Acronis True Image for PC or Mac - full version. This is a pack that contains a code that you use online to download the software directly from Acronis. Although the picture shows the 2015 version, when I used my code, it gave me the 2016 version. I don't think the Windows based version is as intuitive as previous ones, although the boot version (which I prefer, anyway) works as it has done for may years. However, I do find it more flexible than the built in Windows 7 backup and restore tool. In any event, Amazon have the same software for £36.61 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acronis-True-Image-2016-English/dp/B013DD3VO2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456822935&sr=8-1&keywords=acronis+true+image) so £11.99 seems to be a good price.
A few stores have stock but it is available to be ordered into most - mine was available for pick up next day.
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maceie
1 Mar 164#11
I stopped using Acronis when they pulled the "Windows 8.1 is a whole new OS and not a service pack/update to Windows 8, so buy an upgrade. For £40." when Macrium just updated their software at no charge.
Lost me as a customer.
Edit - Even for £12 - I won't give them my money again. I have a long memory and know how to hold a grudge :wink:
taz002dev
1 Mar 163#10
Get Macrium Free. It's good and works quite nice. Recovered lots of machines
maceie
1 Mar 163#1
It's a good price, so hot.
If you don't need anything more than a simple backup to image file tool, there are load of alternatives.
I use Macrium Reflect Free by choice now.
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maceie
1 Mar 163#1
It's a good price, so hot.
If you don't need anything more than a simple backup to image file tool, there are load of alternatives.
I use Macrium Reflect Free by choice now.
JamesSmith to maceie
1 Mar 16#15
I realise time machine isn't an imager but it does back up for free. Any other specific advantages to macrium??
popolou
1 Mar 16#2
Did they restore the functionality from the earlier versions after the dreadful rewrite?
wavefront
1 Mar 16#3
Nooooo I payed £20 last week :disappointed:
Very good price though, voted HOT!
jh787
1 Mar 16#4
Can it be used on only 1 pc?
spannerzone to jh787
1 Mar 16#6
Most likely.... I got 2013 Acronis for backing up purposes and if you install on a second PC a product activation warning pops up. Annoying for me as I only use Acronis to make a backup every 6 months on a couple of machines.
Shatwell to jh787
1 Mar 161#7
If you're only interested in creating and restoring backups, and not bothered about the additional bloat the software installs.
Just create a boot disk (CD or USB stick), then you can use it a multiple machines.
All the need to do is temporarily alter the BIOS to select the boot disk, instead of you OS.
A question of my own:
Do the latest versions of True Image allow you to create/restore encrypted (TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt) OS drive backups or do you still need to decrypt them before creating a backup?
Thanks.
garygdicker
1 Mar 16#5
great reserved mine from west quay
malachi
1 Mar 161#8
Tempting but after Acronis screwed me over a few years back, I refused to buy anymore of their products.
Maevoric to malachi
1 Mar 16#9
what happened?
taz002dev
1 Mar 163#10
Get Macrium Free. It's good and works quite nice. Recovered lots of machines
Bendown to taz002dev
1 Mar 162#12
Works great for simple drive imaging
maceie
1 Mar 164#11
I stopped using Acronis when they pulled the "Windows 8.1 is a whole new OS and not a service pack/update to Windows 8, so buy an upgrade. For £40." when Macrium just updated their software at no charge.
Lost me as a customer.
Edit - Even for £12 - I won't give them my money again. I have a long memory and know how to hold a grudge :wink:
JrB
1 Mar 161#13
You could just use VeeAm Free Endpoint backup - which essentially does the same job ... VeeAm Endpoint Backup - FREE!
EaseUS and Macrium Reflect both work well for cloning and also clone Windows 10 fine too.
androo
1 Mar 16#18
Anyone know if you can use this to backup the disk to an image file on a (large) usb memory stick then use the memory stick to deploy from should the original HDD fail - i'm thinking pop in a memory stick and a blank HDD and boot from the USB memory stick that also holds the image file.
Hunkerdown
1 Mar 16#19
Great program and one that has saved me a few times.
MrStu
1 Mar 16#20
my trial is expiring in 2 days, great timing, I'll buy it
afroylnt to MrStu
1 Mar 16#24
Is it any good? I have used Acronis in the past and it was quite good but stayed away recently as the re-write got such bad reviews..... Pretty impressed by Macrium reflect free as other people have stated.
huangxq2
1 Mar 16#21
Get it for free when buying SSD.
If need a SSD anyway, better save the money, contribute to a 128GB SSD at £30.
It's cheap but I'm not sure why anyone buys Acronis anymore - there are so many good free products available.
danpetre
2 Mar 16#26
hot. but you can use clonezilla live USB stick that backups disks or partitions to USB or NAS storage. my clonezilla USB stick is 256mb with free space to spare
moozoo
2 Mar 16#27
Voting cold I'm afraid. You simply don't need to spend money on backup/cloning software when there are so many excellent free alternatives.
malachi
2 Mar 161#28
Spent £40 on the latest version at the time, few months after Windows 8 came out and that version I had was incompatible. After a few emails to Acronis, they advised they wasn't going to patch that version to support Windows 8 and must spend another £40 on the new one which had been released that a month.......told them to jog on and used Macrium Reflect ever since.
jh787
2 Mar 16#29
I don't get it.
I'm using a 2010 version of Acronis on Windows 10.
Unless the incompatibility is with Windows 8/8.1 only.. Because I gave that a miss
bill888
2 Mar 16#30
As long as you have any WD drive connected, the WD edition of Trueimage will work. It does not have to be the drive you want to back up or restore to.
The WD edition is a stripped down version of the full Trueimage product. It can only do full backups and for cloning. eg. you can't perform 'incremental' backups or specify which folders or files you wish to back up.
Just picked up my TrueImage activation pack from local Argos. It does not actually specify what version of Trueimage (2015 or 2016) btw. Instructions just simply quote download Trueimage from website and activate it.
fwiw, I had been using TrueImage 2011 on Windows 7, but discovered it won't install on Windows 10.
Comparison of features between free OEM (eg. WD, Seagate, Crucial) and full versions of TrueImage Acronis TrueImage versions link
sabu57
2 Mar 16#31
+1 for Macrium here. Never failed me.
Hootwo to sabu57
2 Mar 16#35
Me too. Recent convert to Macrium free, used to clone a Windows 10 laptop. Quick, clear user interface, cheap - as in free.
I won't be looking back...
brainsys
2 Mar 16#32
At a loss why its a good deal to pay someone to effectively bottle 'free air' and sell it back to you at a premium. Plenty of excellent and reliable free cloning tools to do the job better and probably faster. Voting cold I'm afraid.
_taurus_
2 Mar 16#33
No tested with SSD Kingston, they are cannot restricted this software because it's not make sense...
Begize
2 Mar 16#34
Licence codes for the "HD" version (which does most of the same stuff) are bundled free with new Crucial SSD's and so there are loads for sale on eBay starting around the £3 mark. Works with any brand or type of hard drive.
ngs
5 Mar 16#36
Think I will be buying this as just tried to DL - Macrium free from CNET, but Norton deleted file saying unsafe?
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Opening post
A few stores have stock but it is available to be ordered into most - mine was available for pick up next day.
Top comments
Lost me as a customer.
Edit - Even for £12 - I won't give them my money again. I have a long memory and know how to hold a grudge :wink:
If you don't need anything more than a simple backup to image file tool, there are load of alternatives.
I use Macrium Reflect Free by choice now.
All comments (36)
If you don't need anything more than a simple backup to image file tool, there are load of alternatives.
I use Macrium Reflect Free by choice now.
Very good price though, voted HOT!
Just create a boot disk (CD or USB stick), then you can use it a multiple machines.
All the need to do is temporarily alter the BIOS to select the boot disk, instead of you OS.
A question of my own:
Do the latest versions of True Image allow you to create/restore encrypted (TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt) OS drive backups or do you still need to decrypt them before creating a backup?
Thanks.
Lost me as a customer.
Edit - Even for £12 - I won't give them my money again. I have a long memory and know how to hold a grudge :wink:
VeeAm Endpoint Backup - FREE!
A lot of features for free.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-drive-cloning-software.htm#Quick_Selection_Guide
I use Easus
The first comments say cloud backup, but this http://www.acronis.com/en-gb/personal/true-image-comparison/ shows a difference in price. So do this do cloud backup?
If need a SSD anyway, better save the money, contribute to a 128GB SSD at £30.
http://download.wdc.com/acronis/atih_installer_oem_branded_6126_en-US.zip
I'm using a 2010 version of Acronis on Windows 10.
Unless the incompatibility is with Windows 8/8.1 only.. Because I gave that a miss
The WD edition is a stripped down version of the full Trueimage product. It can only do full backups and for cloning. eg. you can't perform 'incremental' backups or specify which folders or files you wish to back up.
Just picked up my TrueImage activation pack from local Argos. It does not actually specify what version of Trueimage (2015 or 2016) btw. Instructions just simply quote download Trueimage from website and activate it.
fwiw, I had been using TrueImage 2011 on Windows 7, but discovered it won't install on Windows 10.
Comparison of features between free OEM (eg. WD, Seagate, Crucial) and full versions of TrueImage
Acronis TrueImage versions link
I won't be looking back...