How to remove snapman error

The free file information forum can help you find out if snapman.sys is a virus, trojan, spyware, adware which you can remove, or a file belonging to a Windows system or an application you can trust.

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snapman.sys file information

The process Acronis Snapshot API belongs to the software Acronis Snapshots Manager or Acronis True Image Home or Seagate DiscWizard or Acronis True Image Workstation by Acronis (www.acronis.com).

Description: File snapman.sys is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32\drivers. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 82,464 bytes (18% of all occurrence), 96,320 bytes, 96,032 bytes, 99,776 bytes, 65,856 bytes, 114,048 bytes, 97,248 bytes, 76,192 bytes, 129,248 bytes, 64,192 bytes, 63,808 bytes, 81,280 bytes, 132,224 bytes, 80,960 bytes, 64,096 bytes, 78,752 bytes, 85,920 bytes, 77,728 bytes, 82,400 bytes, 88,448 bytes, 81,088 bytes, 120,992 bytes.
The driver can be started or stopped from Services in the Control Panel or by other programs. The program is not visible. The service has no detailed description. It is not a Windows core file. snapman.sys seems to be a compressed file. Therefore the technical security rating is 35% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as snapman.sys, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the snapman.sys process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

Snapman.sys is a file used by Acronis Partitioning software to provide the ability to recover damaged boot partitions during a DOS based recovery attempt. Removing these files will result in a damaged boot partition (Master Boot Record), and thus inability of the computer to start/boot into the OS.
Tech (further information)

snapman.sys is a kernel mode driver with start type 1 (loaded by ntldr) therefore it can't be compressed, it's executed as a part of windows kernel so it does not create any visible process just as most of the other kernel-mode drivers.
Alex Vlasov

it tends to slow computers down. its also dam near imposible to get rid of.
daryl licked (further information)

For Acronis Software If you remove it Windows will fail to load

Dont remove/delete this file, Windows will NOT boot up
clifton (further information)

Summary: 5 users think snapman.sys is essential for Windows or an installed application. 2 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 1 user suspect danger.

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