Unclear From Help As To Partition And Backup's Purpose?
I have used Acronis products in the past and I have found them to be a great back-up program but I have to say that your Help section of acronis 2013,well,is not very helpful- as to what is the actual purpose of each back-up system. I used the 'partition and backup' part, and all I want to know is: does this make an image, so if my computer won't boot, it will restore everything to it's previous state(from this back-up) after I reinstall the operating system from a crash? (And obviously re-installing your program after the operating system to obtain the back-up on a seperate drive).
nodjnottoow
If you are new to 2013, the links below may be of assistance. Also, the help menus along the left margin of this webpage.
Thanks for the quick responses guys and the help.It's just with this version compared to the other version I use to use, it's a bit tricky understanding exactly what each process is doing. With the other version I had, even though it was a bit harder to get the backup going, it was still clear as to what it was going to do.When I used it back then, over about 6 years that I had it, the system crashed twice and both times I just reinstalled the XP operating system,then I would install acronis, get access to the image file, and the whole system was exactly back to where it was prior to the crash,including the operating system, the registry,all the files,all the drivers,everything, exactly the same.
This was really my question?
When I used it back then, over about 6 years that I had it, the system crashed twice and both times I just reinstalled the XP operating system,then I would install acronis, get access to the image file, and the whole system was exactly back to where it was prior to the crash,including the operating system, the registry,all the files,all the drivers,everything, exactly the same.
This was really my question?
Even with your old version, you were making the restore much harder (and take a lot longer) than necessary. You only needed to create a bootable CD (Rescue Media) and boot your system to the CD, then restore your backup. There was/is no need to re-install the Windows OS or True Image to restore from your backup.
The newer version of True Image works basically the same as before. If you do a disk based backup, you can restore your system from the backup, including Windows OS, registry,etc. just as in the older version.
James
Thanks. Yeah you are right there, it was the long way round. I'm a bit wiser now about making a rescue disk.
Thanks too again for the quick help. So yes, using the 'disk and partition' part is the right way to go, and I also noticed last night you can make this backup type bootable as well,which is fantastic.
Acronis got me out of a lot of trouble years ago so that's why I've chosen it again. It's a very reliable and stable backup system.
Thanks again.
You are correct in using the disk/partition backup option, but be sure to select all of the partitions (in partition mode) on your system drive, or use disk mode to be sure are all the partitions are included in the backup.
You can only make CD/DVD/USB flash drive backup destinations bootable, but I would not recommend depending on that feature. It is always best to create separate CD/DVD/USB flash drive bootable Rescue Media for use during restore/recovery.
Be sure to test that you are able to boot to the Rescue Media, and that you can see all of your drives (source and destination) while booted to the Rescue Media.
James