Acronis clone question

[bali_survivor]

Quote from GTS:

I have been a long-time user of Acronis and I can't understand how it can clone a disk but not make an image backup of a disk because of a read sector - the source drive must be read regardless of the destination type (clone vs image).

The image backup is far superior, it takes up much less space, you can move them around on the network, you can mount an image and treat it like another drive... I would focus on figuring out what problems you are having with the image backup rather than just settling for clone backups unless you really want a clone.

I have one system that I image backup every week (automatically scheduled) and a laptop that I backup every month and have never had a problem with either the backup process or the image file it creates. I dont say this to diminish the problems you have had but rather just to put another data point out there - the product works flawless for me.

+1

Same here. Saved my skin a few times and found Acronis the most reliable disk imaging product.

Most people wait until their HDD craps out before replacing yet you can check the number of errors on your disk to determine its end of life. I standard replace them every 18 months and after one month from new don't bother with checking. (they either crap out straight away or last a minimum of 18 months after which there is a peak of non-explainable failiures up to approx 3 years after which they seem to last until about 5-6 years)