Bootable Media vs Installed
I have used Acronis TIH 2010 successfully to backup, restore and adjust sizes of my partitions. It works wonderfully on my Windows and Debian GNU/Linux (ext3) dual boot system. Now I am testing if it would work for me to move to a single boot Linux system by running Windows7 in a VirtualBox inside Debian Linux. I'd run the Virtual Machine for the Windows-only programs I'd like to keep, Photoshop Elements and ViewNX 2. Acronis is one also but stands alone because it can be run as bootable media. I never use the bootable media, always the installed Acronis because the literature said, if I recall correctly, it doesn't run as well inside a recovery environment, but maybe that just means it has less features and your mouse interface may be effected etc. A wired mouse works fine with Acronis TIH from boot media, and it gives the features I need which is partition backups. My Acronis boot disc is updated and does boot both my Desktop and Laptop. I just found out that Acronis TIH 2010 will be of no use installed inside my Windows7 VirtualBox Machine to backup even my host machine's ext3 partitions from over a network VM setup. And Linux "file backup" has never been supported. So Acronis bootable media is my only option if I single boot with Debain, but please correct me if I'm wrong.
Before I take the plunge. Is Acronis TIH 2010 running from bootable media in any way inferior to installed Acronis if all I want to do is backup or recover full ext3 partitions?
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Since the bootcd is the only option if your hdisk goes south, you really need to test the bootcd in any case -- every ati user should make and test the bootcd.
I have known cases where the bootcd would not restore on a w7 64 machine but the restore would work if started from within ati - - go figure. . .
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That I did not know. Thank you for sharing your experience, it helped a lot. I will try to keep a Windows partition for an Acronis installation, it has no equal.
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