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Image of Windows 7 Drive
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:41 pm
by cindy5663
I'm testing the trial version of Image for Windows (IFD GUI). How can tell if the image I created is will restore the partition properly? I really don't want to do a restore if there is some other way to check this.
Any help or ideas here?
Thx,
CP
Re: Image of Windows 7 Drive
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 7:25 pm
by mjnelson99
Cindy,
I have used IFW/IFD/IFL for at least 5 years on different computers.
These programs excel at reliability and I have restored quite a number
of times including Windows 7.
Mary
On 10/11/2013 1:41 PM, cindy5663 wrote:
> I'm testing the trial version of Image for Windows (IFD GUI). How can tell if the image I created is will restore the partition properly? I really don't want to do a restore if there is some other way to check this.
> Any help or ideas here?
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> Thx,
> CP
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Re: Image of Windows 7 Drive
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 7:41 pm
by DrTeeth
On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 11:41:14 PDT, just as I was about to take a herb,
cindy5663 disturbed my reverie and wrote:
>Any help or ideas here?
These products are the dictionary definition of reliable. I have never
had a problem restoring images that have validated correctly.
Also, checking on image will not mean that another one will be
okay...things can happen, rarely.
You could check by using a trial copy of BIBM and create free space
and then restore your image to that free space.
--
Cheers,
DrT
** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
** out of someone who richly deserves it.
Re: Image of Windows 7 Drive
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:35 pm
by tas3086
The only way to really test a product is to do a backup, validate, and actual restore...Preferably to a backup partition or another hard drive.
Many years ago I discovered that Acronis true Image, while it could do a backup and successful verification, it could not do a simple restore consistently. Luckily it failed on my first test, but I did not believe it, and continued to use the product. Unfortunately when I really needed it, it failed again. I moved on to Terabyte Utilities, and have never had a problem, and I restore for lots of reasons, regularly.
But, whatever you choose to do, DO A REAL BACKUP, VALIDATE, RESTORE TEST FIRST. If it fails, get your money back immediately.
Re: Image of Windows 7 Drive
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:22 pm
by mjnelson99
If the image is an older one, you can validate again before restoring.
I went back to an image made on 9/14/2013 on my old computer a few days
ago. I did re-validate before using it just to be sure.
The restore worked great.
Of course, I did need to manually update a few files that had changed in
the last 3-4 weeks.
The really important ones like Quicken, I do backup individually to USB
sticks so they are current.
Mary
On 10/13/2013 11:35 AM, tas3086 wrote:
> The only way to really test a product is to do a backup, validate, and actual restore...Preferably to a backup partition or another hard drive.
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> Many years ago I discovered that Acronis true Image, while it could do a backup and successful verification, it could not do a simple restore consistently. Luckily it failed on my first test, but I did not believe it, and continued to use the product. Unfortunately when I really needed it, it failed again. I moved on to Terabyte Utilities, and have never had a problem, and I restore for lots of reasons, regularly.
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> But, whatever you choose to do, DO A REAL BACKUP, VALIDATE, RESTORE TEST FIRST. If it fails, get your money back immediately.
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