Did "WINPE" Plugin in ATI2014 Media Add-on get updated to #6673?
EDIT: Never mind. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to tell what build Media Add-on was until I installed it first. But it was easy to confirm that Media Add-on is updated to build 6673. Cool.
Thanks
I notice of course that ATI2014 in W7 is updated to build #6673
Also I see bootable media is build #6673
Does anybody know if the WINPE plug-in included in ATI2014 Media Add-on was also updated to build #6673? Otherwise I'll be forced to build CD with the previous build (#6614) and take my chances....
Thank you GroverH! Duly noted.
With respect to the WINPE version and for that matter, the bootable media disk version of ATI2014 Build 6673: I notice that both do =NOT= indicate an option for "Disk Mode" when desiring to perform a straightforward image of the (Reserved/C:\) disk. When I backup in Windows, I always make a "FULL" image in the "Disk Mode" option---wham-bam-thank you-mam! Easy as pie! However, if I make a backup in the WINPE enivironment OR using the Acronis TI boot disk, I can only perform "partition" backups.
When and if it becomes necessary to recover from an image backup (made in disk mode), I understand that it's straightforward...nearly idiot proof. But what about those backups ("partition backups" I'm forced to make when I use, the WINPE plug-in/boot media version. Will they lay right back down and boot up to Windows without much fuss? Or do I have to worry about such things as which partition (reserved or C:\) should be recovered first and the 1mg offset thingy....and blah blah blah blah blah?
Thanks.
When performong backups v ia the CD, if you check the box beside disk 1 (or your system disk), you have the equiv of a disk option because all partitions will become auto-cheched after the disk box is checked.
Boot to the CD and begin the steps to do a disk option restore with the selected item is to be the disk 1 as per this picture. Then continue to the next screen which should be the target disk selection screen (also the "recover disk signature" screen). You should get to the the target screen while bypassing the partitions configuration screens. When you get to done looking, click the CANCEL screen to end the simulation. Backup Restore Backing up using the TI CD
CD disk option backup
CD disk option restore
Much obliged!
Speaking strictly about making back ups from the CD/WINPE.....
for example, on MY home machine, it so happens that System Reserve and Windows (C:\ partition) are technically on DISK 1 (==not disk 0 as per normal==). That's Windows 7 designation! But Acronis TI "may" (I don't recall) identify installed disks starting with the number "1", then "2", etc. So in my case, "System Reserve/C:\" would show up as disk "2" in Acronis TI 2014. I have no problems identifying my system disk anyhow certainly by label. Ok, that's settled. I know which disk I want to back up in the ATI2014 CD (WINPE). So far so good.
Now to be clear, when I boot to the CD, continuing our example, and select the back up function, I will see an "empty" box right next to "disk 2" which I can click on and then follow the screens to do a back up. You're saying that this amounts to about the same thing as the "Disk Mode" option that I select in Windows 7 environment where I regularly do "disk mode" back ups? This is PRECISELY what you're saying, right?
Thank you for your patience.
Yes. I am saying that when booted to the CD and you check the disk box as to what is to be included within the backup, the input of the checkmark into the empty disk box will cause all other partition checkboxes to become checked and the result will be a "disk option" backup.
If when performing a restore, the same selection of the disk box (and resulting selection of all other partitions) will be considered a "disk option" restore. Whether the result will be an actual "disk option" restore will depend upon whether the backup being restored was created as a "disk option" backup (via CD or via Windows--either ok). A backup of each partiton individually is not considered to be a "disk option" backup.
In order to qualify as a "disk option" backup,
if using Windows mode, then the "select disk mode" option must be checked.
if booted into the CD, then the "disk"check box" must be the selected or checked item
(in eiiher method, all partitons must become checked as included within the backup.)
The pictures in posting #3 illustrate disk mode backup and disk mode restores as it relates what you see when booting to the CD.
How your disk is numbered is not a important factor as Windows and Linux determine numbers differently.
What is important is what is listed inside:
...such as number of partitions, the volume names assigned by you match exactly to those seen in Window and the CD; and other physical characteristics such as disk size and used space, etc.
So when booting to the CD it is important to select the correct disk based on those disk characteristics--not drive letters or disk numbers.
If you have not done so, you should assign names to your drive C such as "Win7-64_C"
and I personally always include my Windows drive letter as part of the volume name.
The name must have meaning or identification to you so you can use that as a matching characteristic when performing CD backups or CD restores.
When you have some reading time, I believe you would benefit by reviewing my link #3 below. It covers several variables but the principles remain the same. If you have not done so, I would recommend you keep a printout of your Windows Disk management graphical view as it shows the partititon sequences, which partition is the active partition, etc and various disk identification, etc.
Thank you. I feel a lot better.
You really do need to perform so tests for yourself so when a disaster strikes (and it will), you know how to handle the restore and confident that it will work. That only comes with practice. At the very least, so some practice simulation of the restore process and it is only practice up to the point where you must choose PROCCED or CANCEL OPTIONS. Always choose the cancel option when practicing.
also do a restore of just a few files into a test folder. The practice will help you to feel more confident.
The disk option restore practice will also confirm that the backup will go straight from the selection of what is to be restored and go direct to the target disk selection screen, thus bypassing the configuration and placment of all the individual partitons. This skip over is one of the major advantages of the "disk mode" backup.
Finally, if you put off creating a Mustange PEBuilder2 CD, I would encourage you to get it done. Once you have created it once, the futures become much easier.