How to use Acronis 9 to backup Win XP o/s?

Jack S wrote:
> I've got Acronis True Image 9.
>
> I'd like to do something fairly simple - backup XP with all it's updates and
> settings, and have a disk that I can boot off of to get the system up again
> in case my o/s gets blown away (we have lots of lightening and power spikes
> around here).
>
> I'll be damned if I can figure out how that's done from the Acronis info.
>
> It'd be great if I can get some valid info - thanks.
>
>

Make an *image* someplace like on a USB drive or such.
Make a bootable CD recovery CD.

Now when the drive or OS dies, you pull out the boot CD, connect the USB
drive, boot the PC and restore from the USB drive.

You should boot once and verify the USB backup by the way.
OR at least restore one file. Which you can by the way, you don't have
to restore everything (the entire image).

I've got Acronis True Image 9.

I'd like to do something fairly simple - backup XP with all it's updates and
settings, and have a disk that I can boot off of to get the system up again
in case my o/s gets blown away (we have lots of lightening and power spikes
around here).

I'll be damned if I can figure out how that's done from the Acronis info.

It'd be great if I can get some valid info - thanks.

Jack S wrote:
> I've got Acronis True Image 9.
>
> I'd like to do something fairly simple - backup XP with all it's updates and
> settings, and have a disk that I can boot off of to get the system up again
> in case my o/s gets blown away (we have lots of lightening and power spikes
> around here).
>
> I'll be damned if I can figure out how that's done from the Acronis info.
>
> It'd be great if I can get some valid info - thanks.
>
>

My experience is with Acronis 11. I used Acronis to make
the Acronis Secure Zone (SZ) which is a hidden partition
on the hard drive. I backed up the hard drive to the SZ.
Acronis provides the means to burn a bootable cd which
accesses the SZ and writes your backup to the damaged
partition. This works if your hard drive is not damaged,
just the OS or a virus ruins your hard drive.

For a ruined hard drive, you will need to have Acronis
[meaning you have to buy a new hard drive, starting anew]
backup to dvds, not more than 4, so about 17gigs if
you don't use compression. If you have a lot of big
picture files, you could store them on data dvds so
there is more room for the OS and applications backup.
The manual which explains this is available on the
Acronis website. I imagine Acronis 9 has the same
basic functionality as Acronis 11, but you should check.
Your computer may have an OEM hidden partion which uses
F11 so then don't use the Acronis F11 boot backup option,
but use the bootable cd that you make with Acronis.

Jack S wrote:
> I've got Acronis True Image 9.
>
> I'd like to do something fairly simple - backup XP with all it's updates and
> settings, and have a disk that I can boot off of to get the system up again
> in case my o/s gets blown away (we have lots of lightening and power spikes
> around here).
>
> I'll be damned if I can figure out how that's done from the Acronis info.
>
> It'd be great if I can get some valid info - thanks.
>
>
I recently watched a video tutorial on using Acronis, on YouTube. I
was doing research before buying. I think I may have been directed to
the video through their website. Don't remember what version though.

--
Semper Fi

Acronis has some great user forums.

"Jack S" <gh@43.com> wrote in message
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: I've got Acronis True Image 9.
:
: I'd like to do something fairly simple - backup XP with all it's updates
and
: settings, and have a disk that I can boot off of to get the system up
again
: in case my o/s gets blown away (we have lots of lightening and power
spikes
: around here).
:
: I'll be damned if I can figure out how that's done from the Acronis info.
:
: It'd be great if I can get some valid info - thanks.
:
:

"Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message
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> Jack S wrote:
>> I've got Acronis True Image 9.
>>
>> I'd like to do something fairly simple - backup XP with all it's
>> updates and settings, and have a disk that I can boot off of to get
>> the system up again in case my o/s gets blown away (we have lots of
>> lightening and power spikes around here).
>>
>> I'll be damned if I can figure out how that's done from the Acronis
>> info.
>>
>> It'd be great if I can get some valid info - thanks.
> I recently watched a video tutorial on using Acronis, on YouTube. I
> was doing research before buying. I think I may have been directed to
> the video through their website. Don't remember what version though.

Here's a link for a video tutorial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvKHksSLVaA

"Jack S" <gh@43.com> wrote in message
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> I've got Acronis True Image 9.
>
> I'd like to do something fairly simple - backup XP with all it's updates
> and settings, and have a disk that I can boot off of to get the system up
> again in case my o/s gets blown away (we have lots of lightening and power
> spikes around here).
>
> I'll be damned if I can figure out how that's done from the Acronis info.
>
> It'd be great if I can get some valid info - thanks.
>
I can't help you with ATI V9, but performing a backup such as you want is
quite easy with ATI V10.
Jim

Help for Acronis True Image users can be found at

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=65

For a guide to creating a rescue CD and doing a simple backup of everything,
including the operating system, read the following:

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/suppo...is-backup1.pdf

This guide was written by one of the exceptionally knowledgeable people on
the forum. He's also done a guide to restoring. I believe his instructions
are for version 10, but they worked fine for my version 11. With lots of
screenshots, his guide is much easier to follow than the Acronis manual is.

Jo-Anne

"Jack S" <gh@43.com> wrote in message
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> I've got Acronis True Image 9.
>
> I'd like to do something fairly simple - backup XP with all it's updates
> and settings, and have a disk that I can boot off of to get the system up
> again in case my o/s gets blown away (we have lots of lightening and power
> spikes around here).
>
> I'll be damned if I can figure out how that's done from the Acronis info.
>
> It'd be great if I can get some valid info - thanks.
>

"Stephen Harris" <cyberguard-1048@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Jack S wrote:
>> I've got Acronis True Image 9.
>>
>> I'd like to do something fairly simple - backup XP with all it's updates
>> and settings, and have a disk that I can boot off of to get the system up
>> again in case my o/s gets blown away (we have lots of lightening and
>> power spikes around here).
>>
>> I'll be damned if I can figure out how that's done from the Acronis info.
>>
>> It'd be great if I can get some valid info - thanks.
>
> My experience is with Acronis 11. I used Acronis to make
> the Acronis Secure Zone (SZ) which is a hidden partition
> on the hard drive. I backed up the hard drive to the SZ.
> Acronis provides the means to burn a bootable cd which
> accesses the SZ and writes your backup to the damaged
> partition. This works if your hard drive is not damaged,
> just the OS or a virus ruins your hard drive.
> ...

It's normal to let ATI set your system so that very early
in bootup you can press F11 and find yourself in a version
of TI that will let you recover your C: partition from the
Secure Zone (or from external media). Short of totalling
the hard drive, I've yet to mess things up so badly that
the F11 function wasn't available. Nevertheless, you
should always have a couple of bootable Acronis CDs.
I have actually recovered someone's C: this way when
their drive crashed.