38129: Acronis business backup solutions and Acronis True Image Cannot Be Installed on the Same Machine

Last update: 30-04-2021

You cannot install Acronis Backup and Acronis True Image on the same machine due a software limitation

Symptoms

You cannot install Acronis Backup and Acronis True Image products on the same machine due to a software limitation. There are two possible scenarios you can run into:

  • If Acronis Backup is installed, you will get a popup during the installation of Acronis True Image, similar to this:
  • If Acronis True Image is installed and you attempt to install Acronis Backup, you will get a notification similar to this:

Cause

This is a software limitation. These products cannot be run on the same system.

Solution

There is no workaround available. You can only install one of the Acronis backup products on one machine.