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| Thread ID: 136597 | 2014-03-20 18:18:00 | HDD backup using a DVD? | Bryan (147) | Press F1 |
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| 1370820 | 2014-03-20 18:18:00 | Other than Acronis, is there a backup program that uses a bootable DVD to enable a system to be backed up or recovered from an external drive? Maybe I am reading them all wrong but most backups seem to be generated from within the, say Windows system, on the existing HDD. How do you recover if that program becomes unavailable because of a crash? EaseUS produces a WindowsPE disk as does AOMEI. But is that enough to recover your backup from an external HDD? |
Bryan (147) | ||
| 1370821 | 2014-03-20 18:46:00 | ShadowProtect does this as well. The backups acronis and ShadowProtect take are full exact clones of your hdd so include windows and all your software and data. If your hdd dies and you have to replace it you boot from their cd and restore your last backup which returns your pc to the exact state it was in when that backup was taken. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1370822 | 2014-03-20 18:51:00 | It's common to be able to create recovery disks to boot from, a little pointless having a backup that only works if you don't need it. I use Active@ and it has a bootable disk option. Even the built in backup in windows 7 or 8 can be restored by booting of a windows disk and choosing the right options provided you store the backup somewhere accessible. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1370823 | 2014-03-20 19:16:00 | If you want a free one, Backupper does that exactly - www.backup-utility.com The problem with ShadowProtect as its not cheap, and last time I used it, it wont put back multi partitions all in one go. They were meant to be fixing that, but its expensive for casual use. The Two I use every day to do exactly what you asked (boot from CD and recover) are either Backupper, or Active@diskimage (http://www.disk-image.com/) - the one with a bootable CD option in active@ is paid software. Backupper has two options for a bootable CD, either Winpe or linux based. You install the program then make the CD from within it. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1370824 | 2014-03-20 19:28:00 | Thanks WT. After yesterday's conversations re Win8.1 I did install Backupper. I did make a DVD from the ISO but was not sure of how it worked. I will now test it which is what I should have done before posing the question here. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1370825 | 2014-03-20 19:36:00 | I just tested AOMEI Backupper - it is precisely what I wanted. Thanks again WT for all your help. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1370826 | 2014-03-20 20:58:00 | If you want a free one, Backupper does that exactly - www.backup-utility.com The problem with ShadowProtect as its not cheap, and last time I used it, it wont put back multi partitions all in one go. They were meant to be fixing that, but its expensive for casual use. The Two I use every day to do exactly what you asked (boot from CD and recover) are either Backupper, or Active@diskimage (http://www.disk-image.com/) - the one with a bootable CD option in active@ is paid software. Backupper has two options for a bootable CD, either Winpe or linux based. You install the program then make the CD from within it. I think the reason it won't put back multiple partitions at the same time is to keep performance. If you restore onto separate hard drives then it can do them at the same time. It's the same for backing up, if the partitions are on the same physical disk, SP will queue them up rather than trying to back them up at the same time. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1370827 | 2014-03-20 21:34:00 | You really need to trial a few software packages out, to see what works with you PC/USB hd drive . Dont assume because its backed up that you can re-image the whole drive, or recover files Occasionly, things like recovery partitions & boot loaders for recover partiotns screw things up: you wont know untill you want to recover Active@diskimage would have to be the one of best around for home users . Seagate & WD have a free version of Acronus I found Easus to be very very slow , may be better now ?? Have a look at the free version of Macrium Refect : Ive had that work when all others failed (non standard, old WinNT PC) If you just want a backup of data, try paragon, or a robocopy batch file copy . Paragon Not recommended by some on this forum for disk images |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1370828 | 2014-03-21 01:16:00 | I just tested AOMEI Backupper - it is precisely what I wanted. Thanks again WT for all your help. Using Backupper, as long as you selected the Disk option it should have gone fine as it will capture all partitions. BUT to make sure, and this relates TO ALL backup software it pays to test the backups every so often to make sure they have actually worked. A backup that doesn't work is of no use. To do that you really want to attach a different HDD and disconnect the original, then put the backup to the test drive, if it boots Ok then sweet :) Seen it happen way to many times people try to do the right thing by backing up but when they are needed its actually failed. Acronis was good for that a while back. There hasn't been one piece of backup software I've tried that hasn't failed for one reason or another at some time, That includes all the ones listed in this post. One brand, HP & W8 (shudders) so far have not found any backup software that will image and put back their Micky mouse partition layout, they have because of the UEFI setup (from memory) 5-6 hidden partitions, some are formatted as NTFS, Some as FAT32 and a couple in another format that I cant recall right now. Miss any one of the partitions and it wont work.They go through the process of imaging but fail when putting back. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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