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Old 09-22-2007
Kue2
 

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Re: Acronis True Image Home
Well,JJ I did better than test my backups I used them very successfully
restoring my Vista 64 Partition. Just a thought but perhaps your hard drive
needs to be looked at for errors.

"JJ" <JJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5909BED1-8107-4DC1-8091-5FF6EDBB06B3@microsoft.com...
> 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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