IFL image vs. Win 7 System Image-SOLVED
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 4:43 am
Had an unusual situation today on a laptop of a friend who also uses IFL 2.69. It is Win 7 SP1, on an HP with 640gb internal drive. Had done several IFL backups (default parameters) successfully to an external USB drive early on with this new laptop. But during the last backup of the 'C' drive with IFL, 1/2 way through, got an 'LBA error' ignore or continue message. Tried again, got the same result. Tried the ignore, then IFL indicated Device Read error. (My friend is some distance from me, so don't have exact error message). But, had to shutdown and reboot into Win 7. Next, went to cmd window, did chkdsk on C with no errors or bad sectors. So, used Win 7 to create a 'system image' and it completed successfully.
Two questions:
First, shouldn't I expect an error running chkdsk, or, running Win 7's 'create system image' when IFL was failing?
Second, (less important, but surprising to me). Win 7 creates the backup much faster than IFL over USB. About 30 min vs. 45 min for 64gb. Is this normal? I realize Win 7's image is all or nothing, you cannot restore individual files unless you run their other Windows backup program.
Granted, I have yet had to restore the 'system image' with Win 7's Repair CD, but, from reading blogs, it supposedly is pretty solid. I have restored many XP systems with IFL and has never failed. But this is the first system that where IFL full backup fails, and Win 7 is successful. Are there other parameters I need to set to make IFL more forgiving? I like Terabyte's backup, but this has me stumped.
Any ideas?
Two questions:
First, shouldn't I expect an error running chkdsk, or, running Win 7's 'create system image' when IFL was failing?
Second, (less important, but surprising to me). Win 7 creates the backup much faster than IFL over USB. About 30 min vs. 45 min for 64gb. Is this normal? I realize Win 7's image is all or nothing, you cannot restore individual files unless you run their other Windows backup program.
Granted, I have yet had to restore the 'system image' with Win 7's Repair CD, but, from reading blogs, it supposedly is pretty solid. I have restored many XP systems with IFL and has never failed. But this is the first system that where IFL full backup fails, and Win 7 is successful. Are there other parameters I need to set to make IFL more forgiving? I like Terabyte's backup, but this has me stumped.
Any ideas?