Plugin for Acronis True Image

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1

I'm wondering if a plugin for True Image exists? I suspect the format is proprietary, thus preventing it, but thought I would ask anyway.

2

There isn't but True Image can mount its backup images so that they appear as a standard drive, available in all programs, so a plugin shouldn't be necessary.

3

Thanks for the reply. I wasn't aware of that but will look into it.

4

I've been using Acronis for many years, and I currently am running Acronis Home 2010.

Amazingly, in Windows 7 Pro 64 bit on my new system, if I double click on an image file created by my current version "Home 2010", a browser window instantly opens up with full access to everything in that image. I can view the files, copy them out, etc.. And even more amazing, I can also open images created by prior versions of True Image. I have such images on USB drives for other machines. I just connected the USB drive to my Win 7 machine, and I have access to everything from the past TIF files

This is a wonderfully powerful feature. Previous versions required that one create a virtual partition, which Acronis could readily do. But this latest approach is far superior.

Ron Hirsch

5

Thank you very much for mentioning this. I never thought to try it but you are correct. It allows direct access with just a few clicks and is much faster than opening TI or managing a mount.

There is one strange thing about it though. When I first doubleclick on the Acronis backup file, it opens in a Windows Explorer window. I run DO in full replacement mode and havn't seen a Windows Explorer window popup in years. It's not a problem - just a curiosity. Would anyone happen to know why (how) that happens? Maybe I don't have DO setup correctly?

6

Jack,

When I double click on the TIF file in Opus 9, it also opens a Windows Explorer window. Possibly that is hard coded into the program, and it ignores the fact that you have selected Opus as the full replacement for Win Explorer.

7

Thanks. I'll submit it as a program anomaly.

8

Acronis has always had the ability to mount a TIF file in a virtual partition.

But in my current system, running Wndows 7 64 bit, and running True Image Home 2010, Double clicking on a TIF file opens Windows Explorer just as if the TIF file were a standard folder/partition. It only takes about 1 second to open.

Once open, the viewer pane in the new Windows Explorer will display the contents of all file types that are available in the normal viewer capability of Windows Explorer. And, one can copy and view as one can do in Windows Explorer.

This is a pretty fabulous feature. I rank True Image right up there with the great programs, such a Opus. Everyione who cares about preserving a drive/partition, should be using True Image.

I"ve useed True Image for many years, and it has saved my butt many times when drives have failed, or OS install have become corrupt.

Ron Hirsch