How to remove an snapman error

Snapman.sys is a Windows driver. A driver is a small software program that allows your computer to communicate with hardware or connected devices. This means that a driver has direct access to the internals of the OS, hardware etc.
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Snapman.sys file information

The process known as Acronis Snapshot API or Apricorn Snapshot API belongs to software Acronis Snapshots Manager or Acronis Snapshot API or Seagate DiscWizard by Acronis (www.acronis.com) or Apricorn.

Description: The file snapman.sys is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32\drivers. Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 96,320 bytes (15% of all occurrences), 114,048 bytes and 28 more variants.
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 32% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
If you are having problems with snapman.sys, you might want to uninstall the software Acronis True Image Home or Acronis True Image Workstation using the "Add or Remove Programs" function of Windows Control Panel (Windows: Start, Settings, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs).

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Important: Some malware camouflages itself as snapman.sys, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the snapman.sys process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

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

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

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

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)

part of Acronis True Image, a backup and recovery tool
mee (further information)

Acronis Snapman used by Apricorn to create disk images for disk drive upgrades. May have compatibility issues with Vista.
nanomatrix (further information)

Summary: Average user rating of snapman.sys: based on 11 votes with 7 reviews.

6 users think snapman.sys is essential for Windows or an installed application. 1 user think it's probably harmless. 3 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 1 user suspect danger.

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