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Technical & Scientific => Software => Topic started by: KnuckleBuckett on February 18, 2009, 11:29:57 AM
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Anybody use it?
Reviews (and version)...please.
Comparisons too (like to Norton Ghost) would be nice.
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It's the only thing i use. I fucking LOVE it. I have the Disk Suite 10 that i got recently for partitioning, and i use their image program for backups. I used to us NG exclusively, then both, now just Acronis.
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Several articles mentioned this...
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/
You I think meant this...
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/
What is the difference? Advise?
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I have True Image for my backups. The other suite is this:
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/index.html
If you want an idea of how good they are, i paid for both and own them legally.
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Am I limited to using Acronis True Image Home 2009 on one machine only?
Does it work well on Vista 64?
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I have yet to run a 64 bit OS, but i doubt there are any issues. As to limitations you can use it on as many computers as you want. I "tried" it before i bought it, and i had it running on my laptop, desktop, and sisters laptop.
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I have had great luck with Vista 64.
Obes? Any issues?
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2336019,00.asp
Hmmm. Opinions?
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I never read articles, and i will tell you why. You ask 10 computer guys the same question you will get at least 20 answers back. I keep backups of all my stuff and i try software myself. Like that review claims Acronis rendered a system unbootable. Somehow i suspect underlying issues or user error, because i have used it on laptops and desktops of all makes and models for more then a year and never even a hiccup.
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I kind of agree, however their reviewers are usually pretty savvy.
I am considering this too.
ShadowProtect Desktop 3.1
http://www.storagecraft.com/products/ShadowProtectDesktop/
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download acronis and play with it. even if u pirate it for a few hours, u will love it.
I never heard of storagecraft
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Will do.
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:dblthumb2:
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I have had great luck with Vista 64.
Obes? Any issues?
No issues with Vista 64 yet for me. Although something strange did happen the other night where I lost video and had to hard reboot. I thought I heard the disk failing but I think it was flipping out on a DVD I had in my drive instead. I haven't had either problem since.
I've also never had experience with Acronis or any other others mentioned. Sorry.
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I keep thinking if i got to 64bit stuff will start breaking lol
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I've had a few 32 bit programs choke on me... like Diskeeper for one. Still not sure what is wrong with that. It manages the disk... why does it need to be 64-bit?
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I imagine it has something to do with the architecture of the 64bit os and the way it handles data
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my techs use acronis to image systems at work all the time. We mostly use it in server environments and it works great. They also use something called deepfreeze, I think - I forget the name. But we have a system our sales people and trainer use all the time and deep freeze saves the default state the server is in and reverts to it every night unless told otherwise.
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Deepfreeze huh? Sounds cool!
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I've had a few 32 bit programs choke on me... like Diskeeper for one. Still not sure what is wrong with that. It manages the disk... why does it need to be 64-bit?
Diskeeper is useless in Vista. The reviewers have noted that though slower, the native defrag is equal to or better than anything on the market.
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Guys tbh I never use defrag or cleanup. Well I run cleanup once a month to kill the hibernation file. But I'm a believer that the disk defrag tools don't do anything but slow the system and cause file corruption.
And for the average user cleanup just causes data loss.
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Guys tbh I never use defrag or cleanup. Well I run cleanup once a month to kill the hibernation file. But I'm a believer that the disk defrag tools don't do anything but slow the system and cause file corruption.
So VERY not true with XP. Diskkeeper gave me a 5-10% boost in XP easily.
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I never really used them so i cant hold to my opinion too heavy. Over the years though, in regards to defrag, it seems to cause more issues then good. And in my experience i often find computers with speed issues not related to spyware or infections tend to belong to owners who defragment.
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I never really used them so i cant hold to my opinion too heavy. Over the years though, in regards to defrag, it seems to cause more issues then good. And in my experience i often find computers with speed issues not related to spyware or infections tend to belong to owners who defragment.
In my experience I cannot disagree more. Fragged drives cause massive slowups and issues here. Only recently has the support staff at my work realized just how much BS defragging on a regular basis matters.
Everyone should defrag on at least a quarterly basis. I do it about once a month with normal hdd use.
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I literally never defrag my computers. It has never cause anything good for me. Maybe aftermarket software is better then the windows management tools but i never bothered to try it. But im so anal about my computers i think that helps. Most people just click everything and put shit everywhere and its a disaster. I cant even have icons on my desktop beyond the basics for more then like, an hour lol