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If you are looking for a fairly straightforward way to create a full backup (files and OS) so that you can recover your machine if/when you have problems, I can attest that this software and USB drive package accomplished that for me.
Two notes: it dumped some settings (such as the selected desktop theme) and did not clearly give me a place to name the backup file, but these are minor matters.
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The image retained drivers I had updated, as it should, so my graphics and NIC were both restored to their as-of states from the image. That process took about 10-15 minutes, which is way faster than re-building the computer from scratch with a fresh Win 7 installation. I rebooted with the CD I'd made and followed the simple steps to restore my machine from the image. System recovery would not work, system repair would not work. One of the 101 updates in the last batch did my computer wrong. Sure enough, one of those was the whammy. I then moved forward with some Windows updates that I think might be the cause of the repeated hard drive /boot failures.
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I created a bootable recovery CD, as the manual advised, in case the machine became un-bootable. The software loaded and installed on the first attempt, and it allowed me to create a full backup of my machine including OS and files. It is clearly written and easily understood it breaks down the steps needed to create a full system backup so that the layperson can do so easily.
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The user manual extracted as a PDF file, was easy to navigate, and explains exactly how to use the software.
The ZIP for the Acronis WD software downloaded quickly and extracted cleanly. I purchased a 2TB WD external USB drive the other day and figured I'd give the Acronis WD Edition software a try since I had the machine stable for a while. I have an especially cranky Dell XPS15 running Windows 7 Pro - I've had to re-image the drive several times, and I've grown tired of the lengthy process needed to do so using the 5 or so DVDs that I burned using the W7 Backup & Restore > System Image wizard. Once I did that, the clone worked out fine, although it seemed to take forever, like 3 hours. It didn’t work for me the first time because I didn’t read the instructions and I didn’t check the Advanced Settings (or something like that) and made sure that “Sector by sector clone” and “Optimize for SSD” boxes were checked. I finally got it working by using the free edition of EaseUS ToDo Backup. A check in Task Manager confirms that no Acronis process is running. The Acronis cloning procedure does not restart. When I do that (3 times so far) It just reboots the computer. The cloning screen starts up and then I get a “You Must Reboot Computer to continue” message. I can now get through the source and destination disk selection process in Acronis. The Acronis software appears to be loading. I have temporarily bypassed this problem by plugging in one of my other WD external USB hard drives. However, when I try to run the Acronis WD Edition software it says “Acronis True Image WD Edition Installation Restricted - This product edition requires at least one Western Digital drive to be installed in your system” Acronis True Image Wd Edition Cloning Software The WD SSD Dashboard can see my USB-attached WD SSD Blue 500GB. Processor Pentium 1 GHz 1 GB RAM 3.5 GB of free space on the system hard disk. Acronis True Image for Western Digital requires the following hardware: At least one storage device by Western Digital hardware brands, including WD, SanDisk, and G-Tech, or a network attached storage by Western Digital. Before you proceed, complete the captcha below. Then, if needed, I can restore the image or access it to extract file. Mainly, I'm looking for the ability to boot from CD/USB and create an image of a hard drive, for backup or recovery purposes. I was toying with buying a copy of Acronis true Image now that it is on sale, but I figured I'd ask for some thoughts before doing so. I am a professional and need this software to work for me. Please help me to get the same software to work on my Test Windows Server 2012 machine. But, while installing it says it is meant for workstation purpose.
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Hello Acronis support, I want to install Acronis True Image WD Edition that I get with my new WD Green SSD 240GB. I am trying to clone my existing 500GB laptop drive to a new WD SSD Blue 500GB using Acronis True Image WD Edition that was downloaded from the WD site. Acronis True Image Wd Edition Cloning Software.