Backup the Operating System on Pcie HD type
volevo sapere se è stato superato il problema dell'impossibilità di fare il backup del Sistema Operativo quando questo è installato su un hard disk del tipo Pcie. Sono diversi anni che nonostante io riceva ampio supporto da Acronis, questo problema non è mai stato risolto, e aggiungo forse ignorato da Acronis stessa. Per entrare nel merito, l'hard disk di tipo Pcie ha bisogno di essere riconosciuto prima del ripristino, e cioè deve essere installato con un software fornito dal produttore del disco. Durante la procedura del ripristino di Acronis, non è prevista l'installazione del disco, per cui il ripristino non può proseguire in quanto il disco non viene riconosciuto, (non viene visto). Tutti i tentativi per superare questa difficoltà sono sempre falliti.
grazie per ogni contributo alla discussione, Rolando
Roland, yes you can backup your Windows OS which is installed on PCIe M.2 SSD type drives using the latest ATIH 2017 (and 2016) build versions.
When you perform the backup from within Windows, then this will have full access to all the integrated device support to recognise the PCIe drive.
When you need to restore / recover your Windows OS from a backup drive back to the PCIe drive, then you need to use the MVP Tool - Custom ATI WINPE Builder tool to create the Windows PE version of the Acronis Rescue Media - see the link in my signature below.
If your PCIe drive is configured to use RAID mode, then you will need to use the Advanced version of the MVP Builder which can inject the Intel RST drivers needed for RAID support.
You should test the WinPE Rescue media by booting your computer from it and confirming that you can see the PCIe drive correctly to allow for a recovery to that drive.
dear Steve for a moment I wil thank You, obviously it is not so easy to do for an other time the restore of the system, I will do it when it will be necessary. But I tell you that when i tryed for many time to restore the system, also doing exactly what you wrote above (then you need to use the MVP Tool - Custom ATI WINPE Builder tool to create the Windows PE version of the Acronis Rescue Media) the restore did not begin. It is only a difference of my Pcie HD and that you wrote: my HD are "OCZ RevoDrive X2 PCI-Express SSD", you are thinking a "PCIe M.2 SSD", and I don't know the difference, only that I made the same test on different PC, and never was possible to restore the system.
thx Rolando
Rolando,
Actually you are correct in all but one thing, your Revo drive simply needs the driver to be injected into the WinPE media which is what the MVP tool allows you to do. You add the driver to the drivers folder then build the media and the MVP tool will inject the drivers you added to the media build. That will allow you to see and work with your drive. You should give it a try!
Dear Steve Smith & Enchantech
In fact I have already tried to follow all the directions you give me, but unfortunately the restore did not start because the disk OCZ RevoDrive X2 PCI-Express SSD was not recognized, forcing me every time to format the HD with great time to reinstall any software that was previously installed, even though I got extensive support from Acronis.
My best regards and thanks, rolando
Rolando, when you created the MVP version of the WinPE Rescue Media, have you added in the device drivers for your OCZ RevoDrive X2 PCI-Express SSD, and if so, what exactly did you do in this respect? Did you extract the drivers so that the .INF & .SYS files etc could be found to be added?
Rolando,
Ditto Steve here. There should not be any issue with the MVP WinPE tool created media if the drivers are in fact present in the media.
Steve I have 2 PC with win7 ultimate, one with OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 PCI-Express SSD, the other with OCZ RevoDrive X2 PCI-Express SSD, both provided with his driver, which I have to install before anything else to install HD same. Only this way can you install the O.S. After, if I try to backup the O.S. with Acronis, following the instructions on using WinPE, indicated by Acronis via email, when I try to restore the O.S., this step fails because no HD is detected. I have tried this many times, losing several days. I also tried to backup and restore my notebook that has a Pcie HD and I had the same problem. In the latter case, fortunately I created before a recovery backup, as indicated by the notebook itself, otherwise I would need to repair the notebook at the service center. This notebook is not provided by the HD driver from the manufacturer, making it clear that Acronis can not be used on it.
Thx Rolando
Rolando, when you say: "OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 PCI-Express SSD / OCZ RevoDrive X2 PCI-Express SSD, both provided with his driver, which I have to install before anything else to install HD same. Only this way can you install the O.S." I am not sure that I understand what you are saying here? How can you install the driver for these SSD drives if you have not already installed the OS?
Steve, I think he needs to boot the Windows installation DVD and use the load driver option to add the driver for the SSD before the SSD is detected. Then the install can continue.
Paul, thanks for the clarification, but this would suggest that he has the correct working device drivers to be added to the MVP WinPE media, so would expect that if he takes the correct Advanced option for the builder script, that this should collect the drivers from his system automatically (using Double Driver?), assuming of course that he is creating the MVP WinPE media on the same system.
The problem could be related to the language of the system. The proper driver should be added to the WinPE being used. In the MVP Tool WinPE, the driver can be manually added to the Drivers_Custom folder.
In the meantime, I thank Paul & Steve, unfortunately I could not understand Paul's last message because of my bad English
thank you again