Vista Backup Problem

Even though I usually use Acronis TrueImage to backup my data, I tried using Vista's built-in one today to see how would be fare against the former. However, when I tried to backup me C driver to my NAS, it told me that I had to enter a password and user name even though don't have one. I won't let me proceed unless I give it those information. Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks

 

How come you did not use ATI? I've been looking at that as a backup solution for Vista myself.

 

I wanted to see how the built-in one would fare against ATI.

 

known and nagging issue with Vista. Users tried registry tweak, lower security level ...... to no result. Only working solution so far out there is finding a NAS drive that REALLY SUPPORTS Vista. Some NAS manufacturers have started posting upgrade firmware to their customers to overcome this issue. Contact ur NAS seller and see

cheers ...

 

How do you like using ATI?

 

I have a related question for you. I typically use Ghost to image my C: drive. I do this to DVD for archival storage. But I also will image it to a partition, drive G:, on my hard drive. That way I always have a current image with me if I am out in the field. I keep a bootable cd with PCDos and Ghost on it and can use it to boot and run Ghost if the C: drive were ever in an unbootable state. To do this though, the G: partition must be formated as FAT32. Ghost can make or restore images of NTFS partitions, but if I use my emergency boot CD, Ghost can only find the images on the G: drive if it is FAT32. That makes sense, Ghost is relying on PCDos to enumerate the files in the directories. But it has it's own low level IO routines to read or write the images.

My question is how does Acronis handle this? I know you can make a "recovery" disk with it. I assume that can be on a cd, and I further assume it is some sort of bootable OS that allows Acronis to find an image and restore it to my hard drive. Is there any stipulation on what sort of partition the IMAGES must be stored on for the recovery disk to be able to see them? Must they be on a Fat32 like Ghost or could they be on an NTFS partition as well?

Thanks,

Gary

 

gary just said what i wanted to know. anyone? reply?

 

Check the Acronis True Image (ATI) User Guide.

 

I looked at the guide and it was still not clear if the images could be stored on an NTFS drive and still be visible to the emergency recovery process. Also, the documentation appears to indicate that Acronis, while running under Windows, can create an image of the C: partition. Did I missunderstand that? I don't see how that could be possible.

Gary

 

Yes, ATI can image the partition that is currently booted, which is usually the C: drive. It skips pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys, of course, but you do not really need them for recovery. I created the bootable CD, so that I could restore the C: partition if necessary.

There are also forums explicitly for the Acronis products Here.

 

Didn't want to start a new thread.

Can the ATI backup be created on cd''s and if so how many would it take to backup your whole C: partition ?

If you had a complete system failure and you had to recover how do you install your ATI backup?