Trying TI10 - few questions

[almosely]

Hi,

I am new to this forum. I am trying TI 10 Home but I stuck before a first test-backup can be created.

This is the case:

I have one HD, partitioned into C and D. On C is Windows XP - nothing else. On D are the programs, some games and my data. There is another HD for messing around, downloads, more games, backups, temp-folder, virtual-ram and more named E.

So, now I want to backup the full partition C. Additionally I want to backup my programs and data from drive D - without the games. As I understand TI 10, it is not possible to merge the two backup-tasks a) full partition backup and b) data/folders-backup together. Am I right? So I would have to make two backups to get all done? Okay, so far I would accept it ... But, I want to do this two tasks automatically one after anonther with an also automatically shut down afterwards. Is this possible with TI 10? If not, I have to search for another backup-tool ...

Oh, the case of "shut down (-s -t 00 -f (for example))" - a few times discussed here at the forum - does not work for me. This command after backup will not be executed because I am logged in without password as administrator on Win XP Pro - so the call for shutdown.exe only shows up a dos-window for a milisecond, but nothing happens. I solved this problem with a tool named "poweroff". Works fine - but really sad, that a shut-down-option is not integrated in TI 10.

Many thanks for your time and help! Greetings from germany *g

[almosely]

It seems that it is truely impossible to combine a partition-backup with a file-based-backup in one task ... And it is impossible to run two or more tasks one after another too .... Isn´t it? ... Aren´t these two jobs not basics a backup-tool must be able too? ... Really sad ... Or does anybody else know a way how this kind of backup can be managed in TI 10?

[Xpilot]

The structure you have chosen for your hard drive partitions seems a bit odd to me though I may have misunderstood what you have actually got set up.

It is more usual to install programs in the same partition as the operating system because the installed programs are closely meshed with the OS. It therefore makes sense to treat them as one especially for backups and restores. Having your data in a separate partition makes good sense. So how about creating a third partition for your games ? Or probably better still transfer them to your second drive if you are not likely to want to back them up.
Making these changes would simplify your backups considerably as full partition/s backups of your first drive could be scheduled as one operation.

Xpilot

[almosely]

Thanks!

The structure came from the time when I only had one drive, not two. This drive has only 40 GB. To not mess my system I decided to create one partition only for windows and another for all other things. I often de-/install programs for testing purposes, so it seems to be a good idea, to not install them on the same partition as windows. This works great for me and I do not have to reinstall windows for a very long time (dec 2004) and the system is still very fast and without crashes.

Sometime I bought an external 250 GB drive for storing and exchange purposes and in the last year an internal 250 GB drive additionally. I do not want to reinstall my system or the many programs I use. Now the new games are installed to the big 250 GB drive E. So, there are only few games left in partition D, but I don´t want to reinstall them an E. Therefore I´d like to backup full-C and partially-D (without the games). The best kind of backup would be full-c and the programs on D - as one backup-task and -file. Another backup would be the data on D. This is my plan and obviously not possible with TI 10 :-(

[Acronis Support]

Hello almosely,

Thank you for choosing Acronis Disk Backup Software (http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/).

Please notice that if two tasks are scheduled one after another, and the second starts when the first is still in progress, the second task will wait for the first one to finish.
Please also notice that it's recommended to use a password on the account you are using to schedule backups to ensure the successful execution of tasks. You can create a secondary account with at least Backup Operator rights with a password to use for scheduling backups.

You can find the detailed instructions on how to use Acronis True Image 10.0 Home in the respective User's Guide (http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/download/docs/).

Thank you.
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Marat Setdikov