HELP!!! How do I recover/copy to an external drive?
I just installed True Image 2013. A few problems/issues I noticed:
1) There does not seem to be an option to perform a copy or duplicate of selected files or directories and maintain the file type (In other words, not turn it into a .tib file). Did I miss something, or is this feature not present in Acronis?
2) When I try to recover a .tib file which was created from data on an external USB drive (e.g. the H drive), the software only allows me to recover the data to either the C drive or the original external drive (e.g. the H drive). I cannot recover to a different external hard drive (e.g. a USB drive which is G drive)
How do I recover data to a drive other than either the C drive or the original source drive?
3) I am in need of backing up a drive which may have bad sectors. (some files on this drive won't copy to another drive & any attempts to copy these files to another drive causes the copy to stop).
- How can I set Acronis to bypass these files when creating a backup?
- How can I set Acronis to copy the entire drive and provide a list of the bad files?
I just installed True Image 2013. A few problems/issues I noticed:1) There does not seem to be an option to perform a copy or duplicate of selected files or directories and maintain the file type (In other words, not turn it into a .tib file). Did I miss something, or is this feature not present in Acronis?
To do flat-file backups as you want, you should use the sync function.
Thanks for the reply! I will try that.
2) When I try to recover a .tib file which was created from data on an external USB drive (e.g. the H drive), the software only allows me to recover the data to either the C drive or the original external drive (e.g. the H drive). I cannot recover to a different external hard drive (e.g. a USB drive which is G drive)
How do I recover data to a drive other than either the C drive or the original source drive?If your backup is a disk and partition backup, you can recovery to a full partition or disk, or you can recover certain files. When you recover to a partition or disk, the partition will be erased first. To recover certain files, double click on the TIB files and paste/copy where you want. You can also right click on the TIB file and mount the image as a new disk, then copy out of there with Windows Explorer.
My apologies for not illustrating this very well. This will illustrate a little better - listed chronologically:
1) Files on external USB stick A backed up as a .tib file on HD (C drive) of home computer. We'll call this backup_A.tib
2) USB stick B inserted into USB port; USB stick A removed.
3) Attempt to run Acronis to recover file backup_A.tib with destination of USB stick B.
It seems as if Acronis won't allow me to do this. Can Acronis do this? If so, what steps need I take?
3) I am in need of backing up a drive which may have bad sectors. (some files on this drive won't copy to another drive & any attempts to copy these files to another drive causes the copy to stop).
- How can I set Acronis to bypass these files when creating a backup?First, run chkdsk X: /R from an elevated command prompt, where X: is each partition you want to backup. Then backup all the partitions on the failing disk. Instruct ATI to ignore all bad sectors. If the backup cannot go through, run a file backup of the same content. ATI might stumble on a corrupted file. You will have to erase that file. Once the file backup goes through, try again with the disk and partition backup.
What is the difference between a "backup" and a "file backup"? How do I set up Acronis up to do one instead of the other?
- When it is doing the backup or file backup, what determines if it stops or skips when it comes to a file which it can't backup?
- With respect to this problem, how would creating a clone react any differently than performing a backup?
- How can I set Acronis to copy the entire drive and provide a list of the bad files?The file backup is the best way, but ATI will stumble on each bad file one after the other.
Is "file backup" the method I described (duplicate of the file in its original format as opposed to a .tib file) in my first question above - where you said I should use sync?
Thanks much for your response.
Yeah, I got you confused with my post.
A sync just copies the files back and forth; ATI users 2-way sync. The result is that get the same folder hierarchy as the original.
A disk and partition backup is the same as an image backup. This is done at the sector level. This is the backup you need to restore you OS+apps if your system disk dies, for example. The result is a TIB file.
A file backup can be found in "other backups". This one uses the logical information of the file system to find out which files need to be backed up and put them in a TIB file also.
You can recover a whole disk or whole partition with a disk and partition backup. You can also mount a disk and partition backup, but not a file backup.
You can recovery individual files from a disk and partition backup OR a file backup. To do that you can:
- use ATI in Windows,
- double click on the TIB file to copy out of it individual files
- use ATI from the recovery CD.
To protect your computer fully, you need:
- a disk and partition backup of your entire (ie all partitions) of your system disk,
- any backup, disk and partition, or file backup of any content not included in the backup above,
- a recovery CD that you have tested: you have booted your comptuer on it, and you have recovered a couple of files from the disk and partition backup above.
If you have done a file backup of the files on your USB stick, simple double click on that TIB files and copy the entire content onto your other USB stick,
OR
Use sync between the 2 USB sticks.
Yeah, I got you confused with my post.
A sync just copies the files back and forth; ATI users 2-way sync. The result is that get the same folder hierarchy as the original.A disk and partition backup is the same as an image backup. This is done at the sector level. This is the backup you need to restore you OS+apps if your system disk dies, for example. The result is a TIB file.
A file backup can be found in "other backups". This one uses the logical information of the file system to find out which files need to be backed up and put them in a TIB file also.
You can recover a whole disk or whole partition with a disk and partition backup. You can also mount a disk and partition backup, but not a file backup.
You can recovery individual files from a disk and partition backup OR a file backup. To do that you can:
- use ATI in Windows,
- double click on the TIB file to copy out of it individual files
- use ATI from the recovery CD.To protect your computer fully, you need:
- a disk and partition backup of your entire (ie all partitions) of your system disk,
- any backup, disk and partition, or file backup of any content not included in the backup above,
- a recovery CD that you have tested: you have booted your comptuer on it, and you have recovered a couple of files from the disk and partition backup above.If you have done a file backup of the files on your USB stick, simple double click on that TIB files and copy the entire content onto your other USB stick,
OR
Use sync between the 2 USB sticks.
I went ahead and attempted a test run.
- Selected Sync, it prompted me for user name & password, but after entering the correct username and password, it wouldn't sync :-(
- Hooked up an external USB stick, ensured I could browse through the USB files in explorer & that the USB stick was listed in Disk Management; attempted to do a backup, but Acronis didn't detect the USB stick as an available source drive. :-(
This is not looking good :-(
What is the file system used by the USB sticks?