Acronis True Image Home 2010 Review

We have all experienced a time when our desktop or laptop crashed causing us to lose a lot of important data that we have been working hours on.  Acronis True Image automatically creates a restore point every 5 minutes to ensure that your data has been saved along with your sanity.

Acronis True Image Home 2010 provides you with reliable and timeless backup and recovery of systems, applications, settings and personal files. From an intuitive graphical interface, you can easily define where, locally or online, and how often to back up a PC.

In addition, Acronis Nonstop Backup delivers continuous system and data protection, preventing data loss. Acronis True Image Home 2010 meets your needs with a simple, yet comprehensive, backup and disaster recovery solution.

 The variety of backup and restore capabilities, including disk imaging, file backup, local or online backup, and continuous data protection provide ultimate protection for private systems and data. This unique software offers a full set of advanced features in an affordable and easy-to-use solution.

Here are a few features of Acronis True Image 2010:

Disk Imaging – Backup and restore the entire system on-the-fly.

File Backup – Backup individual files, folders or file categories.

Try and Decide – Safe environment for risk free testing of new software or visiting websites with potentially dangerous content.

Acronis Startup Recovery Manager – Boot and restore a system without using an additional boot medium.

Privacy Tools – Thorough system cleaning and reliable data destruction of files, partitions, or volumes.

Image Encryption with AES – Protect your backup data by encrypting with industry standard security tools.

Reserve Backup Copy – Store multiple copies of the backup in another pre-defined location in a pre-selected format.

Set and Forget Backups – Configure once and perform backups automatically.

Exclude files and folders – Back up only the data you want in order to save disk space.

Support for Microsoft Windows 7
Delivers more comprehensive functionality over Microsoft Windows 7 backup capabilities.

Virtual Hard Disk Support
Convert Acronis’ backup images (.tib) into virtual hard disk files(.vhd) and vice versa, providing compatibility for Microsoft Windows 7 backup.

New Powerful Scheduler
In addition to the scheduling tools found in previous versions, the new scheduler expands the amount of scheduling options available. Use the new calendar view to build schedules and tasks. Suspend and enable tasks, specify dates to run tasks, and copy tasks to new dates.

Continuous Data Protection
Acronis Nonstop Backup automatically creates incremental backups every five minutes allowing users to roll back their system, files, and folders to any point in time.

Acronis Online Backup capability
Optional Acronis online storage services are available to automatically backup valuable data or files over the internet to a secure location.

Boot from Windows 7 image
Windows 7 Ultimate users can boot from a backup image (.tib file) containing a backup of their system partition. This will allow the ability to test a backed up system without actual restoration. If the operating system boots from the .tib file, then it will boot when the need arises for a system recovery.

And to top it off, you can download a free trial from Acronis’s website now to try it for yourself.  For a limited time, you can save $20 on a 2 copy purchase!