Is this any good Acronis ?

David · Jan 03, 2009, 12:51:07

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/120089?camp_id=Wk35_08_Acronis&source_id=aw&camp_id=pc%20world

a Is this as good as it states

b is it a good price.

Rik · Jan 03, 2009, 12:54:49

Amazon have it cheaper, David, here. Or much cheaper here.

Personally, I'd go for v10 if you can find it. As to (a), yes.

David · Jan 03, 2009, 12:58:31

Rik just checked out Amazon too,the 2nd one,no mention of Vista, if it does what it says then would seem an ideal back up,

David · Jan 03, 2009, 12:59:44

This one Rik

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acronis-Disk-Director-Suite-10/dp/B000CO3IBC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1230987229&sr=8-3

Steve · Jan 03, 2009, 13:00:54

I think I'd try to find version 10 which was on the whole fast and reliable, with any of these products you must check you can restore the backup otherwise apart ftom retrieving singles files its worthless.

Rik · Jan 03, 2009, 13:01:28

I can't remember when Vista support came in, tbh, David. It wasn't there in 8, not sure about 9 & 10, definitely was there by 11, then they changed their naming scheme.

Might be worth a quick check on Wilders...

Steve · Jan 03, 2009, 13:05:34

If I recall 10 is ok with Vista providing the boot disk works and its installed on the primary drive in a single partition otherwise following restoration you have to use a Vista repair disk to boot again (no great deal just additional fuss)

David · Jan 03, 2009, 13:07:12

Steve

David · Jan 03, 2009, 14:21:08

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=93155

Thanks for this link Rik,really informative,and I had never heard of them but now bookmarked

Rik · Jan 03, 2009, 14:28:30

It's a useful site generally, David, but that's one big marketing mess Acronis have got themselves in, isn't it.

David · Jan 03, 2009, 14:32:45

It is and even Amazon is mentioned

I will buy with care but there are many other issues,still a great link though

Steve · Jan 03, 2009, 14:39:38

Was 2005 though

Rik · Jan 03, 2009, 14:42:00

It's good of Acronis to provide free publicity for the rip-off merchants, though, isn't it, Steve?

David · Jan 03, 2009, 14:42:10

November 2008 on the Amazon review pages Steve

David · Jan 03, 2009, 14:43:10

Quote from: Rik on Jan 03, 2009, 14:42:00
It's good of Acronis to provide free publicity for the rip-off merchants, though, isn't it, Steve?

That just occured to me................im always a week behind though Rik

Rik · Jan 03, 2009, 14:45:07

I can't believe they've handled it the way they have, but then they're not the most market-savvy company I've come across.

David · Jan 03, 2009, 14:49:08

As long as it works and on the whole it looks good and I do like to back up these days.better safe than in deep do do

I have been looking for a while for something like this,but in my case it had to be easy to use and this one seems to tick all the boxes,and hopefully make a copy of them

Steve · Jan 03, 2009, 14:53:53

There is a fifteen day trial of TI2009 available from the Acronis website perhaps worth a shot

Rik · Jan 03, 2009, 14:54:54

Quote from: badpianoplayer on Jan 03, 2009, 14:49:08
As long as it works and on the whole it looks good and I do like to back up these days.better safe than in deep do do

I have been looking for a while for something like this,but in my case it had to be easy to use and this one seems to tick all the boxes,and hopefully make a copy of them

I've used Acronis for years, David, and it is very good. The important thing is to ensure that you can boot from the CD, once you've burnt it, then test each backup when you make it. That said, I've never had one fail and only had some problems in booting with an older mobo.

David · Jan 03, 2009, 14:57:13

QuoteThere is a fifteen day trial of TI2009 available from the Acronis website perhaps worth a shot

Thanks Steve as long as I uninstall when I get the version from Amazon as its cheaper but you have to uninstall the trial version first from what I have read might do that though $:-\$

David · Jan 03, 2009, 15:00:23

QuoteI've used Acronis for years, David, and it is very good. The important thing is to ensure that you can boot from the CD, once you've burnt it, then test each backup when you make it. That said, I've never had one fail and only had some problems in booting with an older mobo.

Has to be worth it then,I have external back up but want more this as I say looks impressive without hurting the bank

Rik · Jan 03, 2009, 15:04:47

You still want to back up externally, David, but the difference with Acronis is that it makes an image of the entire drive, so that you can restore the complete OS and apps in just a few minutes.

Steve · Jan 03, 2009, 15:09:01

Cheaper than a Windows Home Server.

However as Rik says once you've created a backup image and burnt the boot CD,check the Boot CD boots the computer (its like a linux Live CD) and you can verify the backup image you've just created

David · Jan 03, 2009, 15:10:50

Yes this was what I intended Rik,this would compliment the other or the other way around I have seen this mentioned a few times on here,I think Noreen has mentioned it a while ago,but for the price it looks like something which in my case will get used and would or could if the worst happened in effect save me a lot of hassle and problems .

Quoteheaper than a Windows Home Server. Grin However as Rik says once you've created a backup image and burnt the boot CD,check the Boot CD boots the computer (its like a linux Live CD) and you can verify the backup image you've just created

Get all of this Steve except for the Linux bit

still give me time

Rik · Jan 03, 2009, 15:14:42

The Acronis boot disk is based on Linux, David, you don't need to worry about that, though, just whether it will work (it looks a bit like the early stages of a Windows installation).