*ALIVE* Acronis True Image Home 2009 (CD) $4 after $20 MIR

[GreatestOne]

Quote from bondisdead : Can you use this to create a set of recovery discs? I'd like to have a set of discs that will recover my computer & its installed applications. Don't need the data, just the C: drive installation with windows, etc.

As long as u have the recovery boot disk, u can do a sector-by-sector backup which basically records your pc as is, so when u recover it, it will be exactly the way you had it.. it worked for me when I got a real nasty virus... but make sure u do sector by sector.... of course u can also just backup one folder or whatever else in between, but why not just do it all to an external and have peace of mind...

I wonder why this great program is put on sale so much in the last couple of months... anyone hear of something even better coming out?

[Qidnif]

I love Acronis True Image, copied windows perfectly to a new HD. Something which Ghost9 failed at horribly. Ghost took 2hrs to fail and Acronis took only 15mins to work.

[chong67]

There is no need to use this. Just use Microsoft SyncToy and its free.

[GreatestOne]

Quote from chong67 : There is no need to use this. Just use Microsoft SyncToy and its free.

Does it only backup files/folders, or can it also backup every sector and the complete state of your pc so u can restore it exactly like it was before the disaster?

[mssfrommn]

Well I used to be fan of original Ghose. Since last few years, I am using True Image 11. It worked very well. thanks for the deal OP.

[techrox]

Quote from bdunkle : I'm not arguing that Acronis is good, but this sounds funny. What, you expect it to grow arms and turn your drive on for you?

LOL

[jwong]

Quote from chong67 : There is no need to use this. Just use Microsoft SyncToy and its free.

I don't think you understand this product...

[Loriski]

New to bing.com thing but can I use it on this for even cheaper?????????????? Or since Coupon it won't work?

[shampoo]

Why would anyone pay anything for disc imaging products when Clonezilla is free and open source? It can clone anything -- in any OS.

http://clonezilla.org/

[WhatUpDawg]

Checked out the reviews on this...is it really as bad as what the reviews say? On Amazon, one star is the single biggest response category http://www.amazon.com/Acronis-Tru...addOneStar ..., and even on Acronis site about half the reviews are 3 or less http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6832200008.

[cheap_bastid]

Quote from WhatUpDawg : Checked out the reviews on this...is it really as bad as what the reviews say? On Amazon, one star is the single biggest response category http://www.amazon.com/Acronis-Tru...addOneStar ..., and even on Acronis site about half the reviews are 3 or less http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6832200008.

I use it and it works great, always have.

Most of the PC users out there are 'tards. so I'd ignore the 1 star ratings because 99% of the time it's user error that they're blaming on this software.

[red123]

I tried out the beta for this version and it images and restore my HD flawlessly, but unfortunately the beta phase is long over. I am not sure why people have so many problems with this software.

[enigmatech13]

Quote from GreatestOne : Does it only backup files/folders, or can it also backup every sector and the complete state of your pc so u can restore it exactly like it was before the disaster?

SyncToy is just simple backup. Acronis is an imaging program and can even do incremental imaging. SyncBack is a better alternative to SyncToy, BTW.

I'm in for one. MaximumPC seems to like the program, so I'll give it a shot, especially since I just bought a new drive, too.

I currently use GParted, which is a free alternative, but the extra features in Acronis sound good.

[kalahari surfer]

I was about to try to take advantage for my PC (Vista x64 and soon Win 7 x64) but I found a post that said that Acronis True Image Home does NOT support Dynamic Disks!

EDIT: The Acronis True Image Home 2009 user manual says "Acronis True Image Home does not support dynamic and GPT disks." That sucks. All my disks are 'Dynamic'.

[kalahari surfer]

Quote from enigmatech13 : SyncToy is just simple backup. Acronis is an imaging program and can even do incremental imaging. SyncBack is a better alternative to SyncToy, BTW. <<snip>>

I was relying on SyncToy 2.0 until Microsoft updated that download page recently to say "Please note that there are known issues when using SyncToy 2.0 with a Home NAS. When using a NAS, there is a chance of file corruption. This issue will be fixed in an upcoming release." So I have stopped using SyncToy on my NAS