I always get a good feeling inside when I can help someone get a dead computer up and running or remove some spyware that’s dug in like an Alabama tick. The worst times in the computer business are when a hard drive fails and there is no backup. It doesn’t matter who this happens to, family, friend, customer, it’s one of the worst feelings in the world. With so much personal information and video and family pictures being stored on the computer these days, it’s not really any different than losing personal items in a fire or flood. It can be devastating.
Sadly, most people still don’t have a backup solution. Even if you just copy your personal files to an external hard drive once per month, it would be better than nothing. The real problem is that most people still don’t understand data storage; it’s all just magic to most users.
In my experience, the best solution is a product that is easy to configure and does the job quietly in the background. It should have an indicator that it is working though, or disaster is still right around the corner.
When people ask what I use, I tell them about Acronis True Image Home. Not only do I use this product for my personal computers, but I have been using Acronis to image server hard drives and to upgrade desktop hard drives for years. Acronis backup, restore, and recovery products are so revolutionary that the top 2 hard drive manufacturers in the world offer their customers limited versions of Acronis disk cloning software when they purchase a new hard drive. It’s easy enough to use that almost any home user could replace their own hard drive.
With Acronis True Image Home, you can schedule your computer to do a full backup every night, automatically. I believe this is the best PC backup solution ever. With Acronis, you can do full image backups and restore your computer, even to a new hard drive. Your PC will magically boot up with all of your software installed and working just the way it was before the crash or accident. Another amazing accomplishment by Acronis is the ability to restore your existing operating system, software, settings, files, and configuration to a brand new computer. If you have ever tried this in the past, chances are you ran into the notorious blue screen of death. Not with the Acronis True Image Plus Pack. With the Plus Pack you can restore to dissimilar hardware, and it adds support for Windows Dynamic Disks too.
I know from personal experience that these products work as described and they cost less money than what some of you over-paid for your current antivirus, and your antivirus isn’t going to save you from hardware failure. Take my advice and purchase Acronis True Image Home TODAY!
