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| Acronis True Image Backup 8.0 | 
 enlarge | From: Acronis
Category: Software
This item is no longer available
Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 7022
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows Nt, Windows 2000, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.3
Model: PCO4452MB
UPC: 625904446527
EAN: 0625904446527
ASIN: B000AA87P0
Release Date: June 21, 2005
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| Customer Reviews:
 Not an easy program to use January 1, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've owned and used computers for 20 years so I don't consider myself a novice yet this program is not easy to use. Yes, you MUST have cd/dvd burning software if you wish to burn images to these media and this is not made obvious. Parts of the interface and the manual are also not easy to use and I have spent many hours reading the manual and thinking about the interface in order to get it to work. Also, there are error messages that give you no info about what has gone wrong so you have to go to the manual and study to try to find out. If you are going to use DVDs to burn to I had also to find in the back of the manual under troubleshooting that I had to be sure I was using the right type DVD for the burning software being used. I finally got it to work but I hope version 9.0 is improved.
 Some of you people are real ignorant December 30, 2005
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
After reading a lot of reviews on this site, I must say that some of you are real ignorant. You complain that Acronis needs some special software to burn the backup images on DVD.
Well, first of all, if you have a DVD burner, you should already DVD have burning software. And the best one you can get is Nero. Now, when you want to burn a DVD in Nero, you have various formats. For instance, DVD-ROM (ISO), DVD-ROM (UDF/ISO) and yes DVD-ROM (UDF). UDF is just a format and any good bruning software should have this option.
The Acronis documentation just gives you a "heads up" not to burn in ISO format but rather in UDF.
Come on people, if you don't know the basics of computers, that's not anyone elses fault.
Acronis True Image 8.0 IS worth the investment! December 2, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
About a month ago, I started getting warnings that my PC was having problems with the hard drive. I do periodic backups using software that came with my PC. But, that wouldn't do. I wanted to clone my current drive in order to preserve everything. I looked at a couple of products here on Amazon.com and did some comparisons of the reviews. While my initial plan was to order a product I was already familiar with (Ghost), after reading reviewer comments I chose True Image 8.0.
I found a few of the negative comments for True Image to be somewhat helpful. Yes, there are some areas for improvement with True Image 8.0 -- i.e., being able to copy to DVD without additional expensive software. However, it was the other comments that really got my attention -- i.e., about it being easy to use and fast. These really caught my attention.
I received True Image 8.0 at just the right time -- my drive was really acting like it was ready to go at any time. It took only a couple of minutes to install. I connected my new hard drive and started True Image 8.0 clone process. WOW!! It completed copying the entire drive in less than 30 minutes. Then, I removed the bad drive and reconnected the new drive as Master and restarted my PC. It was wonderful to see that everything was totally preserved.
The True Image 8.0 software functionality is well documented. However, particularly for the cloning process, an enhancement would be a step-by-step review of ALL the steps to be taken in cloning a new Master drive -- i.e., including general steps in dealing with the hardware (both old and new). When I completed my cloning process, I received a message from True Image 8.0 that it had completed successfully. But, that is where is pretty much ended. My instincts told me I had to remove the old drive and reconnect the new one as Master, but my instincts have gotten me into trouble in the past.
All-in-all, True Image 8.0 saved the day and I am TOTALLY HAPPY with what this product can do.
It Will do November 26, 2005
Acronis true image worked ok for me but its a shame i had to purchase incd seperatly to be able to burn to dvds. But at least it does work. I did try norton ghost before but had no joy as when i tried to restore it didnt work.
My advise is if you want to create a backup of a harddrive/partision to another harddrive/partision or cd/rw-cd(that is better than nothin!) then buy this software BUT do remember ya will need nero incd to burn to dvd.
Note if you are going to use cd's remember a backup image is BIG! buy lots of cd's!
 Garbage. Avoid this crap. November 21, 2005
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
I'm an experienced PC user and this is the first time I've felt to post a negative comment about software. True Image 8.0 is the WORST commercial software I have ever purchased.
I'm not some adventurer using esoteric hardware, or some cheapskate using a junk-yard computer. My computers are all genuine IBM, and my peripherals are all top notch. So, the True Image nightmare is not the fault of my system.
Anyway, the facts: True Image can make an image to my external hard drive, but cannot READ that external drive during a test restore (and, yes, I tried several brands of external HDD's for this event). That's garbage.
Ok, so how about DVD's as a fallback? Nope. It could not burn DVD's, I kept getting an error message. I Googled this problem and it seems common.
Well, that's two strikes and it's out. AVOID THIS unless you like either throwing money away, or like creating a false sense of security about your data which will bite you in the butt when the chips are down...this software sets you up for the very software nightmare that you buy it to protect against.
I would have given it ZERO stars but 1 star is the minimum.
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