Questions tagged [acronis-trueimage]
Acronis True Image is disk imaging software, (see "Disk image") developed by Acronis, that creates backups and recovers PC systems. The software allows a user to create an image of a disk while it is running Microsoft Windows or offline by booting from CD/DVD, USB flash drives, PXE, or other bootable media.
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How to bypass Program Compatibility Assistant in Windows 8?
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How can I bypass the Program Compatibility Assistant that blocks some programs from installing?
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I'm trying to install Acronis True Image Home 2011 on my Windows 8 Pro. ...
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How to install True Image on Windows XP?
I have 1 license of Acronis True Image 2011 for 1 PC. I had it previously installed on my Windows Vista machine and it was working. Now, I wanted to move it to a Windows XP machine, by uninstalling it ...
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How do I migrate my Windows desktop to a VirtualBox VM?
I have VirtualBox 4.3.6 and True Image 2014 Premium with Universal Restore. I've read a lot about different methods but I'm not sure where to start, or what will suit my needs.
Directly from ...
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I restored onto a new SSD using Acronis True Image Home, but it won't boot; how do I make the system boot from the new SSD?
My SSD died yesterday. I have made regular backups using Acronis True Image Home. I've restored the image onto a new SSD which I have purchased and installed. I have verified it is there. It also ...
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Activation needed after restore a image
I have about 40 new Lenovo desktop and what I need is to generate an image (model) and clone it into the other 39. Simple task. I'm using acronis trueimage home 2009.
I did my clean image but each ...
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I can't remove the usb flash-drive safely after succesfully backing up data with acronis true image
Here's the thing, few weeks ago I had formated my usb flash-drive (slowly) using NTFS and I started backing up data very often with acronis true image 14 succesfully into this flash-drive. After the ...
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Smart whole disk imaging backup compatible with TrueCrypt whole disk encryption?
I have used Acronis TrueImage whole-disk backups for a long time, and they've saved me on numerous occasions. The ease of restoring a system when you have a 3 day old full image of C:\ is just ...
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How to get OSX to recognize a disk's full size after cloning onto a larger drive?
I have taken a 250G hard drive from my MacBook pro and cloned it sector-by-sector (using Acronis True image; which would be equivalent to running something like dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb) onto a ...
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Acronis True Image free/open source alternative
I've installed fresh Windows 7 Ultimate (32bit) on my laptop. I've installed all the application/WindowsUpdates which I wanted to and my system is ready to use. All my other data is now on D: drive.
I ...
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I just deleted my backup file! How do I save it?
I just accidentally deleted a backup file that I need to restore my system. It's an Acronis True Image TIB file. It was stored at H:\My backups and the name of the file was File_backup_2012-10-18.tib.
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Backup Linux from Acronis True Image Home?
I have a a software "Acronis True Image Home"
Is it possible to backup CentOS Linux?
on Windows do I need to create a bootdisk from Acronis and then boot it up on linux server?
I wanted to copy all ...
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How do I install Western Digital Acronis True Image?
I can't install Acronis True Image from
https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?lang=en#WD_softwarepc
It gives me this error.
But I have THREE Western Digital drives installed!
I want to clone my ...
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Backup software marking error as success?
I'm really stumped here.
We got a Seagate BlackArmor NAS 110 device in our small office (3 computers) to do regular backups of our Windows (XP and 7) PCs.
Recently, the device was offline and we ...
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Is it possible to automate the process of making a system image on Windows XP?
I have several computers and they all have the same hardware. In my other question i was told that i can use Acronis True Image to make an image of the entire system, so that in case of a system ...
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Backup software for incremental swapped-out drives?
We're using Acronis Home 11 to backup our main Windows machine at the office. We have a set of portable hard drives that we swap out each week, for redundancy. We have incremental sets ( a new diff of ...
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Can drive clone software copy the Volume Serial Number (Volume ID)?
On Windows, running vol id c: shows something like 4D12-7GG8.
Is this Volume Serial Number copied when using disk cloning software such as CloneZilla or Acronis True Image?
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Can I use Acronis to create and sync a mirror of my main drive?
Having had a complete disk failure the other day, and spending two days getting everything back to normal (read: i had backups of data, but re-installing apps and a million little configs were the ...
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Mount Image tool for Acronis True Image 2010 home
Is there a Mount Image tool for Acronis True Image 2010 home edition? I do not want to install the software, just view contents of a .tib file created with Acronis True Image 2010 home?
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Load Windows 7 image created by Windows (not Acronis, Ghost, etc.) to Virtualbox VM
I made an image, and used Windows 7 "Create system image" in Windows Backup and Recovery. I load it just fine on many other computers, it is a good image with many steps in creating it.
How can I get ...
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Moving Windows 7 OEM from one hard disk to another but retaining the rest of the hardware
I think this should be very easy but it doesn't seem like there's a whole lot of info out there. I've personally never done this exact maneuver because I've never needed to retain the OEM licence ...
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How to full recover from a external hard drive with a password?
When I tried to recover using Acronis True Image it didn't work and I think I know why. The external hard drive the backups are on doesn't mount until the user enters a password. How do I get around ...
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Updating a backup image (.wim and/or Acronis .tib)
Anyways, I've got a Windows 7 installation that I want to make a generalized backup image of so I can use it for future installs on not only my desktop from which the image is to be derived from, but ...
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Use Acronis True Image without Services?
is there a way to (manually) use Acronis True Image Home 2010 on Windows 7 without the services AcrSch2Svc and afcdpsrv (and other Acronis related services, if there are more)? Regards, tamberg
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Getting event 57:The system failed to flush data to the transaction log. Corruption may occur
I have a weird issue with my Windows7 desktop. There are two separate disks, C: (system) and D:. Both are encrypted with TrueCrypt.
Every once in awhile I am getting following issue: all writes to ...
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Disk showing as dynamic with Acronis and Easus Clone, but it's actually basic
I regularly clone my Dell Inspiron 1525 hard drive with Vista home premium to an identical HDD through a USB using either Acronis True Image 2010 Home or Easus.
This time when I use it, either I get ...
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How can I convert this to an actual date?
I recently did a backup with Acronis and saved the log. It turns out to be an xml containing some lines like this
<event code="504" id="5" level="2" message="Pending operation 158 started:'...
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Acronis True Image vs SyncBack for Windows 7 / Windows XP backups
I have been using Acronis True Image Home for some time and I am generally happy with it. I did a quick search here and found that here Software to backup data and files on a Windows computer SyncBack ...
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What will happen if i delete previous incrementals backups
I have 1 full backup and then 5 incremental backup.
Now i didn't undertand the theory.
E,g Do all the backups depend upon previous backups. I mean i delete any backup between three incremental ...
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Determine OS version from an Acronis backup
I have upgraded to Windows 8, but I'm planning to restore an old Windows 7 backup taken with Acronis.
Unfortunately, my backups are named by date, and not OS. How can I look at the contents of such ...
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Acronis True Image Boot Error
I created a new image using Acronis True Image 2010 Home (boot cd) just yesterday. Today when I used the boot media again to create a new image I face an error. It initially boots correctly but then ...
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Is it possible to restore an image from Acronis into a single partition, instead of the whole disk?
I haven't worked with Acronis yet (or any other OS cloning software), but as far as I know, it has to be restored on a blank HDD instead of a single partition (out of 2 or more).
So, is that possible ...
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Is there an expected performance regression with True Image?
Is there an expected notable performance regression with Acronis True Image in daily business? Daily business means, I run my computer and do not perform a backup right now.
At my machine TI 2014 ...
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Backup of whole harddrive during full operation with Acronis True Image Home 2010?
Currently, I'm creating a backup of one of my hard drives. It's my main hard drive, where the operating system is running. Because the backup is done during full operation I'm asking if the backup ...
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Acronis: Should recovery partitions be added during backup / restore?
I use Acronis True Image for many years and generally include the recovery partitions of primary disk (C:) to the backup file and select these partitions while restore. However, I am not sure if I am ...
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Toshiba portege R830 fan always running even on idle
I'm trying to install a software which I had from image backup which I was using for the past few years without a problem even on dissimilar hardware (loading appropriate driver...)
Until I recovered ...
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How do I turn off popup offers and ads in Acronis True Image 2016?
I'm running a bought and paid for copy of Acronis True Image 2016 (it was an upgrade). How do I turn off their popup/toast ads which seem to be a new thing (my older version never did this)?
Here's ...
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How can I create my own system recovery disc?
I have a system already installed with the OS and applications I needed and I want to create a recovery disc for the system so that in the event there is a crash or HDD spoil I can just use this ...
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Need help choosing backup type and options - how do the different backup strategies apply to single file?
I want to backup my journal to my external hard drive. Because of the nature of journals, I see no reason to keep an old version. In Acronis True Image 2013 how do I set it up so it's backed up once a ...
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True Image backup only certain files
After having done a full system backup there are only 4 files that must be backed up on a schedule. Is there a way to setup Acronis True Image 2013 to do this? The computer has Windows 7. Also a ...
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Acronis to backup/restore Macbook Pro
I have Macbook Pro with SL and Bootcamped Windows7 installed as dual boot. I wonder if anyone used Acronis True Image Home or other products to have a backup of all disk, including SL and Windows7 ...
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Can I hide or lock one drive for Acronis backups only?
I have a 500 GB hard disk drive.
I am using Acronis to have backups over there.
Is there any way to hide that drive from Windows Explorer or make that drive only used by Acronis and other read only.
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Acronis backup to offsite
Is there any simple way to create an offsite backup destination server for Acronis Cyber Protect backup?
My initial thoughts were to simply setup a docker container running the normal agent (...
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Why must "Acronis Rescue Media" be used when cloning an operating systems boot drive?
I'm trying to migrate my current Windows 10 installation from a 256GB NVME disk to a 2TB one. I'm working through some of the documentation for this cloning utility provided by Western Digital and ...
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Can I clone/restore UEFI disk image on Legacy machine, and boot the cloned/restored disk later from UEFI machine? Acronis True Image
I'm currenly at home and I'd like to restore a UEFI disk image (full disk backup, using acronis) to another disk, and keep it UEFI, although I am booting Acronis TrueImage from Legacy machine. Is it ...
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Windows VSS writer error 0x800423F2
How to resolve the VSS error permanently on dell system with windows 10 pro 64 bit and 256GB SSD and 1TB HDD, I am using Acronics backup software with full machine backup, 2 or 3 days once VSS error ...
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Cloned destination disk appears as E: instead of C:, won't boot by itself
I cloned my hard drive with Acronis True Image.
Now, with the new drive connected as 'drive 0' and the old as 'drive 1' ...
new drive appears as e: Old drive is c:
boots to e:; command line ...
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When I run Acronis on Hiren I cannot see the external hard drive plugged to USB port
I have just bought a new laptop Lenovo G50-80 with Windows 8. I want to make an image of C: with the Acronis that comes with Hiren (True Image 2012).
It always worked with all my other computers ...
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Windows XP Issue - Explorer Running Slow & Video Lagging when popups appear or adjusting volume
Hardware:
Samsung SF310 Laptop
Intel Core i5
4Gb RAM
Samsung Evo 840 SSD (250Gb)
Software:
I have reloaded an image using Acronis:
Windows XP Professional SP3
All relevant drivers for my ...
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How to restore Acronis True Image 2014 backup to another HDD
In earlier versions of Acronis True Image, there was a function in "Restore" section: Select .TIB file to restore and select destination device/partition. But I can't figure out how to restore (for ex....
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Will Acronis True Image WD Edition work on the Western Digital-owned HGST drives?
We have a copy of Acronis True Image WD Edition and we'd like to know whether or not it will work on HGST (owned by Western Digital) drives?