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Are ATIH2013 sub features working OK on Windows 7 systems

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I recently read an article/review on CNet that was quite critical of certain features included in ATIH 2013 as follows:

Acronis Startup - Recovery Manager (makes deep HDD changes that are hard or impossible to repair if they go wrong)

Acronis Secure Zone - Similar non-recoverable HDD issues occasionally

Try&Decide - Unstable and causes more problems than not

I remember a post from forum contributor for 2011 that in particular that Try&Decide worked questionalby...but...the basic engine of Acronis was rock solid and reliable ?

Are there ongoing issues with the release of 2013 that correspond to the above three areas addressed in the review I read ?

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Tim,
While I have no specifics, my guess is that 90-95% of the users never use the features (all of which are optional and not normally installed) which you are asking about.

The basics are backup and restore and it does that quite well. There is certainly a learning curve (as does any backup program) and the more you use it the more comfortable you are with its use. Too many users are not aware of the need to make a full and complete backup and not aware of partitions with drive letters which need to be included within the backup. If you want to be able to restore your backups to a new disk (should the occasion arise), you need to have backups of all partitions---including those with non-letters. Plus, to many users never test their recovery procedures (when there is no problems) to make sure they can recover when the need arises. You need to know your recovery will work by actual real time testing. as each of us have a different combination of hardware and you need to know that your combination will be seen by any backup software that you may use. All this takes an investment of time and effort. XP Pro systems are less demanding than Window 7-8, but need just as much attention to detail.

Thanks Grover...the one I'd be most interested in is Try&Decide...seems this would be a natural so if something you install isn't what you wanted...you could simply revert back via Acronis...

Of course you could do a system backup prior...but Try&Decide would be quicker and smoother...if it works ??

The other two peak my interest...but you're right...might not ever actually use them...but the 'review' was quite critical of the HDD related features ?

TiminAz