The process file, afcdp.sys is a Windows driver described to be a software that is small in size, allowing the computer to exchange pieces of information with specific connected devices and with several hardware. It also allows firsthand access to the operating systems’ internals, hardware, and others. The process file is also known to belong to Acronis True Image with an association with File Level CDP Kernel Helper as developed by the Company Acronis. It is featured to be digitally signed as a Verisign signed file, but has neither a visible window nor is considered to be a Windows system file. Further to this, the process file afcdp.sys is known to be as a compressed file and a driver that can start or end from Services located in the Control Panel by other programs. The location of this process file may be found in the folder C:\Windows\System 32\drivers with a directory of C:\Windows. Upon a 50% incidence, the memory size file on Windows 7 or XP is at 160,288 bytes, 160,704 bytes or 234,752 bytes.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. afcdp.sys. is used by Acronis True Image, If you shut down afcdp.sys, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop afcdp.sys, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Acronis True Image, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed afcdp.sys

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Acronis True Image, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if afcdp.sys. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that afcdp.sys, belongs to, in this case Acronis True Image