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Dear Sirs, if you can help...

I want to format an external HDD, creating two partitions. One small, one large. The smaller to store a System Backup Image on. Using TrueImage 2011. I want the Image to include all Windows files, with updates as well as the Program Files. In their current state. Basically, an exact image.

Later, if I have problems and want to restore my PC, I want to do this by plugging in the external HDD and restoring the C:\ drive (SSD) from the small partition on the external HDD. How do I do this?

I've read the help files and am confused between Clone Disk and One Click Backup. Clone Disk sounds nearly right and on One Click Backup it doesn't seem to give the option to include all Program Files.

Lastly, in trying to format the External HDD using TrueImage will I have to mark the small partition on it as Primary, Primary Active or Logical and/or does Acronis make a bootable CD to use? What is the actual difference between Primary and Primary Active?

Your help is much appreciated.

Wed, 01/11/2012 - 10:42
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DanielD wrote:

Dear Sirs, if you can help...

I want to format an external HDD, creating two partitions. One small, one large. The smaller to store a System Backup Image on. Using TrueImage 2011. I want the Image to include all Windows files, with updates as well as the Program Files. In their current state. Basically, an exact image.

Later, if I have problems and want to restore my PC, I want to do this by plugging in the external HDD and restoring the C:\ drive (SSD) from the small partition on the external HDD. How do I do this?

I've read the help files and am confused between Clone Disk and One Click Backup. Clone Disk sounds nearly right and on One Click Backup it doesn't seem to give the option to include all Program Files.

Don't use clone. Don't use One Click. See here: http://forum.acronis.com/forum/25648, and this to restore to an SSD http://forum.acronis.com/forum/26162

Lastly, in trying to format the External HDD using TrueImage will I have to mark the small partition on it as Primary, Primary Active or Logical and/or does Acronis make a bootable CD to use? What is the actual difference between Primary and Primary Active?

I don't understand. What do you mean by formatting the externall HDD?
The active partition is a partition where the boot files are that start the operating system. When you restore, if you restore partition by partition, you want to make sure that the partition that was active will be restored marked active. Primary is a type of partition, as opposed to extended. An MBR disk can have only 4 primary partitions, only one of them can be extended. When it is extended, it can be split in logical partitions. An active partition has to be a primary partition.

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 04:21
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