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Well I bit the bullet and went to 2016

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I don't know why, 2013 worked fine and on other computers Macirum also works and it was free.  I guess it was I been using Acronis for so long, around 2003.  I don't plan on going to Windoes 10, on Windows 7 Ulmate now.  Do have a Windows 10 laptop and use only Macirum on it.   

Anyway, why can't they leave the interface alone?  The new interface is completely different then 2013 or anything prior.  Then it seems they once again took out the option for adding date and time to backup file name.  Yes I can read the directory info, it is just something I like that Acronis doesn't. 

It seems to have upgraded me okay and knew about my backup jobs, but not backup locations, no big deal, but it picked up all my settings except backup location. 

Well running a backup now, will rename a file and see if I can boot from CD and restore that one file.

I only do full backups, do an Acronis on Saturday and a Macirum on Wednesday for main computer, start them manually.

So my issues are:

Why change the interface sooooo much?

Why take away my date and time on file name?

New 2016 full backup file was smaller and actually data on c: was about 1 gb larger than last 2013 backup, 2013 backup was 81.5 GB and 2016 backup was 78.3 GB.

And the one question, what is this universal restore that my account shows I can download?

How do I view log files?

On recovery, I don't find a browse?

Also I have a small business I help out, they are using Acronis 2011 and do a full backup weekly.  If there computer dies and they have to go to Windows 10 and finely breakdown and order ACronis 2016, will the Acronis 2016 read and restore data files only from the 2011 full image?

Did great on update, knew about versions to keep and to do a verify, so why not file location?  Maybe that answer is I didn't have external plugged in during upgrade?  Never leave it plugged in unless actually backing up. 

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Acronis felt the interface change was the right way to go to simplify the menu for less techy home users.  Many will agree with you that this was not the best move, but I'm sure they're considering the 80/20 rule based off of sales and statistics.  A lot of us old school Acronis users miss the old interface though. The same can be said for the date/time on the file name.  You'll see the date/time on the last backup / next backup in the top of the window and when you select "recover" it will show the date/time of the backup their too.

Compression is better in 2016 so may account for some of the file size difference.  However, please also check the default excluions tab and remove those you don't want there (like browser settings - those should not be default, but are in 2016).  Beta 2017 is out now and being tested and hopefully this will be fixed before the final relase.

Log viewer was also removed - lots of complaints on that one, me included.  Grab MVP FtrPilot's log viewer app - it's very nice.  http://forum.acronis.com/forum/115626

To browse a backup, just double click on the .tib file via Windows Explorer or right click on it and "mount" and then mount it as a drive letter. 

Nope, 2011 backups don't work with 2016.  However, you can use the offline recovery media on any system, so keep a copy of it for 2011.  https://kb.acronis.com/tib

Yes, to your last question.  If you plug in the hard drive, it may find it automatically though and start backing up again.  The source and destination drives are very picky.  For instance, if you use the same external, but set it up as D:\  and Windows sets it as E:\ because D: is taken by a flash drive already, Acronis won't use it until you set it back to D:\ in Windows.  Likewise, if you change physcial hard drives, but keep the drive letter, it still wont' accept it as the original location because it tracks the hardware ID of the drive as well.  YOu'd have to update the drive in your settings to get the job running again.

A lot has changed, some for the better (driver support, speed, etc), but a lot not for the better (debatable, but for those of us used to the old scheme, we miss a lot of the old features too). 

Saving grace for me has always been the offline bootable recovery media which has been rock solid and never let me down.