Initialisation takes very long
Hi,
when I start Acronis True Image Home 2009 it stays very long at the point "Initialisation". After that it works OK.
How can I speed up starting?
Thanks for any idea!!!

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Franz:
Try disabling the Distributed Link Tracking Client service to see it that speeds things up.
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MudCrab wrote:You might see if this thread can help.
In my services there is only "Distributed Transaction Coordinator" and not that one, you mentioned.
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What version and service pack level of Windows are you using?
What build of TI 2009 are you using?
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MudCrab wrote:What version and service pack level of Windows are you using?
What build of TI 2009 are you using?
I use Windows XP, SP2 & TI2009 Build 9.769
In the meantime I checked my antivirus-system (NOD32): it made no difference, when I switched off the background-scanner.
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Do you get the delay every time you start TI or does it only happen the first time you start TI after you boot into Windows?
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Hi all
I have the same problem
When I start acronis TI 2009 Build 9769 the first time after a reboot it takes an incredible long time (30-60minutes sometimes) before it starts to work
a second start is very fast
My OS is Vista Home premium with all servicepacks and patches. The system was set up yesterday.
I use kaspersky Virusscanner, but switching off does not change the behaviour...
Hope you can help me
thanks
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I had a similar problem. It turns out that it had something to do with the Restore Points that Windows automatically writes to your drive at least once a day and more often if Windows does any updates. You can delete all of the Restore Points, except for the last one, by selecting All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup. Choose Files From All Users on this Computer. Select the C: drive first. You can select the other drives later. When the Disk Cleanup Window pops up, choose the More Options tab. Then choose to Clean Up the System Restore and Shadow Copies. This may take a while. Disk Cleanup may appear as if it froze. Don't worry. After a couple of minutes, the unnecessary Restore Points will have been deleted, you'll get a lot more free space on your hard drive, and Acronis True Image will start up after only spending a few seconds initializing.
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Good point Zoo.
Better still right click on 'My Computer', select properties, click the System Restore tab and check the 'Turn Off System Restore On All Drives'.
Using TI to backup and/or Try & Decide you should never need to use this kind of restore. It is not particularly useful anyway and can cause more problems than it solves.
To clean and keep a system clean download CCleaner.
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Hello all,
Thank you for choosing Acronis Disk Backup Software.
Yes, this issue with slow program start can be related (as it was correctly mentioned) to several cases:
-Distributed Link Tracking Client service which is not started
-Third part applications, such as antiviral software
-Some kind of corruption on your HDD
We would recommend to perform Disk Check ir order to exclude third cause:
- Go to the Command Prompt (Start -> Run -> cmd)
- Enter the command: "chkdsk DISK: /r"
where DISK is the partition letter you need to check. Please note, that
checking the C: drive may require you to reboot the machine.
Also, you may try to boot from Standalone Version of our program and check whether it able to operate faster. If yes - this issue related to Windows environment and its software.
We have a special utility which allows checking drivers from third part applications installed to one level with Acronis drivers. The Device Tree application allows you to see the drivers attached to the hard disk(s) and its (their) volumes Windows systems.
please let us investigate the situation and do the following:
-For XP family:
- Download and unpack the Device Tree application
- Run the application;
- Completely unfold the \Driver\Disk and \Driver\FtDisk branches;
- Move the margin to the right in order to see all the items;
- Make a screen shot.
-For Vista family:
- Download and unpack the Device Tree application
- Run the application from "i386" folder (run the 64-bit version of Device tree from "x64" folder if you have Windows Vista 64-bit);
- Completely unfold (click on all plus signs) the \Driver\partmgr and \Driver\volmgr branches;
- Move the margin to the right in order to see all the items;
- Make a screen shot.
-Attach it to your answer in this thread
We are looking forward to hearing back from you at your earliest convenience.
Thank you.
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Hi all
I followed the instructions of zookeeper and...
.... everything is fine now!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)))
i do not understand the connection between a program start of acronis and the restore point
But the start is ok now..
@alexander. do you need the screenshots from me anyway?
Thank you all. you saved my day
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glad we were able to help.
I'm not sure what you mean by 'i do not understand the connection between a program start of acronis and the restore point'
a restore point is a windows thing, it is a point at which Windows knows about what is happening on and in your system as far as Windows is concerned. Anything Acronis software does is not necessarily known by Windows in itself but might update windows while it does things but only for its own purposes. So Windows is not really too bothered about it.
So Windows restore points are just about system events not application events i.e. TI secures you totally whereas windows does not.
i know it is a crap explanation but best i can do lol.
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Hi bin,
sorry for my misunderstandig post. i am not a native englsh speaker ;-)
I wondered that the number of restore point has an impact on the behaviour of the start of TI
Ti starts so slowly if you have a lot of restore points? That TI is doing at startup time?
Is it a bug? or a strange feature ;-)
but nevertheless!! THanks to all for your help. I am happy now
Thanks
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As far as I know there is no direct link between the startup of TI and the number of restore points. Restore points are simply snapshots of certain Windows system files such as the registry. I never use restore points ever because they are only partial backups and restoring from one may not reflect the current status of the rest of the system. Far better to use TI if you need to restore, or use Try & Decide to test out the effects of doing something - i much prefer to use T&D and roll back using that than using a Windows Restore Point.
Restore points certainly take up disk space but no matter how many there are it shouldn't impact on the performance of your PC unless they are filling your system disk/partition up.
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I just encountered the same problem with Acronis True Image (V10) - it's run fine for at least a year and now today it's just hanging on "Processing, please wait". I have plenty of disk space so not a problem there. Never saw Acronis pause for more than a second at that point before. Killed it with Task Manager and tried again - same problem. So after waiting for 5 minutes more, I searched and found ZooKeepers suggestion. I killed Acronis with Task Manager, then deleted all my old Restore Points, and started Acronis True Image V10, and - bingo - the "Processing, please wait" took 1/2 a second and things are fine now.
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