Acronis Trueimage 2016 No Background Tasks. This will fix three major problems
I want Acronis Trueimage to run ONLY when I start it. I never want any background operation unless I plug in my backup disk (USB3) and run Acronis.
Background operations cause two major problems and one critical security risk. I only want Acronis Trueimage to run when I plug in one of my two backup drives and explicitly run the program. There should be no backup operations except for my weekly backups when I run the program. The backup drives are removed from the computer and even moved to a separate location.
1) Acronis writes to thumb drives, forcing me to manually delete the huge backup file. I insert USB thumb drives frequently. Whenever the thumb drive is assigned the drive letter E: it writes gigabyte sized files to my thumb drives! Stupid stupid stupid. I manually delete the files. Each thumb drive has a specific purpose and I can't fill them up with huge files. This has happened a dozen times. What backup files have I lost?
2) Acronis delays my computer shutdown. This is a major problem with my work laptop when I shut down and pack it away and leave. I pack the laptop and get out the door. I am a contractor, and time is money.
3) MAJOR SECURITY PROBLEM: Ransomware will encrypt files on all attached drives. If my backup drive is attached, the backup files will be encrypted. My backup drives are never attached unless I am backing up or restoring files.
I want NO BACKGROUND OPERATION. The ONLY time Acronis should run is when I run it with my backup drives pluggede in. The rest of the time there are no backup drives.
Steve Kraus
4steve@att.net
330-867-6112


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Steve, in addition to the reply given by Bobbo above, I would suggest that you edit your original post and remove your email adress and phone details unless you wish to invite spammers to contact you. These are public forums and show up in Google and other search engines.
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