Introducing AX64 Time Machine - hybrid imaging/snapshot software

Salaam Mohamed,

Thank you for your encouraging reply, but the quote from Wajamus below suggests that it is still many long months away; in the meanwhile, I'll just have to continue to look on in envy.

Best wishes on the occasion of your Eid (Id el Adha?)
Edit: It should be: "Eid al-Adha", sorry.

Norman

 

Cruise & Wendi... in a quick private note from Isso after the issue of Build 1145, he stated that there had been major improvements in the RESTORE functions of the product. That did bear witness when it was discovered that the BACKUP module had remained at Build 1133 but the BROWSER, where all the restore work is done, had moved to Build 1145.

Pls take this as very "unofishul"... or maybe VIRTUAL would be better

 

TRF, thanks for the reply but would you please clarify the above, as I'm unofishully confused.

Cruise

 

Excellent advice Pete, after all it is not exactly difficult to install/uninstall AXTM.

 

Cruise, when Isso made Build 1145 available, he said on the forum that it was an improved version. When folks started downloading it they noticed that the version # for the app was still at Build 1133 (NO changes to the backup portion of the system since 1133), then another coupla users noticed that the BROWSER part of the app (separate app) was actually at Build 1145 (changes here since 1133).

In a PM to Isso concerning other issues, I asked what had changed in Build 1145... he stated that the RESTORE function had been greatly improved. Since Build 1145 was not an official release, it made sense that any major RESTORE improvements would be located in the BROWSER app, not the BACKUP app.

If Build 1145 had ever been issued as a RELEASED version, I'm sure all Build #s would be made consistent.

 

Shalom Norman,

You are right that RealColy is many months away. If it will make you feel better, I use Macrium Reflect for imaging more than one partition. The FREE version is same as PAID version without incremental/differential imaging.

Thanks for the Eid Greetings. Both usage Id el Adha and Eid al-Adha are correct. "El" and "Al" in Arabic is "Ha" in Hebrew, for example HaSatan, al-Shaytan.

Old, old Hebrew and Modern Hebrew. Also, old, old Arabic and Modern Arabic is written without short vowels. Add to that there are three vowels in Arabic and English has five vowels, therefore Arabic words are written in so many different ways in English. For example, such as Mohammad is written so many different ways in English.

Elohim and Allah are same words. Just as Shalom and Salam (Salaam).

Blessed Be HaSheem!

 

Pete, when I was using AX64 (build 1120) I experienced some restore issues, but as I don't have a test machine I'm very uncomfortable installing the subsequent 'beta' versions; so I'm just trying to understand what may have been changed in 1133 and 1145 that might have fixed the issues I ran into.

As I have a Win7 x64 machine, I'd be interested in learning what you observed between 1120, 1133 and 1145!

Cruise

 

Thanks TRF, that helps (somewhat). May I ask which AX64 builds you presently use (and for which OS)? I'd also be very interested in your personal observations regarding 1120, 1333, and 1145.

Cruise

 

Dearest Cruise,

What Isso mentioned earlier that these are not beta build but special build to take care of some concerns. As Pete said try them and it won't hurt anything but maybe help things.

Best regards,

Mohamed

 

Understood Mohamed, but I'm still asking Pete, TRF, and other members to share their experience with the 3 most recent versions, which would make me more comfortable before reinstalling AX64.

Regards, Cruise

 

I too use Macrium Reflect. I am looking for a replacement for Rollback.

I knew about 'shalom' and sala(a)m' but not 'Elohim' and 'Allah'.


Norman

 

Thanks Pete. As noted I have experienced restore issues (hot and cold) and I couldn't even boot the recovery CD until trying 1120. After getting over that hurdle, an AX64 restore failed while attempting to restore an important snapshot. As this was happening on a machine used for serious work, I freaked-out. I don't have a clue whether that was due to a bad backup or the restore operation itself (I sent a log to Isso, but never received a reply). I don't have the computing resources or a lot of time on my hands to experiment, so perhaps now you can understand why I am asking these questions.

Cruise

 

Hi Cruise

After trying them all I have found that 1133 works best for me...but not perfectly, when running Win7 64bit. 1145 was supposed to go some way to resolving the hot restore freezing but I found that it was inferior at that, on my system , when compared to 1133.

Personally find that both 1133 & 1145 are better than 1120.

HTH

Balders

 

Cruise, I'm probably not a good candidate for feedback but I'll pass on what I know.

My most active system is W7x86sp1 where I do tons of testing, infecting, and lots of other bad things (used to use Rollback on this system). Other than a single RESTORE hang during the late ALPHA testing phase, it has been flawless at all other issued versions (currently using build 1145). This machine HOT RESTOREs about 10-15 times per day (its a busy sucker )

I also successfully run Build 1145 on (2) W7x64sp1 systems, an additional W7x86sp1 system and a W8-based SynTex tablet. I don't do enough RESTOREs (HOT or COLD) on these systems to add anything to statistics but have done it successfully on all of them.

I also have tried it on a Samsung ATIV W8 tablet without success (haven't followed up yet, think it's a SECURE BOOT issue though).

Hope this helps!

 

Hi Balders,

Thanks for your feedback. You said of the 3-versions 1133 works best for you, but not perfectly - would you please elaborate on that?

Cruise

 

Hi Norman,

I understand now. I am allergic to Rollback Rx. LOL.

There are two Arabic written languages. The old, old and modern Arabic, which doesn't have short vowels and much grammar. And, the Quranic (classical) Arabic, which is taught in Colleges and Universities as proper Arabic language.

TaNaKh (Old Testament) was written without short vowels and much grammar. The short vowels and grammar were added to TaNaKh from Quranic (classical) Arabic during the 12th to 15th centuries. Hebrew was dead during the time of Prince of Peace (Jesus) and was revived from Arabic during 19th century.

elohim is plural and the singular is eloh. allah is two words, the first word is "al" which is "ha" in Hebrew and the second word is "ilah" in English which is same in Hebrew and written as "eloh" in English. Therefore al ilah (allah) would be haeloh in Hebrew. eloh can be made plural as elohim, but not haeloh (allah).

Blessed Be HaShem!

 

TRF, all of the feedback I receive helps me, so thanks for your configuration details! Seems like 1145 gets it done for you!
I never went beyond 1120, but based on the feedback I've gotten from Pete, Balders and you, it seems as though 1133 or 1145 are superior and may be worth-my-while trying.

Thanks,
Cruise

 

Hi Cruise,

On 6 of my 16 machines, I am using 1145 and it seems to be superior than 1120. I am waiting for a stable release to upgrade them all.

Best regards,

Mohamed

 

For those of us who have not uninstalled AX64 and tried ANY of the beta builds, what is your suggestion for the process? Do you recommend uninstalling, then rebooting, and then reinstalling one of the beta builds?

I assume that the beta builds (1133 & 1145) will still see the 1120 backups?

 

Hi TS,

Unfortunately it's not that easy. First of all a running process is a very vague definition. I need the exact point in time, otherwise some of the changed sectors may be lost and data corrupted. Even if I have that exact time point, what if SD decides to write some of the files back? Or what if it excludes some of the files? What if it messes with AX tracking file? These situations are close to impossible to handle.

Anyway we may change our program sometime in the future to not use realtime tracking. If we do that, it will be working with SD just fine. But that approach has it's own disadvantages, so I'm not sure if we should use it.

Isso

 

Hi Easter,

I really appreciate your constant support, and thanks a lot for your kind words!

Isso

 

Hi Cruise,

Those two builds improved the restore mechanism so it decreases the probability of freezing during restore. 1145 should work the best.

Isso