Introducing AX64 Time Machine - hybrid imaging/snapshot software

From your post above... other than possibly being slightly impatient when waiting that extra 30-sec for a EXTREMELY WARM RESTORE to occur, is there any other reason why you prefer the HOT RESTORE? I'm just curious as to why people feel that method needs to be continued... other than impatience, that is

When I look at this situation, I see a possible HOT restore failing (I've had TWO over all the testing periods), then a lengthy COLD restore having to be performed. Slight impatience would have to go out the window in this case due to the long time to recover... that extra 30-sec. seems to be a non-issue in this case.

 

I know some of the posters here seem to be a bit skeptical about AX64's new approach to their more reliable HOT restore method (what I call EXTREMELY WARM restore), but I would encourage the use of this method when it's finally released for testing... I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

As Yogi says... "It ain't over 'til it's over!"

 

Froggie, you are ALWAYS a wealth of very valuable information, THANK YOU.

Acadia

 

Yes, in the situation you described a normal DS restore will retain the larger size of your new C-partition.

Cruise

 

in other words if i made a image using DS (c:\) when it was 60giga and i resize it to 100giga the old 60 giga restore will work on the new 100giga c:\ ?

10x

 

Yes sir, with "Drive Snapshot," that's correct (per Cruise... see above).

Actually, that's very true of most every imager 'cept AX64 TM (at the moment). Going BIGGER is never much of a problem... going SMALLER is the trouble area for most.

 

Hi Stigg,

You can build USB/CD/DVD Recovery Media and/or ISO.

Best regards,

Mohamed

 

Hi explanoit

Nice to see you here too...

I used to use RB Rx instead of a VM approach but have switched to AXTM since the beta phase and have to say IMHO it does the business (still a few wrinkles but Isso is ironing them out...as he always ends up doing)

Regards


Baldrick

 

Hi Frogster

I was one of those but have changed my 'tune' after a little bit of quiet reflection...but in the end it is Isso who will decide...but as VP of Virtual Marketing I am sure that you can exert some influence in the right direction...

Regards, Baldrick

 

Yes, Isso has indicated that if new recovery media needs to be made so it will work with a new version he would tell us,,,,,,,,so you are good to go.

 

Not to worry... I will wring his virtual li'l neck if he doesn't get this right... uhhh, in a very business like sort of way that is (he still owes me last week's paycheck!)

 

Hi guys,
Forgive me if this has been asked but I haven't been keeping up with this product/thread...
Can I use shadow defender with ax64 and can I defrag while it's installed?

 

No to SD, yes to defrag.

 

Thanks, atleast I can defrag

 

Guys, what does it mean by "Mount the backup"?
I couldn't see anything different when I did it.

 

OK, here is my question/problem,
I have Windows 8.1 installed.
I am using the newest AX64 beta with Windows 8.1 compatibility.
I have a 1-terabyte drive (C) with my OS on it.
I have a 1-terabyte drive (E) which is my backup drive.
I have a USB drive, which I use to install my recovery media (used USB Stick).
I can see my backups are being saved fine.
I have been saving for a few weeks. The other day I tried to boot from the USB drive assuming it would bring up the AX64 backup console, all I got was a BSOD, something about no OS? I tried again, same BSOD.
Do I need to do something additional to make the USB drive bootable if that is what is causing my BSOD?
Thanks in advance for responding in terms a baby would understand.

 

I have found that the COLD restore method only takes about 10 minutes on my 60 GB system drive. Very minor price to pay for the very rare times that the HOT restore fails.

Just my two cents worth.....to each his own.

Silver

 

Stigg, when you select your snapshot of choice and PRESS the MOUNT button, a small window should appear telling you of a successful MOUNT (it may be behind your AX64 BROWSER window.

If that occurred you should open up your explorer and see a new drive mounted with the same name as the drive you backed up, albeit with a different drive letter than your system drive (not C:\). When you're through with it, use your AX64 main window, which should now have an unMOUNT button it in, to dismount that mounted snapshot.

 

I also use a 60gB protected partition and experience about the same COLD restore time as you... I guess I'm just a reliability freak

 

Goo-goo wah-wah ga-ga... oh, sorry, MB

If you made your BOOTable UFD with AX64 directly, there's nothing more you would need to do. If you made it from an AX64 produced ISO (bootable image), then tried to add it to a BOOTable UFD... if not done right that may be a problem. Otherwise it should work just fine.

Possibly, when you're trying to BOOT from it, your system is actually trying to BOOT from another device instead. I would use your system's BOOT options screen (where you can select your BOOT device) and select that UFD directly. If that doesn't work, I would remake the UFD directly in AX64 and try again.

Other than that... I have no idea.

 

Overkill... please bear in mind Pete's warning about snapshot size.

AX64 is a disk IMAGE backup tool, not a FILE backup tool. All those surface changes that your defrag tool will make in shuffling around disk blocks will show up as changes in the next snapshot, even though your file content hasn't changed at all. A large defrag will generate a pretty large snapshot at your next backup interval... and a much longer HOT restore time should you need to head to that pre-defragged snapshot.

 

Check out Yumi to make your flash drive from an ISO image. Worked for me. I have both AXTM and ShadowProtect recovery programs on one flash drive using Yumi. I had to produce the AXTM ISO image using Win 7 on a VmWare drive as Win 8.1 gave me error 32 messages. I was able to make a flash drive using AXTM 1.3.0.7 on 8.1, but not an ISO image.

I hope this helps,

Silver

 

TheRollbackFrog,
I used AX64's "Creating Recovery Media" and selected "USB Stick" on a brand new USB stick. I did not select "ISO File"
I use EASYBCD to boot directly to the USB stick.
Shouldn't this work?

silver0066,
I believe YUMI is for Linux. I would prefer, and should be able to, perform this boot function and restore without other outside utilities. Thanks for your help though.

 

Hi Stigg,

Basically, Frogie has replied you. All imaging programs allow to mount your image, so that you can access your files and if need be to copy these individual files rather than full image.

Let us say by mistake you deleted a file, but you have it in one of the images, you can mount that image, and copy that deleted file only.

Best regards,

Mohamed