hi folks,if i leave the external hardrive plugged in and i do a system restore, would it also restore the external hardrive to a previous date , i did a clone image with acronis true image and i'm sorry i did, thanks for any help you can give...patch41
Will system restore external hard drive
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Re: Will system restore external hardrive
when you made your restore point if you included your external drive you can. If you didn't include the external drive when you set the restore point then the external drive will be visible but no restore point will be available for it.
when you made your restore point if you included your external drive you can. If you didn't include the external drive when you set the restore point then the external drive will be visible but no restore point will be available for it.
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System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo Thinkpad T400
- CPU
- Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
- Motherboard
- LENOVO 64734VM
- Memory
- 2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
- Graphics card(s)
- Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
- Sound Card
- Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 15 inch
- Screen Resolution
- 1280 x 800
- Hard Drives
- 1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD 1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp 1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm 1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
- Internet Speed
- Medium for New Zealand
- Other Info
- Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset. Only ever used a laptop. Also use USB Freeview TV Card Lenovo Docking Station External Speakers Other bits a pieces as needed
thanks ilikefree, then its a good idea once in a while to plug the external hardrive in and do a system restore,it might help the situation like mine where the external hardrive was wiped clean patch41
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It is a good idea to include your external hard drives in your all of your back-ups. For that reason, I've given all of my external drives, individual drive identification letters [F:, G:, K:, M:, etc.] which helps for instant recognition.
I also suggest that you also include them in any Anti-virus, Malware and Spyware scans from time to time - that way it helps to keep everything clean. I 'hit' mine with checks by Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, Spybot S&D, and SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition, from time to time.
Another recommendation is to also include the external hard drives in your defragmenting admin. I use AusLogics [free] - again, every now and then. I've found AusLogics to be extremely reliable and far quicker than the installed Vista system defrag.
A word about Acronis - I too had it, but found it to be rather cumbersome, unreliable, slow and just downright frustrating. I've since tossed it out and use instead Macrium Reflect [free] from Paramount Software UK. It is a very simple bit of software to use, and easy to navigate around. Very reliable as well.....for example just yesterday, I did 185Gb total of back-ups of 4 system partitions, and 2 external hard drives, to another external hard drive; time taken = 1 hour 20 minutes.
All free software listed above, have links available from Brink's excellent guide; Free Software List for Vista - Vista Forums, here;
http://www.vistax64.com/software/115872-free-software-list-vista.html
Hope all this helps.
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System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Acer Aspire Notebook 5633WLMi.[5630 Series]
- CPU
- Intel Centrino Duo Processor - Intel Core 2 CPU.
- Memory
- 4GB DDR2 [3.07GB maximum real available]
- Graphics card(s)
- nVidia GeForce Go 7300, 128MB
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio, Ver. 6.0.1.5717, 2.08MB
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Acer Aspire Notebook - 15.4"; Acer LCD Monitor X223Wsd - 22".
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x800x60Hertz [max.]
- Hard Drives
- Notebook - Samsung HM320JI 320GB HD installed 07 August 2009. External HDs [4];Maxtor One Touch4 - 500GB External HD [Drive M:\].Western Digital WDXMS1200TA - 120GB External HD [Drive G:\ - Windows Defender Backup Files only]. Two x LaCie 320GB Mobi
- Mouse
- Logitech Wireless V320 for Notebooks - Model M/N: M-RCD125
- Internet Speed
- Down 20000kb/sec / Up 1000kb/sec [Bigpond-Aus]
- Other Info
- Brother MFC-465CN; PC to Fax/Scan/Copy/Photo MFC. Epson Perfection V300 Photo Scanner. Siemens Speedstream 6520 Router. Wacom 'Bamboo Fun' CTE-650 PC Tablet, Stylus and Mouse. UAC - On;Activated. Browsers; [1] FireFox v3.6[2] IE8. Honorary R.S.M. to the 4th [Assault Pioneer] Troop Pune Sepoys , and 3rd Troop Jodhpur Bengali Lancers.
System Restore only backs up system files...it could care less what's on the external.
Time to start thinking of a regular backup strategy...
I use and recommend Acronis True Image...although it's not Free.
Time to start thinking of a regular backup strategy...
I use and recommend Acronis True Image...although it's not Free.
My Computer
System One
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- CPU
- Intel Q6600
- Motherboard
- ASUS P5K MBoard.
- Memory
- 4G OCZ PC2 8500 Platinum
- Graphics card(s)
- EVGA 8800GTS Vid Card
- Hard Drives
- 500G Seagate SATA 200G Seagate SATA 100G WD Caviar SATA 80G WD Caviar IDE
- PSU
- OCZ Elite 800W PSU
- Case
- RaidMax Smilodon Case
- Other Info
- Lite-On dual layer DVD burner X 2 Dos 6.2;Win2K;XP; & Vista Ultimate 64Bit.
Posted at the same time you were typing sassofalco.....:D
My Computer
System One
-
- CPU
- Intel Q6600
- Motherboard
- ASUS P5K MBoard.
- Memory
- 4G OCZ PC2 8500 Platinum
- Graphics card(s)
- EVGA 8800GTS Vid Card
- Hard Drives
- 500G Seagate SATA 200G Seagate SATA 100G WD Caviar SATA 80G WD Caviar IDE
- PSU
- OCZ Elite 800W PSU
- Case
- RaidMax Smilodon Case
- Other Info
- Lite-On dual layer DVD burner X 2 Dos 6.2;Win2K;XP; & Vista Ultimate 64Bit.
Heh!Heh!Heh!....finally I beat someone else to the guns
!....and I'll stick to 'em where Acronis is concerned. I feel that a Degree in Computer Science would help with that software, whereas with Macrium Reflect, I just need my Laptop, an External hard drive, and two large, strong, black coffees.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Acer Aspire Notebook 5633WLMi.[5630 Series]
- CPU
- Intel Centrino Duo Processor - Intel Core 2 CPU.
- Memory
- 4GB DDR2 [3.07GB maximum real available]
- Graphics card(s)
- nVidia GeForce Go 7300, 128MB
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio, Ver. 6.0.1.5717, 2.08MB
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Acer Aspire Notebook - 15.4"; Acer LCD Monitor X223Wsd - 22".
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x800x60Hertz [max.]
- Hard Drives
- Notebook - Samsung HM320JI 320GB HD installed 07 August 2009. External HDs [4];Maxtor One Touch4 - 500GB External HD [Drive M:\].Western Digital WDXMS1200TA - 120GB External HD [Drive G:\ - Windows Defender Backup Files only]. Two x LaCie 320GB Mobi
- Mouse
- Logitech Wireless V320 for Notebooks - Model M/N: M-RCD125
- Internet Speed
- Down 20000kb/sec / Up 1000kb/sec [Bigpond-Aus]
- Other Info
- Brother MFC-465CN; PC to Fax/Scan/Copy/Photo MFC. Epson Perfection V300 Photo Scanner. Siemens Speedstream 6520 Router. Wacom 'Bamboo Fun' CTE-650 PC Tablet, Stylus and Mouse. UAC - On;Activated. Browsers; [1] FireFox v3.6[2] IE8. Honorary R.S.M. to the 4th [Assault Pioneer] Troop Pune Sepoys , and 3rd Troop Jodhpur Bengali Lancers.
thanks sassofalco, acronis true image is what got me into trouble, and being a newbie doesent help,but you came up with good suuggestions, which i will try thanks again (and i tipped the scales). patch41
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Plus 1 for Macurim and as a note Vista will not defrag files over 64Mb by default you will have to defrag with CMD.Prompt ran as administrator Defrag.exe C: -W note spaces after exe. and C:
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo Thinkpad T400
- CPU
- Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
- Motherboard
- LENOVO 64734VM
- Memory
- 2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
- Graphics card(s)
- Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
- Sound Card
- Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 15 inch
- Screen Resolution
- 1280 x 800
- Hard Drives
- 1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD 1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp 1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm 1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
- Internet Speed
- Medium for New Zealand
- Other Info
- Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset. Only ever used a laptop. Also use USB Freeview TV Card Lenovo Docking Station External Speakers Other bits a pieces as needed
Interestingly enough my recommendation for Free image apps is Macrium...
But i still run Acronis.
But i still run Acronis.
My Computer
System One
-
- CPU
- Intel Q6600
- Motherboard
- ASUS P5K MBoard.
- Memory
- 4G OCZ PC2 8500 Platinum
- Graphics card(s)
- EVGA 8800GTS Vid Card
- Hard Drives
- 500G Seagate SATA 200G Seagate SATA 100G WD Caviar SATA 80G WD Caviar IDE
- PSU
- OCZ Elite 800W PSU
- Case
- RaidMax Smilodon Case
- Other Info
- Lite-On dual layer DVD burner X 2 Dos 6.2;Win2K;XP; & Vista Ultimate 64Bit.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Acer Aspire Notebook 5633WLMi.[5630 Series]
- CPU
- Intel Centrino Duo Processor - Intel Core 2 CPU.
- Memory
- 4GB DDR2 [3.07GB maximum real available]
- Graphics card(s)
- nVidia GeForce Go 7300, 128MB
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio, Ver. 6.0.1.5717, 2.08MB
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Acer Aspire Notebook - 15.4"; Acer LCD Monitor X223Wsd - 22".
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x800x60Hertz [max.]
- Hard Drives
- Notebook - Samsung HM320JI 320GB HD installed 07 August 2009. External HDs [4];Maxtor One Touch4 - 500GB External HD [Drive M:\].Western Digital WDXMS1200TA - 120GB External HD [Drive G:\ - Windows Defender Backup Files only]. Two x LaCie 320GB Mobi
- Mouse
- Logitech Wireless V320 for Notebooks - Model M/N: M-RCD125
- Internet Speed
- Down 20000kb/sec / Up 1000kb/sec [Bigpond-Aus]
- Other Info
- Brother MFC-465CN; PC to Fax/Scan/Copy/Photo MFC. Epson Perfection V300 Photo Scanner. Siemens Speedstream 6520 Router. Wacom 'Bamboo Fun' CTE-650 PC Tablet, Stylus and Mouse. UAC - On;Activated. Browsers; [1] FireFox v3.6[2] IE8. Honorary R.S.M. to the 4th [Assault Pioneer] Troop Pune Sepoys , and 3rd Troop Jodhpur Bengali Lancers.
For my idea, cloning the whole hard disk to another hard disk is more efficient than backup and restore processes. Please do system restore under Pre-OS circumstance.
I felt sorry, why acronis true image could do this work. Based on experience, true image is an stable one with comprehensive features.
OK, in case true image cannot satisfy your requirement, try todo backup. This is a pretty good alternative of true image, features and stability and many many things. What's more, it is cheaper than true image...
I felt sorry, why acronis true image could do this work. Based on experience, true image is an stable one with comprehensive features.
OK, in case true image cannot satisfy your requirement, try todo backup. This is a pretty good alternative of true image, features and stability and many many things. What's more, it is cheaper than true image...