One last try: Can not access my NAS (WD MyBookWorld) to do an Image Recovery
This simply should not be this difficult to resolve? I use my NAS to save my notebook's drive image to with ATI 2010, version build 7046 (Win 7 Home Premium, 64 bit version). I have no problems doing backups to the NAS, a WD MyBookWorld 1TB drive. I have no issues accessing the image from within Windows, but should I need to recover from a catastrophic failure, where I would need to boot from the recovery disk...there is the problem! I have tried both the build from within ATI 2010, as well as using the ISO created recovery disk, but the problem is the same: Acronis does not "see" the NAS, so I can not select the image to recover! The WD does not have a 20 digit NAS code to enter, so I can not access it that way.
I emailed tech support, and they did respond, but after running a report and sending it to them, I am still pretty much getting "non-answers" for what should be either a pretty simple resolution, or (I hope not!) a "You can't do this from that specific NAS device" response. Has anyone else dealt with this? I have to think that this is not an unusual or rare NAS, and that someone must have an answer, be it good or bad!

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This doesn't look good-I have just been trying for a couple of days to get AHI 2010 on a network with WD my book 1TB also with zero joy.Can't even backup to it as program insists all drives are same partition.USB drive performs flawlessly so made mistake of assuming AHI would also work on a network.
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Sorry thomasjk, and absolutely no offense, but I am not looking to jerry-rig a solution...I am looking for a simple answer for this program to do what it is advertised to do. If I can not boot with the recovery disk, and find the device that my image is saved on, then the program becomes rather useless as a backup and RECOVERY tool, doesn't it?
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Suit your self but these are not jerry-rig solutions. They are practical alternatives to the Linux recovery environment that is available by making bootable media from within TI. The Linux drivers are usually never optimized for speed. Certainly your choice but why continue to suffer when other solutions are available.
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The WinPE option is an Acronis advertised solution - that is why Acronis offers it as an option. Acronis support literature does not hide the fact that the Linux versions have more limited driver support, again a reason why they offer the WinPE approach, as it is well established that it works for a wider variety of hardware, has better network support, etc. What precisely is Acronis hiding from anyone? The Acronis WinPE ISO Builder saves a great deal of work for people who are freaked out about the command line interface - you have to enter just ONE command to set the environment up to build a basic WinPE ISO with True Image. It is part of the Acronis advertised Plus Pack. I feel it should be the first approach tried. If this approach is not at least tried, it is simply not Acronis's fault - they have made the tools available. Acronis documention stresses test your bootable media, gives lots of options to try. I don't believe it is ever claimed that ONE boot CD will work for all hardware under all cases on all systems for all users.
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I do do backups of complete disk images to a MyBook World 1 TB drive from four different computers. I have restored from the NAS to one of those computers using the boot CD. I have also tested a restore with the other three computers by booting from the CD, finding the .tib files on the NAS, and going as far as "proceed" but not actually proceeding. I'm using Windows 7 32 bit on 3 computers and Windows XP on the fourth. I'm connected through a Linksys WRT610N gigabit router. Based on my experience I'd say the issue is not with your NAS but with the Linux drivers in the boot CD not recognizing something in your hardware.
I would follow the other advice given and make a BartPE or WinPE boot disc. I made a BartPE disc in the past and it was very simple. I've used it to make images from my laptop.
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Hello all,
Thank you all for your posts!
thomasjk, Gary Darsey and Peregrine, thank you very much for your assistance! We really appreciate it!
Peter Carlson,
I am terribly sorry for the inconvenience. I found your support case where you were working with our Expert support engineer on this issue. In your last e-mail you replied that the issue was resolved. Were you able to fix this by changing settings of your NAS drive or accessing your NAS device through a UNC path?
phoebe,
I would really like to help you with this, but can you please provide more information regarding this issue? Additional screenshots would greatly help as well. You can also contact our support directly and with the help of our Expert team we can resolve this issue!
We do not force the WinPe media on our customers, but we always suggest it as a temporary workaround until we resolve issues with the regular media. This tutorial by Gary Darcy is very helpful because it lists all the necessary steps in great detail.
Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Thank you.
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