Success -- decent cheap Backup that actually works

Hi there
after a bit of research I found Terabyte's Image for Windows excellent -- you get a 30 day trial too if you just want to test it.

No probs backing up / restoring / "Bare Metal restoring" - and it's licensed for 3 Computers when you buy a license.

As I said in my previous post I'm having too many issues with Acronis to continue to use it any more and I can't get Macrium to work.

I wish I'd seen this product a while ago. Does what it claims to do -- decent set of choices as well and works fine with USB3 drives.

Cheers
jimbo

Will Terabyte's Image for Windows, Recovery CD boot with uEFI & Secure Boot?

theog said:

Will Terabyte's Image for Windows, Recovery CD boot with uEFI & Secure Boot?

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Not quite sure what the question is as the CD / USB recovery tool loads it's OWN OS (Linux, Dos cmd line, WinPE etc --several options here to create recovery disk) and then restores the image using its own drivers.


this question from their forum might answer it for you better -- I don't have experience with Uefi boot bioses at the moment.

TeraByte Unlimited • View topic - UEFI Boot enabled in the BIOS

Try the latest version from their site -- you get a 30 day trial so if you've got a laptop with uEFI secure boot give it a whirl.

It definitely handles GPT disks fine.

Cheers
jimbo

theog said:

Will Terabyte's Image for Windows, Recovery CD boot with uEFI & Secure Boot?

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Will your Windows Live CD's boot with Secure Boot.

Tested on a Fujitsu P400

MSDaRT8x64 CD-enabled-YES, Disabled-YES

Windows 8 Repair x64 CD-enabled-NO, Disabled-YES (when made on a non-uEFI BIOS & Secure Boot)

Windows 8 Repair x64 CD-enabled-Yes, Disabled-YES (when made on a uEFI BIOS & Secure Boot)

Windows Defender Offline Cd-enabled-NO, Disabled-YES

Norton Recovery CD-enabled-NO, Disabled-YES

Paragon 11 CD-enabled-NO, Disabled-YES

Partition wizard Cd-enabled-NO, Disabled-YES

Hi there

not sure what any of those results mean -- I couldn't say from that list what CD you were trying to Boot and did it work.

Her's an answer I got from their forum

this question from their forum might answer it for you better -- I don't have experience with Uefi boot bioses at the moment.

TeraByte Unlimited • View topic - UEFI Boot enabled in the BIOS


Cheers
jimbo

Here is just one CD.

Windows 8 Repair x64 CD-enabled-NO, will not boot with Secure Boot enabled , Disabled-YES, will boot with Secure Boot disabled (when made on a non-uEFI BIOS & Secure Boot)

jimbo45 said:

the CD / USB recovery tool loads it's OWN OS (Linux, Dos cmd line, WinPE etc --several options here to create recovery disk) and then restores the image using its own drivers.

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This is most likely something that will not boot in UEFI or secure boot.
But is worth a shot.

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/downloads/ifw_en_manual.pdf

In the Windows PE Environment: Image for Windows includes the “PE Builder Plugin Installer.” You can use the plugin with the free Bart PE Builder, which allows you to build a bootable Windows CD or UFD that also contains Image for Windows. VistaPE and TBWinPE (based on the Windows 7 AIK) builds can also be created.

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Windows 7 has no support for Secure Boot.

theog said:

Here is just one CD.

Windows 8 Repair x64 CD-enabled-NO, will not boot with Secure Boot enabled , Disabled-YES, will boot with Secure Boot disabled (when made on a non-uEFI BIOS & Secure Boot)

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So it will boot in uefi, secure boot off, just like most others?

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when made on a non-uEFI BIOS & Secure Boot

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No UEFI.
Back to "legacy mode" in HP then...

Hopachi said:

theog said:

Here is just one CD.

Windows 8 Repair x64 CD-enabled-NO, will not boot with Secure Boot enabled , Disabled-YES, will boot with Secure Boot disabled (when made on a non-uEFI BIOS & Secure Boot)

Click to expand...

So it will boot in uefi, secure boot off, just like most others?

Edit:

when made on a non-uEFI BIOS & Secure Boot

Click to expand...

No UEFI.
Back to "legacy mode" in HP then...

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Windows 8 Repair x64 CD-enabled-Yes, will boot with Secure Boot enabled , Disabled-YES, will boot with Secure Boot disabled (when made on a uEFI BIOS & Secure Boot)

theog said:

Hopachi said:

theog said:

Here is just one CD.

Windows 8 Repair x64 CD-enabled-NO, will not boot with Secure Boot enabled , Disabled-YES, will boot with Secure Boot disabled (when made on a non-uEFI BIOS & Secure Boot)

Click to expand...

So it will boot in uefi, secure boot off, just like most others?

Edit:

when made on a non-uEFI BIOS & Secure Boot

Click to expand...

No UEFI.
Back to "legacy mode" in HP then...

Click to expand...

Windows 8 Repair x64 CD-enabled-Yes, will boot with Secure Boot enabled , Disabled-YES, will boot with Secure Boot disabled (when made on a uEFI BIOS & Secure Boot)

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Thank you!
That's good news. I'll consider making my newer disks on the UEFI system when needed, just to be compatible.