Acronis True Image 2010 at Best Buy

[jjsbasmt]

$19.99 after $20 instant discount (regularly $39.99) at Best Buy this week for Acronis True Image Home 2010. Picked up a copy this afternoon, as my local BB had plenty in stock. Box says it works with Win 7.

 

[Corporate Thug]

OMG, the timing on this could not be better. I have been looking for a deal on this so I can backup/reformat.

Thanks!!

 

[heat901]

is it bing able?

 

[Netopia]

I'm not trying to thread crap, but only to educate. There is a FREE, open source alternative to all such programs called Clonzilla. I use it in a corporate environment and it's been a lifesaver.

http://clonezilla.org/

Joe

 

[airjrdn]

I've had good luck with Acronis in the past as well, but other free options are Macrium Reflect Free, and DriveImage XML.

 

[Matt L]

I got a copy with a MB combo at NewEgg a month or so ago. I used Acronis for 10 years or more and was happy to get a deal. I installed in on my W7 system and it crashed constantly, no idea why. Have not tried to reinstall again, but it's always been a good product in the past so I'll look for an update and install it.

 

[weeber]

I got a copy with a MB combo at NewEgg a month or so ago. I used Acronis for 10 years or more and was happy to get a deal. I installed in on my W7 system and it crashed constantly, no idea why. Have not tried to reinstall again, but it's always been a good product in the past so I'll look for an update and install it.

If you look at the Acronis boards, lots of people have had issues getting anything but the latest version working on W7. I'm using Acronis 11 right now, but I just installed W7, and it no longer works.

Thanks to the OP, I'm all over this deal, and I'll be still be able to access my old HD images.

 

[Mitch101]

If you buy any of the major hard drives like Seagate or Western Digital you can download a free copy of Acronis on the hard drive manufacturers website.

Western Digital
http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119&wdc_lang=en

Seagate calls is disc wizard
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.j...toid=d9fd4a3cdde5c010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD

 

[yuchai]

If you use Windows 7 (Vista also?) you can create a system images and a rescue disk directly using the built-in tools.

Does anyone know what the advantages are in using a third party product such as Acronis?

 

[Zap]

There is a FREE, open source alternative to all such programs called Clonzilla.

Last time I used Clonezilla (6 months ago?), it had problems with not detecting drives in RAID (and maybe even ACHI modes). Basically, it only seemed to work (and worked well enough) only on simple single drive systems.

Acronis works fine with motherboard RAID such as Intel ICH10R. 2010 supposedly also preserves SSD partition offset.

I'm all for cheap, but it's also got to support this kind of stuff for it to be more universal.

 

[ESQ]

If you use Windows 7 (Vista also?) you can create a system images and a rescue disk directly using the built-in tools.

Does anyone know what the advantages are in using a third party product such as Acronis?

I've made tibs (Acronis extension) of my boot drive for my laptop in XP, Vista and Win7. I can access all the data on any tib plus when you do a restore you do not need to put in product keys for anything. I'm using (Office 2007, Win OS, WordPerfect, Acrobat Professional 8 and 9 [in fact, I was able to make a tib, then deactivate my Acrobat Pro, restore the tib and everything worked fine with an additional activation]). I was able to activate Acrobate on XP, Vista and Win 7 drives (I only use one boot drive at a time).

Also found that Acronis works best if you boot off the bootable cd you can make using Acronis. It seems to create and restore tibs faster than within Windows.

 

[russw]

Also found that Acronis works best if you boot off the bootable cd you can make using Acronis. It seems to create and restore tibs faster than within Windows.

Which version are you using? Commercial version # or Seagate's DiskWizard?

 

[Corporate Thug]

If you buy any of the major hard drives like Seagate or Western Digital you can download a free copy of Acronis on the hard drive manufacturers website.

Western Digital
http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119&wdc_lang=en

Seagate calls is disc wizard
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.j...toid=d9fd4a3cdde5c010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD

note these don't have all the features as retail

 

[Nunya]

Also available at Amazon, my BB was sold out.

 

[Netopia]

Last time I used Clonezilla (6 months ago?), it had problems with not detecting drives in RAID (and maybe even ACHI modes). Basically, it only seemed to work (and worked well enough) only on simple single drive systems.

Acronis works fine with motherboard RAID such as Intel ICH10R. 2010 supposedly also preserves SSD partition offset.

I'm all for cheap, but it's also got to support this kind of stuff for it to be more universal.

I've not used it for those higher end applications, only workstations. Thanks for the info Zap, appreciated!

Joe

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

I've not used it for those higher end applications, only workstations. Thanks for the info Zap, appreciated!

Joe

I have windows 7 64 bit on an intel g2 ssd. I don't use raid or anything else. All I want to do is make an image of my C drive to another drive in case I ever need to restore my hard drive from the back up image. Nothing complicated. Would clonezilla work for that?

 

[krunt]

Just to jump on the end of this, I highly recommend Acronis. I had a computer that just failed to boot to windows (XP), the reinstall was so completely painless going through the secure zone that I think I managed to format my C drive and reinstall windows in less than 30 mins. It was so easy that I now perform a clean install from the image every 6 months.

The only other feature I use is the Try and Decide which allows me to install drivers or programs, use them, and if i choose, reboot so it was like the software was never installed. I mostly use it for software I am suspect of, or my scanner software is horrible and I never let it get completely installed on my system. Instead, when I need to use the software, I begin try and decide, install the software (15 second .exe saved on my desktop) and scan what i need. I save the images to a different partition and then have try and decide exit without saving the changes. My images are there, and the software is like it was never installed.

bottom line, Acronis works well and it is the second thing I install on any new computer.

 

[EQTitan]

This is great for friends and relatives who need thier computer reinstalled every month because of virus infections.

load clean windows install
load Acronis safe zone
make image of disk
store in ASZ

When they need a fresh install tell them to hit F11 on start up =)

 

[Netopia]

I have windows 7 64 bit on an intel g2 ssd. I don't use raid or anything else. All I want to do is make an image of my C drive to another drive in case I ever need to restore my hard drive from the back up image. Nothing complicated. Would clonezilla work for that?

Should be fine. Here's a whole tutorial where a guy shows how to use Clonezilla to migrate from a hard drive to an SSD:

http://hothardware.com/Articles/Upgrading-Your-Notebook-Hard-Drive-To-An-SSD-A-HowTo/

Joe

 

[JimKiler]

I am tempted to buy this but until recently I did not use disk copy software much. i have been using the free version of True Image since I have a WD drives in both PC's.

I am surprised to see how Ghost used to be the only software to a crappy backup software app that as far as I can tell no longer does drive to drive copies.

 

[Vincent]

How does this compare to the free version of Acronis available through WD?

I have a USB WD My Book and can just move it to the PC where I need to use Acronis. I had thought about getting rid of it because it's only 250GB but this is probably a good reason to keep it around.