Create bootable media
I've just done this and have two questions:
1. The screen present during the burning process says 'no auto-start configured.' I do not remember seeing a prompt for same? Does this mean that I'd have to navigate to the DVD and manually double click an .exe file?
If so, I'm not sure this is so good. You could end up with a defective OS to where you could not navigate to the drive?
2. The image that I would need to retrieve is on my wife' xp computer connected to my Win7 computer--peer to peer. Has this boot media copied all the networking information so that I will merely need to point and shoot at the file or is there something else that I need to do regarding the boot DVD for the restore to be as simple as possible?
3. Is the option to add the boot sequence manager a good idea--I have zero understanding of what the thing means?
Mark
I've just done this and have two questions:
1. The screen present during the burning process says 'no auto-start configured.' I do not remember seeing a prompt for same?.
Perhaps this is your reference. If you select the TrueImage as the selection, the time option becomes available for checking. What this does is on CD bootup, you can make TI to autostart TrueImage in x seconds. Without a selection, the default is usually to reboot into Windows after a short delay.
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Understood.
However, my primary concern being that the boot CD would not retain the necessary information to locate my archive across the peer to peer network was realized in the extreme.
I tested the boot CD that I had created yesterday, this morning. Once booted I had the option of Windows or TI full which I selected. I then selected Recovery--disk.
Then a small window with a clock appeared saying 'processing.' After 16 minutes and 20 seconds the screen was still processing. There was no application ability to exit. I had to turn off the computer?
To say that I'm incredibly put off is a mild understatement.
Btw, although I always check the box to notify me--the board never does?
Mark
When you say peer to peer, can you elaborate? I am guessing you are talking about a regular windows share?
The Linux version of ATI that you have on the CD doesn't support all what Windows support. It should find network shares though. Can you browse to your backup file from the CD?
Yes, it's a straightforward Win7--XP computer share.
How would I 'browse' from the CD? I do not remember seeing such an option on the Acronis screen post boot?
Mark
You can browse for a backup on local disks or network shares, then unfold the network folder like you would do in Windows, etc.
I don't remember the UI with certainty from the top of my head. You might have to click restore in the left panel and take it from there...
Thanks--my computer does see my wife's and the archives.
This is in preparation for my doing a clean install of Win7 64 bit. I currently have the 32 bit version installed. If all should go south, I want to be sure I've got a good path backward.
After I install the new OS on this hard drive I plan on replacing it with a much larger drive. If I image the newly installed OS will Acronis have any problem restoring that image to a different, larger drive?
Mark
No, restoring to a larger drive is pretty straightforward. There is a good guide here:
http://forum.acronis.com/sites/default/files/forum/2009/08/3426/gh_acro…
Thanks--the guide is good.
Don't know how free you are to express an opinion here but...
Regarding the $17.99 offer to upgrade from '10 to '11, reading the info on the website I can't find any compelling reason to do the upgrade. Is there something that I'm missing?
Mark
If ATI 2010 is working fine for you, stick with it. That would be my recommendation. 2011 improved some features like T&D, but I am not a big fan of them. Clearly 2010 users tend to hate the UI of 2011, but I like it. There are many quirks and bugs in 2011. No showstopper for core imaging.