Bootable rescue Media (CD)
If I have Acronis True Image Home 10 installed on several computers, will the same Bootable rescue CD that I made on one of them work on all the computers or do I have to make one specific to each computer?
Hello all!
Thank you for sharing your concern with us, let me help you with the current question.
Fungus is correct, but not in all statements.
You can create the Acronis Bootable Rescue Media on one machine and use it on the others, just please note that according to the Acronis License Policy you will need one license for one computer your are going to backup or restore.
There should not be any issues with usage except the following situations:
- You are trying to recover the image created with the next version of the software (True Image recovering the image of the Acronis Backup and Recovery).
- You are trying to recover the unsupported OS (True Image home will not recover the Server OS)
These are the limitations of the product itself, in other cases everything should be just fine, and the Acronis Bootable Rescue Media is compatible with any hardware, and should there be any issues, we easily resolve them.
I would appreciate if you could share your concerns and questions with us - we will be happy to clarify.
Thank you!
I'm requesting some clarification.
If I have Vista x32; x64; and XP will one CD work for all three OSs? I do have licenses for all 4 of my computers.
I am using True Home 11.0 8101.
Thanks
James
The CD boots up in Linux and doesn't care what the normal operating system is. TI looks at data in sectors. Do your backups when booted from the TI CD and boot using the same CD to do your restores.
Fungus
I am a little puzzled by this suggestion about "doing backups when booted from the TI CD and boot using the same CD to do your restores". I was under the impression that what Acronis actually recommends is something else, namely, the preferred method is to always restore from a Windows environment whenever possible, and to resort to the bootable rescue media only if this approach is not feasible. Maybe I was wrong all along.
And what about doing one's backups "when booted from the TI CD"? I never did it that way either. I do a regular Windows boot and then do all my backups from the Acronis application located in my hard drive. What would be the possible benefits from doing a backup after booting with the TI CD or the rescue media, as suggested in the previous post?
Thanks for any clarification.
Cheers
LinYu,
Both methods should work fine (backup/restore from windows or from the CD).
Restore: you will see the vast majority of the experienced users prefer to restore from the CD, and actually making 100% sure they can do it. This is the only way you can restore your system if your disk dies (think of the ASZ as well: if your ASZ is on your main disk, make sure you have a backup copy of the backup). There is nothing wrong with restoring from Windows. Just make sure you CAN restore from the CD!
Backup: Most users back up from Windows (easier to manage, schedule, etc.). Backing up from the CD is sometimes perceived as being faster than from Windows. It also helps address the point made above: if you can backup from the CD, there is added assurance you can restore from it as well.