Differences I am seeing on my 32bit vs 64bit (W-7) machines
Probably a foolish question to most... but I am curious.
I have a new install of Acronis TI Home 2013 on both my 32bit (HDD W-7) and my 64bit (SDD W-7). I am seeing the HDD as only a (c) System; but the SSD as a (C) System AND a small SYS RESERVE.
Is it necessary for a viable back-up copy of the SSD machine to have BOTH the SYSTEM and the SYS RESERVE saved? I am thinking from what I have read that the SYS RESERVE is actually part of the SSD function as it uses the SYS RESERVE to 'pick and sort' whereas the HDD does not need it. Apparently the difference is a function of the HHD vs the SSD, and not the 32bit vs the 64bit... (straighten me out if I am wrong)
Thanks Kindly
Here you go, Sir: '64' has a GPT HDDdisk; but the image/SafeZone is located on a third (MBR)1.5T HDD and not the GPT HDDdisk. The C-SYSTEM in it is a SSD. '32' has only HDD's, one of which has the C-SYSTEM on it.
Appreciate the help.
Thank you Tinker.
Very nice screen captures.
repeat the Diskpart except
DISKPART
LIST DISK
SELECT DISK 2
LIST PARTITION
post the resulting screen capture.
It would also be nice to see a capture of the 32 as shown in Windows Disk Management.
You have been most coopertive. One last request. How about a screen capture of the Windows Disk Management of the 64 bit. It will show us which partition is active on the SSD.
32 bit--(500GB)
So far, the 32 bit uses only the Drive C as its boot/active partitions.
It has two partitions. Partiton 1 is the System and Active boot partitions. (2nd partiton is data). If you were to restore to a new disk, it would be better if your backup being used for restore was a disk option backup which incouded all partitions. Then, the restore could create both partitons. If your backup only contains drive C, then you would need to leave unallocated space for the 2nd partiton; or create both partitions manually and then restore each partition individually.
64 bit (120GB SSD)
the SSD has a Reserve partition and this needs to be included within the backup.
I am anticipating that your screen capture of the 64 will show that the System Restore partition is the active partition and that is needed for booting.
Again, the best backup to have wouuld be the disk option backup (See link #2 below) so that the entire contents (all partitions)of the SSD would be included within the backup. Having such a backup would enable you to restore the SSD backup to a new SSD or spin disk--your choice, without too much of a hassle.
The 3TB disk is the disk with GPT style partitions and appears to be a data disk--not bootable--but that is a guess in that we did not examine in detail.
The hidden partition on that disk is normal for GPT disks.
You may find link both link #2 and #3 below of interest.
Link #2 discusses the backup task creation and the benefits of a disk mode backup.
Link #3 is a guide about restoring to a new disk but not specific to your exist configuration.
As I stated in post #1 Addendum, renaming both your C partitons would be helpful in identification. You may already have done this but the screen capture of 32 disk management did not show a renaming had occurred.
GROVER- Sorry for the delay, had company...
Here is the shot you wanted:
Thanks for your kind assistance, much appreciated; Tinker
As expected, your attachment shows that partiton 1 (system reserved) is the active and boot partition. This confirms the information indicated in my preceding post.
I do highly recommend that you rename your drive C's to better indicate what they are. This is easily done in Windows Disk Management.
Win7-32_C
Win7-64_C
Is your questions answered resolved now? I believe my preceding post did so. My recommendation is that both your computers have a disk mode backup as indicated by my link #2 below.
Most certainly, the computer with the Syst em Reserved partition requires its presence and would need to be restored if you needed to move to a new disk or to respair the current disk from a bad virus or problem.
Thank You GROVER; You have answered my questions and I have followed your suggestions.
KUDOS to you my friend!
Final question: Will changing the SYSTEM (C) name to Win7-32 (C) cause any problems with prior Acronis or Windows backups?
Final question: Will changing the SYSTEM (C) name to Win7-32 (C) cause any problems with prior Acronis or Windows backups?
Absolutely not.
Should your restore an old backup, it will restore without the new name and you will need to re-apply the new name.
Should you restore a new backup which has the new name, the new restore will restore the new name.
The benefit is having unique names is when doiing a restore, you can match the unique name from the backup to the destination rather than trying to match drive letters which often times differ as the TI Restore CD is Linux and the drive letters often do not match. Having a new name is a help in the prevention of wrong partition selection caused by drive letter confusion between Windows and Linux.
Wise reasoning... Thanks again!