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Review of Acronis True Image Home

True Image Home has been revamped with some great new improvements to the popular computer backup utility.  The improvements are solid advancements to the program and include better integration with Windows 7, a slick looking graphical interface, improvements to the Nonstop Backup feature, some predefined backup schemes and USB 3.0 support for quicker backups.  This review of Acronis True Image Home will attempt to enlighten you on the new features.

New Windows 7 Interface and Integration

A good place to start is probably the new graphical interface with full Windows 7 integration.  The combination of the two features makes it easier for the average Windows user to backup, protect and secure their important files and other accumulated data. 

The new interface has added drag and drop features for faster navigation, new wizards and One-Click configuration tools to make it easier than ever to backup a computer.  True Image integration within the Backup and Restore section of the Windows 7 Control Panel makes it easy to backup and restore files, libraries and volume versions from the context menu. 

Here is a screenshot of the first screen you will see when True Image is started:

Here is a shot of the main screen:

Here is a screenshot of the Acronis True Image and Windows Control Panel integration:

Acronis Nonstop Backup Feature

The Acronis Nonstop Backup feature has been expanded to support Acronis Secure Zone, enabling you to recover on the fly, wherever you are, to any point in time, from a secure partition on your hard drive, even if your operating system has failed.  This is a true life saver!
 
Once you start Acronis Nonstop Backup, the program will perform an initial full backup of the data selected for protection. Acronis Nonstop Backup will then save changes in the protected every five minutes, so that you will be able to recover your system to an exact point in time. Configuring the nonstop backup process is as easy as this shot shows. 

The Acronis Time Explorer

The Time Explorer is a feature that you will only find with Acronis.  This feature makes it simple to view and manage your backup files from a single screen. Usually the time line at the bottom of Acronis Backup Explorer screen shows information on the backup versions stored in the selected backup. The time line provides easy navigation through backup versions and allows you to recover your data to the state it was in at a certain date and time.  If you want to explore all of the backups you have, click the My backups link. The program will open the Acronis Time Explorer.

Predefined Backup Schemes

Acronis True Image Home has predefined backups schemes for both disk and file backup types. To manage your backups, in many cases you can just select a desired backup scheme and the program will do all the rest.  There are space-efficient schemes available for users with limited backup storage capabilities and schemes that are more suited for users that may need to protect their backups with a higher security scheme.  This is a feature that gives many options to explore. 

Previous Version Reviews

As you may know from our reviews of previous versions of True Image, this software is a solid tool to help you keep your data safe on your computer. Is Acronis True Image any good? Short answer is yes. Here are some of our popular previous reviews that show how well True Image performs on various backup and recovery tasks:

A Typical Backup Scenario using True Image
Create a Bootable Rescue CD
Create a Bootable Rescue USB Drive
Image and Restore a computer with True Image
Upgrade a Hard Drive using the Acronis Cloning Utility
Use Acronis Online Backup with True Image Home

Looks like Acronis has done a fine job on the newest version of True Image Home.  There are optional add-ons that make it even more useful.  The Plus Pack add-on allows you to take an image of a computer and restore that image to a different computer even if it has dissimilar hardware.  Acronis Online Backup is fully integrated into True Image making this backup product easily the most comprehensive backup utility available.  Thus earning it an honorable Brontobyte on a scale of Bytes to Brontobytes once again. 

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By rajesh mokaddam	2011-08-22 02:12:37
dear please send me PDF file to learn how to use to take backup from my industrial PC ADVANTECH this is very imp. to for me support as best as possible.
By KingWo	2011-08-17 11:19:37
Any idea when Acronis True Image Home 2012 will be released? I’d hate to buy the 2011 version and have Acronis 2012 come out after.
By Randy	2011-02-01 09:57:30
Sounds to me like that would be a legitimate solution. Enjoy!
By George	2011-01-31 19:47:03
Thanks for the prompt reply Randy. So if (heaven forbid) I ever have to recover his computer I'll need another a 2011 version on another computer or a 2011 created bootable rescue CD (or whatever it's called) but can use his computer to resurect any 2009 created backup of my other XP computers. He plans to keep his XP boot disk incase he needs something from it and install the new Windows 7 on a brand new disk, I plan to uninstall the 2007 from his xp disk and move that to another of my computers (that run's XP) and purchase a new version of 2011 for his new Win 7 (taking your advice) Is this OK... The liecence isn't OEM and as far as I understand it uninstalling it from computer A allows me to use that on another compter?
By Randy	2011-01-31 13:05:08
You will need the 2011 version for Windows 7 and the backup files are backwards compatible.
By George	2011-01-31 00:10:00
I Have a Question... My son has Acronis True Image 2009 installed on his XP Computer but is about to upgrade to Windows 7. Does Acronis True Image 2009 support Windows 7 or will he need to get Acronis True Image 2011 (or 2010) I have found Acronis True Image 2009 a brilliant product and the reason I made him get it was, it is me who has to fix his computer but have never felt the need to upgrade it as 2009 does everything I want it to do and is what I have on my computers. Also would 2011 be able to use/restore 2009 backups and can 2009 read/restore backups made with 2011?

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