Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1117 in Software
• Brand: Acronis Inc.
• Released on: 2005-12-12
• Platforms: Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP

Manufacturer's Description
With Acronis True Image 9, you get two backup products in one and then some.

You've accumulated a lifetime of memories on your home PC in addition to important personal documents, such as tax returns and resumes, not to mention all the software applications you installed and unique settings for each family member that took countless hours to setup. Are you adequately protected, ensuring that you can recover your precious data and countless hours of custom configurations in case your PC fails?

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Customer Reviews

Versatile and user-friendly Backup suite - one caution about installation!
Acronis True Image really has produced a top notch PC backup application here. I had no problems creating, managing and restoring complete images of my hard drive using an external USB device, with all the peace of mind that this affords.

One warning - several builds (or revisions) of True Image 9.0 have been released over time. The latest build is 3677. My retail copy of True Image 9.0, purchased from Amazon.co.uk only as recently as 12th November 2006, was quite an old build (2302) which probably also explains the cheaper price! When revisions of ATI come out you are advised to uninstall your existing version completely and replace it with the new. According to the official Acronis web forum, some users have experienced problems uninstalling True Image 9.0 from their computers and have had to make do with a complicated manual uninstall procedure to get up and running again.

So here's my best advice:

1. Always use the latest build of True Image 9.0 - there are likely to be fewer bugs & glitches.
2. If you have purchased Acronis True Image 9.0 at a cheap price from this site then it is probably an earlier build.
3. Go to the Acronis website and register your copy of ATI 9.0 BEFORE you install it. Download the latest build of True Image 9.0 from the website - it is the complete programme and not just a revision increment (about 75MB in size). Once downloaded, use the 25-digit product serial number obtained with your Amazon purchase to unlock the latest release of True Image 9.0, and hey presto, you've got a great piece of software that's very reasonably priced.

Excellent - but RTFM!
The software does exactly what it says on the tin - but, as with any product which makes wholesale changes to your system, it is ESSENTIAL to read the manual before use if unexpected results are to be avoided. Entire data partitions can be erased on restoring if the instructions are not followed to the letter - and some caveats are buried quite deep in the manual. That said, this is quite the most straightforward backup/imaging solution out there and Amazon's price represents amazing value. My advice though is not to install from the disk but to download the lastest update from Acronis and unlock it with the serial number that came with your Amazon purchase.

Excellent choice for beginners
I've tried several backup tools including Norton and Retrospect but Acronis TrueImage is the best by far. It's very easy to use, fast, flexible and has some helpful advanced features that I've not seen elsewhere. I can strongly recommend it for beginners and home users.