Create restore Disk Set.....?

[pochrist]

I have ATI 10.0 and Disk Director 10.0

Ok I have read through the manual and find the section where it describes the difference between a Backup and an Image. But When I go to the Back up section I can't figure out if I'm doing a Backup or creating a Restore Disk Set../ I was under some impression that ATI would be able to Create Images into a Restore Disk set and I could simply pop it into the Computer and poof back to normal. I Did read about back up and incremental backups, but I get confused is this "Back-up" going on CD/DVD or a HD.

I'm thinking maybe if I do a Backup and it creates a Disk Set, then If I do an incremental Back later it will save the new or modified Data to a new CD/DVD, so that if I do a restore later on it will require all the Disk to bring it back. Right or did I miss something. TIA

[GroverH]

I believe most of the regular forum posters here would advise you to avoid performing backups direct to blank media such as Cd or DVD. The reason for this is that the result are very unpredictable plus it takes too long to make or to restore--too much switching between the version discs of a multi-disk backup set.

The generally most preferred is to use another external or internal or network drive to contain your TrueImage Backup Archives. For additional storage, you can copy your backup files onto CD or DVD providing you use the "archive splitting" option when the backup is being created--so the backup files are created in smaller sizes. This copy to backup files from hard drive to DVD is referred to as the "two step" method.

I was under some impression that ATI would be able to Create Images into a Restore Disk set and I could simply pop it into the Computer and poof back to normal.

This is true providing

1. your backup was a partition selection and created with "disk 1" selected during the backup options--as illustrated by my "creating backup" guide--link below. The storage location for your backup should be another hard drive--rather than a set of CD/DVD's which can be ruint very easily

2. plus the archive was "validated" in its current storage location.

3. Recovery is from a Rescue CD created by the user and has been tested to make sure the Backup set is visible and available from within the Rescue CD. V10 recovery can be initiated within Windows but a reboot is required. It is usually more trouble free if recovery initiated from the Rescue CD.

4. Comments above based on Vista not involved and only operating system/programs on one disk.
5. Not knowing your system make it difficult to offer complete assurances. The only way you will know for sure is to remove your current system drive and test restoring your system to a trial hard drive!

5. Incremental are stored on the same type media as your original backup--usually another hard drive.