- Sector-by-sector images with Acronis TrueImage?
- Posted by Peter Frank on April 28th, 2005
Hi,
Is the current version of Acronis (version 8 build something) able to
create real sector-by-sector images of HD partitions? In my case, this
would be important for creating images of encrypted partitions where
the HD imaging program cannot recognize the file system.
Regards,
Peter
- Posted by Peter on April 28th, 2005
No, you cannot perform sector-by-sector image with TI,
unless it falls into the following category:
"Special sector-by-sector support for other partitions and
corrupted file systems."
But, in general, you do not have control.
That is one of the reasons why Ghost (not 9.0) is better.
- Posted by Al Dykes on April 28th, 2005
In article <O_6ce.8386$BW6.974450@news20.bellglobal.com>,
Peter <peterfoxghost@yahoo.ca> wrote:
Encryption ? If you are using NTFS encryption ?
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- Posted by Will Dormann on April 28th, 2005
Peter Frank wrote:
Absolutely. If ATI doesn't recognize the filesystem, it will do a
sector-by-sector copy of the partition.
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-WD
- Posted by Peter Frank on April 29th, 2005
No, I am not talking about NTFS or EFS encryption. I talking about
encryption with software like DCCP, SafeGuard Easy or SecureDoc.
Peter
- Posted by Peter Frank on April 29th, 2005
Peter wrote:
Umm, I am a bit confused now. Will wrote "If ATI doesn't recognize the
filesystem, it will do a sector-by-sector copy of the partition.",
which is probably what you meant by "Special sector-by-sector support
for other partitions and corrupted file systems.".
So, did I get this right (?):
Acronis TI is able to create sector-by-sector images but you cannot
decide on your own whether you want a sector-by-sector copy, ATI makes
this decision for you. Only if ATI does not recognize the filesystem,
it then will create a sector-by-sector image.
I could definitely live with that because for unencrypted partitions
with a known filesystem I would prefer to create compressed images
anyway. (Or can you tell me any advantages of creating sector-by-sector
images even if compressed images are possible?)
Regards,
Peter
- Posted by Peter on April 29th, 2005
Yes, you are correct. ATI will make that decision for you.
Even with sector-by-sector image can be compressed.
The difference is that if file system is recognized, unused portions
of a hard disk are skipped, sector-by-sector takes whole disk.
Yes, that decision thing is important if you need to image for
intrinsic or recovery purposes.
