Snapshots

[sheldon]

@nis4

Yes my husband changes his system by shutdown, changing the hdd, and starting again. He runs a computer company ;-) All his business data is located on a server, on the business-HDD are only the OS and programms. On the Game-HDD the OS and Games. In this case he always has a running system if he 'destroys' one system. He uses True Images for daily backups.

@carfal

I do not know the software you mentioned.
The potential of nis4's way of using Rollback is interesting, but actually a little bit complicated. It's kind of difficult to keep in mind which snapshot is for which purpose.

BUT it could be great if Horizon could implement a feature to use different trees/strings (hope you understand what a mean, English is not my mother tongue), means a business tree, a gaming tree. Would be interesting as well when different members of a family use the same computer. When starting, you just choose which tree you want and Rollback then adds snapshots on this specific tree only.

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I've currently installed Comodo Time Machine on my new netbook and it's working good. It is very similar to Rollback. Big advantage: It's free and is able to update within the program without uninstallation. So you won't loose any snapshots.

BUT I've tried it on my computer as well (after uninstalling Rollback) and got a BSOD which destroyed my system completely. Of course I had taken and image before installing Comodo ;-)

In my opinion, best way to use Rollback is to use two different drives, one for the system with Rollback and a second with the data. In this way, you always can go back while the data are unchanged and still up-to-date.

[Masterblaster]

nis4,

I simply use Rollback RX to save snapshots in case something goes wrong. Many times I take a snapshot before installing something and revert back if I don't like the results (drivers included)
I have only 1 configuration that I use and I am also a HD gamer.
I use this free program to shutdown services when gaming to improve my system performance. It's VERY easy to use and basically a 2 click start and revert. Never a problem.
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[Masterblaster]

sheldon

Be VERY VERY VERY careful with Comodo Time Machine. It trashed 2 of my computers. Their forums are full of stories like mine. Comodo knows of the problem and can't fix it. They leave the program up even though it should be taken down. It is NOT Rollback RX. It has the same engine but they seriously borked it.
The problem arrises when you attempt to uninstall it. It messes up the computers Master Boot Record making the computer unable to boot. At this point, you reformat and reinstall your OS.
Good luck.

[nis4]

Thank you carfal for your understanding. I see rollback as a fast and most important secure replacement for vmware/virtual box/etc and that's why i use it for more systems.

Pls do tell me how can i install Linux on a different HD and be able to choose to boot rollback (windows system snapshots) or linux ? Is that possible? I would appreciate a response cause i really want to work with linux.

Cheers.

[carfal]

nis4, Rollback is not compatible with Linux. Thatis you wont be able to install it on the Linux OS so as to access the "Windows snapshots" from it.

However, i believe their is a method in which you may still have a Rollback Windows system and Linux system in a dual boot confuguration. The thing to remember is that when booted into linux, DONOT, I repeat, DONOT access the HD containing the Windows System with Rollback installed. Modifying any files on this HD while Rollback in not running will corrupt the data on the HD. This is because the Rollback Drivers are not running whilst in Linux so any writes to the Windows HD will overwrite Rollback snapshot data creating a real mess.

Now how to set this up. I've never actually used Linux. So i cant really give advice on this. Hopefully someone else in this forum is already doing this and can advise.

In the meantime, if your familiar with VM's (Virtual Machines) then you may want to try dual booting a Windows and linux system in a VM and installing Rollback on the Windows OS and see what happens. This way you can try different methods until you have success, giving you more confidence when you try it on your real system.

If you have any more questions please ask and i'll see if i can answer them.

[carfal]

This post from Comodo Time Machine forums may give you some useful information on dual booting Windows with Linux.

https://forums.comodo.com/bug-report...;msg397637#new

I think CTM bought the base code of Rollback and are doing their own thing with it..... but seem to be having alot of trouble making it work right. Anyway the methods described to dual boot should apply to Rollback. Might be an idea to image your drive before you attempt to do this.