12-02-2022, 11:38 AM
Being a newbie here I figure this would be a great place for this discussion.
Item #1: A modern UEFI configuration these days includes at least one large disk which many times includes the FOUR necessary partitions for successful UEFI BOOTing (EFI, MSR, Recovery & OS) plus a separate DATA partition to be used as the user requires. Your "System Backup" mode correctly includes those very same partitions and does not include the extra DATA partition. This presents a significant problem during the restore operation. Since the "System Backup" is not necessarily a Full disk backup, the System restore should not be one as well. The System Restore should allow a user to select the partitions to restore (multiple, if necessary) without changing the geometry of the disk as far as resident DATA partitions are concerned. Currently a System disk restore restores all the necessary BOOT partitions but blows away any partition on that disk that isn't included in the image... quite a big surprise when I first tested this feature. I don't see a significant reason for having this type of restore do anything other that a non-destructive partition restoration... just like it does with the Partition restore mode. When presented for restoration during a System disk recovery, all the included partitions should be selected for restoration, allowing the user to unSELECT anything he doesn't want to restore (like an OS-only restore).
Item #2: the Partition restore mode could do this as well but currently allows only a single partition to be restored non-destructively. This makes a System configuration restoration require four separate partition restores to insure the non-backed up DATA partition remains untouched... a significant process and possibly very error prone.
Some initial observations... more to come. Thanx for your consideration!
Item #1: A modern UEFI configuration these days includes at least one large disk which many times includes the FOUR necessary partitions for successful UEFI BOOTing (EFI, MSR, Recovery & OS) plus a separate DATA partition to be used as the user requires. Your "System Backup" mode correctly includes those very same partitions and does not include the extra DATA partition. This presents a significant problem during the restore operation. Since the "System Backup" is not necessarily a Full disk backup, the System restore should not be one as well. The System Restore should allow a user to select the partitions to restore (multiple, if necessary) without changing the geometry of the disk as far as resident DATA partitions are concerned. Currently a System disk restore restores all the necessary BOOT partitions but blows away any partition on that disk that isn't included in the image... quite a big surprise when I first tested this feature. I don't see a significant reason for having this type of restore do anything other that a non-destructive partition restoration... just like it does with the Partition restore mode. When presented for restoration during a System disk recovery, all the included partitions should be selected for restoration, allowing the user to unSELECT anything he doesn't want to restore (like an OS-only restore).
Item #2: the Partition restore mode could do this as well but currently allows only a single partition to be restored non-destructively. This makes a System configuration restoration require four separate partition restores to insure the non-backed up DATA partition remains untouched... a significant process and possibly very error prone.
Some initial observations... more to come. Thanx for your consideration!