admin answers:

I just downloaded a popular, trusted one called Macrium Reflect, they have a good free version and a free trial of the full version, although you may only need the free. Google Macrium Reflect.

admin answers:

This happened to me and I had to wipe out the hard disk to get my partition back.

I then reinstalled Acronis, but this time I did NOT activate the Acronis Secure Zone. That is what creates the hidden partition that you are talking about.

The only thing that I did create was the Acronis Bootable Media. That’s verrrrry important to have around if you have an emergency backup image of your system on an external HDD.

In defense of Acronis’ Secure Zone, it’s very quick to recover you in case of a disaster.

When I use the Bootable Media method, it takes about 30 to 40 minutes to recover.

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admin answers:

How about this version ?http://www.downpanda.com/acronis-true-image-pro-119014.html or http://www.downpanda.com/acronis-true-image-backup-downloads.html to see more.
But I think the latest version is the best.
Good Luck.

admin answers:

You’ll need the bootable disk to do this and an external hard drive to store the image. If you haven’t made it yet, now’s the time.

Proceed as you would for a normal image but back it up to the external hard drive (EHD).

After making you image, you will have to open your machine, replace the old drive with the new one, preferably, move the old drive into a another slot if you have one (and the cables and power supply to handle it) you can always just leave it there place the new in another slot and use the existing calbe to connect to the new drive, reconnect cables and close you computer.

Ensure your EHD is connected and boot from the bootable disk. Restore the image to the new disk.

Run the program and restore to the new disk, Acronis will see the different sizes and post a message about 80GB—>500GB or something like that, not to worry, it will fit it as it was.

Reboot, you should be good.

There is the odd possibility that you will have to initialize the new disk.
Don’t know if Acronis will do this or you will need the XP (?) Vista (?)
Disk to do this, Or, whatever your operating system is.

Oh, Acronis should be able to install a new disk BEFORE you Wipe the original disk. READ the help.

Cheers!

admin answers:

Nope, u don’t need a DVD burner.

You can back up your system on an external hard drive. You can back it up on a CD if it fits. You can create a boot CD, using Acronis, so that you can boot from it, point to the external hard drive where your backup is stored and restore your system.

Yes, you can use the software for all 4. I have 3 and regularly back them up with Acronis.

Edit: Once you create a Boot CD, all you have to do is go to the computer u want to back up (or restore), plug an external USB hard drive, boot from the CD, and choose whether u want to create a backup or restore it from a backup.