Poll : Who is going to stick with ATI 2015 if Acronis doesn't release an update within 30 days comp. to 2014
I'm afraid folks I've jumped ship and had a refund on my 2015 - my 30 days was nearing and my trials with EaseUS so far have very positive, certainly the screen layout is far better and the response to Network backups and external drives is fine, the acid test will be a test restore. Watch this space.
Hi Alan,
Sounds great. Now, how far did you get already in your experience with Easeus? Have you tried to do a recover, for instance?
I may be following you in a short time...
Thanks for help.
A few nice things about EaseUS...
1. When you install it...a wizard comes up and creates a WinPE disk FOR YOU! Basically, it connects to Microsoft and downloads all the necessary files for USB, etc...then creates either a bootable CD or Flashdrive.
2. Backup speed is dependent on the destination drive. I use USB 3.0 external HDD...so it is pretty fast. Also backs up hidden partitions like recovery partitions on my HP Laptop and boot managers, etc.
3. Backup validation is a separate function. First you backup, then you can validate. I have done this three times and each time, passed!
4. As far as recovery, I have run the whole procedure up to recovery...since I didn't feel the need to wipe my drive. It works just as well as anyone's.
Hi Alan and Bob,
I'm disappointed. I wish I could bring good news but I can't. May be it's all my fault, I don't know, but things did not work well for me. Here's what I did:
I downloaded and installed Easeus free edition to test it for a while, because if I liked it I would go back and buy two or three licenses. I suspect by now that this won't happen soon...
After having backed up an older machine I proceeded to restore right away. First thing off, if the backup seemed to take about the same time as Acronis, the restore took substantially longer than an Acronis restore or the same machine. Actually, it took even a little longer than the backup. But the worse was still ahead.
After the restore completed, booting went eventless. But none of the items on Windows Start button would work, at all. The same for most of the shortcuts on my Desktop. The error message would show up after a minute or so and looked as shown in the first picture (check link). The second picture was a message provided by PC Doctor but, contrary to the text in it, there was no device manager link to be seen. I tried booting in safe mode, but still then, the behavior of the items in Start Menu would deliver the same results.
Conclusion: It was either my bad luck or Easeus did not perform up to standard.
End result: Proceeded immediately to a restore of an Acronis backup. It went notoriously faster and, voilà, it is working flawlessly...
I may now try some other backup apps, but this poor experience with Easeus did not add much, at all, to my previous momentum on saying goodbye to my old companion Acronis... :)
Time will tell, that's for sure.
Hi LinYu,
Sorry to hear of your woes - I've had a refund on my ATI 2015 and whilst trialling EaseUs have reinstalled ATI 2014 as I have a licence for that - so its belt and braces as they say, backup for a backup.
I will continue to back up my Boot drive in both EaseUS and Acronis, for a while.
I couldn't stand that 2015 version any longer - in my opinion a very poor offering.
Like you, I may try an old PC as test for EaseUS as well, that's the trouble you never know how good your backups are till you need them.
I wonder if validation/test of the image would pick up any issues.
I found with my ATI 2015 validation worked if you included validation in the backup settings, but didn't work if you tried to validate on its own afterwards, with the version of 2015 I had been sent. ( I was sent another Beta version for a screen problem where blocks of the previous screen were left on the new screen)
Hi LinYu,
I wonder if validation/test of the image would pick up any issues.
FWIW, I can tell you I did a validation on the Easeus backup before restoring. It came out with no problems. They do no use the same terminology as Acronis about "validation". In a message with a few lines they do say, more than once, in different ways, that "no problems were encountered".
But after leaving the "validation" screen, a log or any indication at all that the file was even "checked" is nowhere to be seen... At least I tried to find it, with no success.
Perhaps the paid versions are more sophisticated, this I don't know.
Just making a quick price check - Paragon 14 £24 ($39.95) EaseUS £18.99 ($24) and Acronis 2015 a huge in comparison £39.95 ($64) hopefully I have my facts right ( please someone correct me if I wrong ) but something is telling me nearly twice the price for something that is not fit for purpose.
I will return ATI2015 as of today and get my money back.
Major bugs - apart from those that already reported here:
- Activating "F11 Recovery" gives a blank screen on any reboot.
- Old backup versions esp. with versions are not recognized. Restoral not possible.
Another major concern is the missing of a quick view into the log files.
Will no wait for an update as beeing a beta tester is too time consuming.
Gerd
It's good to see that others are experiencing the same problems. It will not be possible for Acronis to blame the end users or their configurations when these problems are so wide spread.
User interface and specific features are important but the bottom line is: Can you trust your backups and are they restorable?
Add me to the list of "reverters". I tried very hard to make TI 2015 work but to no avail. Too many display problems (Pop-up input boxes not completely cleared from screen) along with not detecting drives/folders, waiting over 2 hours for a backup before cancelling, and many other small issues. No more upgrades for me until the product is "proven" to be ready for release.
I'll be requesting a refund.
Doug
I installed 2015 without first checking the user forum to see how others had found it, a big mistake. I've used Acronis for many years, but no more. I'm going back to 2014, when that stops working I'll find another product.
Except that the 30-day Trial version does not support Cloning, which is the key feature I was interested in testing. It all seems so convoluted compared to CarbonCopy Cloner on the Mac, which allows me to make a bootable perfect replica of my internal HDD to an external USB HDD with one click. Is there ANY way to do the same on Windows 8.1?
Npt really. One's made for simplicity, the other for power and flexibility.
I reverted back to ATI 2014 on my two most critical machines. I did leave ATI 2015 on one less critical machine just so I could see where 2015 ends up going this year in terms of updates...
This thread documents my experience and reasons for reverting.....
https://forum.acronis.com/forum/75296
Before Acronis, I used Retrospect backup, but their software became more aligned with a business.
It was a significant loss of time and angst when I made a snap decision to buy a Crucial SSD and then was stammered by system lockups.
At this point, Acronis is aware of the conflict with Win 8.1 and the SSD.
The price for Acronis unlimited is reasonable. Mozy was costing me much more for small 120 Gbyte footprint.
Disk Director 12 works well.
I think their interface is a step in the right direction.
The standard configuration incremental and differential backup schemes maintain the original full backup.
The OS works when it is first installed. It seems a system backup older than two weeks is an inconvenience, given how often programs are, or Windows is updated.
The Acronis interface has to be nudged, occasionally, to find backups. It seems to, almost be entirely independent from the feature jubilation going on in the OS. When it is working, this give the impression of stability.
I'm not going to request a refund, since it seems reasonable to expect Acronis to have enough Programmer capability to correct these flaws.
But this is the US market, and if advertising claims are not met - other companies have backup solutions at a higher price point.