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Old 09-22-2007
JJ
 

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Re: Acronis True Image Home
Have you tried verifying the backups?

How about changing the priority of the backup task? This always gives me
problems.

Or perhaps you work for Acronis.

"Kue2" wrote:

> Used the product many times. Never had a problem. Restored my Vista 64 bit
> system flawlessly,in a dual boot environment. Problems must be related to
> your system
>
> "JJ" <JJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:52943057-1A5E-49CD-A25D-9D8748B45731@microsoft.com...
> > Stay away from this product. I bought Acronis True Image 10 Home from
> > tigerdirect.ca and installed it on my Vista 64-bit PC. I took backups
> > regularly - once a week. I never bothered to verify the integrity of the
> > backups. When I did, the product always reported that the backups were
> > corrupt. By this time my 30 days for getting a refund from TigerDirect had
> > passed. So, I contacted Acronis who told me to upgrade to a new build that
> > I
> > can download from their website. Same problem with the new build - corrupt
> > backups. Acronis said they couldn't give me a refund since I didn't buy
> > the
> > product from them. I contacted TigerDirect who told me that they can't
> > give
> > me a refund either since the 30 days have passed. The product is useless
> > to
> > me now.
> >
> > Another problem with this product is that it doesn't play well with Vista.
> > Once you start a backup task, you can't change it's priority. You always
> > get
> > an error message saying you don't have enough privileges to do this.
> >
> > And I received an email from Acronis a couple of days ago saying I can buy
> > the new version 11 at 40% off. Some consolation.
> >
> > Lousy product. Lousy service from the manufacturer and retailer.
> >

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