![]() While Acronis mostly touts the fact that you can create a nonstop backup that gets stored on a NAS, this is what I’m excited to see: It seems that the company both expanded the feature, and added better driver support for a wider-variety of NICs (including Intel’s). Not pictured in the above image but also new to this boot disc is an “Acronis Cloud” option at the top of the list to the left. Clicking on it will instantly prompt you for your login credentials, and from that point on, capturing an image to the cloud should be just as easy as capturing it to a local disc. It goes without saying that the save will take a lot longer, as mentioned on the last page. Even on a fiber optic Internet connection with a great upload speed (30 Mbps = 3.75MB/s), it’s going to pale in comparison to a hard drive or internal network that can save at 100MB/s. That about sums-up all that’s new with True Image 2014. Like last year, this year’s version focuses mostly on cloud integration, and overall, I’m pleased with what I see. While I personally won’t take advantage of the cloud feature given my horrible upload speed, I envy those that will. It’s worth noting that True Image 2014 is also available as a “Premium” version (formerly, Plus Pack). Since not everyone reading this will be familiar with True Image, here are a couple of other major features worth mentioning: This version adds the ability to restore to differing hardware (eg: Dell > HP), take advantage of creating WinPE images and also have better support for dynamic disks. Time Explorer: Ability to peruse files and folders in your backups based on – you guessed it – time. With a continuous backup in place, you can have multiple file versions at-the-ready whenever you need them (no more losing that all-important file). Startup Recovery Manager: This in effect replaces Windows’ own restore feature, allowing you to hit F11 at boot in order to load up Acronis’ own recovery software. From here, you find the image, restore an appropriate datestamp, and then get back to using your PC. Secure Zone: Create a secure partition and store backups there – away from prying eyes. Tying into this is the ability to store your images using AES encryption, at 128, 192 and 256-bit levels.īootable CD-ROM (or flash drive): This is the feature of Acronis I use the most. With it, you can boot into an out-of-Windows environment that allows you to easily capture an entire drive, partitions and boot-loader included, and restore everything just the same. ![]() ![]() While Acronis doesn’t support it officially, you can even capture and restore Linux partitions (which I’ve done).Īnyone who’s been a long-time reader of our performance-related content likely knows that I’m a rather big fan of Acronis’ offerings. True Image is by far one of the most important tools I use, and that’s for three reasons: It’s easy-to-use, it’s reliable, and it offers a ton of flexibility. While with effort, cheaper (or free) tools could manage the same things True Image can do, the level of ease, reliability and even elegance, has made me stick around.
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