Acronis True Image Home 2012

[pcslookout]

Is this program version any good? I used the previous versions before like 2010 but never the latest one yet. Is it worth getting ? I keep hearing mixed reviews.

 

[corkyg]

TI 2012 works perfectly for me. I only use it for cloning drives,and in that regard, I always use its created bootable media (flash or CDR).

Win 7 has been fully implemented starting in 2011, but better in 2012. It is a tool I would not be without. There are other freebies that can do the job such as Clonezilla, but I have used TI regularly since version 4 and am wholly comfortable with its GUI

 

[jobz]

corkyg, any reason to upgrade from 2011 if all I do is image from bootable media?

 

[C1]

When (ie, which version) was automatic handling for AFT drives implemented?

 

[Berryracer]

I have used 2010, 2011, 2012, never had problems with any of them.

Nothing extra in 2012 that caught my attention but I just like to run the latest of my installed programs and the license was cheap anwyay (got it for like $35 USD)

 

[corkyg]

corkyg, any reason to upgrade from 2011 if all I do is image from bootable media?

Probably not, unless you are dealing with SSDs. I have both installed on thumbdrives, and they seem to work equally well for cloning.

 

[Aikouka]

I've been looking into Acronis True Image Home 2012, but the astounding amount of negative reviews really throw me off.

What I want to do is reinstall a fresh version of Windows 7 on a laptop, install the necessary drivers and software, and create a back-up on a thumb drive. I'm giving it to a family member, so I'd rather they have a a nice clean install to revert back to if necessary. Can Acronis create a bootable thumb drive that can apply a backup image from the thumb drive?

Will Acronis do what I'm looking for and will it do it well? I appreciate any advice.

 

[Matt1970]

I've been looking into Acronis True Image Home 2012, but the astounding amount of negative reviews really throw me off.

What I want to do is reinstall a fresh version of Windows 7 on a laptop, install the necessary drivers and software, and create a back-up on a thumb drive. I'm giving it to a family member, so I'd rather they have a a nice clean install to revert back to if necessary. Can Acronis create a bootable thumb drive that can apply a backup image from the thumb drive?

Will Acronis do what I'm looking for and will it do it well? I appreciate any advice.

If you are wanting an image of the hard drive once windows is installed then you are looking at 32 Gigs plus any added on programs.

 

[Sid59]

as far as i know, Acronis Home Image 2012 will do create a hard drive partition to recover your OS. Similar to what what HP, DELL, ETC do.

 

[Aikouka]

If you are wanting an image of the hard drive once windows is installed then you are looking at 32 Gigs plus any added on programs.

Hmm... I wouldn't expect it to be that big. I mean... I use 40GB SSDs on my server and HTPCs, and I think the relatively basic Windows install only ends up being about 16GB.

My plan is to install Windows 7, install drivers (still not sure if I want to look for upgrades beyond what's on Dell's website), install any necessary system software (Intel SSD Manager, etc), install Acronis and create the image. I don't want stuff like Microsoft Office or anything like that on there when the image is created.

I would imagine that I'm probably looking at around 20GB or so. I did purchase a fairly speedy USB 3 thumb drive (based off the recent Anandtech USB 3.0 thumb drive round-up), which I think will work well when it comes to imaging.

as far as i know, Acronis Home Image 2012 will do create a hard drive partition to recover your OS. Similar to what what HP, DELL, ETC do.

I thought about that, but isn't it possible for malware to hide in restore partitions since they aren't overwritten? I guess I figured it would be safer, and also... I put a (120GB) SSD in the laptop, which I'd hate to cut another ~20GB out just for a restore partition.

 

[bankster55]

Win 7 ult is 11.5GB installed+restore and page

 

[JimmiG]

I've been using True Image for a while and I think it works great. Recently upgraded to 2012.

I've only had some minor issues - for example when the drive letter of an external drive I use for backups changed, it wouldn't recognize the backup archive even when I changed the drive letter in the configuration. I could not continue with the incremental backup. Had to create a new archive from scratch instead.

I've also had it complain about files being "locked" a few times even though they were clearly not in use, or a message saying I'm almost out of disk space when there was 300GB left.

But on the whole it works great and does what it's supposed to do. I only run file backups though, no full disk backups here. Re-installing the OS and applications after a hard disk crash or similar is no big deal as long as my personal files are safe.

 

[dryfly]

TI 2012 works perfectly for me. I only use it for cloning drives,and in that regard, I always use its created bootable media (flash or CDR).

Win 7 has been fully implemented starting in 2011, but better in 2012. It is a tool I would not be without. There are other freebies that can do the job such as Clonezilla, but I have used TI regularly since version 4 and am wholly comfortable with its GUI

What specific advantages does 2011/2012 offer with Win 7?

Can I use my 2010 ver for simple backups with Win & and SSD?

 

[corkyg]

Both work equally well for me, but 2012 is a shade faster. Visually there is no difference. 2012 is supposedly better tuned to deal with SSDs.