TSGL: Acronis Full HDD Backup Question

[Lee Bunyard]

Thank you, Shyamal, appreciate all the input from everyone very much.
Lee in the Mountains of Northern California

Shyamal Gupta wrote:
> On Nov 6, 2007 4:51 PM, Lee Bunyard <leebunyard at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> Yes, I did select "My Computer" when Acronis asked me what I wanted to
>> backup, so it sounds like I did get the mirror image of the desktop
>> HDD.  Thanks for the input.
>>     
>
>
> Just a quick couple of points --
>
> The .tib file means that you actually have an image. Which is good.
>
> Secondly, you can always view the files and folders in the image file. And
> even extract individual (or more) files and folders from it. In Acronis Home
> v.10, one goes to Tools-->Explore Backup Archive for this. There ought to be
> a similar menu command in version 11.
>
> HTH.
>
> PS : When creating an image of a drive or partition, you must verify the
> image file !! Just adding this point since lots of people, myself included,
> have paid dearly wth corrupted archives ! During the image creation process,
> you'll find this verify option available. Even the best software like
> Acronis sometimes (not very often) end up creating faulty image files.
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