Acronis Boot Disk failing? WTF

[jjsbasmt]

I use the same TI 2012 Rescue Media (CD) on everything from XP - 8.1 (X86 and X64) with absolutely no issues. You are correct, corkyg, some folks apparently don't know how to fully utilize the program.

 

[jkauff]

Echo this fully. Yesterday, I was reviewing the Rescue Media Creation, and my TI 2013 offered an update. It took several minutes, but installed just fine. I then created a new Rescue Media ISO file, and burned a new Rescue CD as well as a Thumb Drive. The program has never balked or made an error and I use it regularly, but always from Rescue Media boot - never from Windows. That has its own set of problems.

I think many people also don't understand that TI will not overwrite your existing system partition with a backup. You must delete it before restoring to the same drive. If you have Acronis Disk Director, you can do that easily by including it on the Rescue Media disc. If you don't, you'll need a bootable 3rd party tool (like the freeware GPartEd) to do it.

 

[AdamK47]

I have a feeling some folks just don't understand how to use the program. It is installed using the disk that comes with it or, more commonly a sownloaded file. After that is installed you can then create bootable rescue media in a variety of formats depending on what the program senses in your system, I choose the ISO file because I can then use it to create rescue media in several formats. You don't try and use the program disk as rescue media.

So the boot disc that comes with the retail version isn't ment for booting?

 

[corkyg]

So the boot disc that comes with the retail version isn't ment for booting?

It is, to the best of my knowledge, not a Rescue Disk. If that were the case, the program would never need to be installed and the boot disk could serve as many machines as you wanted. I really don't know why it is even bootable. I have used TI since version 1, and have always downloaded the program - no disk involved.

 

[AdamK47]

It is, to the best of my knowledge, not a Rescue Disk. If that were the case, the program would never need to be installed and the boot disk could serve as many machines as you wanted. I really don't know why it is even bootable. I have used TI since version 1, and have always downloaded the program - no disk involved.

Well, there's your disconnect. This thread is about the bootable disc.

I've used the boot disc with 2010 (also retail) to restore images from the HD I store backups on to my main OS SSD. It has worked great before. Did not have to ever create my own bootable rescue media.