smart recovery2 question

[phiniac]

I've been running this now since 1/13/12 and when i open the file recovery window I can only scroll back to 1/23. According to gigabyte, this program is supposed to backup every hour for the past 48 hrs, daily backups for the week, and weekly backups for everything older than a month.

If I've been running this for 10 days, why can't I scroll back more than 2 days?

[Gloup_Gloup]

Hi phiniac,  

Welcome to forum.

Hi have more infos here:
Smart Recovery 2 - no more worrying about losing your files
http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php?topic=3675.0   

Smart Recovery 2 saves the hourly backups for the past 48 hours,
daily backups for the week, and weekly backups for everything older than a month.
Source :  http://www.gigabyte.com/microsite/252/smart-recovery2.html

SmartRecovery 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCpnhpSEhn0

Check in your manual of motherboard.

Why not use it:
http://www.acronis.com.au/homecomputing/products/trueimage/#benefits

For other infos and comments by forumers here:
http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/31671-how-good-gigabytes-xpress-recovery-2-a.html

Gloup_Gloup

[Dark Mantis]

Hi

Without more information it would be impossible to say why it won't go further back than the 23/1. I would just suggest that you double check the settings you have for the program as that is the most likely issue.

[phiniac]

there are no settings. The only settings is choosing the backup source and destination. I cant be the only one using smart recovery2. Someone who's using this please chime in!

[phiniac]

Hi phiniac,  

Welcome to forum.

Hi have more infos here:
Smart Recovery 2 - no more worrying about losing your files
http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php?topic=3675.0   

NOTHING HERE TO HELP ME RECOVER A FILE OLDER THAN 48 HRS

Smart Recovery 2 saves the hourly backups for the past 48 hours,
daily backups for the week, and weekly backups for everything older than a month.
Source :  http://www.gigabyte.com/microsite/252/smart-recovery2.html

THIS IS BASICALLY THE SALES PAGE, NO TECH INFO HERE

SmartRecovery 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCpnhpSEhn0

IN THE VIDEO, HE'S ONLY HAD IT UP AND RUNNING FOR A COUPLE DAYS, NOTHING HERE ABOUT GOING BACK A WEEK

Check in your manual of motherboard.

HAVE YOU TRIED READING THE MANUAL?  NOTHING IN HERE EITHER

Why not use it:
http://www.acronis.com.au/homecomputing/products/trueimage/#benefits

I DON'T HAVE THIS INSTALLED, HOW WOULD THIS HELP ME GET A FILE THAT I NEED FROM A BACKUP THAT TOOK PLACE OVER A WEEK AGO?

For other infos and comments by forumers here:
http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/31671-how-good-gigabytes-xpress-recovery-2-a.html

THIS THREAD APPEARS TO BE TALKING ABOUT XPRESS RECOVERY 2, I'M USING SMART RECOVERY 2, BUT EVEN IF I WAS USING XPRESS RECOVERY 2 THERE IS STILL NO MENTION OF HOW TO GO BACK TO A WEEK OR MORE TO RECOVER A FILE

Gloup_Gloup

[Rolo42]

I don't run SR2 because I'm not sure what it gives me over Windows System Protection (restore points and file versioning), the Recycle Bin, and online daily backups (when I'm sleeping) of irreplaceable files.  This may or may not be the popular consensus.

Taking a stab at your problem: what about space allocated to SR2?  Is it full and maybe had to purge oldest backups?

[phiniac]

I don't run SR2 because I'm not sure what it gives me over Windows System Protection (restore points and file versioning), the Recycle Bin, and online daily backups (when I'm sleeping) of irreplaceable files.  This may or may not be the popular consensus.

Taking a stab at your problem: what about space allocated to SR2?  Is it full and maybe had to purge oldest backups?

Nope, over 750gb of free space on the backup drive still available.

windows restore points are disabled for me because of the setup I'm using. I have a small ssd for my OS and wanted to save as much room as i could. I then changed the location of the my documents folder to go to my 1tb D drive. Then I have another 1tb F drive as my backup drive.

I like the idea of having images of my drives if something fails. In my opinion this should work better than just copying files to the backup drive. If something does happen, I can just restore the image file of my C drive and everything is back to the way it was,files and programs and settings, all in one shot. I also have it take images of the D drive where all of my personal files are. The gigabyte utility "smart recovery2" allows for browsing of the images to remove just one file if I want. A big plus for me. Or I could restore the whole image to the D drive, but would lose any files or changes I made since the last backup.

[phiniac]

Not that I think it makes a difference, but here is my setup if it helps:

gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3
intel 2600k not overclocked
kingston hyperx ram KHX1600C9D3K4  16gb (4x4gb)
OCZ Technology Agility 3 SSD 3rd Generation SATA III 2.5-Inch (AGT3-25SAT3-90G)
western digital green 1tb hard drives x2
windows 7 64bit professional

OS installed on SSD C:\ drive, defrag and system restore disabled
my documents, my pictures, my music folders...etc, pointed to the D:\  drive (western digital 1tb)
F:\ drive is another western digital 1tb drive just for backups

In the setup of SMART RECOVERY2 it only asks for a source and destination. There are NO settings for frequency or anything else for that matter.
The only other buttons to click on in that program are FILE RECOVERY, which opens a microsoft windows explorer window that has a slider bar on the top to scroll thru the different dates(mine only goes back as far as 2 days). Then there is a SYSTEM RECOVERY button that allows me to recover the entire system, but I would lose all files and changes made after that date.

[Rolo42]

intel 2600k not overclocked

DOH!

I have no idea why SR2 is not doing what it says it does; it looks pretty straightforward.  

Does it have a boot disc to recover from an unbootable state?

[phiniac]

intel 2600k not overclocked

DOH!

I have no idea why SR2 is not doing what it says it does; it looks pretty straightforward.  

Does it have a boot disc to recover from an unbootable state?

I'll overclock it eventually, just haven't got around to it yet.

I agree, it is a very straight forward, dare I say, idiot proof program.

As far as a boot disk, no. But you can boot with the windows disk, choose repair, then select the option repair using image.

[Rolo42]

As far as a boot disk, no. But you can boot with the windows disk, choose repair, then select the option repair using image.

* Rolo42 points to the picture.

Repair is iffy.  I wouldn't be comfortable with that level of complexity and interdependence.  Personally, I use an actual backup program (EaseUS w/full+differential+incremental backups) for catastrophic failures.  This way, I can pop a known clean image back on.

SR2 does look nice for when your computer is borked enough but not completely borked.  I wish there were a way to limit when it does its thing; I wouldn't want it making backups when I'm gaming (or wish I knew it had no performance impact).

How is SR2 on space?

[phiniac]

How is SR2 on space?

C+D=194gb
F=212gb
but that F backup drive has multiple images. 1 per hour for 48 hrs and daily backups for the week, so not too shabby.