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| Thread ID: 97172 | 2009-02-06 05:43:00 | Problem: no disk imaging progs for Vista 64 bit? | braindead (1685) | Press F1 |
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| 745489 | 2009-02-06 05:43:00 | My nephew went and bought a gaming PC with Vista 64 bit Ultimate installed. Unfortunately there seem to be no third party progs, such as Symantec Ghost or Acronis, that work in 64 bit. We were hoping to install a second XP 32 bit OS, then switch between that and Vista using one of those disk imagers, as and when needed. At the moment I can't think of a data backup and restore solution that would give us some room to experiment. Any suggestions most welcome :) |
braindead (1685) | ||
| 745490 | 2009-02-06 05:49:00 | Why don't you just Dual Boot? You can see if DriveImageXML is compatible with 64bit... www.runtime.org |
Blam (54) | ||
| 745491 | 2009-02-06 05:57:00 | Thanks :) Whether dual-boot or not, the point of exercise is backing up C drive's 64 bit data and being able restore from the image if we need to. There is currently no way to do that, given the relative scarcity of 64 bit progs. | braindead (1685) | ||
| 745492 | 2009-02-06 06:00:00 | You could boot up from an UBCD4Win CD then image it to an external drive? I suggest you don't image it to the same drive, as that defeats the purpose of backing up |
Blam (54) | ||
| 745493 | 2009-02-06 07:17:00 | doesnt vista have a backup utility preinstalled? could just burn off system restore files? | hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 745494 | 2009-02-06 19:28:00 | Yes, Vista has a backup utility preinstalled, but only Business and Ultimate do full PC backups. No, you cannot burn System Restore files as you cannot (easily) access them in the first place. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 745495 | 2009-02-06 19:41:00 | Unfortunately there seem to be no third party progs, such as Symantec Ghost or Acronis, that work in 64 bit. Hold on. Ghost and Paragon which I use, doesn't care what O/S is loaded. You're not trying to do this from within windows are you? You should just boot with the image program and then image it. 64bit doen't even come into it. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 745496 | 2009-02-06 20:31:00 | Yes you create a boot CD from the software then boot from it and do it that way | gary67 (56) | ||
| 745497 | 2009-02-08 07:49:00 | Ghost 14 screams when I try to create a restore CD/DVD. Something about the 64 bit drivers it needs to run properly. My impression is that 64 bit Vista is still a big empty landscape that still needs to be filled with useful software utilities and progs. |
braindead (1685) | ||
| 745498 | 2009-02-08 08:07:00 | I use Casper with Vista 64 bit. Works fine for me | CliveM (6007) | ||
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