Acronis True Image 2018 Backup Questions
I am new to Acronis TI and I am trying to determine the best way to back up my Windows 7 PC. I have about 420 GB (C:\) of total space occupied on a 1 TB drive. My backup target target drive (G:\) is a WD external SATA 1 TB drive. I have discovered that most backup schemes require about twice the space of the source, so I have decided to do single full backups on a monthly basis for system recovery and documents, pictures, etc. on a more frequent basis using Robocopy. Here are some of my questions based on my experience so far:
- The Acronis TI software does not recognize my external drive as being external, but as a internal drive G:\. After posting a warning that it is not recommended to backup to the same drive, I was able to backup to G:\. After the first trial, I noticed the backup .tib file included other files that were the target drive, as well as C:\. I was concerned this would cause a problem with overwriting other data during recovery, so I deleted this backup and started over by including G:\ in the exclusions. Should I be concerned about the software not recognizing the target as an external drive?
- I was somewhat disappointed that the Acronis TI software doesn’t give you an estimate of the size and total time at the outset, so that you could decide whether to proceed with the backup, or make changes in the options or schedule based on that information. Is there a way to determine the size and time it will take before starting a backup?
- I noticed that when the software begins to display the time remaining, percent completed and the size of the backup during the process, these values seem to be incorrect. For instance, when backing up my C:\ drive of 420 GB, the software shows 335 GB backed up and only 33 % complete. According to the size, the backup should be approximately 75% complete. In addition, it seems to take way too long to complete a backup. According to the displayed time remaining, it will take over 48 hours to back up my 420 GB. Is this correct or am I doing something wrong or misinterpreting this information?
Thank you for your help.


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En réponse à Harry, what kind of backup… par truwrikodrorow…

OK... I didn't think of this. Will this give me the capability to recover my entire PC, including all programs if my system crashes and I can't boot C:\? I have created an Acronis recovery disk for this situation.
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If you have no other internal drives but for C: and all your programs are there, you should be fine. When you create the backup task, select Disks and Partitions and select the entire C: drive, which should automatically select all partitions on the drive.
FYI, I have a C: drive for my system storing the OS and programs. I also have a D: drive with data. I use separate backup tasks for each. I do a Disks and Partitions backup of C:. I do a File and Folders backup of D:.
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Harry, short answer is Yes (to your question).
Please see article: How to Back Up a Hard Drive and Restore Your Computer which covers a whole lot more details behind your question.
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Thanks BrunoC! I am doing the C: drive backup now. Says about 30 hours for 421 GB!
After that is done, I will look into backing up documents, pictures, videos, etc., differentially.
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Hi
BrunoC said “I have a C: drive for my system storing the OS and programs. I also have a D: drive with data. I use separate backup tasks for each”
I’ve been using the Signal Version backup scheme for my C-Drive. As you know it deletes the previous version after creating a newer one and validating it. When I tried to create another signal version of my D-Drive it deleted my C-Drive backup. Is there a way I can use the signal version to back up my (C and D) drives separately?
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Steven, I would not expect your Single version backup scheme for your D-Drive to cause your C-Drive backup to be deleted.
I would recommend making two new backup tasks, one for your C and one for you D drive, ensuring that each backup destination is different ideally, i.e. to 2 separate folders, one for each drive, making sure that each task name is also different and unique (not the same as any previous names you have used).
Unless you have a real issue with space on your destination drive, then there should be no reason to limit your backups to Single versions only, and it can be an advantage to having several recent backup versions.
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Thanks. I will try that.
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