and here. There are no restrictions or limitations, so in case USB is more comfortable for you - feel free to use it!

We can surely restore the image onto the dissimilar hardware, but in order to make system bootable you will need Acronis Universal Restore, which is available in the Acronis True Image Home 2010 Plus Pack. Acronis Universal Restore is a special add-on for corporate versions of Acronis True Image that allows you to restore your images to dissimilar hardware. Please note that prior to restoring to new hardware you need also to contact the vendor of the motherboard (or other mass storage device - e.g. SCSI disk controller, RAID controller) and request the latest drivers for this mass storage device. Then please unpack them from the package, so that the drivers were in .inf and .oem format. I would suggest you to take a look at the Acronis Universal Restore Guide with step by step screenshots, you may find it useful.

You can find more information regarding Acronis True Image Home 2010 functionality in the User's Guide.

Should you need anything else or have any further questions - feel free to contact us at your earliest convenience, we will be happy to help you!

Thank you!

Fr, 05/14/2010 - 13:46
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