Sector-by-sector images with Acronis TrueImage?

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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

 

[peter]

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> 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.

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.

 

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In article <O_6ce.8386$BW6.974450@news20.bellglobal.com>,
Peter <peterfoxghost@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>> 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.
>
>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.
>
>


Encryption ? If you are using NTFS encryption ?

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Peter Frank wrote:
> 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.

Absolutely. If ATI doesn't recognize the filesystem, it will do a
sector-by-sector copy of the partition.


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No, I am not talking about NTFS or EFS encryption. I talking about
encryption with software like DCCP, SafeGuard Easy or SecureDoc.

Peter

 

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Peter wrote:
> > 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.
>
> 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.

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

 

[peter]

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> Peter wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > 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.
>
> 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?)

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.