Can't Backup to External Device Using Boot Disk

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Notice: I HAVE TRIED searching for this topic, I can't find it anywhere, so this is my 1st post here asking a question.

I just purchased a copy of Acronis True Image 2010, purchased it for the purpose of being able to create a "restore disk" of the contents of a laptop which I'm giving to my friend as a surprise. He's not particularly computer literate and would not be doing regular backups of this type.

The thing is, I was trying to create backups using a Acronis-created boot disk, and have it write the contents of the backup to my external hard drive. The real key is this: I want to be able to do this but WITHOUT INSTALLING the software to the machine. I want to be able to do everything from bootup using the disk, all of it.

No I'm not attempting piracy etc, an understandable concern. The concern is that if I backup by installing the software to the machine and running it in Windows--which I've already done, by the way--then the resulting "restore disk" will have this software & the backup file itself installed as well.

As it is, at worst-case, I do have a "restore disk" created for him that will work, but again I created it by installing the software to his machine and having it write the .tib file to the native hard drive and then using DVD burning software to burn the .tib file. I also had the utility create a boot disk.

Again, that would work, but with the .tib and the Acronis software being a part of the installation--neither of which I want to be the case.

Is there anyway to do this?

LRH

Sun, 02/07/2010 - 16:39
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Larry:

The .tib file shouldn't be included in the image that you made because TI uses "snapshot" technology when creating an image. Any changes to files that are made after the backup process starts will not be included in the image.

You can check this yourself by double-clicking on the .tib file that you created and exploring it. You should see only the disk contents as they existed before starting the backup. However, this is only part of the story. If you don't want the PC to have TI 2010 installed when you give it away then you must uninstall it before making an image.

Now that you have the restore disk created, check it out. Boot his machine from the disk while your external hard disk is attached. Verify that the program can see both internal and external disks in the boot environment. If so, you're ready to go.

Then go back to Windows and uninstall TI 2010. Clean up afterward and get the machine in the state that you want it in when you give it to your friend.

Next, shut down Windows and boot the machine from the TI recovery CD and make an image of the machine's hard disk, saving the image to your external hard disk. Then burn this image to DVD.

Sun, 02/07/2010 - 17:54
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(K0lo) Thanks for the tips. It should've occured to me that Acronis would've been smart enough to not include its own tib file in its archive.

I was able to get what I wanted effectively. I first uninstalled the software & removed the registry entries and program files-start menu items. I turned off system restore to remove all points then I turned it back on.

The main relevant part: I then I booted to the installation disc rather than the boot disc created by the software for my friend to use to perform a restoral. That disc (the installation disc) found the external hard drive okay. Piece of cake from there, just used the DVD burner to make a disc (the file was about 2.5G in size after "normal" compression) and that was it.

In short: boot to the installation disc instead of the "created" boot disc and you're golden.

Sun, 02/07/2010 - 19:47