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Before you decide to put your trust in Acronis, please read this. I used Acronis for the last two years, made many backups (system images) but never had a chance to test its recovery/restore feature until now. Recently, I messed up with my system configurations and didn't like the way windows looked afterwards. So, I decided to restore my system using Acronis System Backup. Acronis asked me to confirm, I did and the PC went into restarting mode. After some time the screen was totally blank and nothing happened for like 3 hours. I disconnect my external HDD (the drive which had Acronis .tib files) and shutdown my PC (press n hold start button). When I started it back, Lo and Behold, the great Acronis had restored nothing and my PC was in the same state. Repeated the same process again and again with the same results. I contacted Acronis and as per their suggestion I let Acronis modify my MBR (A SERIOUS MISTAKE).........Once I shutdown, my Windows didn't boot again at all. In short, Acronis had messed up my system. (Keep in mind that my pc was in full normal working condition and I only wanted to restore because I didn't like some visual enhancements I had made)........ Luckily, I had made a System Image backup using Windows native Recovery Feature (I never truly trusted Acronis)......and I must say Windows native System Image Backup saved my rear. It restored everything, without any errors or glitch and my PC was back again to a normal state......Not only Acronis failed to restore the backup but it also messed up the system and made it unbootable and if I had not made a backup using windows recovery feature, I would have been in a big big mess. As if this achievement of Acronis was lacking something, later Acronis failed to Identify its own validated backups..........My advise to everyone who is going to rely on this is PLEASE BEWARE.........All that glitters is not Gold....
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Memory
- 2GB
- Hard Drives
- Toshiba 1TB
- Mouse
- Microsoft
- Internet Speed
- 5mbps
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- Avira