Can Acronis use a different user credential to do backup?
HI. I'm running Acronis true imagine 2019 Build 18100 (home user). I have it installed on my desktop PC (Win10) and use it to back up two local drives no issues. Recently I got a new (used) laptop (win10). I've shared the C drive on the laptop and have it mounted as a network drive "L:" on my desktop. I'm trying to setup a backup of this network drive. Basically the whole C: drive on the laptop.
I can setup the back up, but when it runs it gets to some system or other protected file (i.e. /program files/winapps, etc..) and stops with an error. Note: some of these protected system files/folders I can't even get to as a local admin on the laptop. If I run the backup manually I can simply "skip all" and the backup will proceed to the end. But I'd like to schedule this overnight. Currently I just get a set of emails about "waiting for user input" if I try.
When I look at the backups for the local drives on the desktop these same folders exist are are backed up no problem. So locally Acronis overrides any permission problems.
I have the same user "jim" and password "1234" on both my desktop and laptop. What I was thinking might work was to create a new user "backup_dude" on the laptop and place him in the backup group. I'm thinking since the backup group is allowed to ignore all security permission on files/folders this might get around it. To do this when I run Acronis I would need to be able to become, or access the network drive as this backup_dude. I see no way to set a login/password in Acronis. I have no desire to be logged into my desktop as "backup_dude". I'm not sure what non-admin features I may loose.
So does anyone have any thoughts on this?
Thanks
Jim M.


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Steve,
Thanks for the quick response. Yeah, OK you confirmed what I suspected. I was trying to "cheat" by using my desktop to do a full disk backup on my laptop. I figured there might be issues. And there are. Oh well. The laptop is really just a secondary machine for camping/vacations. I'm setting it up to look as much like my desktop as practical. I've setup a sync program for the main folders my wife and I use between the two machines.
I've been using Acronis for a good 10-12 years now. The only reason I still use it is a convenient to keep all my pictures and music backed up vs the old days of coping everything to CD's/DVD's. And when I just replaced both hard disks with SSD's I just did a "bare metal" recovery and was up an running quickly. Now that I think of it I have 2-3 old versions laying around. Maybe I'll install one of those on the laptop since I only need basic backup features.
Thanks again.
Jim M.
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