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Truecrypt - barebones and file restore

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Here's the problem.

We use Truecrypt. All of our machines use full disk encryption. We have just purchased one copy of Acronis Trueimage for testing.

We want to have encrypted backups.

If I want to do a bare bones restore from a true crypt disk do I have to use the disk backup option? Do I have to select sector by sector? It seems to take a very long time.

If I use the File backup option does that include the system state etc?

What have those needing the same solution done?

Thanks

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Since you use full disk encryption, you have 2 options:
- backup your computers using the recovery CD and do a sector by sector disk and partition backup. There is no need to encrypt the backup since the data is backed up in encrypted status. When you restore, you have to restore using the recovery CD.
- backup your computers from Windows. That data is backed up in a decrypted state. You then have to encrypt the backup file. When you restore, you have to restore using the recovery CD. Your will have to blank the disk prior to the restore to create new MBR. Your data will be restored in unencrypted, and you may have to repair the startup of Windows. After Windows is up and running, you will have to rencrypt the disk.

Thanks for the reply.

If I choose option 2 - Backup from Windows.
If I understand you correctly you are saying that I don't need to select sector by sector?

Do I need a Truecrypt cd in addition to the recovery CD? If I understand correctly I don't because the data is backed up unencrypted until I choose the encrypt option from with Acronis.

Thanks again.

Option 2 doesn't need sector-by-sector because, as it's open in Windows, it is unencrypted and will be backed up as unencrypted.

Data in the .tib backup archive will be unencrypted, so can be opened with True Image.