Acronis Acropack

Editor's Review

Acronis Acropack 2010 is a disk utilities bundle, containing two of Acronis's most popular and acclaimed PC utility applications: True Image Home 2010, and Disk Director 10.

Designed to provide total backup and partition control, these two utilities allows users to easily backup files, partitions, or disk images.A full disk security suite, Disk Director 10 allows users to easily partition and control their hard drive, while recovery application True Image Home 2010 makes data backup and recovery simple.

That's right: simple. While PC system utilities may often be known for their complexity and wide range of features, it's rare to find a disk and data management application that's truly user-friendly and simple. Acronis's 2010 software offerings feature a vastly improved user interface, making basic actions significantly quicker, easier, and more streamlined for home and corporate users.

Disk Director 2010, Acronis's standard drive and partition management application, holds up effectively against its rivals, providing rapid partition creation and disk management. Partitions can easily be created and formatted in two-three minutes, even on a large modern hard drive. PC performance remains smooth during partition creation, allowing users to continue their business even while hard drives are being modified and formatted.

True Image Home 2010 is a full-featured disk and data security application, designed to minimize the potential PC pain associated with hardware failures and disk issues. Creating data backups is remarkably simple, and users can easily backup an entire partition image in minutes. Acronis's 'Recovery Zone' partition - a secure partition designed for disaster booting without a separate boot disk - is highly useful, saving valuable time and work in the event of hardware failure or boot failure.

As two individual applications, Acronis True Image Home 2010 and Disk Director 10 both stand up as effective software options. As a bundled software package, their unique combination of security, utility, and value make Acronis Acropack 2010 a highly recommended application.

Acronis Acropack: What We Liked

Acropack 2010 includes two of the most important and powerful PC backup and utilities software available, saving users time and money over separate purchases and installations.

Disk partitioning is incredibly quick, with new partitions created and formatted in minutes.

Acronis 'Recovery Zone' saves time and stress when booting after hardware failure or OS corruption.

Acronis Acropack: What We Didn't Like

Performance can occasionally be sluggish during data backup, especially for entire drives and large partitions.

Acronis Support

Acronis offer online support materials via their website, including software manuals, knowledge base articles, and basic software FAQs. User support forums are available, along with limited free email support and a range of paid subscription-based Acronis Advantage phone support plans.

About Acronis

One of the most well-known providers of data recovery and software backup applications, Acronis develop and distribute a range of consumer, small business, and enterprise level PC applications. With widespread use amongst Fortune 500 companies and offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia, this global company has received praise from a variety of PC publications, including PC World, PC Pro, and Inc. 5000 magazine.