increment backup query

You are right como,

I got it all mixed up, with ver. 7 as well.
I'm sure they are doing it to keep this forum running

 

Horn wrote....

Horn, "Verify" is not 100% proof that an image is perfect, all that it says is that the checksum is OK, which means the file is OK, but that does not guarantee that your backup is all there or that it will restore.

By using Mount Image (or as in v8 Plug Image) you will be able to physically see everything that is contained within the image. Acronis could have called it "Explore" image which would be a more functionally correct lable.

 

Thanks all of you for help.
@bVolk Ill' try Explore as you suggest , but can you give more detailes how to perform this operation.
Thanks once again.

 

horn,

Start the Plug Image Wizard (it was called Explore Image earlier), find and select the image you want to plug (and explore) as a virtual drive and just step through the following screens accepting the defaults. After you click Proceed on the last screen, TI will create the virtual disk and drop you into Windows Explorer. From within Win Explorer you will now be able to see the added virtual disk (carrying a letter that wasn't there previously) and select the files you need, and copy them in the usual windows manner from the virtual disk to a regular one (say C: or D: ).

When done with copying, exit Explorer and Unplug the image with this TI tool. If you don't Unplug the image the virtual disk will disappear when you shut the computer down. Next time you start the machine the virtual (plugged) drive will be gone, but the files you copied from it will be present on your real disk.

 

Start Explore Image Wizard choosing previously Image MyBeckap stored in Partition D:\
Try to assign drive lettr H:, but received Error:
"Cannot assign a drive letter to a partition from the Image archive"
Check the Properties in this Wizard for the Image archive and found all checked with a green sign.
In the Statistics found :
-Files: 34.448
-Folders: 4.253
Don't know how to compare with numbers of files and folders from operating WINXP C:\- i.e. how to find statistics data for drive WINXP C:\
Go to Unplug Image found image assigned with letter H:, try to Unplug the Image but received Error mesage that Image cannot be Unplaged.
Reboot and Unplage Image was "Empty".
Seems that something is not going in proper way.

 

Horn,

Is it possible for you to upgrade to TIv9?

 

Hello horn,

Excuse me poking my nose in but I assume you are running Windows with a Pagefile? In which case, is it located on your C: partition? If so, then that will account for a sizeable chunk of the used space shown by Windows Explorer.

What does all this mean? Well TI doesn't back up pagefile.sys (or hiberfile.sys for that matter) but merely includes a few bytes of "placeholder" data instead. If the above assumptions are correct then multiply the size of your full image by 1.3 and add the result to the size of your pagefile (as seen in Windows Explorer). With luck the total should be near enough the size of your original Used Space.

Regards

 

Hello Menorcaman,
Sorry my ignorance but please explain how I can calculate size of Pagefiles.
I have one HD of 40 GB divided in three partitions-WINXP on C:\ ,Partition D:\ as Archive and partition G:\ with Windows 98 SE .
I have dual boot through Acronis OS Selector.
I am interested mostly to be able ,in case of necessity ,to backup Mybackup using TI8., for WINXP i.e. drive C:\
Now what confusing me mostly is so huge differnce between size of used space
of drive WINXP C:\ and size of MyBackup file created by TI8.
As I explained in my previous post , "Explore Image" of TI8 shows that the size of used space for WINXP C:\ from MyBackup is very near to that one from original source.
Thanks in advance for all your help.

 

Provided you have set up Windows to use a Pagefile and haven't located it elsewhere, you will see it via Windows Explorer as C:\pagefile.sys. However, it's a Hidden, System, file so you may have to change Windows Explorer's options in order to view it.

In Windows Explorer click on Tools > Folder Options > View and in "Advance settings:" select the "Show hidden files and folders" radio button and untick the "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" checkbox. Whilst you are there, you might also want to untick the "Hide extensions for known file types" checkbox (see screenshot below). When done, click on the "Apply" button and then on the "Apply to All Folders" button.

Regards

 

Hi Menorcaman,
Size of my "pagefile.sys" is 786,432 MB.
Consequently size of Mybackup file is 2,689,052 X 1,3= 3,495,767
+ 786,432
Total: ===========
~ 4,28 GB
Size of my WINXP C:\ 5,52 "
Differnce : 1,24 GB

Probably something is wrong.

 

O.K. Something else to try. Create a new full backup archive but this time set the compression option to "None". This will remove TI's data compression from the equation. Now add the size of the resultant new image file to the Pagefile size and let us know what the total is.

Regards

 

Now the situation is as follows:
- I have two backups named as Ghost 1 size 4,194.304 and
Ghost 2 " 1,007.906
-------------
Total: 5.202,210 KB
Plus Pagefile.sys: 786,432
============
All in Total : 5.988,642 KB
vs 5,70 GB used space of WINXP C:\ i.e about 288 MB Backup is bigger.
NB:This beckup is done with "None" compression .

 

Hi horn,

Well that proves to me there was nothing wrong with your backups, merely that TI was able to compress your images by more than the expected 30%. So, nothing to worry about there .

Regards

 

Hello Menorcaman,
A huge thanks to you m'8 .
To save some place , do you raccomand to make backup once again , but now with "Normal" compression.

 

Good morning horn,

Yes I do. I also recommend setting TI's default options (Tools > Options) for Backup Priority and Restore Priority to "Normal" in each case.

Regards