ShadowProtect Desktop Edition question

Is it possible to have the recovery software (boot cd) and the system image on the same disc?

 

The more complicated answer being...? I know that it's not going to be automatic but is it possible? With ATI there are workarounds available (see here).

 

Okay, then that would make the ISO that you have to download bootable, right? If that is hte base why not just put that ISO and the image(s) on a DVD.

I remember, though, when I dowmloaded the trial it was an .exe file and not an .iso.

 

yes. SP give ONLY windows program , when you register SP u get the iso file which is the recovery cd , like the one u can build in ATI in windows

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When you download the "30 Day Free Trial" you download an .exe file, but you won't have a Recovery/Install CD.
When you "Request Full Evaluation" you will receive an email with a link to download an .iso-file.
Look at the link and you will see both options : .exe and .iso.
http://www.storagecraft.com/products/ShadowProtectDesktop/
In other words, you downloaded the "30 Day Free Trial" (.exe) in the past and that was a MISTAKE.

 

i think the real point is that not many people could fit there system image on a dvd since the amount of space on a dvd is quite small.

 

n8 is one step ahead. He can fit the image of his OS on a single CD. Not a DVD.

 

I've tried doing just that, twice, and both times my system refused to recognize the drive. I know they worked because they showed up on other system, just not mine. Anyway, I like optical media, which doesn't rely on mechanical parts that can break, better.

 

That used to be the casewith IFW when I was using Ability Office 5, but I was forced to switch to MS Office 2003 Pro. So now my images are slightly larger, about 750 meg, and will not fit on a CD. But with ATI,because of the compression they use, my image(s) are roughly 670 meg. So it'll work a CD. The problem is that ATI is not HIR.

 

n8chavez,

No problem. TBOSDT is not software dependent. It will work on a restored TI image.

 

I'm on the verge of getting excited, but your going to have to tell me how to use it and what it does exactly. A lesson for the ignorant, if you will.

 

n8, the last few pages of the pdf in the docs folder explains the concept.

 

Yeah, I don't see that happening. Geez a loo...you need to be reignman in order to understand what the hell they are asking you to do. I'm not sure I want to put that much faith into something that is going to require that much effort and could very well not work.

 

I guess. Now all I need to know how to do is edit the bootable ISO so that the image and the software in all contained on that one disc.

If I understand you right if I were to use SP my system could blow up, then I build another one from the ground up, reimage, and then everything would still work?

Brian K - No disrespect intended at all I am just not smart enough to build a working script.

 

n8,

Do you have a floppy drive? SATA or IDE hard drives?

The script is already written. You just have to delete one ";" and one "exit". Now that I've done it, the total setup time is a few minutes.

Are you planning to restore an image to different hardware?

 

I have in IDE harddrive with no floppy. But I have access to one.

Can you send it to me? Do you still have my email?

Nope. But you never know whwn you are going to need to. I'd hate to have my system fail and not be able to reimage to my new one. It's always something that should be considered.

 

That's not an option for me. I've spent years getting everything perfect; applications, settings, etc. Literally every aspect of my system is customized to me, so that only I can use it. And the thought of having to do all that again is very scary.

You're probably right one that one. Although, I have the idea of losing my software disk (and still having my image disk) when, and if, my system dies and I need to restore to another.

 

I got the full evaluation of Shadow Protect and burned the ISO. I'm not sure if I was impressed or not. The website says that everything can be restored within minutes. Of course that's true. How could it not be; any measure of time can be converted to minutes. It took me nearly half an hour to get a function gui.

 

I just tried to restore an image I had with SP. I say tried because it was not successful. I got a CRC error with the image, yes, I verified that image. I was left with a non-bootable machine. Thank God I did not delete my most recent ATI image, which btw restored no problem.

Man I'm really weary of SP now.