I have looked for and found competing software that now provides the drive imaging I need - on a stand alone basis. Their previous multi-install software packs used license control - which I have/had no problem with - so licensing issues do no enter into my dislike of their new software. The product ALSO forces you to register it, before it will run. This makes their software USELESS, if your computers do not access the Internet (which some of mine do not (for my own security reasons). The DOWNLOAD turned out to be just an installer - which proceeds to download and INSTALL their product. I was OK with downloading it - until I tried to run it. To get this latest product, you had to go to their web site to download it (which was difficult to navigate - I never DID find the 2015 version, had to download their 2016 version instead - not even sure if my licenses would work with that download). The box I received contained only a boot (recovery) disk - NOT the installation software. Acronis has changed their software model. With this release, I can no longer do that.
I have been a fan of this software, and have been willing to recommend it to others in the past. I'll then use TI 2015 with it, and will learn more about the software, since TI 2013 doesn't work with Win 10. In the final analysis I don't find anything with Windows 10 that I need or much prefer so I'm using Windows 7 until I'm forced to upgrade. Like MAYBE making incremental back-ups and deleting older full back-ups when newer ones are made. I'm not really sure yet but TI 2015 seems to do more things automatically, which I don't like. But with the license and an account on the Acronis web-site, you can download TI 2015 build 6613 which does work with Windows 10 and older OSs. The 2015 disk build I received in the box was not advertised by Acronis as working for Windows 10, although maybe it will work. Used TI 2013 previously and still using it with Windows 7 OS. I've only used them for full back-ups and full recoveries. The price was excellent but I'm not a big fan of Acronis software as it seems overly complicated to me.
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