Introducing AX64 Time Machine - hybrid imaging/snapshot software

I havent had any problems but I run it on-demand. You're mileage may vary.

 

Heh. I'm not much in sales department matters demoneye but i am perfectly comfortable making a one better suggestion then the above.

How about diving straight in to AX64 TM and test your own personal ideas out on it's features and it's simplicity of use, since you already depend on DS "saving you when the day comes"

Come on in, the water's fine.

Regards EASTER

 

I just don't understand some people....

I backup my system in multiple ways; not just 2. I happen to use Mozy and backup to their cloud servers. Mozy also happens to backup at the same time to my external HD. (Document or file backups)

Then, on top of that, I use AX64 AND Paragon. I don't believe you can ever have too many backups and too many backup processes and mechanisms.

So, I backup to the cloud, to my external hd, and then to DVD's. In addition, I backup using AX64 and image backup with Paragon.

Am I paranoid about losing my data? Yep.

 

that is totally nonsense , and i can prove it easily , lets say you have 10 snap made by ax64 , and you want to restore snap 3 .... it will take you long time to do it you be shocked ! i tried that my self having only 4 snapt and revert to number 2... so from 10 snaps you will shortly have a de ja vo of ATI while it restore your image

 

backing up important stuff like you do is OK , my point is only on DRIVE C:\ where to OS is .... making other stuff like photos or important DOC files holding in many places is reasonable

 

Chamlin,

Since it's an XP, then most likely cloning it to a new machine won't work with current AX64 version, sorry.

Isso

 

Acadia,

Thank you so for your understanding! Indeed, the merge of two companies significantly impacted the development speed at this moment. However after the hard work is done, we'll be able to move much faster than before.

Isso

 

EASTER,

I really appreciate it, in fact it's the support of you guys that helps us to move forward.

Isso

 

demoneye,

Sorry to hear it. Indeed, backup verification is needed and we will add it in one of the upcoming versions.

Isso

 

apaert,

Please send the logs and file a ticket and I'll look into it. Thank you

Isso

 

Exactly! Never trust ANY backup program 100%, not even AX64, FirstDefense, ShadowProtect, Macrium, built-in Windows, Acronis, Paragon, Redo, DiscWizard ... ad infinitum ....

Acadia

 

Thanks, Isso. I'll patiently wait.

Isso, or anyone else, since I have 3 drives I want to back up, 1 with OS & programs and the other two with different types of data; what is the best process to follow to back all of these up? Do I use AX64 on each drive and come up with some kind of naming convention? We can copy and restore data only drives, yes?

Thanks,
Chamlin

 

I agree that going back several snapshots can slow things down, however in my experience even then it's still twice as quick as doing a full reimage, and 90% of the time I only want to go back to the most recent snapshot.

 

Sorry , but i dont share same thought as you , i was (and still does) using DS for more than 10 years , and never ever it fail me , i ALWAYS test image after it made ( what was lack of ax64 atm) so no way any image can be bad what so ever !

and like i said before , i am not going to pay TWICE for backup software like i don't gonna pay to two anti virus or any other similar duplex software .

if you play it smart and using the right software (in this case image one) it will never fail you ! and i hold the proof for that , using in this case DS more than 10 years restoring an backup and always it work for me .

 

You're choice, but I would not feel safe just using one backup program. You're image might well be good at the time of testing but could easily get corrupted in every day use of the computer, due to various reasons, power cuts, harddrive faults, viruses etc. I hope at least you keep a backup of your image on another drive/media.

 

Good advice

 

How many would be enough? Because, as you then say:

Thus all your backup could be damaged so you've gained nothing by having multiple programs.

This is the best way, keep the OS separate from the data and have multiple physical drives used in rotation. Of course this costs more money... but how much is your data worth? (The OS and programs can always be re-installed, the data may be impossible to recreate).

J

 

man , so keep the tested image in 2 place (removable device for example) right ? so no hardware fault NO image corrupted no power cut what so ever.... YOU don't necessarily need 2 backup program ... just an open mind

 

Good point, but I have a SSD drive and 2 hard drives in my system. The OS and programs are on the SSD drive, backups from AX64 on one harddrive and backup's from EaseUS on the other hard drive, not fool proof I know, but better then having it all on one drive plus data backed up to harddrive and usb stick.

 

I only ever purchased backup software twice, all the others that I have used, at least several, were free and still excellent.

Acadia

 

Peter , Excellent point.

Please can you elaborate the process and the reason for that

tanks

 

OK, if you are happy to back up (in my case) 40GB of data every time you want to make a new image, rather a slow process on my system. A better solution for me is 2 back up programs that each take a couple of minutes to complete.

 

Just my 2 cents about testing : I usually don't rely on the internal testing mechanism of any imaging tool. I prefer to mount the image as a virtual disk and perform a chkdsk on it. When the archive is corrupt, the chkdsk returns a lot of errors and this has saved me several times of not keeping useless incremental or differential images.

With AX64, I must say the chkdsk takes ages, compared to other imaging tools where the mounted image seems much quicker.

Still, this doesn't change the 'genericity" of the method. And there is no 100% foolprof method, even a restore is not enough : you have to check everything is still working. Last time I cloned my system onto a SSD, and booted from the SSD, everything seemed fine at first, then I realized a day or two after that system restore had an issue and also that the sound card was not functionning.