Acronis True Image 2014

Acronis True Image 2014 is the latest version of this developer's famous backup software. The 2014 version has for the first time a full backup and recovery from the cloud (within the free space in the cloud storage), full compatibility with the new Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 operating systems is declared.

All versions of Acronis True Image 2014 include 5 GB of cloud storage space, which is certainly a bit small, but this space can be expanded for an additional fee if required.

Changes in the new version of True Image

In of the interface, True Image 2014 doesn't differ too much from the 2013 version (although, it is very easy to use as it is). When you start the program, the "Getting Started" tab opens, which has buttons for quick access to system backup, data recovery, and cloud backup functions.

These are only the main features, in fact its list in Acronis True Image 2014 is much more extensive and you can access them in the other tabs of the program: "Backup and Restore", "Synchronization" and "Tools and Utilities" ( the number of tools is really impressive).

There is the option to make a backup for later recovery, either of individual folders and files or of a complete disk with all the partitions it contains, and a backup copy of the disk can also be saved in the cloud (in True Image 2013, only files and folders).

To recover when Windows fails to boot, you can activate the "Restore on startup" function in the Tools and Utilities tab, then pressing F11 after turning on the computer will access the recovery environment, or better yet, you can make an Acronis flash drive True Image 2014 boot for the same purpose.

Some features of True Image 2014

• Work with images in cloud storage: the ability to save settings, files and documents or a complete image of the system in the cloud.
• Incremental backups (including online backups) - no need to create a full computer image each time, only changes since the last full image are saved. The first backup takes a long time and the resulting image is "heavy", then subsequent backup iterations take less time and take up less space (especially in the case of cloud storage).
• Automatic backups, backup creation to NAS, CDs, GPT disks.
• AES-256 data encryption
• Possibility of recovering individual files or the entire system
• Access files from iOS and Android mobile devices (free True Image app required).

Tools and utilities in Acronis True Image 2014

One of the most interesting tabs in the program is "Tools and Utilities", which probably contains everything you might need to make a backup of your system and facilitate its recovery, among other things:

• Try & Decide function: when activated, it allows you to make changes to the system, and install programs from questionable sources and perform other potentially dangerous operations with the possibility of reverting all changes made at any time.
• Hard drive cloning
• Non-recovery system and disk cleaning, safe file deletion
• Creating a protected partition on the hard disk for storing backups, creating a bootable flash drive or ISO with Acronis True Image
• Ability to boot the computer from a disk image
• Image connection (mounting in the system)
• Mutual conversion of Acronis and Windows backups (in the version)

Acronis True Image 2014 from the official website http://www.acronis.ru/homecomputing/trueimage/. The trial version, which can be ed free of charge, lasts 30 days (the serial number will arrive in the mail), and the cost of the license for one computer is 1700 rubles. We can definitely say that this product is worth it if backing up your system is something you pay attention to. And if not, you should think about it, because it saves time and sometimes money.