Seems like a hell of a deal to me...I got it.
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/
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Does this app allow you to make a boot CD/DVD and then use that to perform restores?
What batteriesnotincluded said; would LOVE to have this for $10. but...I'm clearly missing something. TI 11 is 49.99 via that link....that I can see. Is this dead? Or is there a special link via email or something?
Does this version work with Vista x64 ?
Acronis True Image v11 Build # 8101
Released: July 3, 2008
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/support/updates/
* Changes:Fixed the issue with Windows Vista activation status in Try&Decide mode.
* Fixed the restoration from incremental password protected archive under Windows Vista x64 SP1.
* Fixed the bug with system state backup creation under Windows Vista.
Thanks for the research!
Before I go and buy this, is there any whacky DRM, phoning home, or serial number crap to deal with?
I don't know about those, but you do d/l it direct from the receipt, OR you can d/l it for up to 30 days by logging into your Acronis account. And yeah, there is an activation key, ala Windows, that you need to enter and I'm pretty sure it phones home to verify/validate it. After that, I think you're good to go. It worked this way on Acronis 9 and 10.
Serial numbers and/or "activation" are deal breakers for me even at $10. I want future installs to be worry-free, especially with a disaster recovery tool.
I'll stick with Clonezilla.
The CD is bootable and almost all the funtionality of the install is there on the bootable side.
That alone makes it worth the $10
It never asks for a key in that mode.
Besides I keep all my keys in text files on multiple hard drives in multiple computers and a thumbdrive. I need to since its the only way for me to ever reinstall my educational versions of server 2003 on my servers in case the shit hits the fan.
All the cool stuff is available in the windows install only. Try&Decide is the big one for me. As for the stuff that's available on the bootable CD, there's really nothing special. There are excellent open source tools for disk imaging and partition magic type stuff.
WTF are you folks babbling about?
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Good lord... you're all making this incredibly easy thing so freakin' difficult, my god...
'Nuff typed.
Serial numbers and/or "activation" are deal breakers for me even at $10. I want future installs to be worry-free, especially with a disaster recovery tool.
I'll stick with Clonezilla.
Ok, silly question time, because I'm considering on biting on this one:
So let's say I do a fresh reformat. I can get all my drivers installed, the windows updates I need, install all my programs, games, etc., then make an image with this, and then when it comes time to take everything back to basics, I can just run the image and I'm done? How long does that typically take?
Also, other than the obvious need of updating drivers for hardware changes (i.e. motherboard chipset, graphics card, etc.) is there anything else the image might be affected by? Like, let's say I do a motherboard upgrade and its a new chipset. Can I run the image again to take everything back to basics, and then just update my motherboard drivers accordingly? Or would I be better off just starting from scratch again?
There's a lot more considerations and scenarios than you're thinking about. Not everyone is simply trying to "back up" their "windows pc".
If what you say is true, and the bootable CD only does restores, then that's completely out for me. Ghost, partition magic, etc all worked for years as bootable floppies, you never needed (or wanted) to install them in windows.
There's a lot more considerations and scenarios than you're thinking about. Not everyone is simply trying to "back up" their "windows pc".
If what you say is true, and the bootable CD only does restores, then that's completely out for me. Ghost, partition magic, etc all worked for years as bootable floppies, you never needed (or wanted) to install them in windows.
if you have a seagate drive, you can download and use discwizard for free. it is acronis.
and it installed fine on my vista ultimate 64 bit and made an image. i hope i dont need to restore that image
What tools do you recommend?
I need something CD-bootable and robust (eg- encryption, partition resizing, etc), and not have to deal with imposed limitations.
But--- it has to work reliably on different machines, storing images to USB drives and/or shares (smb/nfs). I've found that most bootable tools only work with some chipsets, certain network implementations, or have other limitations.