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Acronis Acronis True Image Home 11

83

Very Good
  • Pros
  • Creates a hidden restore and safe-zone partition
  • Imaging from within Windows or a recovery disk
  • Cons
  • Overly complicated workflow
  • Unintuitive interface

User Reviews for Acronis Acronis True Image Home 11

  • Reviewed by: sinorc

    Duration of ownership: 2 Weeks

    Strengths:

    Weaknesses:

    Overall Evaluation: This software was apparently not beta'd properly. After what appeared install with purchsed disk, tried to update as recommended. Update hung-up just before completing. Could not do a clean uninstall. Could not do an over-install. Could not install original disk.Tech service has responded email after 2 days with a couple suggestions. Neither worked. They now have a copy of my install log and awaiting there response. The basis of purchasing this sofware verses Norton Ghost was recomendation by PCWorld, CNet and several others. I have many hours into trying to get this install problem resolved. With the magnitude of this issue, I am now wondering if it gets resolved-should I trust my back-up with it?

  • Reviewed by: jrmannino

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Provides a complete back-up, both data and programs

    Weaknesses: Very slow to complete task

    Overall Evaluation: This product provides a complete back-up of your computer, both data and programs. In the event of a disaster, your complete computer, both data and programs can be restored without the need for re-installing a program or having to setup your computer. It is a utility that every computer should have.

  • Reviewed by: jonlouisville

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Easy --- really easy --- to use for a computer user with moderate tech knowledge. More reliable recovery than Norton Ghost. Hands off backup

    Weaknesses: Can have trouble with scheduling. Poor customer support (email only).

    Overall Evaluation: Norton failed me once too many times, so I switched to Acronis 10, then upgraded to this version. It has saved my bacon many times. Windows users need more than a simple backup; even on a barely used system, it crashes and burns from time to time, or an app stops working after an update. True Image allows you to roll back the clock to a time when the system worked; whether an entire disk image, or individual files. Users report issues with unattended scheduling not working, but I have not had to get hold of tech support --- which is a good thing because it's email only.

  • Reviewed by: jlkcchang

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: I bought this because I needed to do backups on my Vista machine. The software worked as expected.

    Weaknesses: The initial display could be a better, but it's OK.

    Overall Evaluation: I have a version of Acronis that worked on XP. I liked it so much that I bought this when I needed to backup my new Vista machine. So far, so good.

  • Reviewed by: zardiw1

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Installs

    Weaknesses: System crashes. 'Bootable' Rescue media refuses to boot!!

    Overall Evaluation: I'm running W2K with no raid, and vanilla flavored MB and Plextor CD.Boot CD's won't boot, although all other Bootable CD's I have work fine.I used to like Acronis. Last good version was v8Stay the heck away from the new versions. They have added so much extra stuff to the package that they have LOST their original focus: Backup and Restore Partitions!!!z

  • Reviewed by: mikeywl

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Very flexible. Doesn't use a lot of system resources for incrimental backups.

    Weaknesses: Haven't had any problems yet.

    Overall Evaluation: I've used Norton Ghost for years, but on the recommendation of others, I picked up a copy of True Image. I'm very pleased with it! It was easy to set up automated drive backups across my network to my NAS, and True Image uses a lot less in the way of system resources for the backups than Norton Ghost did.

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