Save Comodo Time Machine!

SanyaIV · September 20, 2013, 12:27pm

Better, Stronger? ;D
Sounds awesome.

khanyash · September 20, 2013, 12:38pm

“This week” means your meeting or beta?
Just to be clear.

Melih · September 20, 2013, 2:59pm

meeting

james.lewis · September 20, 2013, 3:20pm

Sounds fantastic…hope it will arrive soon - fingers crossed as it is literally the perfect solution to our needs if it works similar to the previous version but without the pickiness about which systems it will install on!

Still carrying the torch, even if I have had to cheat on CTM with Reboot Restore RX while I am waiting (“we were on a break!”)

Solarlynx · September 20, 2013, 5:17pm

Smart free Time Machine will give awesome credit to Comodo.

MysteryLady · September 20, 2013, 6:59pm

It would be great! One more giant step forward for COMODO !

Citizen_K · September 22, 2013, 2:09am

Swééét… (:NRD)

panic · September 23, 2013, 12:15am

Great news!!! :-TU :-TU :-TU :-TU :-TU :-TU :-TU :-TU :-TU

Ewen

Tech · September 23, 2013, 12:06pm

Good to hear.
Let’s wait for the beta.

Thanks Even for letting me know

Mrarnold · September 23, 2013, 3:47pm

sadly unless the MBR alteration is changed then CTM will still be a dangerous application.we must not forget the horror stories on this very forum when it comes to uninstalling the product.

Solarlynx · September 24, 2013, 4:18am

This pertains to all snapshoties.

SanyaIV · September 24, 2013, 6:54am

Not hybrids like AX64, however there are some other downsides to those, for example they are a little bit slower.

skilly12 · September 27, 2013, 5:51am

:-TU :-TU :-TU :-TU :-TU :-TU :-TU :-TU :-TU

:-TU :-TU :-TU :-TU

KoPRoSKyLo · October 28, 2013, 1:41am

Wow, I haven’t been in here for a while, this is awesome news! It’s about time RX got real competition, and free at that! If TRIM is also fully supported without cheap workarounds that disable it “behind the scenes” (as is the case with RX), then this could be a real RX killer! Thank you Melih & team!

Ishaan · October 29, 2013, 9:22am

Never used CTM but wanna know does it work like Shadow Defender and CleanSlate…? Or is a Drive Imaging solution…?

I came up recently in my searches as a wanted something like CleanSlate and SD but SD seemed buggy on Windows XP… CleanSlate out of my budget… So Guess if CTM returns and its a System Virtulization then :-TU

TerryWood · January 18, 2014, 4:44pm

Hi

Rather what do want to develop next, why don’t we finish off what was started and ended up as a disaster for some. Pride at stake?

Terry

I changed all caps title to regular case. Eric

SanyaIV · January 18, 2014, 4:50pm

This quote from Melih suggest they’re still working on it… but it’s from September last year… So I wouldn’t expect anything anytime soon.

I’d love to see something come out from this but like I said, I’m not expecting anything to come out soon… But hey I’d love for me to be wrong.

masdrgei · January 31, 2014, 9:57pm

I love comodo products. I had a great expectation from comodo time machine. I remembered searching for it on comodo website for a few days until when I realized that they had stopped developing it. I was really sad to see it go. For me, comodo time machine is the most wished for product from comodo.

mrfloodsparty · February 2, 2014, 9:44am

Personaly, I wouldn’t dream of running my OS without Comodo TIme Machine. IT allows me the opportunity to do what I like, tinker with settings and such, while remaining fully confident that I can recover, thanks to CTM. I’ve never seen a more useful product offered free of charge by anyone. I’ve literally been using it for years now without problems (that is, once I learned not to repartition or backup partitions while it is still installed). lol But that’s a small and rare inconvenience to have to cope with, for a product that has saved my bacon on numerous occasions. A new, improved version, wow! That would be exciting! That’s got my vote! :-TU :-TU

KoPRoSKyLo · February 19, 2014, 9:59pm

You can still backup with CTM installed, You just have to do a raw backup (also known as a sector-by-sector backup). Best way is to do it using a bootable media that will allow you to perform the backup outside Windows. Here’s some important pointers:

Use a backup program that allows you to create a bootable media. Boot from that media and use the backup app outside Windows. There are some good software options for such a task, some of them even freeware. With some backup programs you won’t have to boot through a dedicated start-up media. Some allow you to initiate the backup in Windows, the PC then reboots into the backup environment and the backup is performed automatically.
Make sure to select the sector-by-sector option, also known as the raw method. A raw backup will also include all your snapshots. When you restore it you’ll get all your snapshots back exactly as they were at the point of the backup. A raw backup will take a lot of disk space, but space is not really an issue nowadays with multi-TB drives being common.
Avoid backing up directly to DVDs, BD-REs or optical media in general. It will take ages to backup and verify that way, and optical media is not the best choice for important data like a backup. The quality of the burn will depend on compatibility between factors like your burner’s model and firmware, the quality and dye of the optical media used, etc. Too many variables there that can result to a huge waste of time in case of an error. Also the dye on optical discs may fade or ■■■■■ with time, even when stored properly. A set of discs burned and verified OK today may not be usable a couple of years down the line. A single disc failure will render the whole backup set useless. Best to use another connected SATA, eSATA or USB 3.0 disk.
If using an external disk as the destination for the backup, make sure it’s USB 3.0 or eSATA - if your system has such ports of course. Large raw backups created on USB 2.0 or firewire disks are OK, but it can take ages to backup and verify via those standards.
After creating a backup make sure you always verify it for errors. Also make a second copy on a different disk and verify that copy too. Best to have at least two copies of any files you value stored in two different media, this is good insurance against actual disk failure. Also store a zipped copy to cloud, locked with a strong zip password for extra peace of mind.
It’s also good to have a backup of just your boot sector. You’ll need this just in case your boot sector ever gets ■■■■■■■, it can happen sometimes after uninstalling certain programs. If it’s a purely software issue and the disk is not defective, the snapshots are still there; it is just the boot sector that needs fixing. You don’t even have to repair the boot sector, just boot through your backup startup media and restore just the boot sector from your last raw backup (untick all partitions, leave only boot sector ticked). If you have more than one disk connected to the system make you select the correct one to recover to, you don’t want to restore your boot sector to the wrong disk! Restoring only the boot sector is almost instant. This way the computer will be bootable again, the existing snapshots will be preserved, and the CTM console will work again at boot time. Hope this is useful!