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I am running TI_2016, Build 6571 on Win10 system. Until recently, I have CLONED my "C" drive as protection of my OS and programs (Data is on addtional drives). Now, I would like (and prefer) to BACKUP by "C" drive for several reasons. I have read and re-read the manual on this procedure, but still have two questions:

1: I always use TI by booting to a rescue disk. When I choose "BU Disk & Partitions), I have a choose of 4 partitions: NTFS (C) Pri 2375GB; Recovery Part. Pri. 300MB; EFI Sysytem Part. Pri 100MB; and Recovery Part. Pri 450MB. The default checks only the NTFS and the EFI. Should I include ALL partitions or just the default. I believe the other two are built-in BU's from WIN10 and probably not needed if I recover vis Acronis. Whe I did check all I had some problems in recovery. I BU to another HD in my Icy Dock setup.

2: When I go to recover, I select the proper .tib file. I understand from the manual, NOT to check he MBR partition initially. Without it, I cannot boot. When and how to I add the MBR file? Can I check all boxes to recover from the start? If I am backing up to a drive of the same size, do I have to partition it or will the BU do it automatically? I have tried recovery several times, and somnetimes it works and other times it does not.

Both drives are SSD's of the same size and formated GPT.

Thanks for any help/advice you can pass along.

--Alan

 

 

 

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Have you upgraded Windows from say 8.1 to 10?  The 300MB partition is probably a leftover from a previous install.  The 450MB partition is one that would be normally created by Windows 10 but could have been created by an upgrade from Windows 8 to 8.1 as well.

I have found that even though by default the recovery partitions are not selected for backup that doing so does not harm anything either.  The idea of leaving them out of a backup is that they are not necessary for a recovery of the data on disk and may contain old backups if a system has been upgraded for example and thus would increase the size and time it takes to make a backup of the disk.  If you don't mind using a bit more disk space for your backups and can stand a little extra time to create a backup then go ahead and include them.

The MBR Track 0 is not necessary when recovering to the same disk from which the backup file was created.  If recovery is to a new or different disk that MBR Track 0 is necessary to make a bootable disk.

Enchantech: Many thanks for your speedy response. Yes, I *did* upgrade to Win10 from 8.1 so I guess I will exclude those two partitions in my backup scheme.  When recovering, I always recover to another SSD as a safety and as opposed to a clone. I always keep two removable SSD's and recover as a "write-over" every several weeks or so. So, I guess I must check the MBR Track 0 as well - am I correct? Thanks again.

--Alan

Since you are rotating disks I believe that recovering the MBR Track 0 would be advisable yes.