July 16, 200916 yr Please bare with an OS X user. I use Vista 64 and have pre-ordered Windows 7 for my HTPC. Can I use Acronis True Image to backup my Vista/Windows 7 HTPC to my unRAID? If so can you do a full system restore in the event of an HDD failure from the unRAID backup?
July 16, 200916 yr I can't speak about vista 64, or the newest version of True-Image, but I've been able to do exactly what you described with win95, win-XP, and win2000 using a much earlier version 6 of True-Image. In addition, with a full backup, with True-Image installed on my computer, I can even "mount" an old backup as a drive and then use file-explorer to get an old file, even from a backup of a laptop I no longer own. As far as restoring to a bare disk, I did exactly that to upgrade the HD in my wife's laptop a number of years ago. I backed up her old 10 Gig HD to the network, then removed her old disk, installed a completely new, un-partitioned, un-formatted 20 Gig drive disk. I then booted up on the "recovery CD" you can create when installing True-Image. Once booted up, I restored from the backed up image to the new hard-disk. It asked if I wanted to use the entire new disk, and in my case, I did. The new disk was loaded from the backup image, the file-system expanded to use the full 20 Gig size of the new disk, and I was up and running with all my files and all my folders, and all my programs intact. I was *Very* happy. Unless True-Image has reduced their features (and I doubt they did), the new version will do as you want. Joe L.
July 16, 200916 yr Author Just downloaded the trial and it won't even start the program. I get the splash screen and it says processing. Then I get an error screen that says "...detected unsupported hard drives...does not support Windows Dynamic Discs, EZ Drives, ect." What does this mean and why won't it at least run? All I have is my BD/HD DVD drive and C: HD in my HTPC. There is nothing else connected (other than the unRAID shares) except a USB key board and LCD.
July 16, 200916 yr Just downloaded the trial and it won't even start the program. I get the splash screen and it says processing. Then I get an error screen that says "...detected unsupported hard drives...does not support Windows Dynamic Discs, EZ Drives, ect." What does this mean and why won't it at least run? All I have is my BD/HD DVD drive and C: HD in my HTPC. There is nothing else connected (other than the unRAID shares) except a USB key board and LCD. Sounds like a question you should ask on an acronis forum. Obviously, it does not like how you have your Vista 64bit disk defined. Joe L.
July 17, 200916 yr Just to, relatively pointlessly, backup Joe L. I also currently backup my main desktop to unraid using Acronis in the method described. Works as advertised.
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