TIH 2011 Update 0.5 Likes and Dislikes
Well, I have finally made my first test with TIH 2011 ud 0.5. after Uninstalling TIH 2010.
Running TIH 2011 w/ latest update and Plus Pack
Computer: Intel Quad, 4 gig mem, 3 Sata Drives, 1 XP Pro, 1 Win7/64, Data/Backup Drive
Likes:
1. TIH 2011 discovered every single one of my TIH 2010 Backups and made them available to recover in 2011.... I tested one data recovery to a different destination and it was perfect.
2. TIH 2011 Backup Speed seems a bit faster.
3. Ability to EDIT the Backup scheme for all of the 2010 recovered backups.
4. Installation went without a hitch.
Dislikes:
1. Not sure I really like the way the "My Backups" are presented. The display is too big, takes too much room. I have quite a few backups of different areas of 2 system drives plus the entire partition for both. The backed up list extends for quite a bit which involves quite a bit of scrolling up and down.
Suggested Fix: User available themes for displaying the "My Backups" list....
Include smaller fonts, user choices for sorting Alphabetic by title, date created or verified. A theme approach might be a great idea.
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So far, I am impressed with the TIH 2011 operation although I am a bit apprehensive about the Plus Pack ability to create and restore to a disk on a different hardware platform.
I'll have more as I test the baby.....
Steve
Perdido Beach, AL
Andrey,
Thank you for your comments.
I currently have 13 items in the "My Backups" list. Being able to collapse into a more viewable form would be a most welcomed addition.
Also, sorting by backup title would also be very nice. I organize my backups by title, so that I can find them quickly if I need to create a new Incremental Backup or recover data.
As I look at my 13 items right now, I see they are listed in Disk then file backup and newest to oldest. That is good but we really need a way to see the listing in 2 or 3 ways.
I think, resizing the listing, giving us several choices in how to view the list would make the product much easier to use.
One other item that I forgot to mention....
It there a way to change the Default Backup location from "My Backups" to anonther location. I already had an area dedicated to Acronis Backups... In my case, TIH2011 ver .05 located and used pre-existing backups on a data only backup disk, however, it did create a new default location called "My Backups" on that same disk.
Many Thanks for your consideration
Steve
Perdido Beach, AL
I second Steve's views as well. Agree that the My backups section takes too much screen space and the fonts are too big. Also miss the ability to sort the backup list (you could have a simple drag a drop sort option) and to group the backups into simple categories or trees.
All-in-all I think the TIH 2010 interface was much more logical. TIH 2011's interface was probably meant to be more intuitive but it accomplished it at the expense of being logical. Would very much appreciate a theme / mask that would allow me to revert to the 2010 style.