Home v2011 Trial hickups.
Hello Community
I recently installed True Image Home 2011 on two of my computers at home.
On my main computer the program seems to run fine. But for the life of me I can't seem to get a backup to save on my 16gb usb stick, saving to a hard drive is ok, but then there is no easy option to transfer the image to the stick and make it bootable. Seems like a lot of steps involved for a task the software should be able to do with a single click.
Aside from that, I have used it a few times to backup my C: drive and use that backup to make another drive have the same data and be bootable. Exactly what I want incase something goes bad. But my C: drive is a 11gb image that will fit on my 16gb usb stick and even on a 25gb Bluray. I am not sure if Bluray disks can be made bootable, I never tried, I have done CD and DVDs many times.
So, is there a simple step to get a backup to xfer to a usb stick or bluray disk and be bootable. (I know the BIOS stuff).
My next issue/problem, is how do I test a backup without attempting to restore it to a drive, can this program validate/verify an image after it has been created, and how can I do it manually. Once again, there is no clear option that I can see to do it.
Now my 2nd PC, well my Wifes. I have 2 SSDs in it and a 750gb drive. The 750GB drive is the boot drive at the moment, the SSDs are new and I want to get the OS copied across. I started the back like I do with my main PC and Acronis scans the C: drive to extimate a time, then it creates/opens a file on one of the SSDs to save the backup to, then a moment later the SSD is unmounted somehow. Even rebooting the PC the drive isn't even detected by the BIOS. To get it to detect again I have to turn the mains power off then back on. Thinking it was a PC issue I tried several different drive tests with the SSDs, using HDtune to scan for errors, no errors found, drive remaind mounted, selected about 50gb of pictures and mp3 and copied to the SSDs, no error and drive remained mounted. So having the drive there for a fair while I start Acronis again, and as soon as it writes to the SSDs they unmount and no longer apear in BIOS untill I turn the mains power off.
That is a weird issue i can not explain.
I was keen to buy it after having fairly good results for my main computer, but if i purchase a 3 user license I would like to make sure I can use it on these two computers, and then my laptop.
I have a blank Bluray ready but not sure what is the best option for it and how to make it bootable.
I have a 16gb usb stick ready, but not sure what options to use to have it setup to recover the PC
I also have double layer 8gb DVDs on hand, but prefer to not use a media that needs to be swapped.
Also have several caddys that I can make bootable with linux, but not sure how with acronis.
And a NAS with loads of space waiting for backups also.
I know I dumped a lot here in my first post, but my trial is almost up and I did my best to try sort it out myself, but now I need advice before I click on the BUY option.
Thanks Pat L, I will try it now. Is there any info about making Bootable Bluray disks with a backup image on it ?. Is bootable Bluray possible.?
I do not know. Several users reported issues with BR support. I think you will have to try.