Now that I have my system up and running again, I would like to make an image of my hard drive. I have Acronis True Image 10 for win 7. I have 640 g hd. I am using only 30 g of it on 1 partition of 300 g and only 15 g on the other 300g partition. What do I use as media to put this image on. I have blank DVDs available.
Thanks
Claude
The best place is an external hard drive
second best is flash drive, if that can be done with acronis
third is dvd
Worst is the same hard drive that you are copying. If you havd HD failure, you lose everything. Merry Christmas
Just came back with another thought. In addition to acronis, make a system image with the appl in cluded with the OS and store that on your hard drive. You have 2 safety nets.
Hi
With the info I gave how much space will I need. Do the apps compresss the image so it will fit on a dvd, etc.
Thanks
You said TI 10 for Windows 7, but that version is not compatible with W7. When I tried to install it, the OS popped a dialog and blocked the installation. I think that I have read where some people have used TI 11, but as far as I know, only TI 2010 is specially stated to be compatible with W7.
Honestly, I would simply use Windows 7's own imaging tool. It's really pretty good. It's all most people need.
I love using it. I have restored many times and it works great!
FYI
Have a good holiday season
It is the 2010 version
Thanks everyone for the help..
Merry CHRISTmas
TI 11 works ok.
It wouldn't be my first choice - but if you already have a copy - may as well use it.
You can get a crippled version of TI 11 free d/l if you have Seagate/maxtor drives from the Seagate website.
Manual partition imaging and restore, plus drive/partition copy - no scheduling / differential - but it's better than nothing.
If you have WD drive - you can get their version.
If you want a freebie that works on 7 with more options, check these out:
Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Free Edition
Macrium Reflect FREE Edition - Information and download
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