Do I need to recreate this image?
Yesterday, I was creating a FULL image (I do this at the beginning of each month) of my system (Acronis True Image 11 Home) and at approximately the 84% level, I received a popup console advising there was insufficient space on the destination drive (or something to that effect!)/Disk Error with the options being: clear the destination drive/free up space on the destination drive (or words to that effect) and select RETRY or CANCEL.
I navigated to the destination drive and deleted some previous month's images/archives and then selected retry.
The operation completed successfully but there were two .tib files created. The files were SAPPHIRE1.tib (@12:20pm)and SAPPHIRE2.tib (@12:25 pm). I have never seen this before!
I VALIDATED the image (by selecting SAPPHIRE2.tib) and the process was reported as successful.
My question/concern is whether this would be a good/valid/usable image or should I remove/delete it and create another FULL backup/image??
Any and all input/direction/assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
John A.
Thanks for the response. I don't want to be labelled as "paranoid" but does the fact that I selected the SAPPHIRE2.tib for validation also include the SAPPHIRE1.tib as validated???
By that I mean, if one had, say, four (4) .tib files as part of an archive, and selected XXXX4.tib (being the most recent image of an archive/or the latest in a series of archives) for validation - would the other three (3) previous images also be part of the validation process??
Sorry to be so "finicky" but I've not been able to find any material/info on whether or not the validation process includes RETROGRESSION as part of procedure.
Thank you again for all help offered.
Regards,
John A.
BTW, I' m running XP SP3!
If TI recognizes the selected file as part of a multi-file image it will validate all of the images making up the archive regardless of which one is selected to initiate the validate command.
I don't like "unexpected things" happening so if it were my system, I'd ensure there is enough space and recreate the image. It certainly might be OK but its only time to create another.
Thanks for your reply, Seekforever!
I had decided to do just exactly what you suggested but I appreciate your input. I guess it's better to be safe than sorry, right?
Thanks again.
John A.
When there is any kind of problem during a backup that requires prompting the user for a response, ATI basically closes off the files it is backing up and continues by making an incremental backup for the rest.
Suppose you are making mybackupfile.tib and get an out of space warning, so you go and delete some old files on the same target disk to free up some space and then click retry/continue in ATI. ATI will close mybackupfile.tib as mybackupfile1.tib and finish backing up by making an incremental file called mybackupfile2.tib.
If you don't want a backup session stored in multiple files, you'll have to rerun the backup from scratch. but it's not necessary, a backup with a base file and an ic file is just as good as a single file.
However, if you haven't already, you should do a test restore to be sure that the BootCd recognizes all your drives- at least go up to but not including the last proceed step. Everyone should do this at least once when a new version is installed.
Hi Scott:
Your additional input/instruction was very much appreciated. The test restore tip is especially interesting and one that I shall incorporate into my backup Procedure.
Thanks again!
John A.
The test restore doesn'thave to be done every time. It's jsut to confirm that the BootCD can recognize your hardware. If your hardware doesn't change and your ATi version doesn't change, then once the test has been done, repetition won't really tell you much.
Some folks like to do it once in a while just for comfort. If you have a psare drive, you can do a complete restore and feel really comfortable (assuming all goes well) ;)