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Backup in Win7
I have been using Win XP in conjunction with Acronis Home Image. Acronis
creates complete drive images that can be restored in the future. Will the new backup facility built into Win 7 make Acronis redundant? Can Win 7 actually create storable and retrievable disk images of my C drive, that will restore my system at a later date ? That would be great. Thanks for any input -- Walter www.rationality.net - |
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Walter R. wrote:
I have been using Win XP in conjunction with Acronis Home Image. Acronis creates complete drive images that can be restored in the future. Will the new backup facility built into Win 7 make Acronis redundant? Can Win 7 actually create storable and retrievable disk images of my C drive, that will restore my system at a later date ? That would be great. Thanks for any input Why don't you try it and find out? M |
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"M" wrote in message ... Walter R. wrote: I have been using Win XP in conjunction with Acronis Home Image. Acronis creates complete drive images that can be restored in the future. Will the new backup facility built into Win 7 make Acronis redundant? Can Win 7 actually create storable and retrievable disk images of my C drive, that will restore my system at a later date ? That would be great. Thanks for any input Why don't you try it and find out? M Because I am just getting ready to install Win 7. |
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Walter R. wrote:
"M" wrote in message ... Walter R. wrote: I have been using Win XP in conjunction with Acronis Home Image. Acronis creates complete drive images that can be restored in the future. Will the new backup facility built into Win 7 make Acronis redundant? Can Win 7 actually create storable and retrievable disk images of my C drive, that will restore my system at a later date ? That would be great. Thanks for any input Why don't you try it and find out? M Because I am just getting ready to install Win 7. Perfect time. Install it and then make an image and see if it works. M |
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"Walter R." wrote in message ... I have been using Win XP in conjunction with Acronis Home Image. Acronis creates complete drive images that can be restored in the future. Will the new backup facility built into Win 7 make Acronis redundant? Can Win 7 actually create storable and retrievable disk images of my C drive, that will restore my system at a later date ? That would be great. Thanks for any input -- Walter www.rationality.net - Yes it will, I have tried it with an external hard disk in a usb enclosure. When you create the backup image Win7 will prompt you to make a Repair disk. If you haven't done so already create the Repair disk and burn to cd/DVD (120 M/B). To restore the image boot from the Repair disk, select your language, select 'Repair your computer' and select 'Windows Complete Restore'. It will scan for backup images and list them. My backup image of 22 G/B took 25 mins to complete. I haven't been able to backup to DVD so I don't know if that works. |
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"M" wrote in message ... Walter R. wrote: "M" wrote in message ... Walter R. wrote: I have been using Win XP in conjunction with Acronis Home Image. Acronis creates complete drive images that can be restored in the future. Will the new backup facility built into Win 7 make Acronis redundant? Can Win 7 actually create storable and retrievable disk images of my C drive, that will restore my system at a later date ? That would be great. Thanks for any input Why don't you try it and find out? M Because I am just getting ready to install Win 7. Perfect time. Install it and then make an image and see if it works. M You must be a little dense. Why should I pay $ 50 for a new Acronis program, necessary for Win 7, if Win 7 has the same facility built in. Dugh |
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Thank you, Dave. You just saved me $ 49.95 for a new Acronis program.
-- Walter www.rationality.net - "Dave-UK" Here@home wrote in message ... "Walter R." wrote in message ... I have been using Win XP in conjunction with Acronis Home Image. Acronis creates complete drive images that can be restored in the future. Will the new backup facility built into Win 7 make Acronis redundant? Can Win 7 actually create storable and retrievable disk images of my C drive, that will restore my system at a later date ? That would be great. Thanks for any input -- Walter www.rationality.net - Yes it will, I have tried it with an external hard disk in a usb enclosure. When you create the backup image Win7 will prompt you to make a Repair disk. If you haven't done so already create the Repair disk and burn to cd/DVD (120 M/B). To restore the image boot from the Repair disk, select your language, select 'Repair your computer' and select 'Windows Complete Restore'. It will scan for backup images and list them. My backup image of 22 G/B took 25 mins to complete. I haven't been able to backup to DVD so I don't know if that works. |
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"Dave-UK" Here@home wrote in message ... "Walter R." wrote in message ... I have been using Win XP in conjunction with Acronis Home Image. Acronis creates complete drive images that can be restored in the future. Will the new backup facility built into Win 7 make Acronis redundant? Can Win 7 actually create storable and retrievable disk images of my C drive, that will restore my system at a later date ? That would be great. Thanks for any input -- Walter www.rationality.net - Yes it will, I have tried it with an external hard disk in a usb enclosure. When you create the backup image Win7 will prompt you to make a Repair disk. If you haven't done so already create the Repair disk and burn to cd/DVD (120 M/B). To restore the image boot from the Repair disk, select your language, select 'Repair your computer' and select 'Windows Complete Restore'. It will scan for backup images and list them. My backup image of 22 G/B took 25 mins to complete. I haven't been able to backup to DVD so I don't know if that works. I'm not clear whether you actually applied the restore procedure and successfully restored your image. Did you, if so did your system function properly after restoring, and (again if so) how long did the restore take (in this case, knowing your processor and R/W speeds would help). Thanks, from a long-time Acronis user who expects sooner or later to face this choice. |
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"Anthony Buckland" wrote in message ... "Dave-UK" Here@home wrote in message ... "Walter R." wrote in message ... I have been using Win XP in conjunction with Acronis Home Image. Acronis creates complete drive images that can be restored in the future. Will the new backup facility built into Win 7 make Acronis redundant? Can Win 7 actually create storable and retrievable disk images of my C drive, that will restore my system at a later date ? That would be great. Thanks for any input -- Walter www.rationality.net - Yes it will, I have tried it with an external hard disk in a usb enclosure. When you create the backup image Win7 will prompt you to make a Repair disk. If you haven't done so already create the Repair disk and burn to cd/DVD (120 M/B). To restore the image boot from the Repair disk, select your language, select 'Repair your computer' and select 'Windows Complete Restore'. It will scan for backup images and list them. My backup image of 22 G/B took 25 mins to complete. I haven't been able to backup to DVD so I don't know if that works. I'm not clear whether you actually applied the restore procedure and successfully restored your image. Did you, if so did your system function properly after restoring, and (again if so) how long did the restore take (in this case, knowing your processor and R/W speeds would help). Thanks, from a long-time Acronis user who expects sooner or later to face this choice. I created a system image with Win7 some weeks ago. I created a repair disk at the same time. I booted from the repair disk about an hour ago and restored the image I had created some weeks ago. When the restore was finished the system rebooted. I then had a system that was some weeks old but fully functional. The image was 22 G/B and took 25 minutes to complete. To bring my system back to today's state I booted my BartPE disk and restored from my DriveImage XML (freeware) backup which I prefer as I have used that system for years and it works every time. |
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"Walter R." wrote in message ... "M" wrote in message ... Walter R. wrote: "M" wrote in message ... Walter R. wrote: I have been using Win XP in conjunction with Acronis Home Image. Acronis creates complete drive images that can be restored in the future. Will the new backup facility built into Win 7 make Acronis redundant? Can Win 7 actually create storable and retrievable disk images of my C drive, that will restore my system at a later date ? That would be great. Thanks for any input Why don't you try it and find out? M Because I am just getting ready to install Win 7. Perfect time. Install it and then make an image and see if it works. M You must be a little dense. Why should I pay $ 50 for a new Acronis program, necessary for Win 7, if Win 7 has the same facility built in. Dugh You led us to believe from your first line that you already owned ATI. Does the version you have not work with Win7? SC Tom |
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On 2009-11-12, Walter R. wrote:
"M" wrote in message ... Walter R. wrote: "M" wrote in message ... Walter R. wrote: I have been using Win XP in conjunction with Acronis Home Image. Acronis creates complete drive images that can be restored in the future. Will the new backup facility built into Win 7 make Acronis redundant? Can Win 7 actually create storable and retrievable disk images of my C drive, that will restore my system at a later date ? That would be great. Thanks for any input Why don't you try it and find out? M Because I am just getting ready to install Win 7. Perfect time. Install it and then make an image and see if it works. M You must be a little dense. Why should I pay $ 50 for a new Acronis program, necessary for Win 7, if Win 7 has the same facility built in. Dugh Duh? Install Ms Windows 7. Do a backup image, wipe the HD and see if you can restore from the image? Then you will know if you wish to shell out for Acronis. Yes? |
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Backup in Win7
"Dave-UK" Here@home wrote: "Walter R." wrote: I have been using Win XP in conjunction with Acronis Home Image. Acronis creates complete drive images that can be restored in the future. Will the new backup facility built into Win 7 ... actually create storable and retrievable disk images of my C drive, that will restore my system at a later date ? I booted from the repair disk about an hour ago and restored the image I had created some weeks ago. When the restore was finished the system rebooted. I then had a system that was some weeks old but fully functional. Did you have to reactivate Windows 7 or did it recognize that the hardware is still the same after restore? Christian |
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"Christian Barmala" wrote in message ... "Dave-UK" Here@home wrote: "Walter R." wrote: I have been using Win XP in conjunction with Acronis Home Image. Acronis creates complete drive images that can be restored in the future. Will the new backup facility built into Win 7 ... actually create storable and retrievable disk images of my C drive, that will restore my system at a later date ? I booted from the repair disk about an hour ago and restored the image I had created some weeks ago. When the restore was finished the system rebooted. I then had a system that was some weeks old but fully functional. Did you have to reactivate Windows 7 or did it recognize that the hardware is still the same after restore? Christian No, I didn't have to reactivate Windows 7. |
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Backup in Win7
Walter R. wrote:
I have been using Win XP in conjunction with Acronis Home Image. Acronis creates complete drive images that can be restored in the future. Will the new backup facility built into Win 7 make Acronis redundant? Can Win 7 actually create storable and retrievable disk images of my C drive, that will restore my system at a later date ? That would be great. Thanks for any input Yes it works. I used it when I replaced/upgraded the HDD in my Laptop. Win 7 backup to external USD HDD image. In with new HDD, boot from restore CD. Image copied back to new HDD - all present and fully working, just like with Acronis. Approx 45min to restore 22GB image. Happy me. Guy |
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Backup in Win7
"Bigguy" wrote in message ... Walter R. wrote: I have been using Win XP in conjunction with Acronis Home Image. Acronis creates complete drive images that can be restored in the future. Will the new backup facility built into Win 7 make Acronis redundant? Can Win 7 actually create storable and retrievable disk images of my C drive, that will restore my system at a later date ? That would be great. Thanks for any input Yes it works. I used it when I replaced/upgraded the HDD in my Laptop. Win 7 backup to external USD HDD image. In with new HDD, boot from restore CD. Image copied back to new HDD - all present and fully working, just like with Acronis. Approx 45min to restore 22GB image. Happy me. Guy Great Discussion , I was just wondering about all this myself. It looks like the image to external works , does it provide an option for creating a partition for the images ? If not , is it possible to save the image to an existing partition ? Thanks |
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