No "Insert removable drive" question

[Ger Teunis]

Hi all, first of all: great product!

I've configured Acronis TrueImage Home to backup to my 8gb Flash drive and I have configured Acronis to "ask for the first media".
Sadly enough Acronis will not ask for the removable (flash) drive before starting the backup: which in turn results in always failing the scheduled backups.
I've tried making a bat file (even a exe file) which request for the first media (pre backup command) which can't start correctly also a known issue.

Anyone any tips on how I should configure acronis to ask for the flash drive before starting the backup?

[MudCrab]

Is this a scheduled task or a manual backup/manually run task?

[Ger Teunis]

-{ Quote: "Is this a scheduled task or a manual backup/manually run task?" }-

The backup task is a scheduled task.
I've scheduled it at sunday 1pm or whenever the computer goes online after that time.

Manytimes I forget to insert the stick, when I then open TrueImage (manually) I see the error messages that the backup (silently) is failed.

[MudCrab]

I assume you could use Windows Scheduler to run your program before running the TI task. However, this would require using Windows Scheduler to run the backup. A lot of people do this, especially with TI 11 since it has a problem of skipping scheduled tasks.

If you want to use the TI Scheduler, you'll need a program to get around the "no messages/interaction" problem. I have a program I've been working on that does this but it's pretty bare-bones at the moment. It will ask you to connect the drive before TI runs the backup. Automatic detection hasn't been implemented yet. If you want to test it, send me a PM with your email and I'll send it to you. If you want to write your own program, I can tell you what I did and you can use it or maybe figure out a better way.

[Ger Teunis]

-{ Quote: "I assume you could use Windows Scheduler to run your program before running the TI task." }-

Thanks for your reply.
I've searched this forum and I found I way which mentiones a file which should be executed with the acronis task as a parameter. I could find the file in my Acronis TrueImage home edition. I've already located the acronis task (with a GUID like filename).

I've already created a "insert flash drive" application (luckely I am a developer myself), the last step is knowing what application to start with what parameters.

Could you explain to me how I am able to execute the task from the windows taskschedular?

[MudCrab]

-{ Quote: "Could you explain to me how I am able to execute the task from the windows taskschedular?" }-
I don't use this procedure myself, but there are other forum regulars that do.

Perhaps these threads will help:
How to schedule ATI in Vista Ultimate and WAKE your machine (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=176925)
Can I Backup/Verify/Shutdown (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=194806)
Waking up out of suspended mode to make a backup (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=189475)
scheduled backup password (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=193986)

Most of them deal with TI 11 and Vista, but I think you'll get the idea.

A search on "task manager" and related areas will probably also pull up a lot.

[Ger Teunis]

Thanks again.

I've created an 'drive available' checker for this now.
This checker is available for download if anyone else has this same problem.

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=206045