Drive Snapshot

shankle · May 04, 2009, 05:36:15 PM

I guess this can go here.
I'm getting a little tired of the succession of one buggy release after another of Acronis TI.

Does anyone have any experience with Drive Snapshot? I know about Drive Image but I don't think it will handle
Ubuntu 9.04 at the present time.
From my limited experience with Drive Snapshot you can backup a drive while it is being used, but Restoring
would be from a DOS floppy or CD and the HD has to be unmounted to restore.
Yes there is a trial version and I can practice backing up a drive. But then there is the problem of how to try a
Restore for practice.

P1 · May 04, 2009, 05:42:44 PM

I have good results with DriveImage, but when there is a slight size difference going smaller. I had to resize the partition to smaller than the target drive. I was almost all the time working with M$ OSes.

DriveSnapshot, I have not the opportunity to use yet.

Regards, P1

dedndave · May 04, 2009, 05:43:20 PM

it is tricky if you only have one bootable drive handy
but, it can be done from a PE cd

btw - i use easeus to resize
seems like i use a different app for each drive task - lol

Vortex · May 04, 2009, 08:26:05 PM

I am using BartPE + ImageX.exe , the combination works.

shankle · May 04, 2009, 09:10:35 PM

Thanks guys for your replies.
From what I read about "Imagex" it will only image files from Windows.
I am using Vista and Ubuntu 9.04. If I don't get to fancy with Acronis TI, I can backup Vista and Ubuntu successfully.

The only way I can figure out how to test a "Restore" of Drive snapshot is to backup my system with Acronis TI.
Then back up with Drive Snapshot and then try a "Restore" with Drive Snapshot. If it fails I can fall back on Acronis TI.
Nothing is ever easy.....

shankle · May 05, 2009, 01:07:02 PM

Just Great. When I tried to download "setup.exe" from Drive Snapshot my virus checker
found the following Virus: Win32/genetik trojan

AMIB · May 06, 2009, 01:32:08 PM

Drive Snapshot is the best :dazzled:

You can download and install Sun VirtualBox or Microsoft VirtualPC for free to test it virtually.

dedndave · May 06, 2009, 01:57:31 PM

If you are sure that it has no virus, turn of the AV software while you d/l it.
Do not let some piece of software prevent you from doing what you want.
At that point, it is running you, instead of you running it.
I think I would be looking into a different AV program.

shankle · May 07, 2009, 07:45:52 PM

Eset fixed the trojan problem in about 24 hours.
Therefor I now get a clean download in Vista.

WillASM · May 08, 2009, 06:41:42 AM

I myself have been using BootitNG for the last 3 years. Very reliable program!
It's actually three programs for the price of one, a boot manager supporting
more than 4 primary partions, a partition manager as well, and of course the
partition imaging software. I mainly use it for the partition imaging. In 3 years
I have not once had any problems with any of the images I have created!
It also will perform a byte to byte verification of the created image, and
even with verification enabled it is quite fast..

Prior to getting BootitNG I was using Norton Ghost, worked very good most of
the time but can't honestly say it never trashed one of my partitions. Actually
It trashed at least one of my partitions a few times!

The only downside to the program is the partition manager. It's a bit slower
than Partition Magic is, but once again it is rock solid as far as reliability goes.

Also worth mentioning is the fact that all three programs fit on a single floppy!
The program is not free, but it's only $35. Compare that to the cost of buying
a partition imaging program, a boot manager, and a partition manager, and you'll
understand why I consider it a great deal. Anyhow, I have to say that after using
it myself for the last 3 years I have never been let down by this program!
You can check it out for yourself here..

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/index.htm

Jimg · May 08, 2009, 01:27:04 PM

I have been using Acronis 11 for quite a while now without any problems. What kind of problems are you having?

dedndave · May 08, 2009, 01:36:57 PM

If you go to the link below, they have several pre-made PE boot disks that you can d/l on torrent
Most of them are multi-purpose - multi-boot - recovery - etc

http://www.h33t.com/

shankle · May 09, 2009, 08:33:56 PM

I have been playing with Clonezilla-live on a triple boot system.
It works fine. The best part it is FREE and you don't have to pay $59.95 for some
buggy version. So it might not be the fastest or compress the most but who cares
about a few milliseconds and you cannot beat the price.

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