Acronis Disk Director Suite 10

Product Details

Platform : Windows XP, Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000
Binding : CD-ROM
EAN : 5060076960764
Manufacturer : Acronis Inc.
Product Group : Software
Release Date : 2005-12-12

ASIN : B000CO3IBC

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Editorial Reviews

Manufacturer's Description:

Have you been putting off the task of repartitioning your hard disk drive because you did not want to go through the time consuming task of reinstalling your operating system, applications and recovering your data? Did you know that separating your system data from you personal documents increases PC performance and data safety? Did you want to recover an inadvertently deleted partition or edit your hard disk drive?

Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0 adds key new features making it easier than ever before to modify your existing partition structure and boot into new operating systems. Moreover, Acronis Disk Director Suite 10 is an ideal companion product to Acronis True Image. Together the products provide you with comprehensive partition management and system protection. You can create two partitions on your system, one for data and one for applications, using Acronis Partition Expert. Then, you can backup your data partition on a regular schedule using Acronis True Image, ensuring that you capture changes to your data. You can also backup your system partition whenever you install new applications or apply new patches.

With Acronis Disk Director Suite you can do all of the above without impacting your current system! Acronis Disk Director Suite is a comprehensive disk management suite that combines a number of previous Acronis products into one solution:

Acronis Partition Expert -Resize, move, copy partitions without losing your data Acronis OS Selector - Install and use more than one operating system on your PC Acronis Recovery Expert - Recover accidentally lost or deleted partitions Acronis Disk Editor - Perform advanced editing on your hard disk drive, such as restoring boot records and hexadecimal editing

Box Contents

CD-Rom
Quick Start Guide
Registration Card
Registration Code

Customer Reviews

Does what is says (2008-08-30)

Having read the other reviews here and elsewhere I gave it a whirl.My purchase was due to having installed windows a fresh due to some dual boot issues and I simply could not be bothered doing it all again.One 400GB hard drive to be divided, already running windows XP - Arconis installed quickly no problems, scanned the drives within 10 seconds, gave me automated options and upon chopping the disk into a 100gb system drive and a 300gb data drive I hit commit and it was done, reeboot required to complete the task and windows ran beautifully. Only critisism starts here. Once the major task was completed I could not get Arconis to go again without waiting 30 minutes for it to analyse the drives, but what the heck I'm happy and don't really need it further.

Good but Acronis support poor (2008-06-02)

First got the software and had terrible problems getting it to install.I contacted Acronis support but received no reply other than an automated response. Acronis have a premium pay per answer support service so I guess you'll get little backup without paying.I finally found the answer on my own. Acronis DDS is incompatible with HP Backup software. This has to be removed before installing Acronis.When it was finally installed the software was relatively easy to use and fast in operation.

Easy for inexperienced users (2008-04-11)

I like many others needed to increase the size of my C drive as I was running low on free space. Was a bit nervous about doing the deed, but Acronis Disk Director Suite 10 made the task very simple. Using the wizard I made my selections and all ran well. I didn't encounter any problems - the software did report that I had bad sectors on my second disk, but this was merely for information purposes. When the wizard had ended, it took me a while to realise that I need to Commit (via the icon or menu) before my required changes took place. The online help pointed me in the right direction. After the changes had been committed, you are not prompted to remove the disk after you exit the program, but I guess it was obvious really.I have only tested the resizing of my partitions so cannot rate the performance on the Recovery Expert, OS Selector or Disk Editor. There are no instructions or user guide in the box, but they are available on the included disk. Before I purchased I read the user guide which can be found on the Acronis website to make sure the process seemed straight forward for an inexperienced user to such tasks.I did make sure I prepared my PC before running the process by removing any unwanted files and programs, running a defrag and creating a BACKUP of my files (just in case). All my files were intact, no data lost.About my PC:Sony Vaio Desktop running Windows XP SP2Drive C - originally 30GB (27GB used) increased to 60GBDrive D - originally 120GB (15GB used) reduced to 90GB

DO NOT INSTALL THIS SOFTWARE (2007-12-12)

I wanted to partition my hard drive, so bought and installed Disk Director Suite. It partitioned the drive OK but corrupted the MBR, rendering my (one drive) machine unuseable. I had to buy another hard drive, place that and the original drive in a second machine, and then laboriously recover the data using another (excellent) program called File Scavenger. Then I put the two drives back in the PC and reinstalled the OS.If I hadn't found File Scavenger, I'd have been stuffed.YOU HAVE BEEN WARNEDOne other thing: back-up, back-up, BACK-UP!!! With DVD and flash drives, there's no excuse these days!

Beware of this product with Vista (2007-12-05)

I purchased this product so I could partition the disk on a new laptop and install Windows XP as second operating system. Unfortunately, while Acronis claims their software is fully compatible with Vista, it is not. Their multi-boot product 'Acronis OS Selector' is unable to recognise Vista as an operating system, leaving the machine unbootable. Fortunately I was able to remove the Multi-boot software with a disk recovery software. The other feature buyers need to be aware of is the poor quality of the Acronis support literature. For complex partitioning operations, unlike products such as Partition Magic the instructions are limited and provide little explanation of what you are doing to the disk. Finally, I found the Acronis web site frustrating to use. Even when I had succeeded in creating account, using a second email address, it still said I was not registered even when I was in a page titled 'My Account'. The problem being you cannot download upgrades until you have been registered.

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