Question about Keriver

I am new to imaging backups so I had a question about Keriver 1CRP

I read that it can restore the image without using a recovery cd, which is very convenient. (I do know that you can create a recovery cd in case the hard drive does fail).

I am wondering, how fast is the restore on boot up (without the recovery cd)?

Basically can the image be restored every day conveniently and fast so I could have a fresh OS every day?

Does this put wear on the hard drive in any way, and are there other imaging software that also can do this without a recovery cd?

With my limited knowledge of these things, I am thinking that if the image can boot up conveniently/fast without a cd, wouldn't this be a surefire replacement for virtualizing (Returnil etc.)?

 

If you are wanting a product to restore a clean image every reboot and thereby preserving your OS; you might want something like Returnil, Shadow Defender, or DeepFreeze. I'm not completely familiar with Keriver but I believe its mainly a backup imaging program instead of a rollback type virtualization app.

 

I was initially looking into Returnil and other virtualization apps (especially Shadowdefender but no way to get that anymore). I still need to do image back ups either way.

So when I read that it could do the image on restore without a CD, I figured that would be surefire compared to virtualization, where some leaks are possible.

Since I am barely learning about image backups, I have no clue if restoring takes 20 minutes, or a seamless 30 second job.

If it is a long process, then I would want to do virtualizing in addition to a regular image backup, but if restoring without CD on reboot is a fast neat process then that seems great for convenience and security!

 

If you have more than one partition, you can put the ISO file to the non-OS partition, and use EasyBCD to add it to boot menu.

 

Have you done this? If so, when booting to an image is the process fast enough where it can be done every day without being an inconvenience?

 

1. I did not use Keriver, I just tell you the method to add to boot menu that without using a CD
2. Keriver is not a good method for your need
3. If you need a fresh OS every day, virtualization apps such as Returnil and Shadow Defender are your best choices

 

From the little I've used Keriver it would suit you best as a periodic image app to back up your data disks. A virtualization app would be your day-to-day program. I agree that Shadow Defender is risky now, which is a shame as it was a very powerful program. With that being said Returnil would be a viable solution as it is pretty comprehensive and still developed/supported.

 

You and Andylau are right,

after doing more research into it, I came to the conclusion that booting a new image is not convenient or fast enough for an every day thing.

So virtualizing it is!

Also for my imaging I decided on Paragon, since I read it is a little bit easier on beginners like me.