Windows 8 and Drive Imaging

Discussion in 'backup, imaging & disk mgmt' started by JDGILL, Oct 30, 2012.

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  1. JDGILL

    JDGILL Registered Member

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    I've used ShadowProtect but my maintenance is over and Win 8 support seems some way off. Just wondering which imaging programs are compatible with Windows 8. I use imaging as my primary backup method (hot backups with regular incrementals) so any suggestions would be welcome.

    Thanks in advance.
     
  2. moontan

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    i'm using Image for Windows, which works just as good on 8 as on 7.
     
  3. JDGILL

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    Yeah I like IFW except the lack of incrementals; that was what Shadow Protect does so well.
     
  4. zfactor

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    i normally use ifw and active@ but active@ doesnt seen to have support yet for win 8 unless i missed it
     
  5. treehouse786

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    it does support windows 8 :thumb:
     
  6. JDGILL

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    What is active@ like speed wise for incrementals? With Shadow Protect I could do backups at four hourly intervals and each just took a minute or two.
     
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    not sure as i only do full disk imaging which only takes around 3 mins. i think i did an incremental a while back and it took quite long so i dont think you will be impressed by its incremental speed. i will do a test now and confirm

    edit- well this puts the mental in incremental. just tried an incremental and it took longer than a minute so i cancelled it. i think it takes the same time as a full disk image because it must be checking all sectors even if the index shows no change in a particular sector. so if your looking for fast incrementals then Active@ is not for you.
     
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    ahh i see that now but what does the boot disk look like now is it still based on windows 7??
     
  9. treehouse786

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    it is still based on windows 7 sp1. dont see a reason for them to switch to windows 8, in fact i hope they dont as the OS used on the boot disk has no bearing on the disk being imaged by the boot disk.
     
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    Using Acronis True Image Home 2013 and no issues as of yet.All works as it should.Tested recover from backup and it works perfectly.All is perfectly preserved.
     
  11. OldMX

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    Offline imageing utilities like Clonezilla or PING should work without issues right?
     
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    Using it also. No problems encountered yet.
     
  13. MarcP

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    I use Macrium Reflect in Win8 and it works just fine. In fact, I used it to hop between my Win7 and Win8 images a few times until I finally settled with Win8. No issues.
     
  14. AbbyJack

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    Same here. Works great but I'm using the Pro version which is required for the GPT partition layout in the default Win8 install.
    I don't think the standard version would do the trick.
    Just a FWIW.:D
     
  15. mrfargoreed

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    I'm also using Macrium Reflect free and restored several images perfectly so far without any problems. Very nice program.
     
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    The 5.1.5299 update reinstall the complete program instead of just replacing updated .exes :\
     
  18. tej

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    +1 Macrium Reflect Free

    I just completed imaging my Win 8 system with Macrium Reflect and backup folder weighs in at 5.4GB. Just prior to that I used the built-in "Windows 7 File recovery" imager which ended up with a hefty 15.1 gig image.
     
  19. sm1

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    I am looking for free offline imaging application for windows 8. I haven't used macrium. Is the macrium linux rescue cd enough to create and restore system partition? Can it be installed in usb using unetbootin or linux live usb creator?
     
  20. demoneye

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    does Macrium Reflect free can backup inside windows 8/7 and also restore the image inside windows 8/7 OR we need aboot cd to make some how??

    same question for active@ disk image ...

    cheers :)
     
  21. MarcP

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    I always backup inside and restore outside. Not sure how restoring inside works when you are running the OS. I can't imagine that being the best way.

    Unless you just want specific files restore. That I do inside.
     
  22. demoneye

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    drive snapshot does a great work backup win 7 inside (not from boot cd ) , i just not sure DS works for win 8 x64.. :/
     
  23. Cruise

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    While it will be quite a while before I leave W7 for W8, I'm pretty sure that DS will work perfectly with W8, especially considering that snapshot.exe (and snapshot64.exe) are portable executables!

    Cruise
     
  24. demoneye

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    yes , i assume it may work for win 8 x64 , BUT i need to know for 100% coz i dont want to mess my system up using DS
     
  25. Cruise

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    Sorry I have no way to give you 100% confirmation -- but I'm taking all bets! ;)

    PS. As you're an EF and SBIE user, I'm curious why you are going to W8 so soon (before EF and SBIE release W8-compatible versions)?
     
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