Acronis True Image Home 2009

Platform: Windows Vista, Windows XP

Acronis, 2008, DVD-ROM

Main Features

Copy entire PC, including operating system, applications, user settings, and all data; If a system or disk crash, virus attack or other failure, restore entire system disk in minutes.
Use Acronis True image Home 2009 to restore all the settings for Microsoft Office, iTunes, Windows Media Player and any other installed applications
PC cloning or adding a new disk is simple with Acronis True Image Home 2009’s built-in migration tools. No longer must you reinstall the operating system, applications, or re-key user settings when you clone your PC or increase its storage capacity.
Acronis Drive Cleanser, a $50 value included at no charge, protects sensitive data from view by wiping a disk clean of all data.
If you don’t need to erase the entire disk, File Shredder safely destroys individual files so they can’t be resurrected.

Product Details

Title: Acronis True Image Home 2009
Sales Rank: 43 in Software
Publisher: Acronis
Platform: Windows Vista, Windows XP, DVD-ROM
Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.3 x 1.3 inches, 0.2 pounds

Customer Reviews

BSOD after trying first backup: I installed the trial version of this product after reading numerous positive reviews of it. I'm not sure what went wrong, but after doing my first backup and completing the other steps to create the disaster recovery environment, I got the dreaded BSOD. After trying several times and failing to boot into safe mode (or any other… More reviews

Works well, but don't forget the updates: Installed easily, and asked permission to set up a partition that a system image is written to. After the install, re-insert the install disk, and choose Update Software from the menu choices. There is already an update out that fixes a couple minor things, like Restore not Restoring; and USBs not USBing.
Anyway, after the update was… More reviews

Works - but with some problems.: I've been using True Image Home 2009 for about a month. I've had a couple of problems and Acronis Tech Support has been abysmal. I've had trouble backing up to DVD's (the software stops recognizing my DVD player after a couple of DVD's have been written to.) Also, the software writes to one of my USB drives as if it's a DVD - dividing up the… More reviews

I like it; it does what it's supposed to do: (I've adapted this review from an earlier discussion post because those posts don't affect the product's star ratings.)
I've been looking for a drive imaging program for protection in case my HD fails at some point. I'd tried ShadowProtect, but it wouldn't run, and the publisher's tech service people were unable to find the cause. So now I've… More reviews

Cheated: [[Acronis True Image Home 2009
After downloading the product and paying for it, I used it to backup my hard drive. Then I received an email stating that the serial number I was given was incorrect (15 day trial version) and I could obtain a correct serial number by following directions in the email. Went through the whole shebang, obtained… More reviews