Complete Restore
Complete Restore
I have purchased a USB External Hard Drive (320GB) to backup up my PC files. Question, if I use Paragon Exact Image (http://www.exact-image.com/) to create a disc snapshot say once a month and run a daily backup of C: Drive using AIS Backup, would I be able to restore my PC (in the event of a major problem) by first of all running the Paragon program and then the AIS Backup job?
Regards
Brian E
Brian E
Disaster recovery
AISBackup can only be restored by using a compatible operating system, this could of course be in a different (borrowed) PC just to get the data back on your own PC's disk.
There are many ways to get the computer up-to-date following a disaster, here is a brief description of a few:
1/ Make a bootable CD from which you can format a new drive, make it active and restore an AISBackup: All this can be done by making a pre-installed environment CD, see here http://www.aiscl.co.uk/XPESB.htm
2/ Make a 'ready to go' clone of your system on another drive (which must be a primary active drive if it is to be bootable): http://www.aiscl.co.uk/USBDR1.htm
3/ If you have to install a new disk, partition it with a small partition (about 2GB), install a fresh Windows to it and use that to restore the AISBackup 'full system backup' to the larger partition. There are advantages in having a dual boot system in any case as you can often repair problems using the 'other half' of a dual boot system.
4/ Do as you say and restore the backup 'over the top' of an image restore.
5/ As mentioned above: Attach your new disk to somebody else's PC and restore it from there.
Barry
There are many ways to get the computer up-to-date following a disaster, here is a brief description of a few:
1/ Make a bootable CD from which you can format a new drive, make it active and restore an AISBackup: All this can be done by making a pre-installed environment CD, see here http://www.aiscl.co.uk/XPESB.htm
2/ Make a 'ready to go' clone of your system on another drive (which must be a primary active drive if it is to be bootable): http://www.aiscl.co.uk/USBDR1.htm
3/ If you have to install a new disk, partition it with a small partition (about 2GB), install a fresh Windows to it and use that to restore the AISBackup 'full system backup' to the larger partition. There are advantages in having a dual boot system in any case as you can often repair problems using the 'other half' of a dual boot system.
4/ Do as you say and restore the backup 'over the top' of an image restore.
5/ As mentioned above: Attach your new disk to somebody else's PC and restore it from there.
Barry