Acronic True Image 9.0

[JustStarting]

Well...... last weekend I was screwing around and corrupted my OS on a new build. I went a little too tight on the memory timings and my computer would just keep rebooting. After I formatted and installed everything all over again, I decided this was not going to happen to me again....... so I searched long and hard and decided to buy Acronis True Image 9.0.

I have used Partition Magic 8.0 and Ghost before with not much success- granted maybe some was due to my mis-understanding of the programs, but I doubt it.

Today I received my new Seagate 160gb SATA hdd from newegg and my Acronis 9.0. Fifteen minutes later my new hdd was imaged perfectly!! No kidding.... an unformatted hdd plugged in and fully imaged in 15 minutes. Simple, easy to follow menu and only took about 6 clicks of the mouse to complete set-up of the operation.

I booted both hdd's individually with the other unplugged- no issues!! Now I have a failsafe back-up installed in my case ready to just plug in if needed.

Just thought I'd share my experience with someone looking to do the same.

Thank you Acronis!!

 

[bucwylde23]

Originally posted by: JustStarting
Well...... last weekend I was screwing around and corrupted my OS on a new build. I went a little too tight on the memory timings and my computer would just keep rebooting. After I formatted and installed everything all over again, I decided this was not going to happen to me again....... so I searched long and hard and decided to buy Acronis True Image 9.0.

I have used Partition Magic 8.0 and Ghost before with not much success- granted maybe some was due to my mis-understanding of the programs, but I doubt it.

Today I received my new Seagate 160gb SATA hdd from newegg and my Acronis 9.0. Fifteen minutes later my new hdd was imaged perfectly!! No kidding.... an unformatted hdd plugged in and fully imaged in 15 minutes. Simple, easy to follow menu and only took about 6 clicks of the mouse to complete set-up of the operation.

I booted both hdd's individually with the other unplugged- no issues!! Now I have a failsafe back-up installed in my case ready to just plug in if needed.

Just thought I'd share my experience with someone looking to do the same.

Thank you Acronis!!

I have TI 8.0, but I agree, Acronis rocks :thumbsup:

 

[cw42]

backup

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[corkyg]

Acronis T/I has been awesome since version 5. I got 6, 7,8, and now 9.

It has the best cloning tools in the business, and it's bootable CD maker is outstanding.

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

I'm thinking about moving the contents of my entire aging C: drive (ancient Samsung 1.5GB) to my secondary newer D: drive (WD 40GB).

Thing is, the D: drive already has some data, can Acronis resize an existing partition and add in a new one (to be primary boot partition) as well?

The rig in question is running Win98 btw.

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: BespinReactorShaft
I'm thinking about moving the contents of my entire aging C: drive (ancient Samsung 1.5GB) to my secondary newer D: drive (WD 40GB).

Thing is, the D: drive already has some data, can Acronis resize an existing partition and add in a new one (to be primary boot partition) as well?

The rig in question is running Win98 btw.

Acronis is not Partition Magic - that's what you need to non-destructively change the size of an existing partition and add another.

Once that is done, say, by P/M, you can then move the data into it.

 

[bob4432]

agree. after a failed ghost image caused a decent amount of data loss(thankfully it was my hdd in my server that is just all the setting for the php, http, perl, stuff so a lot of time was gone) i switched to acronis. haven't looked back since.

 

[bucwylde23]

Originally posted by: BespinReactorShaft
I'm thinking about moving the contents of my entire aging C: drive (ancient Samsung 1.5GB) to my secondary newer D: drive (WD 40GB).

Thing is, the D: drive already has some data, can Acronis resize an existing partition and add in a new one (to be primary boot partition) as well?

The rig in question is running Win98 btw.

Well in addition to Acronis True Image, I have Acronis Disk Director, and it is a great program as well. It basically does everything partition magic does, it also has an optional OS selector software if you like to dual-boot linux/XP or whatever.

IT's also not too expensive and is just as great as true image.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: BespinReactorShaft
I'm thinking about moving the contents of my entire aging C: drive (ancient Samsung 1.5GB) to my secondary newer D: drive (WD 40GB).

Thing is, the D: drive already has some data, can Acronis resize an existing partition and add in a new one (to be primary boot partition) as well?

The rig in question is running Win98 btw.

Acronis Migrate Easy FTW!

 

[Rottie]

Thank God I bought Acronic True Image 9 for 25 bucks. Better than Ghost I had in the past.

 

[yosuke188]

Acronic TI > *