[QCLUG] Program recommendation- Acronis True Image

[Jim Kristan]

Another  friend, also very computer savvy,  has high praise  for
Acronis True Image. I on the other hand could not get it to restore,
it kept asking for a password, I never set a password. Tech support
was not all that helpful. After many tries I just went back to Ghost.
Jim K

On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 7:12 PM, agamotto <agamotto@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>        I have been using Acronis True Image 11 Home for about two months
> now.  I have finally found my ideal backup solution!  This program comes as
> a download or cd media.  I purchased the cd version as I like to have
> something physical as a back up.
>
>        The drive imaging part is excellent!  It does what it does without
> asking you 50 questions, and the interface is very well done.  You find your
> source, the destination, click do, and it does.  It works with firewire, and
> usb 2.0 external drives.  It backed up my dual-boot 80G hd in about 45
> minutes, and that was with the verify option on.  The sole item that might
> scare/freak you out is that when it does start to work, it seems to only
> flash the hd light on your source drive.  If you are formatting the
> destination drive, I can well understand how someone might freak out
> thinking that their source drive is being blanked!
>
>        I haven't done much with the other utilities that it comes with, as I
> don't use Windows enough to care about them.  I used them on Mom's system,
> and they work very well at defragging and setting up a weekly back up on her
> external drive.
>
>        Since I dual-boot, I find that just using the drive image part from
> the cd to me much easier than the other bits.
>
>        For once, a piece of commercial software that meets the 'just works'
> test!
>
> Randy
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