Free copy of Acronis Backup Software

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Shamelessly stolen from Fatwallet.com - I haven't tried it since I already have a copy but for those who don't....

Free is always good! Free download of Acronis True Image 7.

Although it is a free deal, I thought it is hot and so posted it in hot deals. The current version is 9 but version 7 appears to be more stable.

This software is similar to Norton Ghost. Software description from the website: Complete data backup and disaster recovery software for home and home office users that can protect family pictures, videos, music, and important documents stored on your home PC. PC World review : http://pcworld.com/article/id,117961-page,1/article.html . PC Magazine review http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1585234,00.asp

REGISTRATION LOCATION
http://www.computeractive.co.uk/acronistrueimage7/index
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DOWNLOAD LOCATION 1
http://www.computeractive.co.uk/acronistrueimage7/indexAt
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DOWNLOAD LOCATION 2
It appears that the site above is getting hammered There is an alternative download location.
1) After you get your serial you get a password.
2) With that password you can create an account at Acronis.com.
3) Go to MY ACCOUNT > REGISTERED PRODUCTS on the Acronis website
4) Then click on "Acronis True Image 7.0 (English)"
5) Then click on "Download installation file"

The file obtained from location 1 and the multiple files you can obtain from location 2 have different file names, but the contents are identical.

Deal expires Oct. 17
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Thanks that was perfect. I was contemplating buying, now I don't need to.
 
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Thanks that was perfect. I was contemplating buying, now I don't need to.
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If you decide you want to upgrade, keep in mind buying at Newegg.com instead. They usually have it for $29.99 (same as Acronis' home page upgrade price)... Newegg sometimes has it for $24.99.
 
Thanks Gnome. As I recall you posted on another thread I would be best served cloning vs. imaging right. So I just need to make a trip to Costco or Sams and get an external HD to USB correct?

Dan
 
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very nice, thanks. I got in there just under the wire, I think, because the offer was withdrawn at the first site above. However, I was able to get the serial number and if you can get that, Acronis will honour the offer. You won't find the right downlaod at the trials page, though - as mentioned above, you have to go to your Personal Account and there you will find the v 7.0 waiting for you.
 
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Thanks Gnome. As I recall you posted on another thread I would be best served cloning vs. imaging right. So I just need to make a trip to Costco or Sams and get an external HD to USB correct?

Dan
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Not sure if Acronis V7 will clone to USB drive... you might want to check after you install and before you buy one. However, you can mount another ATA drive as the Slave and clone to it. (My experience is with V8, so if something has changed, sorry...)
 
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Not sure if Acronis V7 will clone to USB drive... you might want to check after you install and before you buy one. However, you can mount another ATA drive as the Slave and clone to it. (My experience is with V8, so if something has changed, sorry...)
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hey gnome, you're the guy to ask this - I opened my newly installed TrueImage v 7.0 and got an error message saying that

'Acronis has detected unsupported hard disc drives. Acronis TrueImage does not support Windows Dynamic discs, EZ Drives etc.'

Now... I have an external HDD plugged in to my rig through USB - in fact this is where I was planning on making my image. It's a Western Digital Dual Option 120 GB backup.

Surely Acronis is not telling me that it can't make an image on this drive!

My main HDD is partitioned... maybe this has something to do with that since I remember seeing an option to convert my partitions to 'dynamic discs' when I was trying to eliminate the partition (something I still haven't been able to do).

Can you tell me anything about this error message? Do I need to convert my partitions to dynamic discs in disc management, and will that have any other repercussions on my system?

I will do a techguy.org search and posting to answer this myself, just thought I'd ask and try to save an hour :)

Thanks, I'll check back after 10:30 pm EST.

Hmmm... opened disc management and the 'C:' volume is of the type 'dynamic'.

Acronis help shows no hits when searching for 'dynamic'...
 
Nik,

I just went thru this w/my drives. Acronis will not work w/a "Dynamic" drive. You have to go into Disk Management and change it to "Basic".

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hey gnome, you're the guy to ask this - I opened my newly installed TrueImage v 7.0 and got an error message saying that

'Acronis has detected unsupported hard disc drives. Acronis TrueImage does not support Windows Dynamic discs, EZ Drives etc.'

Now... I have an external HDD plugged in to my rig through USB - in fact this is where I was planning on making my image. It's a Western Digital Dual Option 120 GB backup.

Surely Acronis is not telling me that it can't make an image on this drive!

My main HDD is partitioned... maybe this has something to do with that since I remember seeing an option to convert my partitions to 'dynamic discs' when I was trying to eliminate the partition (something I still haven't been able to do).

Can you tell me anything about this error message? Do I need to convert my partitions to dynamic discs in disc management, and will that have any other repercussions on my system?

I will do a techguy.org search and posting to answer this myself, just thought I'd ask and try to save an hour :)

Thanks, I'll check back after 10:30 pm EST.

Hmmm... opened disc management and the 'C:' volume is of the type 'dynamic'.

Acronis help shows no hits when searching for 'dynamic'...
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I have version 8.0 so I don't know if v. 7 will do this, but I make my images files right to the same partition that I'm backing up. Then I simply copy the newly created file to my external USB connected HDD.

Works perfectly. But again, this is v 8
 
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