Acronis True Image Incremental Backup
Mar 6, 2016 | 11:42 am
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Acronis True Image Incremental Backup
Does anyone use Acronis for backing up? I've used Rescue and Recovery for years, but I have no love for it; it's slow, clunky, and unfriendly.
For my hard drive replacement this weekend, I used a free version of Acronis True Image which I've used before. I like the software quite a lot. I'm tempted to ante up the $50 for a one-computer license and use its incremental backup facility.
Has anyone here used it? Any opinions?
Thanks
For my hard drive replacement this weekend, I used a free version of Acronis True Image which I've used before. I like the software quite a lot. I'm tempted to ante up the $50 for a one-computer license and use its incremental backup facility.
Has anyone here used it? Any opinions?
Thanks
Mar 6, 2016 | 1:57 pm
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I used Acronis Tue Image 2010 extensively for the past several years, but I recently needed to upgrade to support newer hardware. After trying out TI 2015 and 2016, I had problems with both, so I decided against paying for the upgrade. I went with the Macrium Reflect free product, which has worked flawlessly so far (including on my tablet running a 32-bit version of Windows, which Acronis doesn't fully support).
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If you decide to purchase Acronis, first do a search on slickdeals.net to find out what coupons and sales are applicable; there are occasional sales that brings the price down to $10 or 15.
Mar 6, 2016 | 2:43 pm
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I've not used their consumer products in years after issues, but I still love Acronis Workstation. All of the features, none of the bloat.
I have been looking at Macrium, but love the Universal Restore feature of Acronis which will let you restore the image onto different hardware than the original backup, which would be the likely scenario. ie: laptop damaged/stolen, so I'm buying a temporary one at Best Buy or overnighting one via Amazon + overnighting the image from the office. Then I'd be re-ordering a proper laptop from Lenovo.
I have been looking at Macrium, but love the Universal Restore feature of Acronis which will let you restore the image onto different hardware than the original backup, which would be the likely scenario. ie: laptop damaged/stolen, so I'm buying a temporary one at Best Buy or overnighting one via Amazon + overnighting the image from the office. Then I'd be re-ordering a proper laptop from Lenovo.
Mar 7, 2016 | 9:22 am
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Does anyone use Acronis for backing up? I've used Rescue and Recovery for years, but I have no love for it; it's slow, clunky, and unfriendly.
For my hard drive replacement this weekend, I used a free version of Acronis True Image which I've used before. I like the software quite a lot. I'm tempted to ante up the $50 for a one-computer license and use its incremental backup facility.
Has anyone here used it? Any opinions?
Thanks
For my hard drive replacement this weekend, I used a free version of Acronis True Image which I've used before. I like the software quite a lot. I'm tempted to ante up the $50 for a one-computer license and use its incremental backup facility.
Has anyone here used it? Any opinions?
Thanks
Since the trial account expired, though, I haven't been nagged.
Mar 7, 2016 | 9:25 am
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I use it and it's fast and painless. The downside (and it's big enough to make me consider other products when upgrade time rolls around) is the continual nagging to sign up for their cloud service, which interests me not in the least. The latest update somehow activated a cloud account with them, then nagged me for 30 days to pay for it or lose it (didn't want it, so losing it was fine with me). No way to just tell it to stop.
Mar 7, 2016 | 9:35 am
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Once you get past the initial 30 days it seems to quiet down, though.
Mar 9, 2016 | 9:33 pm
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I've never used it for backup. I did use it for drive cloning for many years, then after a hiatus I tried it again recently. It's turned into a buggy piece of crap.
For backup, I use CrashPlan. The software client is free to use with local drives, and I also pay for cloud storage as an additional backup target. Of course this is for file backups, not full system backups. In the event my system gets hosed I prefer to reinstall the OS and then (if necessary) restore file backups.
For backup, I use CrashPlan. The software client is free to use with local drives, and I also pay for cloud storage as an additional backup target. Of course this is for file backups, not full system backups. In the event my system gets hosed I prefer to reinstall the OS and then (if necessary) restore file backups.