Good evening to all and scuse me for bad english! Can anyone tell me if Toolwiz Time Machine is safe and reliable as TTF? If I create a snapshot before installing a very large program like 3D-Studio Max (Autodesk), I can be sure that any trace are disappear when the snapshot is restored?? Have you done any testing with Toolwiz Time Machine? Thank...
I have the same doubt and how the restore of the system is done? Is like Keriver 1-Click Restore Pro?
I have only used it for a few days. It does appear to be reliable. But yes snapshots do disappear sometimes. Keriver is an imaging program more than a snapshot program. If I wAS Using this as my main restore option I would probably want to also use Keriver. Tm does seem to work well with Time Freeze in ToolWiz care. It has already been useful in the sense that you can try out a software & if you wish to delete the program you simply can restore your last previous snapshot
yeah I was disappointed. I test it and it was good at reverting to snapshots. If it was not for the auto snapshot delete due to full cache, I would recommend it. Its a cool application but i stopped using it when it automatically deleted my base snapshot I taken for an emergency to revert. It seems that its cache is constantly filling up and when the limit reached it will delete your snapshot. I thought finally found something free like comodo time machine but a major down on snapshot auto deletion unlike CTM.
your wrong. toolwiz time freeze is virtualization while time machine is bother snapshot and virtualization combined.
Another thing I did as to make the snapshot stay longer. I set the cache during time machine install to 500GB (1/2 of my HDD) and until the cache reaches that limit, the snapshot should stay for a very long time and not be deleted.
One thing I don't like of Time Machine (and it's the same with Farstone RestoreIT) is that it creates its data file right at the root of C:. Can be a very large file depending on the size you need. So if you also use a backup software to image your machine with incremental or differential backups, your backup size will suddenly dramatically increase because of that data file.
it's true! .... I agree and this is not good!! I also believe that the size of the data file is unfortunately not editable... I think that TTM is not yet a "mature" program...
Some people have only C:, so ... Why don't you just use "Exclude" feature in your backup program or send a request to james@toolwiz.com? You can choose the size of the data file:
Ok, but the data file size can be changed each time i needed, or during installation only?? ....because it's not the same thing!
So do I. Not sure what that has to do with it. It's not a backup program. It's an imaging program. As in imaging the whole drive. Besides, do you know for sure how Timeline would behave if I restored my system without the buffer file?
Ok, I understand. Still, it's pretty easy to implement your suggestion, but if you didn't send a request ... Probably corrupted.
I have this problem with TTM: http://i4.minus.com/iKp6ORzlpQQRJ.jpg Yes, I reboot my system. I emailed (02/03/14) James but no response until now.
Hi @ExtremeGamerBR, that windows warning appear always after user to select a snapshot and clicks in 'Revert my system to selected' button. Did you see, after reboot, a TTM restore process (before login in Windows)? Your disk/partition System was reverted to the state that it was in the selected snapshot? If so, is how TTM works - no cause for concern. Maybe I'm not realizing the problem posed?
Well the snapshots are not deleted for the few days I test it with that tweaking. I estimated that if it takes around 500MB to 1GB a day for the cache to fill, then at 500GB limit would take 500 to 1000 days for it to reach and snapshot get deleted. Atleast I hope so.
Yes, my system was reverted to the state I wanted. But I could not change anything in the program because it gave this message. I've uninstalled the sofware and I could not see the process. When a new version out I'll take a chance.
I just installed the last and previous version of TF and the Toolbar is not appearing after the checkbox "Show Toolbar on your Desktop" is enabled. Has anyone been able to get the toolbar to appear?
Yes, I did. It works VERY well on my Win 8.1 64bit system, although I only turn it on when I am testing new software. It is highly rated - check out CNET, Softpedia, etc., ratings. I have tried all similar products, and I keep coming back to Toolwiz.
Running TTF on Win 7 64 bit here, HP355 G2, 8G RAM. No problems of any kind. Might have an update eventually since I also got a free Win 8.1 disc for optional upgrade. Thinking about it.