Armando. does this not say the program will copy sustem files,etc. to another hd?

Completely protect yourself from fatal system failure backing up and restoring exact hard disk and/or individual partition images.

Acronis' Exclusive: capture and restore disk images in Windows ? no need to reboot to DOS even when backing up system partition!

Acronis True Image 6.0 is your ultimate data insurance policy! It takes an exact image of your hard disk drive or separate partitions for complete backup, and allows you to restore all of their contents, including operating systems, programs, personal data and settings. In the event of fatal software or hardware failure Acronis True Image protects your data, even when ordinary file backup software does not work.

Acronis True Image 6.0 stores disk images on hard and floppy disks, any recordable CD/DVD media, ZIP®, Jaz® and other removable storage devices as well as network drives, allowing to protect archives by a password with an extremely easy Windows XP-like wizard-driven interface.

Acronis' exclusive innovative technology allows to create and restore complete disk images online in Windows, so you don't have to deal with annoying reboots to DOS or other systems, even when backing up system partitions.