Introducing AX64 Time Machine - hybrid imaging/snapshot software

Hi Chamlin,

The drive letter indeed may become different in Recovery Environment. Basically Windows can assign any letter to your drives. However if AX64 is ready to do the restore, it means that it found the correct drive automatically. Don't worry, it won't overwrite wrong drives.

If AX64 doesn't find the original drive, it will tell you that "The original volume cannot be found" and will offer to select a disk (rather than a volume) to restore it to, and will prompt about the possible loss of data in case it needs to overwrite existing volumes. Hope this helps.

Isso

 

MPSAN,

There is no limit for manual backups, you can take as many as you like.
Yes, you can rename the folder. If you do so, Ax64 will create a new folder, and will start a new backup chain with a full backup.
You can always view or restore the backups in your old folder by using Open other backups button in Browser.

Isso

 

Hi Isso

Hope that you are well?

Nice to see you passing through here again...even if only briefly as I am sure that you and Waj must be very busy in the 'kitchen'. Hope the 'cooking' is producing the 'dishes' we all hope it is?

Regards, and respect


Baldrick

 

There's a simple tip to make it easy to tell which drive is which: label it.

In Windows Explorer, right click on your C: drive, click Properties and type in "Boot" or "SSD" or <your choice> into the Label box. Then OK.

 

Hi Baldrick,

I'm good, thank you, hope you are well too! You are right, there is a lot of work at this moment. I hope we'll come up with "dishes" that you expect. It may take some time though...

Regards,
Isso

 

jelson,

Thank you for your great tip, indeed that's the best way to distinguish between the drives. I'll add that one can also set a label by selecting the drive and clicking on its name ("Local Disk"), or by pressing F2 - just like you would rename an ordinary file/folder.

Isso

 

Most excellent. Trust, I will.

Thanks, Isso, and also thanks to all who assisted with this quandry.

 

Yes. Drive letters are assigned by the booted OS. So C: drive in Windows might not be C: drive in WinPE or AX64 or DOS. A drive letter exists in the "mind of the booted OS". There is no C: drive when a computer is turned off.

 

Very true Brain. The drive name give in Windows, such as "Boot" or "SSD" don't exist when one boots into Recovery Media.

Best regards,

Mohamed

 

Mohamed,

The labels are present in WinPE and WinRE. Aren't they present in AX64?

 

A point and a question:

Point:

I'll agree that there is theoretically no limit to the number of manual backups (except for the size of your backup medium), I'll just say that I try my best to limit the number to less than 10 and preferably 5. Why? Because in my experience, the more manual backups the longer it takes to restore; at least that's what it appears to me. And, rationally, that makes sense. (This assumes that you don't make a lot of manual backups. I probably do a manual backup every couple days. I may even go a week between manual backups.) Why would you want to go back 10 or even 20 manual backups? I don't see much reason to do so.

Question:
Earlier in the thread a recommendation was made to install versions over top of each other regardless of whether you are upgrading the version or downgrading. I do this all the time with Sandboxie. I have not done so with AX64. I just want to confirm with others that this is how you've done it and it works fine to do so?

 

You are correct Brain, I don't know what I was thinking.

Best regards,

Mohamed

 

I did this constantly during both the ALPHA and BETA testing phases (as well as supported releases)... never a problem. This was the developers recommendation. This is what allows the TRACKING File to remain in play between/among versions. If you unINSTALL and reINSTALL, the tracking file is removed during the unINSTALL and AX64 will start from scratch with a new baseline upon reINSTALL.

 

They show up as well in the Acronis RE (Linux-based.) I don't recall off-hand if the partition labels are displayed in other Linux LiveCDs I've used or not.

I believe the reason is because the partition label is actually written to the partition itself.

 

Hi Waj,

does this mean, that we can expect next build of AX64 at the middle of November or can we expect a build a little bit earlier, because at the moment it´s not possible to upgrade to Win 8.1?

Werderforever

 

Posted about a week ago

 

I know that. But Waj has posted on October, 22nd this: Good news on the 8.1 fix. I think we're almost done with it. Look forward to some news very soon.

So I have asked, when we can expect the next build.

 

I understand what you mean.

But it ís only a question, because I want to try next AX64 build with expected better restoring and also want to use 8.1.

What is the problem to ask that?

 

Werderforever,

We already fixed the BSOD and I think within a couple of days I'll have a beta build to test. I'll let you know as soon as it's available.

Isso

 

Dearest Isso,

Excellent News!

We feel naked without our favorite AX64!

Best regards,

Mohamed

 

Thank you for the status update! I will click refresh on this page until it is announced. Just kidding (sort of)

 

Hi Werderforver.

There is no problem asking for an update at all and Isso and I are always happy to give answer to questions (within good taste) no matter how small or big.

Though Pete is right - there is quite a process we have to go through to get a fix through.

Hoping to get something out to you guys very soon.

Regards,

Waj

 

Awesome

The anticipation is pretty relentless on this end too. AX64 TM hybrid imaging can be thanked for a major hardware upgrade to my little lab. This is the first app of it's kind to spawn so much enthusiasm since (FD-ISR?) that i can remember.

So far i only have an issue with the USB recovery method and still working to rule out things like other software i have installed to the USB writing process itself on my machines. DVD recovery disc on the other hand........

Satisfied totally with AX64 too but at any rate i been quietly researching into RealCopy now that it involves for me a relatively unknown program for my camp and can see on the horizon a very formidable double strategic imaging and new backup plan coming to light.

AX64 TM is turned out solely responsible for extending backup/snapshot quality AND driven my own interest to commission and add new external drives. Something not seriously considered since Leapfrog's FD of yesterday year.

A former Paragon enthusiast way back when it was little known outside it's early confines to DriveSnapshot, and then FD-ISR, this is well worth all the effort and attention we can contribute to it.

Thanks and looking forward to staying in tune with this process all the way through.

Easter