It appears the utilization of multi-thread backup/restore in IFL v3 works really well on multi-core CPUs, such as desktop i7 (4 core, 8 threads) and i5 (4 cores, 4 threads). IFL even surpassed Acronis at speed and size of disk image at high compression level by a few percent. Speed, size of disk image (at high compression levels, e.g., enhanced size B/C), the speed of whole OS disk restore, easy to use GUI. I have to say, after about 4 whole disk OS backup/restore, it turns out IFL v3 is the all time champion on both backup and restore in all aspect for offline backup/restore. After all, speed is important, but reliability and bs-free in both backup and restore are more so. Considering this potential pitfall for whole disk restore, I will ditch Acronis, and do my duplicate OS backups with IFL and Macrium Reflect. Neither Macrium Reflect nor IFW/IFL has that option, while they restore perfectly fine without confusing users with that stupid 'restore MRB and track 0' option.įortunately I have a disk image made by IFL, which saved my ass this time. I am very curious why Acronis still keep that option (Restore MBR and Track 0), no matter the type of your OS/system (MBR vs UEFI Secure boot). But since this was no longer considered a 'Whole disk restore', I had to manually confirm the correct location for each GPT partitions to restore.

I then tried to restore again, with the 'Restore MBR and track 0' manually unselected. the restore resulted in a non bootable OS, not surprisingly, since my OS is a UEFI with secure boot system. Since I don't do OS image restore often these days, I accidentally ticked the 'restore whole disk' option, which automatically selected 'restore MBR and first track 0'. However, a test restore of the whole disk turned out to be a disaster. The backup went well, as always: quick, efficient with small disk image size. Manage from a touch-friendly online dashboard.Tested the new Acronis True Image 2017 backup and restore for my Windows 10 LTSB Enterprise install on an SSD drive, using the whole disk backup/restore options.

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