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Acronis True Image (also known as Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office[3]) is a software package produced by Acronis International GmbH that aims to protect the system from ransomware and allows users to backup and restore files or entire systems from a backup archive, which was previously created using the software.[4][5] Since 2020, Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office includes malware and Zoom protection (though the ability to use such features depends on the subscription purchased).[6][7] The software is used by technicians to deploy operating systems to computers and by academics to help restore computers following analysis of how viruses infect computers.[8]

Acronis can create two types of backup archives: (1) file backups (which consist of user-specified files and directories (but not the metadata of the disk or partition)) and (2) full system images (which consist of files, directories and disk metadata). The software can create full disk backup archives of several file systems including: NTFS (Windows); FAT32 (Windows 9x and removable media); Macintosh systems (HFS+ and APFS) and Linux systems (ext2, ext3, ext4; ReiserFS, and Linux Swap).[9][10] Acronis falls back to using sector-by-sector copy when a non-supported filesystem is backed up.[11] Acronis has an agent that can be installed within the operating system, which allows backups to be performed in the background while the computer is being used.

Acronis can back up a computer, selected disks or selected files to a local location specified by the user. The software can perform full, differential and incremental backups. Full creates a new backup archive every time and backs up everything specified by the user. Differential backups only backup the changes made since the latest full backup and incremental only backs up the changes made since the last incremental backup. Incremental backups are a chain and loss of any one of the incremental backups renders the entire backup useless.[12] Prior to Acronis True Image 2020, incremental backups were stored individually in separate tib files which made them difficult to manage. Since 2020, Acronis stores backups in a single archive file with a tibx extension.[13]

Users can specify to store their backup archives in Acronis's data centers around the globe. Users who subscribe to the software for a year rather than buying a copy of the software receive cloud storage which can be used to store cloud-based backups. As of 2019, premium users receive 1 terabyte of cloud space.[14]

Acronis True Image (a.k.a. Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office) allows users to restore files from a full disk or a file-based archive using either a preinstallation media with Acronis on it or from within the user interface of the program. If protected system files are restored (e.g. restoring an entire system to an earlier state), the system restarts to perform the recovery operation.

The software can clone the contents from one physical storage device (e.g. SSD, HDD or NVMe) to another drive.[15] The drive does not need to be formatted before data can be cloned to it and may be smaller in size than the source disk but the amount of space on the disk must be at least the size of the amount of data being cloned.[16] Cloning aims to preserve the disk metadata. For example, disk cloning is useful for installing a larger disk in a computer or replacing a hard disk drive with a solid state drive. Crucial recommends using a preinstallation media of Acronis to perform the clone to avoid possible cloning failures due to partitions being inaccessible.[15]

Some hard disk manufacturers including Western Digital, Intel and Seagate provide customized variants of Acronis True Image with their drives that allows the user to clone their existing disk to another disk, typically of the same manufacturer.[17][18][19]

Acronis allows users to protect selected disk drives from unintended changes and revert them if the change is undesired. This can be used instead of virtual machines to create stable and secure environments that can be quickly reverted from within the software.[20][8]

Prior to Acronis True Image 2020, the backup archives were stored using a proprietary format with a .tib file extension on Windows systems.[13] Due to this, compatibility is not guaranteed between products that are not within the same version.[21] Older versions of the software cannot read backup archives created using a newer version.

One limitation of the software is the inability to disable taskbar popups marketing upgrades and new products from the developer.[22] The notification will grab focus (i.e. will interrupt a full screen game or movie) and each advertisement must be disabled individually. The company currently offers no way to permanently turn off these advertisements.[23]

Managing backup archives created using the Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office software can be challenging for expert users who want to use it in conjunction with other software to manage their backups.[12] For example, the software does not recognize when backups have been deleted using external software.

Acronis True Image (a. k. a. Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office) is used by cybersecurity researchers to conduct analysis of computer viruses because it is faster than using alternative techniques such as virtualization.[8]

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office is used by computer technicians to deploy a common system image to a group of computers.[20][6] For example, the preinstallation media of Acronis allows the user to create full disk backup archives of a given system without needing to install the agent on the system being cloned.

Acronis began in 2001 as a division of SWsoft[24] and in 2003 became a separate company and continued to release the Acronis True Image software. The True Image name was applied to all platforms from Home to Corporate until 2010, when Acronis business backup software was renamed, with True Image being the home version. In 2020, security features were integrated into the product and Acronis argued that a name change was necessary to reflect these changes.[4]

Prior to Acronis True Image 9, their business-focused product Acronis Backup or Acronis Cyber Protect shared the same name as their home product with the minor exception that the business versions were called Acronis True Image Server. Later server backup software was renamed "Acronis Backup".

I use Acronis True Image 2017 to create weekly whole disk images of several systems running Windows 10 21H1. The images are made on external USB HDDs. If I buy a newer version of Acronis True Image, will it be able to restore using any of the many backups I have made using my current version?

Why would you want to restore weeks old whole disk image ?
I create a new full image every 2 weeks (1, 16 on the month) and daily incremental backups in between.
I delete the previous month old full image as I have no use for it.

If you have created a Bootable Rescue Media to either CD or to USB flash drive using your Acronis True Image 2017, then that should be the most reliable way to restore from an image created with the Acronis True Image 2017 software.

The Bootable Rescue Media can be used to restore entire disks or select partitions. Not sure if it allows for restore of individual files or folders. You could try that out if you need that granularity.

The Clone Disk function, located under the Tools tab, will allow you to clone your original disk to your new SSD. A full guide for migrating your original drive's contents, as well as other assistance with installation, is available here.

Acronis True Image for Crucial requires a Crucial BX-series, MX-series, P-series or portable X-series SSD to be connected to the system (using either a SATA cable or SATA-to-USB adapter) when running the installer or when launching the program after installation. If no Crucial drive (or only a legacy model) is present, an error will appear and the program will have to be closed and reopened once a compatible Crucial SSD has been connected.

Older versions of True Image HD used a 16-digit product key for registration of the program. This step is no longer required for the current version of the software. As long as a supported Crucial drive is connected to the system, True Image for Crucial will now install without registration.

Only the Clone Disk function is available and supported by True Image for Crucial. Other features present in the menus, such as Backup, Sync, and Dashboard, will require updating to an unrestricted Acronis product at www.acronis.com. After purchasing a license for a full Acronis product, support for these features will be provided by Acronis support.

An error on the original disk can keep Acronis from completing a clone operation, or result in boot errors trying to use the SSD after cloning. Running a scan to repair errors on your original disk, then retrying the clone, may address these malfunctions, but extensive or uncorrectible errors on your source disk may mean cloning is impossible or will result in persistent instability, in which case a clean OS installation may be the best solution.

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Yes, you can clone a hard drive for free, and there are some free cloning utilities, such as Macrium Reflect, allowing you to clone a hard disk without any cost. But it's worth noting that when you use these free cloning tools, you may encounter some issues, such as the Macrium Reflect clone failed error.