Acronis True Image is a disk imaging, disk cloning and disaster recovery application for Windows computers which protect users from unforeseen events such as viruses, unstable software downloads and hard disk drive failures. As a promotion with PC Pro UK, Acronis is giving away free full featured True Image 8 Personal Edition.

True Image allows users to create exact image of a disk or partition transparently in the background, and save the complete full back-up image in a file on a any disk drive or removable drive, and restore entire hard disk contents for full data recovery when disaster strikes, or deploy to a new PC supporting automatic partition size resizing with all disk contents and structure intact. You can also mount or unmount an image to use it as a virtual logical drive to extract its content individually by file or folder.

Acronis True Image 8.0 Personal features a Bootable Rescue Media Builder to create bootable rescue live CD that can be used to boot up computer and restore system from image archives. There is also exclusive Acronis Secure Zone that protects system by saving an image to a special hidden partition on hard disk similar to most OEM recovery partition. And with Acronic Secure Zone in place, Acronis Startup Recovery Manager restore the computer using images stored on Secure Zone.

All functions of Acronis True Image 8.0 can be accessed through a wizard-drive interface. However, Acronis True Image 8.0 Personal Edition lacks the features to store hard disk images on any storage device or media such as tape and over the network such as networked drive, schedule image creation and ability to create incremental backups.

If you want a free copy of Acronis True Image 8.0 Personal Edition and its free license key, go to the URL (http://www.acronis.co.uk/mag/pcpro/ati8pe) to register your details. You will need to fill in the fields of first name, last name, e-mail and what other PC publications do you read such as PC Magazine, PC User and PC Advisor. Then, tick the “I have read the privacy policy”, and click “Register me!” button.

A request confirmation email will be sent to your mailbox. Click the link in the email to confirm. Then you will come to a “Thank you! Acronis True Image 8.0 Personal registration complete” web page.

The serial number for Acronis True Image 8.0 Personal will be sent to your Inbox. Registration will automatically create an Acronis online account for you, which will automatically associated with the Acronis True Image 8.0 Personal (English) as registered product.