Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
>> Backup the block device. Acronis knows NTFS very well. And will do the
>> incremental/differential backup at the block level, just fine.
>
> How do you do that? In my TrueImage Home 2010, I just have checkmarks next
> to the partitions I want to backup. I have selected the whole disk (all
> partitions.) There is a checkbox for "backup sector by sector" but I didn't
> check this, because it would backup all the unused space in the disk, as
> well as the files. Is that what you're talking about?
Yes that is the option. Iy knows which blocks are unused and deals with
them.
>> This is why I said "put the files on a separate filesystem."
>
> I think you're saying ... Create a new partition. Put the sparse files into
> that partition. Backup that partition using sector-by-sector. I must
> admit, I have not tried this.
>
>> To restore, you can mount the .tib as a virtual drive and copy back.
>
> Unfortunately, when you mount the .tib image, the only tool available for
> you to copy a file out of there is Windows Explorer ... And unfortunately,
> WE doesn't know how to copy a sparse file. Yes you can restore a file from
> the mounted TIB file, but it will not be sparse anymore after it comes out.
> Ask me how I know. :-(
>
> I did submit that as a request with Acronis support, but they are useless.
> Person after person after person couldn't understand what I was talking
> about, didn't get the word "sparse."
hrm... I guess baring finding a copy utility that understands sparse files,
you would be left with the restore partition option.
Have you tried robocopy to copy from the mounted .tib? (I haven't tried it.)
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