Introducing AX64 Time Machine - hybrid imaging/snapshot software

thanks, will take beta for a spin then.

 

Oh, I meant last week. Build 548 has a bare metal restore functionality included.

 

Not much has been said about the latest beta,,,is that because not many have tried it? Perhaps froggie scared folks off,,,,

 

I was going to test it but then I realized that I would be testing the beta of a software which I would use to recover from issues... so if any issues were to arise from beta testing it then I wouldn't have anything to recover with. (I don't like using multiple backup solutions, one should be enough)

 

I have just installed v2 beta 548 [edit] took baseline and hot restored perfectly with Windows 8.1 [End Edit]...
and decided I had better make a new Rescue Disk after losing the previous.
I get the message "WinRE file wasn't found locally. Please select the source to copy it."

Can anybody suggest where I can find this please? I thought it came with AX64.

[Edit] Just noticed that a button on the dialog offered the chance to get the required from the internet. I selected this and got the message "downloading WIM" the process then completed "successfully" but...
do I trust it?
is WIM the same as WinRE?

 

Enonod, the "WinRE" they refer to is an image, usually included in your system builds, that is really WinRE.wim. That's the image AX64 uses to create its rescue media. Sometimes, an OEM system builder will not include that on your system, causing AX64 to not find it. The internet access to get it should suffice just fine...

 

Thank you very much for that reassurance TheRollbackFrog.

 

Morning all! As I mentioned last week or so, there IS an issue with the new HOT restore in BETA build #548 (not just hanging but offering a flawed system structure after the reversion)... it may not affect everyone but it definitely affects my very basic system configuration, which has never failed with HOT restore previously since v1 build #996 or so. Personally, I would not use this BETA unless you're protecting your system with a secondary imaging solution. I think the AX64 team has finally zeroed in on this "anomaly" and hopefully will have an answer to the problem soon.

And pls remember, those of us in this thread are BETA testing here... this version is NOT a released product as of yet so it should not be considered any sort of final version of this app at this time.

 

...and don't forget to TEST IT just to be sure it came together as planned...

 

I heed the warning. I am using Macrium as secondary. I was using v1 without any problems. I purchased v2.0.0.528. I uninstalled v1, installed v2 and on the install reboot could not boot the system. I had to go back via Macrium but somehow the first message that came up was that v2 trial had expired (no opportunity to have entered serial). I went back to the Macrium before uninstalling v1 and then all was well. The message should not have occurred (just not possible) and no logs were available because I didn't get that far. Hence the attempt with the beta 548.
At present I cannot see anything wrong with the system during the past several hours.

[Edit]A new day has dawned with a good system restart, no problems whatever. Perhaps when there is a disaster it is as important to see why one survived as why many died.

 

For what it may be worth... Using b548 I have taken an incremental on the baseline of two days ago and deleted various files and desktop shortcuts.
Hot restored perfectly all items and files recovered perfectly.

 

v2 b548 and Windows 8.1, Hewlett Packard Pavilion 2475ea
And finally, I returned to an earlier backup by Macrium then came forward by use of the CD Recovery made with b548 and the end result was perfect in every way.
I was careful with my words because very very oddly, the Recovery Wizard window during UEFI boot from the CD showed normally but the column contents in the Browser for file Type and Size were in Russian though the Headers were English and also the Path (Desktop) at the top beneath the buttons was also in Russian as was the same in the lower left window, all else was English.

 

Incompatibility with Raxco Instant Rescue : sorry to get back again to this subject, but since i have installed RIR on my win 8.1 PC, TM V2 (build 528 and 54 refuse to load the basic drivers required to make the system function. Is there anyone here that was successful to run both products at the same time ?

Thanks.

 

Pete answered that question for you in post #9338. Basically not really. Pick one to use.

 

Thanks but I don't fully agree, Peter2150 said :
"Not really an incompatibility, but you have be careful of the order you do things, or will be constantly rebuilding AXTM's tracking file. I played with it a while, and in the end I decided it wasn't worth it. For me it ended up IR being the better way to go."

Whatever the order here it fails, and it is not a question of files being not tracked, the drivers simply won't load so I can't perform a backup. I have not tried restoration though but this would bring me back before IR installation...

Anyway, thanks for your clarification. These two products seems incompatible for now. Too bad.

 

MerleOne, I have to agree with you, and have taken the same route as you. IR is rock solid, and Wacrium Reflect rounds it out nicely. I have AXTM inactive and will see how it does over time.

 

Everyone, with using AX64 and Macrium Reflect, do you bother even leaving Windows System Restore on?

 

I keep using System Restore, I just reduce the size allocated to this mecanism (easy on XP and 8.x, difficult on Vista & 7). I always use it before a full restore. Now it seems that it messes AX64 a little bit, I mean the backup chain, but other may have a different experience.

 

I use Macrium and have System Restore disabled. Don't see any use of it.

 

I turn restore off. I've never had consistent success when using it to restore anyway and it makes snapshots larger, and AX64 .528 has yet to fail.

 

I turn system restore off because a) I never use it anyway (in case of big issues and AX64 wouldn't be able to fix it, I do a re-install of Windows) b) It does unnecessary writes to my SSD (unnecessary because I never use it anyway) and c) it takes space...

Although it feels like I'm turning this bloody thing off every single week, it keep re-enabling itself for C drive...

 

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit with 256gb SSD drive.
Uninstalled older version,and installed the latest beta..
Backing up works,but restore doesn't as it says
"No backups found on this computer" but it does show the backup location which is on an usb drive.
Logs sent.

 

I tried installing beta 548 on my Vista Ultimate 32-bit machine, on which it has never been possible to (hot) restore an image with AX64, neither in v1, nor in v2 (under Vista there is no warm restore). After installation and reboot I am asked to set the source and destination for the backup. That fails with the error "Cannot save backup parameters". I have saved the log and will send it to AX64 support.