Acronis True Image 10. How does it Work?

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Yes, sorry, my mistake - System Reserved Partition.

 

[Muad Dib]

Did any of those using Acronis find that Acronis saw the System Information Folder as the 'C' Drive and then re-lettered all other drives, and if so did this cause problems when restoring the image?

Yes, sorry, my mistake - System Reserved Partition.

I have yet to create a "System Reserved" partition in Win7 either intentionally or accidentally, but it would not surprise me if Acronis reports it as the "C" drive if it is the active primary partition.

 

[Dave76]

It is not necessary but, IMO, advisable. Unless one is cloning a drive and the proportional re-sizing of the partitions is acceptable, performing partition creation/sizing as a separate operation provides more control and isolates any partitioning problems/issues from the actual restore/install.

I'll go with advisable. Seems like a reasonable step to keep doing.
I always partition a new hard drive first, especially if it's bigger, don't like the OS partition to be too big. I like to keep excess space in my Data partition.
Thanks for the reply.

 

[HammerHead]

Mount Image

I cannot get Acronis to mount an image. Several Installs etc. Below is some info maybe my
hardware is not compat. Stupid question -- Is this firewall related?
Win 7 6.1.7600
TrueImage 2009 9796 (latest available)
Bios AMI 0606
Set in Bios --- Intel VT-d ..... enabled
Win 7 Services
DCom Server Process -- Started
RPC ---------- Started
RPC Locator ------ Manual
RPC Endpoint Manager --- Automatic
Virtual Disk --- Started

It mounts the image and explorer sees it I can call it up and look at it, Mean while Acronis continues to show the window where it is assigning the drive letter. It finally times out and aborts and my image disappears in explorer. Acronis "cannot assign drive letter"

- EventID 136
[ Qualifiers] 32772
Level 3
Task 2
Keywords 0x80000000000000
- TimeCreated
[ SystemTime] 2009-09-01T21:23:50.288693700Z
EventRecordID 7801
Channel System
Computer Bob-I7940
Security
- EventData
J:
1C00040002003000020000008800048000000000040019C000000000000000000000000000000000040019C0

Log Name: System
Source: Ntfs
Date: 9/1/2009 5:23:50 PM
Event ID: 136
Task Category: (2)
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Bob-I7940
Description:
The default transaction resource manager on volume J: encountered an error while starting and
its metadata was reset. The data contains the error code.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Ntfs" />
<EventID Qualifiers="32772">136</EventID>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>2</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-09-01T21:23:50.288693700Z" />
<EventRecordID>7801</EventRecordID>
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Bob-I7940</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>J:</Data>

<Binary>1C00040002003000020000008800048000000000040019C000000000000000000000000000000000040019C
0</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>

 

[Mark Phelps]

This is a problem reported often in the "old" Acronis forums using ATI Home and Windows 7. Since Acronis does not consider the current ATI Home compatible with Windows 7, it's unlikely they'll fix it.

Acronis is focusing their efforts on the 2010 Beta. So, my guess is that, if any "fix" is applied, it will be to the 2010 version.