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DD11 is registered but thinks it's demo, unable to create recovery disks

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When I run DD11 under Windows, it functions fully as a registered product (it is). When I run it under the DOS mode from a boot disk, it thinks it's the demo version as noted by the note at the bottom of the window screen. Also I cannot create boot/recovery disks from DD11, only TIH2010. Any suggestions? I'm curently running W7, Utlimate 64bit.

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The first issue is a known issue:

ATI2010's bootable media builder isn't yet properly configured to create the boot disk. As you noticed, although it can add dd11 to the disk, it creates the demo version of DD11. I understand this will be fixed in the next version update of ATI2010.

Until then, the solution is to create your bootable media from DD11's version of media builder (it is under the Disk Director Home start-menu menu in All Programs)

Unfortunately for you, your second issue prohibits you from doing this. Namely, you stated that you can't build a recovery CD from DD11. I have Windows 7 x64 and I can do it.

You might first want to ensure you accessing DD11's Media Builder from the Start Menu and not from within DD11, itself (although I don't think there should be a difference). Then, if you still can't do it, you'll have to seek help from Acronis unless someone else can offer-up a solution.

Thanks for the reply. One more thing . . . what's with the Linux-based, Windows PE and Linux-like representation, Windows-like representation options?

Ron McLendon wrote:

Thanks for the reply. One more thing . . . what's with the Linux-based, Windows PE and Linux-like representation, Windows-like representation options?

Not much, actually.... although your question has two parts: one related to what Acronis means by "based" and another for what Acronis means by "like".

1. Linux-BASED Recovery CD vs WinPE Recovery CD:
There are two types of recovery environments in general: one based on the Linux Operating System and another based on Microsoft's Windows Preinstall Environment OS (WinPE). Both have advantages and disadvantes. When in doubt, and if you don't mind a big, bulky WAIK hogging space on your machine and its registry, you might want to make one of each.

2. Linux-type representation vs Windows-LIKE representation:
Short answer: If you don't know (and don't want to know), then its totally safe to choose "Windows-like" and read no further.

Long answer: the disk "representation" only refers to how partitions and disks appear to the user and only matters to someone who already knows the answer. Other than that, they are equal.

One difference between Linux and Windows is the way they present hard disk layout information to the user. Linux uses disk and partition naming conventions that are unfamiliar to most Windows users. For this reason, when creating a Linux-based Recovery CD, Acronis offers you the option to view your disk structure "like" Windows would.

Specifically, Linux begins counting partitions at 1, rather than 0 (or is it the other way around? See! I am getting mixed up already!). Therefore, if you expect to find your Data drive in the 2nd partition, you need to be aware of how the partitions are represented:

[the 2nd partition is represented as No. 2 if you count up from 1 HDD(0,2)... but if you count up from 0, then the 2nd partition would be represented as 1 HDD(0,1). Note how both represent the first physical disk as HDD(0,x). So while they both agree that the first disk, "Disk 1" = 0, they differ on on how to represent the first partition HDD(0,0) vs HDD (0,1). I know]

Acronis spares us this confusion by giving the option to represent our partitions and disks like Windows would, even when we are in the Linux recovery disk.

Note: this option isn't present when making a WinPE since it is Windows already represents disk structure like Windows.

It is always ' a good idea ' (tm) to give all your partitions meaningful names (labels), as it is much easier to track which disk/partition is what, especially if using an OS that represents things differently to the way one is used to.

loox wrote:

The first issue is a known issue:

ATI2010's bootable media builder isn't yet properly configured to create the boot disk. As you noticed, although it can add dd11 to the disk, it creates the demo version of DD11. I understand this will be fixed in the next version update of ATI2010.

Until then, the solution is to create your bootable media from DD11's version of media builder (it is under the Disk Director Home start-menu menu in All Programs)

Unfortunately for you, your second issue prohibits you from doing this. Namely, you stated that you can't build a recovery CD from DD11. I have Windows 7 x64 and I can do it.

You might first want to ensure you accessing DD11's Media Builder from the Start Menu and not from within DD11, itself (although I don't think there should be a difference). Then, if you still can't do it, you'll have to seek help from Acronis unless someone else can offer-up a solution.

Evidently, this issue is not a priority with Acronis. Disk Director 11 still shows as a DEMO on the recovery disk. I just discovered this today after creating and testing my Acronis recovery disk with ATI2010 and DD11