There are some really useful options here, too. And you can set up encryption and email notifications, add backup comments, set up commands to run before and after your backup, and more. An Exclusion Filter system allows you to choose file types which won’t be backed up (*.tmp, say). This is where you can choose the backup type (Incremental, Differential, Single and more), compression level and network throttling settings. If you do need extra power, though, clicking 'Disk backup options' reveals a lengthy list of tweaks and settings. If you’re happy with this, click 'Back up now', and just watch as the program goes to work. Select the first and True Image chooses the drives to back up, and picks an appropriate destination folder for you.

On launch the program displays a simple startup screen with three options: 'Back up system', 'Recover data' and 'Back up to Cloud'. The lengthy feature list doesn’t mean True Image 2014 is difficult to use. If your system won’t start, boot from the recovery disc instead, and you should be able to restore any local, network or online backup.Īll of this can be yours for $49.99, while the new True Image Premium (which adds Dynamic Disk support, and can restore your backups to a different PC) is priced at $79.99. The True Image bootable recovery environment now also fully supports Acronis Cloud. New support for incremental online backups means this could be quicker than you think, too, as the program will only upload new or changed files. You can now back up files, folders or your entire system image to the cloud. The program includes 5GB of storage space, free for a year, which can be expanded to 250GB for an annual $49.99. The 2014 release has various improvements, particularly with regard to online backups. There’s a boot manager, a Clone Disk wizard, secure deletion options, various disaster recovery tools, and the list goes on.

A 'Try & Decide' module lets you make changes to your PC in a virtual workspace, and roll them back if anything goes wrong (as long as you’re not using a GPT disk, anyway).

You also get a folder synchronization tool.

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