Acronis True Image Software

Is it Really FREE With

a Maxtor Hard Drive?

I have written extensively about my love of Acronis True Image Software and how many times is has saved my bacon. But some people just won't pay for software no matter how good it is, even when reasonably priced.

Well, have I got a deal for you.

Own a Maxtor hard drive? If so, how would you like to get a (slightly stripped down) version of Acronis True Image Software for free? That's right, FFRREEEE.

Maxtor's MaxBlast5 Program - Acronis True Image Home (Basic)

The DiscWizard program (download here ) is really Acronis True Image Home version, minus the bells and whistles. The bells and whistles are greyed out, if you click on them they will tell you that the feature exists in the paid version.

Here's the thing: A lot of people don't use those bells and whistles.

Here is what you DO get:

• The ability to completely backup (image) your hard drive
• The ability to completely restore your hard drive from the image
• The "add a disk" wizard
• Key Feature - The ability to mount an image as a drive letter and explore, copy, etc. from that drive letter
• Key Feature - Create Bootable Media; This is a good way to create an image, but especially key for restores

Requirements

From what I can tell, as long as there is a seagate hard drive in the system, the program will work. I presume that if you have more than one hard drive and the other is not a Maxtor you can still image that drive as well.

Seagate Owns Maxtor

I have not been a fan of Maxtor drives for a long time. Synonymous with cheap for years in my book. If a drive failed, open the cover and there was about an 80% chance it was a Maxtor.

So I questioned when Seagate, known for reliability, bought Maxtor and bragged about how they weren't going to change the "high quality" known in Maxtor drives.

Be that as it may, Seagate also has a version of Acronis True Image Software for Maxtor drives.

Is this software for you?

I think Acronis True Image Software is for everyone. If you only care about full images of your seagate hard drive, then why not download this free utiltity now?

But I think that once you see Maxtor MaxBlast5 in action, you will want the full version. I think Acronis thinks so to, which would be why they would make such fantastic software (even with the limitations) available for free.

When you do decide to buy, please come back to my website and click on one of my links to do so.