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I have installed ubuntu 10.4, whose file system is ext4. I have seen some topics that said acronis true image home 2010 will support ext4 in future version, but it has been a long time ago. I just want to know, right now, does acronis true image 2010 home already support ext4?
If not, could you reveal a rough date of such support? Thanks

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Hello Bon Bon!

Thank you for finding time to join us and open the thread regarding this question!

I regret to inform you that currently Acronis True Image Home 2010 doesn't support ext4. We have requested it to be implemented, but unfortunately we still do not have any timeframes regarding when this feature will be available.

Be sure I have already forwarded your comment to our Product Management team so that they could be aware that ext4 support is awaited for.

Should you need anything else or have any further questions - feel free to contact us at your earliest convenience, we will be happy to help you!

Thank you for understanding and patience.

Ouch... this is truly disappointing news to a long-time fan and user of True Image!

I've been registering products here since 2006 but have been using True Image since long before that. The problem is that I've now moved to the ext4 filesystem under Linux since it's been around for a while, and is now considered to be stable. If True Image won't work with ext4, I must find another product to use for creating system images. There are some free Linux alternatives that I can use but I was really hoping to find a patch for my current version of True Image. Perhaps something will be implemented sooner rather than later to allow True Image to be used with ext4 because I've always enjoyed using it and have always highly recommended it to others.

For now, it sadly appears that I must resort to one of the free applications that can replace True Image in getting the job done... :(

Just to quickly update this thread, I upgraded to True Image 2011 yesterday, and the new ext4 support seems to be working fine, although I should say that I use 2011 through the bootable media only.

Thanks for the ext4 support, Acronis!