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I would say that the greatest risk you’d be running if you chose to use the latest image would be to have to resort to the initial image if things go wrong. If I were you, I would probably try that, see how things would go, run a chkdsk after the image restore and see how the computer would behave. if you had issues, then resort to the older image. You would lose not much, other than time, by doing so.

I have used Acronis True Image since version 8. I found Acronis True Image 2011 an awful release, taking about the double of the time Acronis 2010 took to backup my laptop (about 65 GB disk space taken). It had other bugs, so after a polite exchange with Acronis support, decided to go back to the reliable 2010 version. I don’t see myself going back to 2011 anytime soon.

I also find the Plus Packs a ripoff. According to my own experience, the restore to different hardware option does not work, or it did not work when I tried. Actually, without the Plus Pack, I had done a previous restore to different hardware without big issues. I don’t see myself buying any Plus Pack in the future, it’s just a way to Acronis to make some more money. I am actually quite disgusted with Acronis, given the very poor quality control shown with their 2011 versions. It’s a real shame, as I have used True Image for so many years and it has saved me quite a few times.

What database are you using?

Usuallly Microsoft provides different downloads, one for the multi-language pack and one for the proofing tools – at least it did for Office 2007. These are available on Technet now. However, for Office 2010, only the individual language packs are available, even in Technet and you’d expect that it would be made available there at least at the same time as it would be made publicly available, if not earlier.

I think even most of the foreign language versions aren’t available yet. The language packs are available for all the languages, or most of them, at least. So, it will likely be available only at a latter date.