How to create a back up image with 2012
Hello, I have used true image 2011 and have never had any issues.
Today I purchased the 2012 version but I can't figure out how to create an image backup. In the older version the button to do this was right up front.
Can someone please please tell me the steps to create an image of my hard drive with 2012. (I have created a bootable disc already) Also will 2012 work on a windows XP machine?
Thank you.
Thank you for the guide, seems like a lot more steps than in previous versions, right?
Thank you for the guide, seems like a lot more steps than in previous versions, right?
As to number of steps, the 2012 is essentially the same as 2011. My guides is longer as it shows some of the choices within certain steps. The 2011 and 2012 are totally different than 2010 with many more steps.
Thanks again, too bad there are no video tutorials on their website or youtube,
OK, still a little confused after looking at the manual
What is the difference between full back up and clone? Like I said before what I want to do is be able to install a prior backup (entire image) should my hard drive die and need to be replaced. Should I use clone or full back up?
Thanks again.
Steven,
My link in post #1 does include a screenshow which has the same content as the guide.
Responding to your last questions.
An Acronis clone is at disk level. If you clone one disk, you need another disk as the recipient. When the clone is done, you have two disk with the same content. In order for the clone to work, the original or source must be working at the time of the cloning.
The term "full backup" needs some additional wording for proper understanding and clarity.
If you have a "Full backup of the entire disk--all partitions", then yes, this backup can be used at any time to be restored onto a new blank disk and the the disk will be bootable and have the same content as it had at time of backup creation. My guide illustrated how to use the disk mode so that all partitions were included in the full backup. Picture #5 lists the partitions included in the disk mode backup.
On the other hand, you could make a full backup of only the drive C system partition and that would also be a full backup but not a full backup of the entire disk. For Windows 7, a full backup of only the Drive C does not include all the necessary partitions to make a new disk bootable. So, the type of backup you need to create a new replacement disk is one that includes all partitions.
The size of the backup file will be about 65-70% of used space. You can store many backups (*.tib) on one disk as the tib backup file is just another file. Contrasted with cloning which needs a second target disk and all data destroyed on the target disk. If there is a malfunction during the cloning, both disk will probably lose their data and become non-bootable. The backup is restore method is the safer of the two methods.