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July 25, 2006

by Adam R.

Acronis True Image Backup Software

I harp on having backups on this site and with good reason. I have had my own system just recently go down do to a corrupted driver. I also watched a co-workers system go down this week and all her work that was not backed up to a network drive. Computer failures are a way of life, whether they are hardware or software. That is why there are tons of backup solutions in the market place. Most decent backup software allows for files to be backed up and recovered. Recovery is the biggest key for the question is if a backup solution allows all the files to be recovered, and what the process is. This is why today I am reviewing a backup software package from Acronis, Acronis True Image Home. Acronis is known for their bare metal restore backup software, let's see how well it performs.

Downloading

I did not receive a packaged version of the Acronis True Image backup software. Acronis True Image Home backup software can be downloaded from Acronis' web site .

Features

Features for Acronis' True Image Home backup software can be found on Acronis' web site as well.

Scheduler: Automate backups, so you don't need to remember to run them
Exclusive Acronis Secure Zone^® : No need to purchase an extra hard drive, CDs, or DVDs to protect data because you can save data to a special hidden partition on your hard drive
Exclusive Acronis Secure Zone^®: No need to purchase an extra hard drive, CDs, or DVDs to protect data because you can save data to a special hidden partition on your hard drive
Exclusive Acronis Recovery Manager: Boot your computer to start the recovery process without boot media by selecting the F11 key, even if your operating system has failed
Exclusive Acronis Recovery Manager: Boot your computer to start the recovery process without boot media by selecting the F11 key, even if your operating system has failed
PC cloning: Upgrade to a new system disk without the need to reinstall the operating system and applications, or configure user settings
Add a new hard disk: Expand your PC's storage capacity
A wizard driven interface: The product walks you through each task so that you don't need to be a computer wiz to use it

Disk Imaging

Backup only the necessary server disk sector contents
User-defined compression levels
Multivolume archives
Password protection
Reduce your disk backup time and storage by excluding paging and hibernate files from the disk backup image
Manage a PC performance by changing the disk imaging process priority
Supports hard disks of all sizes
Create full images (everything on your PC), incremental images (changes since last backup), and differential images (changes since last full backup)
Use your PC during image creation with our no reboot feature
Verify disk backup image before a restore
Change partition type, file system, size, and disk location during restore
Check the file system after a restore
Acronis Secure Zone^®
Acronis Startup Recovery Manager

Disk Cloning

Clone an old hard disk drive to a new one
Install a new hard disk drive as a boot disk or as an additional storage device
Install a new hard disk drive as a boot disk or as an additional storage device
Re-deploy an old hard disk
Resize transferred partitions to match a new hard disk size
Create, copy, move, and delete partitions
Securely clean and wipe an old hard disk

Installation

Installing Acronis True Image backup software is very easy. Run the file that is downloaded from the web site. If the custom option is chosen, the option to install the Media Disk builder is also included. Bart PE is not included by default, but can be enabled. Bart PE helps to build a bootable Windows DVD.

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