How does ATI 2010 or 2011 compare to tools in Win 7 Pro?

The format in XP does not align partitions. Microsoft only started this with Vista. SSDs and 4K disks need alignment.

For Acronis check if you get your partitions restored aligned with 2010. If not do the same with 2011 - there it should work.

But I warn you - the GUI in 2011 is a nightmare - at least from my point of view.

My experience with Windows Backup in Windows 7 is that it simply isn't reliable, particularly when it comes to unattended backups. Problems range from failing to create the backup at the appointed time to corruption of the backup store rendering it unusable.

My experience with Acronis on Windows 7 hasn't been perfect, but I've always been able to restore both disk/partition images and files from file level backups without problem.

John Monter wrote:

The format in XP does not align partitions. Microsoft only started this with Vista. SSDs and 4K disks need alignment.

For Acronis check if you get your partitions restored aligned with 2010. If not do the same with 2011 - there it should work.

But I warn you - the GUI in 2011 is a nightmare - at least from my point of view.

I was comparing ATI2011 with the backup/imaging tools built into Windows 7 (not XP). Do the tools in Windows 7 align partitions?

Do I need ATI if all I want to do is image and restore partitions (at boot time)?

I am not interested in continuous backups etc. In fact, all I used in my older XP system was the boot_time disk for ATI2010.

What does ATI2011 do in that regard that Windows 7 does not?

Thanks