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In this day and age, computer users like you and me place immense value on information and data stored in the computer hard drive. Be it work-related or just for plain entertainment purposes, losing data can be excruciating. Virus, corrupt system files, operating system errors, faulty hardware - all these are possible causal factors. I definitely have been through the arduous task of having to rebuild and consolidate lost information and I would never want to experience that again. Fortunately, I stumbled on Acronis True Image recently and found a solution for all my data backup problems.

I found myself in the unenviable situation of having to deal with the possibility of losing all my game files, work documents and mail, and my entire library of music because of a corrupt system file. As I fervently sourced the internet for a reliable backup and recovery software, I found Acronis True Image. This is disaster recovery application and disk imaging software. In layman terms, Acronis True Image can create an image (a copy) of your drive (this includes whatever data that is inside) and allows you to put this image in another storage like an external hard drive. This image then becomes your backup. In event of any electronic disaster, this image can be used to restore your hard drive back to the original condition that it was before the event with all data fully intact.

Acronis True Image also equips the user with the ability to create boot-up media devices. This can be in the form of DVD-ROMs or a floppy disk or even an external USB hard drive. A verified system backup disc can prevent the significant loss of any crucial data from your computer. In the event of any failure, the image in the recovery media can be used to boot up your computer, restoring it the perfect health (at the point of backup). This means that the operating system will also be restored, with the relevant system and registry files. Furthermore, Acronis True Image, unlike Norton Ghost, can backup individual files or folders. Most of the time though, its function is fully utilized when being used to backup full drives or partitions.

Acronis True Image has functions to switch off the cumbersome Windows System Restore as well as the very handy ‘add new disk’ ability. This adds an additional hard drive to your system. True Image also can create backups in an Acronis Secure Zone. This is in the event that the entire boot partition is damaged and cannot be retrieved. Acronis True Image can then make use of backups in Secure Zone to boot when used together with Acronis Startup Recovery.

Acronis True Image 11 Home edition has been launched recently and this would be the perfect choice for the average consumer. It is my firm belief that every single computer needs to have a reliable disk imaging application for backing up important data on the drives. This can save plenty of headache and heartache, especially in this digital world teeming with spyware and viruses.

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