 incl. Acronis Advantage PremierAcronis Advantage PremierAnnual subscription support and maintenance program. Offers access to 24 x 7 support services available via chat, email and phone.
Acronis Advantage Premier customers receive priority support: in the event of a business-critical system error, customers will receive the initial response within one hour. The first year of support service is included with the purchase of any Acronis corporate product. ZDNet November 10, 2005 By Felisa Yang Original article on ZDNet website
Best tools for backing up your PCRating: 8/10 Although they're often lumped together, the terms backup and storage refer to different tasks. All the storage space in the world won't do you any good if it fails, which is why you need to have a backup plan in place — and use it. There are a number of ways to back up your PC, each with its own pros and cons. Scheduled backups to an external hard drive — using Windows XP's backup utility or a third-party software program such as Acronis True Image — are easy to implement and can be done without your intervention after the initial setup, but backup hard drives can fail. RAID arrays, such as Buffalo's TeraStation, while more expensive than standard hard drives, offer redundancy, which will provide another level of protection. Finally, you can replicate the contents of your system to removable media such as tapes or CD/DVDs using a burner and backup utilities such as the one offered in Nero 7, then move the duplicates offsite for further peace of mind. Whichever route you choose, make sure you use it regularly, because even the best defense system won't work if you don't use it.
LaCie d2 Hard Drive Extreme with Triple Interface (250GB)Stylish FireWire 800 performance that's as cheap as the slower mainstream competition.
Buffalo TeraStation NASInexpensive and easy-to-set-up network storage for your home or small business.
Nero 7 Ultra EditionNero 7 adds significant new features to this already impressive suite, furthering its reach to the living room and giving users a true bargain.
Plextor PX-716A IDE driveThis Plextor is a fast and versatile internal drive supporting single/dual-layer DVD media — one of the best on the market today.
Acronis True Image 8.0The good: Fast backups; clean interface; partitions and formats hard drives. The bad: Expensive phone support; some terminology too technical for beginners. The bottom line: Acronis True Image 8.0 is a first-class imaging program that makes it easy to copy the contents of a hard drive to removable media or to a separate disk or partition. We recommend it.
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