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Any usefulness to saved-data after trial expires???

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I just downloaded and installed the *trial* version of True Image Home.

I see that there are a list of features that I might currently try ... specifically:
- disk/partition image
- file backup
-bootable rescue disk

My question is ... If I create any of the above types of backup ... Image, file-backup, and recovery disk ... if I do NOT upgrade to the pay-for version of Acronis, do any of the data backups, rescue-disk, image etc have any value to me??
In other words, are they **at all** usable to me for anything whatsoever after the trial period, without having an active copy of Acronis on my computer??

I ask because I am not likely to go through the process of actually making backups with the software just to see how it works. Quite honestly, the pdf manual for the software is truly excellent and totally explains the softwares use (and in understandable terms) without me even having to execute anything.

I am only likely to actually use the software during the trial period if, for the time and storage media it consumes, there is some value in it AFTER the trial period has ended, on the chance that I do not buy the product right away. (Otherwise, I am just going to rely on the manual to become acquainted with the product.)

Thank you in advance.

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Backups created using the trial version will work with the purchased version. In addition, you can still do restores from the trial version CD even after the trial period has ended.

Whether or not any backups created using the trial version would have any value for you would depend on if you ever needed any of the saved data.

Thank you for your reply.
In other words, any disk image you make is not useable after the expiration of the trial period without purchasing the software?

Also, I am uncertain of what "trial version CD" you are referring to.
Do you mean the bootable recovery CD that can be made using the software??
Thank you in advance.

The trial version CD is the TI CD you create with TI (the bootable recovery CD).

Any images you create with the trial version can be restored with the trial version CD or the purchased version. If you create an image now with the trial version, you can restore it at any time with either the trial version TI CD (even after the Windows TI trial has expired) or by using the purchased version of TI (in Windows or the TI CD created using the purchased version).

If you purchase TI, you would create a new TI CD to enable full TI function (backups, etc.) from the TI CD.

You can always restore if you license it later.