Introducing AX64 Time Machine - hybrid imaging/snapshot software

Speaking of speed, I haven't seen anyone talk about how quickly their computer boots since they uninstalled RBRx and installed AX64. Everybody who uses RB knows that it adds boot time. My computer took 2 minutes to get to the appearance of the desktop. My boot time using AX64 is about 50 seconds due to its simplicity I guess. Nice.

 

Good, now that you tried and verified the full/offline restore take a snapshot, install and application and perform an online restore from inside windows (the feature that sets AX64 apart from the other imaging apps).

Yes, as long as you perform the deletion from the AX64 browser, the snapshot tree will remain intact.

Panagiotis

 

Yes I am sure. I have not reinstalled AX64 yet, I am waiting for the next version... But I can try again if you think it's necessary.

 

Actually, this is something that only RBRX fans suffered... not something to praise AX64.

Panagiotis

 

@Isso

when you release the next update please close this thread and start a new one. It has become so big that is impossible to follow...

Panagiotis

 

Hi MerleOne,

Thank you, no real need to do that, whenever you feel comfortable.

Isso

 

Panagiotis, manolito,

I agree, and I just received a reply from Explorer++ developer David, who kindly agreed to allows us to include his program into our distribution. So as soon as we do that the problem with file recovery will be solved.

Isso

 

bgoodman,

I'm happy to hear these test results, thank you! Indeed, we spent quite a bit of time tweaking the performance to the maximum possible.

Isso

 

artoor,

Thank you for sharing your expericence, and I'm glad to hear that AX64 works fine for you. As Panagiotis mentioned - try incremental restores, and you'll be surprised with the speed, and make sure to delete selected snapshots only from the Backup Browser.

Isso

 

Panagiotis,

Will do that. This thread must be divided into a few hundred threads (per topic) to make it easy to understand. Too bad the admins didn't agree to create a separate forum...

Isso

 

Artoor, when snapshot #2 is deleted through the AX4 TM BROWSER window, what is actually performed is a merging of relevant information into snapshot #3 and the elimination of irrelevant information (stuff that doesn't exist in the baseline, #1 or #3). You wind up with the baseline, snap #1 and snap#3 which will contain anything relevant from snap#2 that should continue to exist. Only the things that were unique to #2 are now gone.

Feel free to snap back to the baseline, snap#1 or snap#3...

Edit: <Oooops!> Just noticed Panagiotis and Isso have dealt with this question... sorry.

 

I have a quick question. If I delete the current snap from within Windows Explorer what, if anything, does it do the the backup set? Would the set be broken or would the next snap be simply a continuation of the current set?

 

It would break the set. The nature of incrementals is that they're all linked together. This is not like a differential backups where all snapshots are independent of each other and only relate to the main backup. Do not delete any AX64 snapshots from Windows Explorer. Use the built-in Backup Browser instead.

 

Dearest Isso,

Thanks for your reply to my post 2419. Now it has been complete four days that I have uninstalled AX64 on both my Nexus and ROG laptops, I have not encountered the problems described in the above post. Basically, I was about to break the on/off switches on these two laptops.

Before, uninstalling from ROG laptops, I made the copy of the logs on the ROG laptop, which I still have it. Hopefully, the matter will be resolved soon, so that I can go back installing AX64 on these two laptops and start enjoying the beauties of this wonderful program again.

One thing which came to my attention yesterday, it is when I ran the chkdsk, the very first time on a Windows 8 machine. It was on Nexus laptop. To my surprise it ran the chkdsk right then within the Windows 8, rather than it schedule it for the next boot as usual.

Best regards,

Mohamed

 

So I got to try out AX64.... what was that Wilders discount I heard about?

 

Hello,

I am pretty sure it is still available (25%), you just need to PM Isso...

 

Mohamed,

You mentioned you leave your desktops on 24/7. Do you have the shutdown/restart issue if you turn them off? Or is it only the laptops?

 

Hi Brian,

1. My problem has mostly to do with cold starts. However, sometimes with restarts too. The problems with shutdowns are very rare.

2. Sometimes, it takes 10 minutes or more trying to cold start the laptops and the computer gets stuck into start mode. Have to press the on/off switch and retry again. Sometimes, have to go into safe mode and retry.

3. It is mostly on Windows 8 machines but it also affects the Windows 7 machines too. I have Windows 8 on two laptops and on two desktops.

4. Since the desktops are left on 24/7, therefore they don't go through cold starts, but rather restarts, if needed by Windows.

Best regards,

Mohamed

 

Mohamed,

I guess I'm wondering if there is an app common to your computers that is causing this issue. Would you like to try a few cold starts with your desktops to see if that's the case?

 

pandlouk, Isso, TheRollbackFrog, thank you for your answers. I can see very good support here

Ragerds

 

Thank you for the reply.

I was hoping that since it was the most recent, a new link in the chain would be created at the next auto snap.

My concern is with the possibility of there being malware in the most recent snap and that since you cannot delete the most recent snap via the browser the only way to do so would be from Explorer. This would be for potential malware issues rather than confirmed ones.

It is not always the case that you are aware of the time when you are working and if you open an e-mail or file that turns out to be suspicious just before an auto snap is created that suspicious item and any malware it may contain will become part of the snapshot set. Since you cannot delete the current snap from within the AX64 browser I am concerned any malware it might contain would become embedded in the backup set when the current snap gets merged into previous and or subsequent ones.

At the moment it seems to me as if the only solution would be to revert to an earlier snap and then start the set over from a new baseline. This of course would not be at all convenient since it would mean the loss of all previous snaps (except possibly as a source for individual file recovery), as well as a lengthy slowdown of the PC while the new baseline is being created,,,,, all because there MIGHT be malware in the file or e-mail just opened. RollBack Rx was excellent for dealing with this sort of thing since once you rolled back to a previous snap you could delete any subsequent snap without issue.

 

Hello.

One way you can get rid of it is to restore to a snapshot previous to the one you want to delete. Now when you click delete of that selected snapshot, it is actually deleted since it is not part of the current "chain". HTH...

The only thing that I am not sure of is if you restore back to more than one previous snapshot and then not delete all of the ones after the current one you are now in, is if this breaks the "chain" if you restore back to a later snapshot. I have done the restore to a previous snapshot and then delete all of the later occurring ones and this does not break the "chain". Isso may need to clarify say in the instance of restoring back several snapshots and whether or not just deleting one will break the "chain".

 

Sounds like a decent solution,,,, just to be clear, if you delete a subsequent snap from the one you reverted to no merging takes place. I know you can delete them but thought they would be merged as per normal.

 

Is anyone getting this sort of thing?

The system is a Win 7 Pro 64 bit. I have not seen this on my XP system.

 

One file is Windows' boot partition and then your C: partition. They'll always be in pairs with AX64. That's just how Windows works now and AX64 backs those up.