USB 1.1 / 2.0 / 3.0, FireWire (IEEE-1394) and PC card storage devicesĪcronis True Image WD Edition supports large hard disk drives with a capacity of more than 2TB.CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R (including double-layer DVD+R), DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, BD-R, BD-RE.If a file system is not supported or is corrupted, Acronis True Image WD Edition can copy data using a sector-by-sector approach. (Note that the Intel-based Apple Macintosh is not supported.) Mouse or other pointing device (recommended).Īcronis True Image WD Edition has been tested on the following operating systems:Īcronis True Image WD Edition also lets you create a bootable CD-R/DVD-R that can back up and recover a disk/partition on a computer running any Intel- or AMD- based PC operating system, including Linux®.CD-RW/DVD-RW drive or USB flash drive for bootable media creation.Run the downloaded executable file and follow instructions.Īcronis True Image WD Edition requires the following hardware: The installation procedure is straightforward.
You need at least one Western Digital hard drive attached in your system to be able to install and run the product. If failures occur that block access to information or affect system operation, you will be able to restore the system and the lost data easily.
We don’t think its move into synchronisation is likely to pull up any trees, and it certainly doesn’t justify an upgrade from last year’s version, but it’s a neat addition to a good all-round piece of software.Acronis True Image WD Edition provides you with all the essential tools you need to recover your computer system should a disaster occur, such as losing data, accidentally deleting critical files or folders, or a complete hard disk crash. That said, if you want it all in one package, True Image Home 2012 is undeniably well put together, and does pretty much anything a home user could ask for. If your net connection isn’t up to that, the low cost of huge hard disks and Windows’ own free backup utility is rendering do-it-all backup suites a little unnecessary for all but the most advanced users. The popularity of free sync services such as Dropbox is rocketing by the day, while online backup services such as Carbonite take ease of use to a level even Acronis can’t match.
It’s all good stuff, if not exactly a great leap forward, but our concern is that we’re no longer convinced local backup software is the ideal solution for most home users. There’s a clean and intuitive Get Started screen that strips out all the complications for backup novices, while advanced users can, with one click, integrate True Image into the Windows control panel and other system areas.
It borrows chunks of True Image 11, such as the large, expandable horizontal backup listings, but moves them all into one place and puts them beneath a Ribbon-like toolbar, represented as large icons in a row. The only other tempter is the revamped interface. And if you’re still running Windows XP the software will make disks larger than 2TB usable with little fuss. It offers greatly improved support for NAS devices – the software now finds and recognises them as a disk, rather than requiring you to wade through network trees, and non-stop backup will finally work properly with network storage. There are few other changes to True Image’s features. It’s a neat addition if you’re already an Acronis user, and Online is now integrated into the main True Image interface, but if you’re not, we can’t help but feel a bit wary of throwing all our eggs into one Acronis-shaped basket. It isn’t quite the same as the free alternatives, though: you’ll need True Image Home 2012 installed on every system you want to sync, it doesn’t work with proxy servers, and there’s no web access to your files as standard – unless you enable file versioning and sign up to Acronis Online Storage separately for £40 per year.
Acronis works in largely the same way: you set up an account, choose a folder (only one per sync process), and leave it to do its thing.