Acronis True Image Home 2010 = $24.99 (12-22-2009 only)

[13Gigatons]

http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/acronis-true-image-home-2010/

Seems like a ok deal....although I'm still using version 11.0 myself and the newer versions seem more bloated then ever, some may be interested.

 

[zerogear]

Does 11 still work on Win7?

 

[13Gigatons]

Version 11.0 been working fine for months...I hear there were problems with version 12.0 though.

 

[Zargon]

Does 11 still work on Win7?

7 does most of what you would buy acronis to do...

 

[zerogear]

7 does most of what you would buy acronis to do...

It does, but it takes a loonng time. Last time I tried native backup, it took 12~hours to do a complete backup.

 

[totalnoob]

I highly recommend this program.. It's one of the few pieces of software worth paying for in my opinion. The freeware imaging programs aren't nearly as intuitive or reliable.

 

[Zargon]

It does, but it takes a loonng time. Last time I tried native backup, it took 12~hours to do a complete backup.

my wifes pc took about 2 hours to do a the system image sunday, 150 or so gigs

doesnt native take alot longer?

 

[gigahertz20]

If any of you don't plan on using advanced features for imaging your computer, Macrium Reflect has a free edition and so does Paragon. Not sure which is better, I think Paragon might offer more features in their free edition but I'm not sure. Either one would be better then the built it one that comes with the higher versions of windows vista and 7.


Macrium Reflect Free Edition
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Free Edition
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/download.html



Here is a link that shows the features the free Paragon edition has. It looks like it has more then the free editition of reflect.
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/comparison.html

 

[13Gigatons]

A couple more free versions:

1. http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=29073699

2. http://www.todo-backup.com/

These two are OK but they are slower then Acronis in making a backup and more then likely slower about restoring as well.

 

[Thump553]

Remember too that the free Maxtor Maxblast (and I think the Seagate equivalent) are Acronis True Image rebadged and slightly crippled. As I recall the major cripple is the inability to do incremental backups-which is a big deal to me.

Acronis True Image is a great program, hopefully they stay away from bloatware.

 

[Zargon]

WD has one too.

 

[BlueWeasel]

I actually used Paragon Drive Backup v9 for the first time yesterday to image a new Win7 laptop. I was impressed and backing up to DVD worked well.

The interface isn't as streamlined as Acronis, but it got the job done.