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Acronis True Image 11 Home (Full Product)
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Reviewed by: Gberman
07-02-09
Duration of ownership: 2 Years
Strengths:
Weaknesses:When I try to restore a file -- any file from any backup -- Acronis wants me to "Insert Volume 1" Huh? This is a hard drive. The log, in ever case, says the file is corrupted. A support request, filed 3 days ago, has not been answered. That's unacceptable.
Overall Evaluation: 1. It's dangerous to rely on Acronis to back up your files. 2. They don't give a ****
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Reviewed by: jmkray
03-09-09
Duration of ownership: 1 Weeks
Strengths: This product is simple to use and it works! Great way to clone your hard drive in case of a disaster. Much better than System Restore, the clone is the EXACT copy of the hard drive on the time of cloning.
Weaknesses:Some have noted that it has a problem with Vista. Not really true. Just use the boot CD OR ignore the re-boot issue and chose Normal on the restart options when given a chance.
Overall Evaluation: I created an 60 gig Acronis Secure Drive (hidden from view by the OS) and put my clones and backups in there. Pressing F11 at the appropriate prompt and it boots into the Linux version in the Acronis Secure sector. Takes about 10 to 20 minutes to completely replace the C drive on my XP, and did it on Saturday (2 days ago). You can get it from Amazon (True Image 2009 Home) for 29 bucks with free shipping. This is an excellent product.
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Reviewed by: majorhill
12-03-08
Duration of ownership: 36 Months
Strengths: EASE OF OPERATION
Weaknesses:CUSTOMER SERVICE AND STABILITY
Overall Evaluation: tHE PROGRAM IS FAIR IN OPERATION, HOWEVER IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG DON'T DEPEND ON ANYONE AT ACRONIS TO OFFER ANY ANSWERS, OR HELP. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET HELP FOR A MONTH W/O ANY SUCESS. MEANWHILE IF MY SYSTEM FAILS I HAVE NO BACKUP... BEWARE, BEWARE
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Reviewed by: outfrontbehind
11-13-08
Duration of ownership: 3 Months
Strengths: Lots of features, clear documentation
Weaknesses:Buggy, no support
Overall Evaluation: After I bought Acronis True Image 11 Home I was having several problems, mostly involving the software hanging. I went to the Acronis website to try to look up solutions. The website didn't work at all, for days, then wouldnât let me log in for several more. I wrote them an email about this. Got canned email acknowledgement with statement that they'd get back to me. They never did. Later I sent them a question about yet another of the technical problems I was having (and couldnât find an answer to in their knowledge base). Again I got a canned email acknowledgement with statement that they'd get back to me. It took them 22 days to return my email. In the meantime I had already contacted the Better Business Bureau. That was weeks ago, and they havenât responded to the BBB either. The software has a lot of features, which would be great, if they worked reliably. If your computer setup is very simple and you donât want to do too much with the software, you might be okay. But I constantly ran into problems that sent me running to the knowledge database to try to puzzle together a solution. A good example is that the software will just crap out on you if you have too many files in a file-type (non-image) backup. According to the knowledge base, you get an unhelpful OS error message, but I never got any messages at all. In the end I ended up making extra partitions that I didnât need and got in the way, and using the image method. And I was lucky that time, in that the knowledge base at least gave me *some* clue about the problem. What really bothers me about this is that, although Acronis canât be bothered to respond to my support email questions, theyâve been sending me emails offering to sell me the new, improved version (True Image Home 2009) for almost as much money as I paid for the original problematic software just a few months ago! They donât seem to have any problem sending marketing email!
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Reviewed by: user109
03-27-09
Duration of ownership: 3 Weeks
Strengths: It's a true backup and can restore 100%.
Weaknesses:It backup everything; not only data and included blank space too!
Overall Evaluation: I have used it to backup my data and it can restore 100%. But it does have it's weakness; backup 100%, included BLANK SPACE!I have a 160G HDD and it's data size only 15G. I backup my data and I thought it backup my 15G data. Recently I tried to restore my data on a 60G HDD and it couldn't!I thought it's a bit funny why I could not restore it. It only has 15G size and it should fit in the 60G HDD without problem.. I was wrong, it was asking a 160G HDD to be restored!I'm very disappointed that it does not do what it supposes to do; back up DATA ONLY! Not the blank space..
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