Recent content by Taliseian

Yes, make sure the System Reserved portion is included when you back up the disk. I do an erase/restore whenever I feel like. If I do an oops and install stuff I don't want to, or if I have made too many changes, or if there have been too many Windows Updates (in that case I'll restore then...

Mine looks a little different, but what you want is "Disc and Partition Backup" from Pic 1 and to make sure that the entire drive (not just the c: partition) is chosen for Disc 1 (which I'm assuming is your SSD) on Pic 2. Pic 3 is for file backup and what you want to do is an entire disk backup...

It will show up as an "unallocated partition" since the drive will be completely erased. That is normal. You want to make sure that when you create your image that it is a full drive backup and not just a single partition. That preserves the System partition and the correct alignment that SSD...

This is what I do... Use Parted Magic to Secure Erase my SSD Boot from the Acronis Rescue Media and restore the entire SSD drive Reboot directly into Windows There is no need to format or anything. Acronis preserves that information if you restore the entire drive. T

Think of an SSD as a large flash/usb drive (simplistic in explanation but I think its close - I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong). On an SSD, you can not use a cell that has been partially used. They are marked either used (if they have any data in them) or unused (again simplistic...

I prefer using the Bootable Media instead of the Windows based options since there are open files that cannot be manipulated while the OS is running. About the secure erase, google a program called 'Parted Magic'. It's also a bootable CD that I use to run a complete wipe of the SSD using the...

When you install Acronis, you get an option to create "Rescue media". This is a bootable CD that you can backup and restore outside of Windows. When you boot from this, you get an option to Backup or Restore. I would choose the option to Backup an entire drive, instead of just a partition...

Hello. I have an Intel SSD that I use as my OS drive. Right now, I'm using Acronis TI 2011 to back it up. When do you back it up make sure to back up the entire drive, not just the partition the OS is on. When you a clean install W7, it aligns the partitions correctly and creates a special...