Bootable Media - Why do WE have to make it?
I presently have True Image 2014, and had several earlier versions. All worked well, although the later versions made the (once) simple dialogs more confusing, there was another fine advantage to the earlier versions. Earlier versions came on a bootable CD, which could be used to recover, to a blank HD, the complete True Image backup. With this version, we have to create a bootable CD, and I'm not a IT Pro, so the instructions leave me lost. Why doesn't Acronis come (as in the past) on a (not additional cost) bootable CD? It was so easy in the past.
Karl,
I understand that you might have problems with the instructions on creating the bootable media. Hopefully this will help in your understanding of the process:
The above screenshot shows the selections available when you select the Tools option from the left menu in the True Image application. Select the Rescue Media Builder tool to continue to create bootable media.
This screenshot shows your choices in creating Recovery Media. The easiest here is of course the Simple method.
This screenshot shows your choices of the types of media available for creation. The last two choices are the easiest here allowing for creation to a CD/DVD drive or a USB Flash Drive. I prefer to use the Flash Drive option as it provides the easiest solution in my opinion. Lets see what will happen however if I choose to create a CD.
This screenshot shows my selection of CD creation. Note that the Media type is WinRE based which provides the best driver support for a modern day PC. Also note that the space required is 758.3 MB In this case a CD will not have the necessary capacity to create the media so a DVD would need to be used.
This screenshot shows the result of attempt to create the media on a CD. Not enough disk space.
This screenshot shows that a USB Thumb Drive has been inserted into the PC. Note that the drive name, WINPE will be different for you because here I have inserted an already created Recovery Media on the thumb drive I am using for this screenshot.
This screenshot shows that I have selected to create the media on the USB Thumb drive. Clicking on the Proceed button will begin the media creation process. A progress bar at the bottom of this window will show you what is happening during the media creation. Upon completion your screen will change and should show that the media was created successfully.. Some additional instructions will also be displayed which you should take the time to read as well.
If you use a USB flash drive for this purpose you must use a blank formatted drive as the Media Builder Tool will not format the disk for you. Formatting must be done as FAT32.