is this possible or.......

hi all, Have just reset my rig back to factory default [Grrrrr,],with all the **** in there,why, thats another sad story, but is it possible to install first defense,then make a secundary,boot to secundary and update the primary with archive snapshot,yes this sound quite easy, but my real question is can FD handle the updating without errors or crashing because there is a huge difference between the archived snapshot and the primary one.Is this already done by somebody ?This is the ultra real stress test for FD so i am a bit cautious,is there anybody out there to make me a little more confident.

huub.

 

After copy/update the destination snapshot = source snapshot, no matter what the contents of the destination snapshot was and there is no proof so far that the copy/update failed.
So when you copy/update from archive to actual primary snapshot the contents of your actual primary snapshot will be equal to the contents of your archive and you will have your old computer back.
If you don't trust it copy/update from archive to new snapshot and remove the actual primary snapshot after testing the new snapshot.

Peter has done a copy/update from winXPproSP2-snapshot to winVISTA-snapshot and at the end his winVISTA-snapshot contained winXPproSP2 and this proves that copy/update is very strong.

 

So Peter and Albert you are used to known this already possible and FD can hold up the strain you set it to,i never read about it on this forum ( its my ignorance) but in the meantime i did already what i myself suggested and it took 12 min. to update my primary from archive,after this i lost my desktop and my documents [anchored] but this of little impact because i always have backup copies on a external drive,only have to reconfigure the desktop and recover my documents,so can you guess i am in awe for this livesaver FDISR.

 

Anchored objects are NOT included in copy/update and that means they aren't stored in any snapshot or archive.
You didn't lose your desktop and documents, they were never included in your archive.
If you anchor you must backup these anchored objects with an Image Backup Software.

If you don't anchor everything is included in snapshots and archives.


Anchoring is often used for personal data and decreases the size of snapshots and archives.

Suppose you have a work snapshot and rollback snapshot and
your system takes 10 GB and your personal data takes 100 GB

If you don't anchor your personal data
1. Your work snapshot = 110 GB
2. Your rollback snapshot = 110 GB
That is 220 GB in total on your harddisk.

If you anchor your personal data
1. Your work snapshot = 10 GB
2. Your rollback snapshot = 10 GB
3. Your personal data = 100 GB
That is 120 GB in total on your harddisk.

You see the difference ?

 

Hey Erik, I understand these all for quite awhile already and i myself do it on similar lines but i doubted the strenght of these software i my case to do a copy/update wich such that different snapshots, but in the end it works like a charm,.....most impressed !!

 

OK then. I knew in theory that FDISR was strong, but Peter's test was valuable to me, because he proved
that practice = theory

If Peter has changed winVISTA into winXPproSP2 by just adding, removing and replacing objects without errors, than you know that the copy/update is very strong and reliable and it also proved that ARCHIVES are reliable.
I was also impressed by this test, but never could try it myself, because I don't have winVISTA.

 

Because of Peters and EA's torture testing, I have done all sorts of copying/updating that I would never have considered with any other software, and have NEVER had an error. It seems that whatever you ask it to do, FDR just DOES IT!
I have given up even looking for errors after copy/update because there never have been any, (except due to security software settings which are now well known)
Use this software with confidence. It is unlikely to let you down.

Ken

 

I have very limited experience of using FD-ISR so I may be misunderstanding what copy/update means. Peter wrote "did an update of my Primary(vista) from the Archive(XP pro)" I assumed that all that is really happening is that the Primary is being totally replaced by the Archive ? In a sense I find the word update a bit misleading - to my way of thinking it suggests/implies that some files remain the same and some are changed or updated - when all that is really happening is that one snap shot is overwriting/replacing another or am I totally wrong ?

 

FDISR calls almost everything copy/update. That's why beginners often use the function "export" to archive snapshots, because they can't find "archive" or "backup" in the menus.
But if you pay attention to the screens and you do a copy/update from snapshot to archive you will see the word ARCHIVE and when you do a copy/update from archive to snapshot you will see the word RESTORE.
The function "Freeze" + "Re-freeze" (doesn't exist in menus) is also a kind of copy/update of the "Freeze Storage.arx".
Copy is more for new snapshots/archives, while Update is more for existing snapshots/archives.

FDISR calls it Copy/Update on the menu, because it doesn't know yet what the user will choose as source and destination snapshot/archive.

 

I have to admit i was one of those beginners who used export feature first until i had read the whole helpfile.

I have used FDISR to test and change my security software / normal software and FDISR has never let me down.

Kristian

 

Hiya Is there anything wrong with exporting a snapshot to my external hard drive? The image I know is saved with the .arx extension.

Can I not then use tools/options/archives and specify the external hard drive location eg F:. Once specified (+ assuming my usb hard drive is plugged in), can I not then copy update the archived file from there to either my primary or secondary snapshot?

Howard

 

In all cases you can !!

 

kk

H

 

Everything above is so very true and to my own amazement gives a tremendous lift that we can have 100% confidence in at least a choice few software applications of importance, also in this case i wouldn't dare trust so totally in any other rollback app other then FD-ISR unless it could prove the same equal results.

Very Commendable!!