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creating backup of windows 8.1

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I have used acronis true image (2009 and 2011) in the past and actually used them to also recover the pc to where it was when the hard drives failed.

I have a new desktop pc running windows 8.1 64 bit and did make a backup right after getting this software but I had selected the "entire pc" option.

I just noticed that there is also a disks and partitions option in addition to the entire pc option. Should I be making the backups using the Entire PC option or the Disks and Partitions option so that if I do have a hard drive problem and need to replace the hard drive I can simply put the new hard drive in, insert the disc I made and restore my pc to where it was before the hard drive failure.

Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks So Very Much

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Also, any suggestions on how I set up my account so that when I start a new post/question the option to be notified when someone replies. I am not seeing that option when I initially post the questions but if I go back to my post the option is there but I need to add a comment in order to click the Notify Me When Someone Replies / when new comments are posted.

Thanks Again :)

To answer the second part of your question, click on My account and then click on Edit, the option to have automatic notifications is there.

Thanks, I will do that now. And now to find out what the difference is between the entire pc backup and doing the disks and partitions backup. I ended up creating both - but should I have a hard drive failure and need to use my backup to get up and running again once I install a new hard drive, I need to know exactly which one I should be using.

Thanks Again :)

With a failed hard drive you need a complete disk image, especially if that is the drive that contains the OS.

Thanks! So the entire pc backup that I made is exactly what I should be doing. I thought that was correct, but I just wanted to bbe sure. Especially since in the other versions I have used in the past I was always doing an entire backup - and do not recall there being an option for disks and partitions.

Thanks Again :)

Colin B wrote:

To answer the second part of your question, click on My account and then click on Edit, the option to have automatic notifications is there.

Colin, I haven't been getting notices of any further responses in threads that I post to- but I had never gone to My Account to do as you suggest- just did that and saw that automatic notifications was checked, but maybe it's necessary to go to Edit and do a Save before that option is really implemented; so I'll now see.

thanks for the tip
Joe