Acronis True Image HD

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AcronisTrueImageHD
Table of contents
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Introduction......................................................................................................................4
1.1
WhatisAcronisTrueImageHD?...............................................................................................4
1.2
Systemrequirementsandsupportedmedia.............................................................................4
1.2.1
1.2.2
1.2.3
1.2.4
1.3
InstallingAcronisTrueImageHD..............................................................................................5
1.4
ActivatingAcronisTrueImageHD.............................................................................................6
1.5
UpgradingAcronisTrueImageHD............................................................................................7
1.5.1
AcronisTrueImagefullversionfeatures.....................................................................................................8
1.6
TechnicalSupport......................................................................................................................9
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Gettingstarted.................................................................................................................10
2.1
Userinterfacelanguage..........................................................................................................10
2.2
Protectingyoursystem...........................................................................................................10
2.2.1
2.2.2
Step1.Backingupyourcomputer.............................................................................................................10
Step2.Creatingbootablerescuemedia....................................................................................................11
2.3
BackingupalldataonyourPC................................................................................................12
2.4
Cloningyourharddrive...........................................................................................................13
2.5
Recoveringyourcomputer......................................................................................................14
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Basicconcepts..................................................................................................................16
3.1
Basicconcepts.........................................................................................................................16
3.2
Thedifferencebetweenfilebackupsanddisk/partitionimages............................................18
3.3
Full,incrementalanddifferentialbackups..............................................................................18
3.4
FAQaboutbackup,recoveryandcloning...............................................................................19
3.5
FTPconnection........................................................................................................................20
3.6
Authenticationsettings...........................................................................................................21
3.7
Backupfilenaming..................................................................................................................21
3.8
Wizards....................................................................................................................................21
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Backingupdata................................................................................................................23
4.1
Backingupdisksandpartitions...............................................................................................23
4.2
Backupoptions........................................................................................................................24
4.2.1
4.2.2
4.2.3
4.2.4
4.2.5
4.2.6
4.2.7
4.2.8
4.2.9
4.2.10
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Minimumsystemrequirements..................................................................................................................4
Supportedoperatingsystems......................................................................................................................4
Supportedfilesystems.................................................................................................................................5
Supportedstoragemedia.............................................................................................................................5
Backupschemes.........................................................................................................................................25
Notificationsforbackupoperation............................................................................................................27
Imagecreationmode.................................................................................................................................28
Pre/Postcommandsforbackup.................................................................................................................28
Backupsplitting...........................................................................................................................................29
Backupvalidationoption............................................................................................................................30
Backupreservecopy...................................................................................................................................30
Removablemediasettings.........................................................................................................................30
Backupcomment........................................................................................................................................31
Errorhandling.............................................................................................................................................31
Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2016
4.2.11
4.2.12
4.2.13
4.3
File-levelsecuritysettingsforbackup........................................................................................................32
Computershutdown..................................................................................................................................32
Performanceofbackupoperation.............................................................................................................32
Operationswithbackups........................................................................................................33
4.3.1
4.3.2
4.3.3
4.3.4
4.3.5
4.3.6
Backupoperationsmenu...........................................................................................................................34
Backuplisticons..........................................................................................................................................35
Validatingbackups......................................................................................................................................35
Backuptovariousplaces............................................................................................................................36
Addinganexistingbackuptothelist.........................................................................................................37
Deletingbackupsandbackupversions......................................................................................................38
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Recoveringdata...............................................................................................................39
5.1
Recoveringdisksandpartitions..............................................................................................39
5.1.1
5.1.2
5.1.3
5.1.4
5.2
Recoveringyoursystemafteracrash........................................................................................................39
Recoveringpartitionsanddisks.................................................................................................................47
Aboutrecoveryofdynamic/GPTdisksandvolumes................................................................................51
ArrangingbootorderinBIOS.....................................................................................................................54
Recoveryoptions.....................................................................................................................55
5.2.1
5.2.2
5.2.3
5.2.4
5.2.5
5.2.6
5.2.7
5.2.8
Diskrecoverymode....................................................................................................................................55
Pre/Postcommandsforrecovery..............................................................................................................55
Validationoption........................................................................................................................................56
Computerrestart........................................................................................................................................56
Filerecoveryoptions..................................................................................................................................56
Overwritefileoptions.................................................................................................................................56
Performanceofrecoveryoperation..........................................................................................................57
Notificationsforrecoveryoperation.........................................................................................................57
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Tools................................................................................................................................59
6.1
Creatingbootablerescuemedia.............................................................................................59
6.1.1
6.1.2
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Diskcloningandmigration...............................................................................................67
7.1.1
7.1.2
7.2
Generalinformation...................................................................................................................................67
Preparingformigration..............................................................................................................................72
SecurityandPrivacyTools.......................................................................................................75
7.2.1
7.2.2
7.3
AcronisMediaBuilder................................................................................................................................60
Makingsurethatyourrescuemediacanbeusedwhenneeded............................................................62
AcronisDriveCleanser.................................................................................................................................75
HardDiskWipingmethods.........................................................................................................................79
Addinganewharddisk...........................................................................................................80
7.3.1
7.3.2
7.3.3
Selectingaharddisk...................................................................................................................................80
Selectinginitializationmethod...................................................................................................................81
Creatingnewpartitions..............................................................................................................................82
7.4
Mountinganimage.................................................................................................................84
7.5
Unmountinganimage.............................................................................................................85
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Troubleshooting...............................................................................................................86
8.1
AcronisSystemReport............................................................................................................86
8.2
Howtocollectcrashdumps....................................................................................................87
8.3
AcronisCustomerExperienceProgram..................................................................................87
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GlossaryofTerms.............................................................................................................89
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1 Introduction
In this section
WhatisAcronisTrueImageHD?...............................................................4
Systemrequirementsandsupportedmedia.............................................4
InstallingAcronisTrueImageHD..............................................................5
ActivatingAcronisTrueImageHD.............................................................6
UpgradingAcronisTrueImageHD............................................................7
TechnicalSupport......................................................................................9
1.1
What is Acronis True Image HD?
AcronisTrueImageHDisanintegratedsoftwaresuitethatensuresthesecurityofallofthe
informationonyourPC.Backupsallowyoutorecoveryourcomputersystemshouldadisasteroccur,
suchaslosingdata,accidentallydeletingcriticalfilesorfolders,orsufferingacompleteharddisk
crash.
Keyfeatures:
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Rescuebootablemedia(p.59)
Harddiskcloning(p.67)
Securityandprivacytools(p.59)
Gettingstarted
Learnhowtoprotectyourcomputerwithtwosimplesteps:"Protectingyoursystem(p.10)".
1.2
1.2.1
System requirements and supported media
Minimum system requirements
AcronisTrueImageHDrequiresthefollowinghardware:
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ProcessorPentium1GHz.
1GBRAM.
1.5GBoffreespaceonaharddisk.
CD-RW/DVD-RWdriveorUSBflashdriveforbootablemediacreation.
Screenresolutionis1152x720.
Mouseorotherpointingdevice(recommended).
1.2.2
Supported operating systems
AcronisTrueImageHDhasbeentestedonthefollowingoperatingsystems:
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Windows7SP1(alleditions)
Windows8(alleditions)
Windows8.1(alleditions)
Windows10
WindowsHomeServer2011
AcronisTrueImageHDalsoletsyoucreateabootableCD-R/DVD-Rthatcanbackupandrecovera
disk/partitiononacomputerrunninganyIntel-orAMD-basedPCoperatingsystem,including
Linux®.(NotethattheIntel-basedAppleMacintoshisnotsupported.)
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Supported file systems
FAT16/32
NTFS
Ext2/Ext3/Ext4*
ReiserFS*
LinuxSWAP*
Ifafilesystemisnotsupportedoriscorrupted,AcronisTrueImageHDcancopydatausinga
sector-by-sectorapproach.
*TheExt2/Ext3/Ext4,ReiserFS,andLinuxSWAPfilesystemsaresupportedonlyfordiskorpartition
backup/recoveryoperations.YoucannotuseAcronisTrueImageHDforfile-leveloperationswiththesefile
systems(filebackup,recovery,search,aswellasimagemountingandfilerecoveringfromimages).Youalso
cannotperformbackupstodisksorpartitionswiththesefilesystems.
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Supported storage media
Harddiskdrives*
SolidStateDrives(SSD)
Networkedstoragedevices
FTPservers**
CD-R/RW,DVD-R/RW,DVD+R(includingdouble-layerDVD+R),DVD+RW,DVD-RAM,BD-R,BD-RE
USB1.1/2.0/3.0,eSATA,FireWire(IEEE-1394)andPCcardstoragedevices
*LimitationsonoperationswithdynamicandGPTdisks:
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Recoveryofadynamicvolumeasadynamicvolumewithmanualresizingisnotsupported.
"Clonedisk"operationisnotsupportedfordynamicdisks.
**AnFTPservermustallowpassivemodefiletransfers.AcronisTrueImageHDsplitsabackupinto
fileswithasizeof2GBwhenbackingupdirectlytoanFTPserver.
ThefirewallsettingsofthesourcecomputershouldhavePorts20and21openedfortheTCPand
UDPprotocolstofunction.TheRoutingandRemoteAccessWindowsserviceshouldbedisabled.
1.3
Installing Acronis True Image HD
InstallingandactivatingAcronisTrueImageHD
ToinstallandactivateAcronisTrueImageHD:
1. Runthesetupfile.
2. Read:
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Thetermsofthelicenseagreement.
TheparticipationtermsoftheAcronisCustomerExperienceProgram.
3. Ifyouacceptthetermsofbothdocuments,clickInstall.
AcronisTrueImageHDwillbeinstalledonyoursystempartition(usuallyC:).
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4. Whentheinstallationiscomplete,clickStartapplication.TheAcronisTrueImageHDactivation
windowopens.
5. OntheSignintab,enteryourAcronisaccountcredentials,andthenclickSignin.
Ifyoudon'thaveanAcronisaccount,gototheCreateaccounttab,fillouttheregistrationform,
andthenclickCreteaccount.
Note:Youcanskipthisstepifyouhavea64-characterserialnumber.
6. Enteryourserialnumber,andthenclickActivate.
ToactivateAcronisTrueImageHDwitha16-characterserialnumber,youneedanInternet
connection.Thefull64-characterserialnumberwillbeobtainedandactivatedautomatically.
RecoveringfromanAcronisTrueImageHDerror
IfAcronisTrueImageHDceasedrunningorproducederrors,itsfilesmightbecorrupted.Torepair
thisproblem,youfirsthavetorecovertheprogram.Todothis,runAcronisTrueImageHDinstaller
again.ItwilldetectAcronisTrueImageHDonyourcomputerandwillaskyouifyouwanttorepairor
removeit. RemovingAcronisTrueImageHD
ToremoveAcronisTrueImageHDcomponents:
1. Openthelistofinstalledprogramsandapplications.
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SelectStart->Settings->Controlpanel->Addorremoveprograms.
IfyouuseWindowsVista,selectStart->Controlpanel->ProgramsandFeatures.
IfyouuseWindows7,selectStart->ControlPanel->Uninstallaprogram.
IfyouuseWindows8orWindows10,clicktheSettingsicon,thenselectControlPanel->
Uninstallaprogram. 2. Selectthecomponenttoberemoved.
3. Dependingonyouroperatingsystem,clickRemoveorUninstall.
4. Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Youmayhavetorebootyourcomputerafterwardstocompletethetask.
1.4
Activating Acronis True Image HD
TouseAcronisTrueImageHD,youneedtoactivateitviatheInternet.Withoutactivationthe
productworksfor30days.Ifyoudonotactivateitduringthatperiod,alltheprogramfunctions
becomeunavailableexcepttherecovery.
YoucanactivateAcronisTrueImageHDeitheronyourcomputerorfromanothercomputer,ifyour
computerisnotconnectedtotheInternet.
ActivationonacomputerconnectedtotheInternet
IfyourcomputerisconnectedtotheInternet,theproductwillbeactivatedautomatically.
IfthecomputerwhereyouinstallAcronisTrueImageHDdoesnothaveInternetconnectionorifthe
programcannotconnecttoAcronisActivationServer,clickAccountonthesidebar,andthenselect
oneofthefollowingactions:
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Tryagain-selectthisoptiontotrytoconnecttotheAcronisActivationServeragain.
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Activateoffline-youcanactivatetheprogrammanuallyfromanothercomputerthatis
connectedtotheInternet(seebelow).
Activationfromanothercomputer
IfyourcomputerisnotconnectedtotheInternet,youmayactivateAcronisTrueImageHDbyusing
anothercomputerwhichhasconnectiontotheInternet.
Toactivatetheproductfromanothercomputer:
1. Onyourcomputer,installandstartAcronisTrueImageHD.
2. Onthesidebar,clickAccount,andthenclickActivateoffline.
3. IntheAcronisTrueImageHDActivationwindow,perform3simplesteps:
1. SaveyourinstallationcodetoafilebyclickingtheSavetofilebutton,andspecifya
removablemediaasthefilelocation(forexample,aUSBflashdrive).Youmayalsosimply
writedownthiscodeonapieceofpaper.
2. OnanothercomputerwhichhastheInternetconnection,goto
http://www.acronis.com/activation/.Theinstructionsonthescreenwillhelpyoutogetyour
activationcodebyusingtheinstallationcode.Savetheobtainedactivationcodetoafileona
removablemedia,orwriteitdownonpaper.
3. Onyourcomputer,clicktheLoadfromfilebuttonandspecifyapathtothefilewiththe
activationcode;or,simplytypeitintotheboxfromthepieceofpaper.
4. ClickActivate.
"Toomanyactivations"issue
Possiblereasonsfortheissue:
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YouexceedthemaximumnumberofcomputerswithinstalledAcronisTrueImageHD.
Forexample,youhaveaserialnumberforonecomputerandyouinstallAcronisTrueImageHD
onthesecondcomputer.
Solutions:
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Enteranewserialnumber.Ifyoudonothaveit,youcanbuythefullproductversioninthe
Acronisbuilt-instore.
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Movethelicensetoyournewcomputerfromanotheroneonwhichtheproductisalready
activated.Todothis,selectthecomputerfromwhichyouwanttomovethelicense.Note
thatAcronisTrueImageHDwillbedeactivatedonthatcomputer.
YoureinstallWindows,orchangehardwareofyourcomputer.
Forexample,youmightupgrademotherboardorprocessorinyourcomputer.Activationislost,
becauseAcronisTrueImageHDseesyourcomputerasanewone.
Solution:
ToreactivateAcronisTrueImageHDonyourcomputer,choosefromthelistthesamecomputer
byitsoldname.
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Upgrading Acronis True Image HD
TopurchaseAcronisTrueImage2016orAcronisTrueImageCloud:
1. StartAcronisTrueImageHD.
2. Onthesidebar,clickAccount,andthenclickUpgrade.Thebuilt-instoreopens.
3. Selectthelicensethatyouwanttobuy,andthenclickBuynow.
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4. Provideyourpaymentinformation.
Built-instore
AcronisTrueImageHDprovidesanin-appstore.
Toaccessthein-appstore,gototheAccounttab,andthenclickUpgrade.Youwillseethein-app
storeandallavailablepurchaseoptions.
1.5.1
Acronis True Image full version features
AdvancedfeaturesofAcronisTrueImageareunavailableinyourproductedition.Youcangetthese
featuresbyupgradingyoureditiontoAcronisTrueImage2016andAcronisTrueImageCloud.After
upgrade,thefollowingfeatureswillbeavailableforyou:
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OnlineBackup
OnlineBackupallowsyoutostoreyourfilesanddisksonAcronisCloud.Yourdatawillbe
protectedevenifyourcomputerislost,stolen,ordestroyed,andyourdatacanbeentirely
recoveredontoanewdevice,ifneeded.
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Filebackup
Insteadofbackingupentirepartitionsanddisks,youcanbackupspecificfilesandfolders,both
toalocalstorageandAcronisCloud.
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Dataarchiving
DataarchivingisatoolthatallowsyoutomoveyourbigorrarelyusedfilestoAcronisCloud.
Everytimeyourunthistool,itanalyzesthedataintheselectedfolderandsuggestsuploading
thefoundfilestoAcronisCloud.Youcanselectthefilesandfoldersthatyouwanttoarchive.
Afteruploading,thelocalcopiesofthesefileswillbedeleted.Afterwards,whenyouneedto
openorchangeanarchivedfile,youcandownloaditbacktoyourlocalstoragedeviceoraccess
andmanageitrightinAcronisCloud.
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Familydataprotection
Familydataprotectionisaunifiedcross-platformsolutionthatallowsyoutotrackandcontrol
theprotectionstatusofallcomputers,smartphones,andtabletssharingthesameAcronis
account.Sinceusersofthesedevicesmustbesignedintothesameaccount,usuallytheyare
membersofthesamefamily.Ingeneral,eachofthemcanusethisfeature,butthereisoftena
familymemberwhoismoreexperiencedintechnologythantheothers.So,it'sreasonableto
makethatpersonresponsibleforprotectionofthefamilydata.Totrackandcontrolthe
protectionstatusofyourfamily'sdevices,usetheweb-basedOnlineDashboard,whichis
accessiblefromanycomputerconnectedtotheInternet.
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Datasynchronization
Youcanhavethesamedata-documents,photos,videos,etc.-onallofyourcomputers.Your
dataiswithineasyreachanywhereandanytime.Nomoreemailingfilestoyourselforcarrying
anUSBdriveallthetime.
Youcancreateasmanysyncsasyouneedandstoreyoursyncedfilesandversionsofthosefiles
onAcronisCloud.Thisletsyourollbacktoapreviousfileversionwheneveryouneedit.Youcan
alsoaccesstheCloudusingawebbrowser,withouthavingtoinstalltheapplication.
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AcronisUniversalRestore
AcronisUniversalRestoreallowsyoutocreateabootablesystemcloneondifferenthardware.
Usethisutilitywhenrecoveringyoursystemdisktoacomputerwithadissimilarprocessor,
differentmotherboardoradifferentmassstoragedevicethaninthesystemyouoriginally
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backedup.Thismaybeuseful,forexample,afterreplacingafailedmotherboardorwhen
decidingtomigratethesystemfromonecomputertoanother.
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AcronisTrueImageformobiledevices
AcronisTrueImageformobiledevicesallowsyoutobackupyourmobiledatatoAcronisCloud,
andthenrecoveritincaseoflossorcorruption.YoucaninstallAcronisTrueImageonanymobile
devicesthatrunseitheriOS(iPhone,iPad,iPod)ortheAndroid(mobilephonesandtablets)
operatingsystems.
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Try&Decide
WhenyouturnTry&Decideon,yourcomputerisintheTrymode.Afterthatyoucanperformany
potentiallydangerousoperationswithoutworryingthatyoumightdamageyouroperating
system,programsordata.WhenyouturnTry&Decideoff,youdecideifyouwanttoapplythe
changestoyourcomputeroryouwanttodiscardthem.
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AcronisSecureZone
TheAcronisSecureZoneisaspecialsecurepartitionthatyoucancreateonyourcomputerfor
storingbackups. 1.6
Technical Support
ForanyassistancewithAcronisTrueImageHDandproductupdates,pleaserefertoofficialsupport
resourcesofthevendor.
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2 Getting started
In this section
Userinterfacelanguage..........................................................................10
Protectingyoursystem...........................................................................10
BackingupalldataonyourPC................................................................12
Cloningyourharddrive...........................................................................13
Recoveringyourcomputer......................................................................14
2.1
User interface language
Beforeyoustart,selectapreferredlanguagefortheAcronisTrueImageHDuserinterface.By
default,thelanguageissetinaccordancewithyourWindowsdisplaylanguage.
Tochangetheuserinterfacelanguage:
2. IntheHelpsection,selectapreferredlanguagefromthelist.
2.2
Protecting your system
Toprotectyoursystem:
1. Backupyourcomputer(p.10).
2. Createbootablemedia(p.11).
ItisrecommendedtotesttherescuemediaasdescribedinMakingsurethatyourrescuemedia
canbeusedwhenneeded(p.62).
2.2.1
Step 1. Backing up your computer
WhenshouldIbackupmycomputer?
Createanewbackupversionaftereverysignificanteventinyoursystem.
Examplesoftheseeventsinclude:
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Importantsystemupdate.
YoureinstalledWindowsonyourcomputer.
Youconfiguredallsystemsettings(forexample,time,date,language)andinstalledallnecessary
programsonyournewcomputer.
Toensureyousaveahealthystateofadisk,itisagoodideatoscanitforvirusesbeforebackingitup.Please
useantivirussoftwareforthispurpose.Notethisoperationoftentakesasignificantamountoftime.
HowdoIcreateabackupofmycomputer?
Youhavetwooptionstoprotectyoursystem:
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EntirePCbackup(recommended)
AcronisTrueImagebacksupallyourinternalharddrivesindiskmode.Thebackupcontainsthe
operatingsystem,installedprograms,systemsettings,andallyourpersonaldataincludingyour
photos,music,anddocuments.RefertoBackingupalldataonyourPC(p.12)fordetails.
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Systemdiskbackup
Youcanchoosetobackupyoursystempartitionortheentiresystemdrive.RefertoBackingup
disksandpartitions(p.23)fordetails.
Tobackupyourcomputer:
2. Onthesidebar,clickBackup.
Ifthisisyourfirstbackup,youwillseethebackupconfigurationscreen.Ifyoualreadyhavesome
backupsinthebackuplist,thenfirstclickAddbackup,andthenclickCreatenewbackup.
3. ClicktheBackupsourceicon,andthenselectEntirePC.
Ifyouwanttobackupyoursystemdiskonly,thenclickDisksandpartitions,andthenselectyour
systempartition(usuallyC:)andtheSystemReservedpartition(ifany).
4. ClicktheBackupdestinationicon,andthenselectastorageplaceforthebackup(see
recommendationbelow).
5. ClickBackupnow.
Result:AnewbackupboxappearsintheMybackupslist.Tocreateanewversionofthebackupin
future,selectthebackupboxfromthelist,andthenclickBackupnow.
2.2.2
Step 2. Creating bootable rescue media
Whatisbootablemedia?
Bootablemediaisaproduct,suchasaCD-R/RWoraUSBflashdrive,fromwhichyoucanrunAcronis
TrueImagewhenWindowscannotstart.YoucanmakeamediabootablebyusingAcronisMedia
Builder.
HowdoIcreatebootablemedia?
1. InsertaCD-R/RWorpluginaUSBflashdrive.
3. Onthesidebar,clickTools,andthenclickRescueMediaBuilder.
4. Onthefirststep,selectAcronisbootablerescuemedia.
5. Selectthedevicetousetocreatethebootablemedia.
6. ClickProceed.
HowdoIusebootablemedia?
UsebootablemediatorecoveryourcomputerwhenWindowscannotstart.
1. Connectthebootablemediatoyourcomputer(inserttheCDorplugintheUSBdrive).
2. ArrangethebootorderinBIOSsothatyourrescuemediadevice(CDorUSBdrive)isthefirst
devicetobebooted.
RefertoArrangingbootorderinBIOS(p.54)fordetails.
3. BootyourcomputerfromtherescuemediaandselectAcronisTrueImageHD.
Result:OnceAcronisTrueImageisloaded,youcanuseittorecoveryourcomputer.
RefertoAcronisMediaBuilderfordetails.
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2.3
Backing up all data on your PC
WhatisanEntirePCbackup?
AnEntirePCbackupistheeasiestwaytobackupthefullcontentsofyourcomputer.We
recommendthatyouchoosethisoptionwhenyouarenotsurewhichdatathatyouneedtoprotect.
Ifyouwanttobackupyoursystempartitiononly,refertoBackingupdisksandpartitions(p.23)for
details.
WhenyouselectEntirePCasabackuptype,AcronisTrueImagebacksupallyourinternalharddrives
indiskmode.Thebackupcontainstheoperatingsystem,installedprograms,systemsettings,andall
yourpersonaldataincludingyourphotos,music,anddocuments.
TherecoveryfromanEntirePCbackupisalsosimplified.Youonlyneedtochoosethedatetowhich
youwanttorevertyourdata.AcronisTrueImagerecoversalldatafromthebackuptotheoriginal
location.Notethatyoucannotselectspecificdisksorpartitionstorecoverandyoucannotchange
thedefaultdestination.Ifyouneedtoavoidtheselimitations,werecommendthatyoubackupyour
datawithanordinarydisk-levelbackupmethod.RefertoBackingupdisksandpartitions(p.23)for
details.
YoucanalsorecoverspecificfilesandfoldersfromanEntirePCbackup.RefertoBackingupfilesand
foldersfordetails.
IfanEntirePCbackupcontainsdynamicdisks,yourecoveryourdatainpartitionmode.Thismeans
thatyoucanselectpartitionstorecoverandchangerecoverydestination.RefertoAboutrecoveryof
dynamic/GPTdisksandvolumes(p.51)fordetails.
HowdoIcreateanEntirePCbackup?
Tobackuptheentirecontentsofyourcomputer:
3. ClickAddbackup,andthenclickCreatenewbackup.
4. ClicktheBackupsourceicon,andthenselectEntirePC.
5. ClicktheBackupdestinationicon,andthenselectadestinationforthebackup.
6. [optionalstep]ClickOptionstosettheoptionsforthebackup,includingSchedule,Scheme(p.
25),andPasswordprotection.FormoreinformationseeBackupoptions(p.24).
7. ClickBackupnow.
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2.4
Cloning your hard drive
WhydoIneedit?
Whenyouseethatthefreespaceonyourharddriveisnotenoughforyourdata,youmightwantto
buyanew,largerharddriveandtransferallyourdatatothenewdrive.Theusualcopyoperation
doesnotmakeyournewharddriveidenticaltotheoldone.Forexample,ifyouopenWindows
Explorerandcopyallfilesandfolderstothenewharddrive,Windowswillnotstartfromthenew
harddrive.TheClonediskutilityallowsyoutoduplicateallyourdataandmakeWindowsbootable
onyournewharddrive.
Beforeyoustart
Werecommendthatyouinstallthetarget(new)drivewhereyouplantouseitandthesourcedrive
inanotherlocation,forexample,inanexternalUSBenclosure.Thisisespeciallyimportantfor
laptops.
Warning!Youroldandnewharddrivesmustworkinthesamecontrollermode(forexample,IDEorAHCI).
Otherwise,yourcomputerwillnotstartfromthenewharddrive.
UsingtheClonediskutility
Tocloneadisk:
1. Onthesidebar,clickTools,andthenclickClonedisk.
2. OntheCloneModestep,werecommendthatyouchoosetheAutomatictransfermode.Inthis
case,thepartitionswillbeproportionallyresizedtofityournewharddrive.TheManualmode
providesmoreflexibility.RefertoCloneDiskwizard(p.67)formoredetailsaboutthemanual
mode. Iftheprogramfindstwodisks,onepartitionedandanotherunpartitioned,itwillautomaticallyrecognize
thepartitioneddiskasthesourcediskandtheunpartitioneddiskasthedestinationdisk.Inthiscase,the
nextstepswillbebypassedandyouwillbetakentothecloningSummaryscreen.
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3. OntheSourceDiskstep,selectthediskthatyouwanttoclone.
4. OntheDestinationDiskstep,selectthedestinationdiskforthecloneddata.
Ifanydiskisunpartitioned,theprogramwillautomaticallyrecognizeitasthedestinationandbypassthis
step.
5. OntheFinishstep,ensurethattheconfiguredsettingssuityourneeds,andthenclickProceed.
Bydefault,AcronisTrueImageHDshutsdownthecomputerafterthecloneprocessfinishes.This
enablesyoutochangethepositionofmaster/subordinatejumpersandremoveoneofthehard
drives.
2.5
Recovering your computer
Pleasebeawarethatrecoveryofasystemdiskisanimportantoperation.Beforeyoustart,we
recommendthatyoureadthedetaileddescriptionsinthefollowingHelptopics:
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Tryingtodeterminethecrashcause(p.39)
Preparingforrecovery(p.39)
Recoveringyoursystemtothesamedisk(p.40)
Let’sconsidertwodifferentcases:
1. Windowsworksincorrectly,butyoucanstartAcronisTrueImageHD.
2. Windowscannotstart(forexample,youturnonyourcomputerandseesomethingunusualon
yourscreen).
Case1.HowtorecovercomputerifWindowsworksincorrectly?
3. Fromthebackuplist,selectthebackupthatcontainsyoursystemdisk.
4. Dependingonthebackuptype,clickRecoverPCorRecoverdisks.
5. Intheopenedwindow,selectthebackupversion(thedatastatefromaspecificdateandtime).
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6. SelectthesystempartitionandtheSystemReservedpartition(ifany)toberecovered.
7. ClickRecovernow.
Tocompletetheoperation,AcronisTrueImageHDmustrestartyoursystem.
Case2.HowtorecovercomputerifWindowscannotstart?
1. ConnectAcronisbootablemediatoyourcomputer,andthenrunthespecialstandaloneversion
ofAcronisTrueImageHD.
RefertoStep2Creatingbootablerescuemedia(p.11)andArrangingbootorderinBIOS(p.54)
fordetails.
2. OntheWelcomescreen,selectMydisksbelowRecover.
3. Selectthesystemdiskbackuptobeusedforrecovery.Right-clickthebackupandchoose
Recover.
Whenthebackupisnotdisplayed,clickBrowseandmanuallyspecifythepathtothebackup.
4. AttheRecoverymethodstep,selectRecoverwholedisksandpartitions.
5. Selectthesystempartition(usuallyC)ontheWhattorecoverscreen.Notethatyoumay
distinguishthesystempartitionbythePri,Actflags.SelecttheSystemReservedpartition(ifany),
aswell.
6. YoumayleaveallsettingsofthepartitionswithoutchangesandclickFinish.
7. Checkthesummaryofoperations,andthenclickProceed.
8. Whentheoperationfinishes,exitthestandaloneversionofAcronisTrueImageHD,removethe
rescuemedia(ifany),andbootfromtherecoveredsystempartition.Aftermakingsurethatyou
haverecoveredWindowstothestateyouneed,restoretheoriginalbootorder.
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3 Basic concepts
In this section
Basicconcepts.........................................................................................16
Thedifferencebetweenfilebackupsanddisk/partitionimages............18
Full,incrementalanddifferentialbackups..............................................18
FAQaboutbackup,recoveryandcloning................................................19
FTPconnection........................................................................................20
Authenticationsettings...........................................................................21
Backupfilenaming..................................................................................21
Wizards....................................................................................................21
3.1
Basic concepts
Thissectionprovidesgeneralinformationaboutbasicconceptswhichcouldbeusefulfor
understandinghowtheprogramworks.
Note:CertainfeaturesandfunctionalitiesmaybeunavailableintheTrueImageeditionthatyouuse.
Backupandrecovery
Backupreferstothemakingcopiesofdatasothattheseadditionalcopiesmaybeusedtorecover
theoriginalafteradatalossevent. Backupsareusefulprimarilyfortwopurposes.Thefirstistorestoreastatefollowingadisaster
(calleddisasterrecovery).Thesecondistorecoversmallnumbersoffilesaftertheyhavebeen
accidentallydeletedorcorrupted.
AcronisTrueImageHDdoesbothbycreatingdisk(orpartition)imagesandfile-levelbackups
respectively.
Backupversions
Backupversionsarethefileorfilescreatedduringeachbackupoperation.Ifyoudonotuse
consolidationfeature,theamountofversionscreatedisalwaysequaltotheamountoftimesthe
backupisexecutedortotheamountofstoredpointsintime.
So,aversionrepresentsapointintimetowhichthesystemordatacanberestored.Toputit
anotherway,backupversionsrepresentfullandincrementalbackups-seeFullandincremental
backups(p.18).
Thebackupversionsaresimilartofileversions.Thefileversionsconceptisfamiliartothosewhouse
aWindowsVistaandWindows7featurecalled"Previousversionsoffiles".Thisfeatureallowsyouto
restoreafileasitexistedonaparticulardateandtime.Abackupversionallowsyoutorecoveryour
datainasimilarway.
Thiscouldbeusefulwhentryingtofinddamagedordeletedfiles.Simplybrowsethroughthebackup
versionsintheAcronisBackupExploreruntilyoufindthebackupversioncontainingtherequired
files.Additionally,youcanrecoverdifferentsavedversionsofthefoundfiles.
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Diskcloning
Thisoperationmigratesorcopiestheentirecontentsofonediskdrivetoanotherdiskdrive.This
maybenecessary,forexample,wheninstallingalargercapacitydisk.Theresultistwoidentical
driveswiththesamefilestructure.The"DiskClone"tooleffectivelycopiesallofthecontentsofone
harddiskdriveontoanotherharddiskdrive.Theoperationallowsyoutotransferalltheinformation
(includingtheoperatingsystemandinstalledprograms)fromoneharddiskdrivetoanotherwithout
havingtoreinstallandreconfigureallofyoursoftware.
AcronisTrueImageHDdoesnotprovideforcloningasinglepartition.Youcanonlyclonetheentire
drive.
Youcanalsotransferalltheinformationfromyourharddiskdrivetoanotheronebybackingupthe
entireoldharddiskandthenrecoveringthebackuptothenewdisk.
Backupvalidation
Thebackupvalidationfeatureallowsyoutoconfirmthatyourdatacanberecovered.Asmentioned
above,theprogramaddschecksumvaluestothedatablocksbeingbackedup.Duringbackup
validation,AcronisTrueImageHDopensthebackupfile,recalculatesthechecksumvaluesand
comparesthosevalueswiththestoredones.Ifallcomparedvaluesmatch,thebackupfileisnot
corruptedandthereisahighprobabilitythatthebackupcanbesuccessfullyusedfordatarecovery. Consolidation
Consolidationallowsyoutodeletebackupswhichyounolongerneedfromabackupchain.
Achaintobeconsolidatedcanconsistofafullbackupandoneormoreincrementalbackups.
Ifnecessary,youcandeletethebasefullbackupfromthechain.Theprogramwillcreateanewfull
backupinplaceoftheoldestremainingbackup.Consolidationkeepswhicheverbackupsyouchoose
anddeletesanybackupsthatarenotselected. Becauseconsolidationmayrequiresignificanttimeandsystemresources(includingdiskspace),we
recommendusingitsparingly.Inmanycases,startinganewbackupchainandthendeletingtheold
onewillbeabetterchoice.
Disasterrecovery
Recoveringfromadisasterusuallyrequiresarescuemediaandabackupofthesystempartition.
AcronisTrueImageHDprovidesforrecoveryfromadisastercausedbysystemdatacorruption,
viruses,malware,orothercauses.
Iftheoperatingsystemfailstoboot,AcronisTrueImageHDwillrecoverthesystempartition.You
cancreatearescuemediabyusingtheMediaBuildertool.
Scheduling
Foryourbackupstobereallyhelpful,theymustbeas"up-to-date"aspossible.Thismeansthatyou
shouldrunbackupsonaregularbasis.AlthoughcreatinganAcronisTrueImageHDbackupisquite
easy,onoccasion,youmayforgettodoabackup.
Withthescheduler,youdonothavetoremember.Youcanscheduleautomaticbackupsaheadof
time.Yourdatawillbebackedupaslongasthereissufficientstoragespace.
Understandingthesetermsandconceptswillbehelpfulwhenusingtheprogram'sfeatures.
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3.2
The difference between file backups and
disk/partition images
Whenyoubackupfilesandfolders,onlythefilesandfoldertreearecompressedandstored.
Disk/partitionbackupsaredifferentfromfileandfolderbackups.AcronisTrueImagestoresanexact
snapshotofthediskorpartition.Thisprocedureiscalled"creatingadiskimage",or"creatingadisk
backup"andtheresultingbackupisoftencalled"adisk/partitionimage"or"adisk/partitionbackup".
Adisk/partitionbackupcontainsallthedatastoredonthediskorpartition:
1. Zerotrackoftheharddiskwiththemasterbootrecord(MBR)(applicabletoMBRdiskbackups
only).
2. Oneormorepartitions,including:
1. Bootcode.
2. Filesystemmetadata,includingservicefiles,fileallocationtable(FAT)andpartitionboot
record.
3. Filesystemdata,includingoperatingsystem(systemfiles,registry,drivers),userdataand
softwareapplications.
3. SystemReservedpartition,ifany.
4. EFIsystempartition,ifany(applicabletoGPTdiskbackupsonly).
BydefaultAcronisTrueImagestoresonlytheharddisksectorsthatcontaindata.Furthermore,
AcronisTrueImagedoesnotbackuppagefile.sysunderWindowsXPandlaterandhiberfil.sys(afile
thatkeepsRAMcontentswhenthecomputergoesintohibernation).Thisreducesimagesizeand
speedsupimagecreationandrecovery.
Youcanchangethisdefaultmethodbyturningonthesector-by-sectormode.InthiscaseAcronis
TrueImagecopiesallharddisksectors,andnotonlythosethatcontaindata.
3.3
Full, incremental and differential backups
Note:Incrementalanddifferentialbackupsarenotavailableinthisproductedition.
AcronisTrueImageHDoffersyouthreebackupmethods:
1)Full:containsallofthedataatthemomentofthebackupcreation.Itformsabaseforfurther
incrementalordifferentialbackups.Itcanalsobeusedasastandalonebackup.
2)Incremental:OnlythosefileswillbeincludedwhichhavebeenchangedsincetheLASTbackup.
3)Differential:OnlythosefileswillbeincludedwhichhavebeenchangedsincethelastFULLbackup.
Wesuggestyoutochooseoneofthefollowingthreeapproachesofusingthebackupmethods:
"Full"-Astandalonefullbackupmightbeanoptimalsolutionifyouoftenrollbackthesystemtoits
initialstateorifyoudonotliketomanagemultiplefiles.
"Incremental"-Thesearemostusefulwhenyouneedfrequentbackupsandtheabilitytorollbackto
aspecificpointintime.Havingcreatedafullbackuponce,ifyouthencreateanincrementalbackup
eachdayofamonth,youwillgetthesameresultasifyoucreatedfullbackupseverydayofthe
month.Asarule,incrementalbackupsareconsiderablysmallerthanfullordifferentialbackups.
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Suchabackupscenariomayconsistofaweeklyfullsystembackupwithintermediate,daily
backupsthatcoverdatathatwaschangedsincetheLASTbackup.
Thisscenario,whilerequiringlessstoragespaceandtimeforthedailybackups,willrequiremore
workfortheprogramtoproviderecoveryafterasystemcrash.IntheeventofaThursdaycrash,
theprogramwouldhavetorecovertheWednesday,Tuesday,andMondayincrementalbackups
andthelastFULLbackup.
"Differential"–isanintermediatebetweenthefirsttwoapproaches.Eachdifferentialbackup
includesallthefileschangedsincethelastfullbackup.Ittakeslesstimeandspacethan"Full",but
morethan"Incremental".Thegoodthingisthatrecoveringissimplerthanfor(2)-theprogramwill
havetorecoverthelastdifferentialbackupandthelastfullbackup.
Tochooseadesiredbackupmethod,youusuallyneedtoconfigureacustombackupscheme.For
moreinformationseeCustomschemes(p.26).
Anincrementalordifferentialbackupcreatedafteradiskisdefragmentedmightbeconsiderably
largerthanusual.Thisisbecausethedefragmentationprogramchangesfilelocationsonthediskand
thebackupsreflectthesechanges.Therefore,itisrecommendedthatyoure-createafullbackup
afterdiskdefragmentation.
Ifyouloseanincrementalbackuporitbecomescorrupted,alllaterincrementalbackupswillbeunusable.
3.4
FAQ about backup, recovery and cloning
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Ihavea150GBsystempartition,buttheoccupiedspaceonthatpartitionisonly80GB.What
willAcronisTrueImageHDincludeinabackup?-Bydefault,AcronisTrueImagecopiesonlythe
harddisksectorsthatcontaindata,soitwillincludeonly80GBinabackup.Youcanalsochoose
thesector-by-sectormode.Notethansuchabackupmodeisrequiredonlyinspecialcases.For
moreinformationseeImagecreationmode(p.28).Whilecreatingasector-by-sectorbackup,the
programcopiesbothusedandunusedharddisksectorsandthebackupfilewillusuallybe
significantlylarger. §
Willmysystemdiskbackupincludedrivers,documents,pictures,etc.?-Yes,suchabackupwill
containthedrivers,aswellasthecontentsoftheMydocumentsfolderanditssubfolders,ifyou
keptthedefaultlocationoftheMydocumentsfolder.Ifyouhavejustasingleharddiskinyour
PC,suchabackupwillcontainalloftheoperatingsystem,applicationsanddata.
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Ihaveanoldharddiskdrivewhichisalmostfullinmynotebook.Ipurchasedanewbigger
HDD.HowcanItransferWindows,programsanddatatothenewdisk?-Youcaneitherclone
theoldharddiskonthenewoneorbackuptheoldharddiskandthenrecoverthebackuptoa
newone.Theoptimummethodusuallydependsonyouroldharddiskpartitionslayout. §
IwanttomigratemyoldsystemharddisktoanSSD.CanthisbedonewithAcronisTrue
Image?-Yes,AcronisTrueImageHDprovidessuchafunction.Forproceduredetails,see
MigratingyoursystemfromanHDDtoanSSD
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Whatisthebestwaytomigratethesystemtoanewdisk:cloningorbackupandrecovery?-
Thebackupandrecoverymethodprovidesmoreflexibility.Inanycase,westronglyrecommend
tomakeabackupofyouroldharddiskevenifyoudecidetousecloning.Itcouldbeyourdata
saverifsomethinggoeswrongwithyouroriginalharddiskduringcloning.Forexample,there
werecaseswhenuserschosethewrongdiskasthetargetandthuswipedtheirsystemdisk.In
addition,youcanmakemorethanonebackuptocreateredundancyandincreasesecurity.
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WhatshouldIbackup:apartitionorthewholedisk?-Inmostcases,itisbettertobackupthe
wholedisk.However,theremaybesomecaseswhenapartitionbackupisadvisable.For
example,yournotebookhasasingleharddiskwithtwopartitions:system(diskletterC)andthe
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data(diskletterD).ThesystempartitionstoresyourworkingdocumentsintheMydocuments
folderwithsubfolders.Thedatapartitionstoresyourvideos,pictures,andmusicfiles.Suchfiles
arealreadycompressedandbackingthemupusingAcronisTrueImagewouldnotgiveyou
significantreductionofthebackupfilesize.Inthiscase,itmaybebettertousealocalsyncfor
thedatapartitionfilesandaseparatebackupforthesystempartition.However,wealso
recommendcreatingatleastonewholediskbackupifyourbackupstoragehasenoughspace.
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Couldyoutellmehowtoclone:inWindowsorafterbootingfromtherescuemedia?Even
whenyoustartcloninginWindows,thecomputerwillrebootintotheLinuxenvironmentthe
sameaswhenbootingfromtherescuemedia.Becauseofthis,itisbettertocloneunderrescue
media.Forexample,theremaybeacasewhenyourharddiskdrivesaredetectedinWindows
andnotdetectedinLinux.Ifthisisthecase,thecloningoperationwillfailafterreboot.When
bootingfromtherescuemedia,youcanmakesurethatAcronisTrueImagedetectsboththe
sourceandtargetdisksbeforestartingthecloningoperation.
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CanIcloneorbackupandrecoveradualbootmachine?Yes,thisispossibleinmostcases.If
yoursystemsareinstalledinseparatepartitionsofthesamephysicalharddiskdrive,cloningor
recoveryusuallyproceedswithoutanyproblems.Ifthesystemsareondifferentphysicalhard
diskdrives,theremaybesomeproblemswithbootabilityafterrecovery.
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DoesAcronisTrueImagesupportRAID?-AcronisTrueImagesupportshardwareRAIDarraysof
allpopulartypes.SupportofsoftwareRAIDconfigurationsondynamicdisksisalsoprovided.
AcronisBootableRescueMediasupportsmostofthepopularhardwareRAIDcontrollers.Ifthe
standardAcronisrescuemediadoesnot"see"theRAIDasasinglevolume,themediadoesnot
havetheappropriatedrivers.
3.5
FTP connection
AcronisTrueImageHDallowsyoutostoreyourbackupsonFTPservers.
TocreateanewFTPconnection,whenselectingabackupstorageclickFTPconnection,andinthe
openedwindowprovide:
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PathtotheFTPserver,forexample:my.server.com
Port
Username
Password
Tocheckyoursettings,clicktheTestconnectionbutton.Thecomputerwilltrytoconnecttothe
specifiedFTPserver.Ifthetestconnectionhasbeenestablished,clicktheConnectbuttontoaddthe
FTPconnection.
ThecreatedFTPconnectionwillappearinthefoldertree.Selecttheconnectionandbrowseforthe
backupstoragethatyouwanttouse.
Please,beawarethatthemereopeningofanFTPserver'srootfolderdoesnotbringyoutoyourhome
directory.
AcronisTrueImageHDsplitsabackupintofileswithasizeof2GBwhenbackingupdirectlytoanFTPserver.If
youbackuptoaharddiskwiththeaimoftransferringthebackuptoanFTPlater,splitthebackupintofilesof
2GBeachbysettingthedesiredfilesizeinthebackupoptions.Otherwise,therecoverywillnotbepossible.
AnFTPservermustallowpassivemodefiletransfers. ThefirewallsettingsofthesourcecomputershouldhavePorts20and21openedfortheTPCandUDPprotocols
tofunction.TheRoutingandRemoteAccessWindowsserviceshouldbedisabled.
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3.6
Authentication settings
Ifyouareconnectingtoanetworkedcomputer,inmostcasesyouwillneedtoprovidethenecessary
credentialsforaccessingthenetworkshare.Forexample,thisispossiblewhenyouselectabackup
storage.TheAuthenticationSettingswindowappearsautomaticallywhenyouselectanetworked
computername.
Ifnecessary,specifytheusernameandpassword,andthenclickTestconnection.Whenthetestis
successfullypassed,clickConnect.
Troubleshooting
Whenyoucreateanetworksharethatyouplantouseasabackupstorage,pleaseensurethatat
leastoneofthefollowingconditionsismet:
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Windowsaccounthasapasswordonthecomputerwherethesharedfolderislocated.
Password-protectedsharingisturnedoffinWindows.
Forexample,inWindows7,youcanfindthissettingatControlPanel—>NetworkandInternet
—>NetworkandSharingCenter—>Advancedsharingsettings—>Turnoffpasswordprotected
sharing.
Otherwise,youwillnotbeabletoconnecttothesharedfolder.
3.7
Backup file naming
Abackupfilenamehasthefollowingattributes:
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Backupname.
Backupmethod(full,inc,diff:full,incremental,differential).
Numberofbackupchain(intheformofb#).
Numberofbackupversion(intheformofs#).
Numberofvolume(intheformofv#).
Forexamplethisattributechangeswhenyousplitabackupintoseveralfiles.RefertoBackup
splitting(p.29)fordetails.
Thusabackupnamemaylookthefollowingway:
1. my_documents_full_b1_s1_v1.tib
2. my_documents_full_b2_s1_v1.tib
3. my_documents_inc_b2_s2_v1.tib
4. my_documents_inc_b2_s3_v1.tib
Ifyouarecreatinganewbackup,andthereisalreadyafilewiththesamename,theprogramdoes
notdeletetheoldfile,butaddstothenewfilethe"-number"suffix,forexample,
my_documents_inc_b2_s2_v1-2.tib.
3.8
Wizards
WhenyouusetheavailableAcronisTrueImagetoolsandutilities,theprogramwillinmanycases
employwizardstoguideyouthroughtheoperations.
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Forexample,seethescreenshotbelow.
Awizardwindowusuallyconsistsofthefollowingareas:
1. Thisisthelistofstepstocompletetheoperation.Agreencheckmarkappearsnexttoacomplete
step.Thegreenarrowindicatesthecurrentstep.Whencompleteallthesteps,theprogram
displaystheSummaryscreenintheFinishstep.CheckthesummaryandclickProceedtostart
theoperation.
2. Thistoolbarcontainsbuttonstomanageobjectsyouselectinarea3.
Forexample:
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Details-displaysthewindowthatprovidesdetailedinformationabouttheselected
backup.
Properties-displaystheselecteditempropertieswindow.
Createnewpartition-displaysthewindowwhereyoucanconfigureanewpartition
settings.
Columns-allowsyoutochoosewhichtablecolumnstodisplayandinwhichorder.
3. Thisisthemainareawhereyouselectitemsandchangesettings.
4. Thisareadisplaysadditionalinformationabouttheitemyouselectinarea3.
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4 Backing up data
AcronisTrueImageHDincludesawealthofsophisticatedbackupcapabilitiesthatwouldplease
evenanITprofessional.Theyallowyoutobackupyourdisksandpartitions.Youcanchoosea
backupfeaturethatsuitsyoumostorusethemall.Thesectionsbelowdescribethebackupfeatures
inmoredetail.
In this section
Backingupdisksandpartitions...............................................................23
Backupoptions........................................................................................24
Operationswithbackups.........................................................................33
4.1
Backing up disks and partitions
Asopposedtofilebackups,diskandpartitionbackupscontainallthedatastoredonthediskor
partition.Thisbackuptypeisusuallyusedtocreateanexactcopyofasystempartitionofthewhole
systemdisk.SuchbackupallowsyoutorecoveryourcomputerwhenWindowsworksincorrectlyor
cannotstart.
Tobackuppartitionsordisks:
1. StartTrueImage.
3. ClickAddbackup,andthenclickCreatenewbackup.
4. [Optional]Torenamethebackup,clickthearrownexttothebackupname,clickRename,and
thenenteranewname.
5. ClicktheBackupsourceicon,andthenselectDisksandpartitions.
6. Intheopenedwindow,selectthecheckboxesnexttothepartitionsanddisksthatyouwantto
backup,andthenclickOK.
Toviewhiddenpartitions,clickFullpartitionlist.
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7. ClicktheBackupdestinationicon,andthenselectadestinationforbackup:
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Yourexternaldrive—Whenanexternaldriveispluggedintoyourcomputer,youcanselectit
fromthelist.
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Browse—Selectadestinationfromthefoldertree.
Ifpossible,avoidstoringyoursystempartitionbackupsondynamicdisks,becausethesystempartitionis
recoveredintheLinuxenvironment.LinuxandWindowsworkwithdynamicdisksdifferently.Thismay
resultinproblemsduringrecovery.
8. [optionalstep]ClickOptionstosettheoptionsforthebackup,includingSchedule,Scheme(p.
25),andPasswordprotection.FormoreinformationseeBackupoptions(p.24).
9. Performoneofthefollowing:
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4.2
Torunthebackupimmediately,clickBackupnow.
Torunthebackuplateroronaschedule,clickthearrowtotherightoftheBackupnow
button,andthenclickLater.
Backup options
Whenyoucreateabackup,youcanchangeadditionaloptionsandfine-tunethebackupprocess.To
opentheoptionswindow,selectasourceanddestinationforabackup,andthenclickOptions.
Notethatoptionsofeachbackuptype(disk-levelbackup,file-levelbackup,onlinebackup,nonstop
backup)arefullyindependentandyoushouldconfigurethemseparately.
Afteryouhaveinstalledtheapplication,alloptionsaresettotheinitialvalues.Youcanchangethem
foryourcurrentbackupoperationonlyorforallbackupsthatwillbecreatedinfuture.Selectthe
Savethesettingsasdefaultcheckboxtoapplythemodifiedsettingstoallfurtherbackupoperations
bydefault.
Ifyouwanttoresetallthemodifiedoptionstothevaluesthatweresetaftertheproductinstallation
initially,clicktheResettoinitialsettingsbutton.Notethatthiswillresetthesettingsforthecurrent
backuponly.Toresetthesettingsforallfurtherbackups,clickResettoinitialsettings,selectthe
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In this section
Backupschemes......................................................................................25
Notificationsforbackupoperation.........................................................27
Imagecreationmode..............................................................................28
Pre/Postcommandsforbackup..............................................................28
Backupsplitting.......................................................................................29
Backupvalidationoption.........................................................................30
Backupreservecopy...............................................................................30
Removablemediasettings......................................................................30
Backupcomment.....................................................................................31
Errorhandling..........................................................................................31
File-levelsecuritysettingsforbackup.....................................................32
Computershutdown...............................................................................32
Performanceofbackupoperation..........................................................32
4.2.1
Backup schemes
Backupschemesalongwiththeschedulerhelpyoutosetupyourbackupstrategy.Theschemes
allowyoutooptimizebackupstoragespaceusage,improvedatastoragereliability,and
automaticallydeletetheobsoletebackupversions.
Backupschemedefinesthefollowingparameters:
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Backupmethodsthatwillbeusedtocreatebackupversions
Sequenceofthebackupversionscreatedusingdifferentmethods
Versioncleanuprules
AcronisTrueImageHDallowsyoutochoosethefollowingbackupschemes:
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Singleversion(p.26)-selectthisschemeifyouwanttousethesmallestbackupstorage.
Custom(p.26)-selectthisitemifyouwanttosetupabackupschememanually.
4.2.1.1
Single version scheme
Theprogramcreatesafullbackupversionandoverwritesiteverytimeaccordingtothespecified
scheduleorwhenyourunbackupmanually.
Backupschedulersettingfordiskbackup:weekly.
Result:youhaveasingleup-to-datefullbackupversion.
Requiredstoragespace:minimal.
4.2.1.2
Custom schemes
WithAcronisTrueImageHDyoualsocancreateyourownbackupschemes.Schemescanbebased
onthepre-definedbackupschemes.Youcanmakechangesinaselectedpre-definedschemetosuit
yourneedsandthensavethechangedschemeasanewone.
Youcannotoverwriteexistingpre-definedbackupschemes.
Sofirstofallselectoneofthebackupmethodsintheappropriatebox.
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Full(p.18)
Selectthismethodifyouwanttocreateonlyfullbackupversions.
Automaticcleanuprules
Todeleteobsoletebackupversionsautomatically,youcansetoneofthefollowingcleanuprules:
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Deleteversionsolderthan[definedperiod](availableforfullmethodonly)-Selectthisoptionto
limittheageofbackupversions.Allversionsthatareolderthanthespecifiedperiodwillbe
automaticallydeleted.
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Storenomorethan[n]recentversions(availableforfullmethodonly)-Selectthisoptionto
limitthemaximumnumberofbackupversions.Whenthenumberofversionsexceedsthe
specifiedvalue,theoldestbackupversionwillbeautomaticallydeleted.
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Keepsizeofthebackupnomorethan[definedsize]-Selectthisoptiontolimitmaximumsizeof
thebackup.Aftercreatinganewbackupversion,theprogramcheckswhetherthetotalbackup
sizeexceedsthespecifiedvalue.Ifit'strue,theoldestbackupversionwillbedeleted.
Thefirstbackupversionoption
Oftenthefirstversionofanybackupisoneofthemostvaluableversions.Thisistruebecauseit
storestheinitialdatastate(forexample,yoursystempartitionwithrecentlyinstalledWindows)or
someotherstabledatastate(forexample,dataafterasuccessfulviruscheck).
Donotdeletethefirstversionofthebackup-Selectthischeckboxtokeeptheinitialdatastate.The
programwillcreatetwoinitialfullbackupversions.Thefirstversionwillbeexcludedfromthe
automaticcleanup,andwillbestoreduntilyoudeleteitmanually.
Notethatwhenthecheckboxisselected,theStorenomorethan[n]recentversionscheckboxwill
changetoStorenomorethan1+[n]recentversions.
Managing custom backup schemes
Ifyouchangeanythinginanexistingbackupscheme,youcansavethechangedschemeasanew
one.Inthiscaseyouneedtospecifyanewnameforthatbackupscheme.
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Youcanoverwriteexistingcustomschemes. Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2016
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Youcannotoverwriteexistingpre-definedbackupschemes.
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Youcancreatenotmorethan16custombackupschemes.
Inaschemename,youcanuseanysymbolsallowedbyOSfornamingfiles.Themaximumlength
ofabackupschemenameis255symbols.
Aftercreatingacustombackupscheme,youcanuseitasanyotherexistingbackupschemewhile
configuringabackup. Youcanalsouseacustombackupschemewithoutsavingit.Inthiscase,itwillbeavailableonlyfor
thebackupwhereitwascreatedandyouwillbeunabletouseitforotherbackups.
Ifyoudonotneedacustombackupschemeanymore,youcandeleteit.Todeletethescheme,select
itinthebackupschemeslist,clickDelete,andthenclickDeleteschemeintheconfirmationwindow.
Thepre-definedbackupschemescannotbedeleted.
4.2.2
Notifications for backup operation
Sometimesabackuporrecoveryprocedurecanlastanhourorlonger.AcronisTrueImageHDcan
notifyyouwhenitisfinishedviaemail.Theprogramcanalsoduplicatemessagesissuedduringthe
operationorsendyouthefulloperationlogafteroperationcompletion. Bydefaultallnotificationsaredisabled.
Freediskspacethreshold
Youmaywanttobenotifiedwhenthefreespaceonthebackupstoragebecomeslessthanthe
specifiedthresholdvalue.IfafterstartingabackupAcronisTrueImageHDfindsoutthatthefree
spaceintheselectedbackuplocationisalreadylessthanthespecifiedvalue,theprogramwillnot
begintheactualbackupprocessandwillimmediatelyinformyoubydisplayinganappropriate
message.Themessageoffersyouthreechoices-toignoreitandproceedwiththebackup,tobrowse
foranotherlocationforthebackuportocancelthebackup.
Ifthefreespacebecomeslessthanthespecifiedvaluewhilethebackupisbeingrun,theprogram
willdisplaythesamemessageandyouwillhavetomakethesamedecisions. Tosetthefreediskspacethreshold:
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SelecttheShownotificationmessageoninsufficientfreediskspacecheckbox
IntheSizebox,typeorselectathresholdvalueandselectaunitofmeasure
AcronisTrueImageHDcanmonitorfreespaceonthefollowingstoragedevices:
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Localharddrives
USBcardsanddrives
Networkshares(SMB/NFS)
ThemessagewillnotbedisplayediftheDonotshowmessagesanddialogswhileprocessing(silentmode)
checkboxisselectedintheErrorhandlingsettings.
ThisoptioncannotbeenabledforFTPserversandCD/DVDdrives.
Emailnotification
Youcanspecifyanemailaccountthatwillbeusedtosendyouemailnotifications.
Toconfiguretheemailnotifications:
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1. SelecttheSende-mailnotificationsabouttheoperationstatecheckbox.
2. Configureemailsettings:
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EntertheemailaddressintheTofield.Youcanenterseveralemailaddressesina
semicolon-delimitedformat. §
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Entertheoutgoingmailserver(SMTP)intheOutgoingmailserver(SMTP)field.
Settheportoftheoutgoingmailserver.Bydefaulttheportissetto25.
Ifrequired,selecttheSMTPauthenticationcheckbox,andthenentertheusernameand
passwordinthecorrespondingfields.
3. Tocheckwhetheryoursettingsarecorrect,clicktheSendtestmessagebutton.
Ifthetestmessagesendingfails,thenperformthefollowing:
1. ClickShowextendedsettings.
2. Configureadditionalemailsettings:
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Enterthee-mailsenderaddressintheFromfield.Ifyouarenotsurewhataddresstospecify,
thentypeanyaddressyoulikeinastandardformat,[email protected].
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ChangethemessagesubjectintheSubjectfield,ifnecessary.
SelecttheLogontoincomingmailservercheckbox.
Entertheincomingmailserver(POP3)inthePOP3serverfield.
Settheportoftheincomingmailserver.Bydefaulttheportissetto110.
3. ClicktheSendtestmessagebuttonagain.
Additionalnotificationsettings:
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Tosendanotificationconcerningprocesscompletion,selecttheSendnotificationupon
operation'ssuccessfulcompletioncheckbox.
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Tosendanotificationconcerningprocessfailure,selecttheSendnotificationuponoperation
failurecheckbox.
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Tosendanotificationwithoperationmessages,selecttheSendnotificationwhenuser
interactionisrequiredcheckbox.
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Tosendanotificationwithfulllogofoperations,selecttheAddfulllogtothenotificationcheck
box.
4.2.3
Image creation mode
Youcanusetheseparameterstocreateanexactcopyofyourwholepartitionsorharddisks,andnot
onlythesectorsthatcontaindata.Forexample,thiscanbeusefulwhenyouwanttobackupa
partitionordiskcontaininganoperatingsystemthatisnotsupportedbyAcronisTrueImage.Please
notethatthismodeincreasesprocessingtimeandusuallyresultsinalargerimagefile.
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Tocreateasector-by-sectorimage,selecttheBackupsector-by-sectorcheckbox.
Toincludeallunallocateddiskspaceintothebackup,selecttheBackupunallocatedspacecheck
box.
ThischeckboxisavailableonlywhentheBackupsector-by-sectorcheckboxisselected.
4.2.4
Pre/Post commands for backup
Youcanspecifycommands(orevenbatchfiles)thatwillbeautomaticallyexecutedbeforeandafter
thebackupprocedure.
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Forexample,youmaywanttostart/stopcertainWindowsprocesses,orcheckyourdatabefore
startingbackup.
Tospecifycommands(batchfiles):
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SelectacommandtobeexecutedbeforethebackupprocessstartsinthePre-commandfield.To
createanewcommandorselectanewbatchfile,clicktheEditbutton. §
SelectacommandtobeexecutedafterthebackupprocessendsinthePost-commandfield.To
createanewcommandorselectanewbatchfile,clicktheEditbutton.
Pleasedonottrytoexecuteinteractivecommands,i.e.commandsthatrequireuserinput(for
example,"pause").Thesearenotsupported.
4.2.4.1
Edit user command for backup
Youcanspecifyusercommandstobeexecutedbeforeorafterthebackupprocedure:
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IntheCommandfield,type-inacommandorselectitfromthelist.Click...toselectabatchfile. IntheWorkingdirectoryfield,type-inapathforcommandexecutionorselectitfromthelistof
previouslyenteredpaths. IntheArgumentsfieldenterorselectcommandexecutionargumentsfromthelist. DisablingtheDonotperformoperationsuntilthecommand'sexecutioniscompleteparameter
(enabledforPrecommandsbydefault),willpermitthebackupprocesstorunconcurrentlywithyour
commandexecution.
TheAborttheoperationiftheusercommandfails(enabledbydefault)parameterwillabortthe
operationifanyerrorsoccurincommandexecution.
YoucantestacommandyouenteredbyclickingtheTestcommandbutton.
4.2.5
Backup splitting
AcronisTrueImageHDcannotsplitalreadyexistingbackups.Backupscanbesplitonlywhenbeingcreated.
Largebackupscanbesplitintoseveralfilesthattogethermakeuptheoriginalbackup.Abackupcan
alsobesplitforburningtoremovablemedia.
Thedefaultsetting-Automatic.Withthissetting,AcronisTrueImageHDwillactasfollows.
Whenbackinguptoaharddisk:
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Iftheselecteddiskhasenoughspaceanditsfilesystemallowstheestimatedfilesize,the
programwillcreateasinglebackupfile. §
Ifthestoragediskhasenoughspace,butitsfilesystemdoesnotallowtheestimatedfilesize,the
programwillautomaticallysplittheimageintoseveralfiles. §
Ifyoudonothaveenoughspacetostoretheimageonyourharddisk,theprogramwillwarnyou
andwaitforyourdecisionastohowyouplantofixtheproblem.Youcantrytofreesome
additionalspaceandcontinueorselectanotherdisk. WhenbackinguptoaCD-R/RW,DVD-R/RW,DVD+R/RW,BD-R/RE:
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AcronisTrueImageHDwillaskyoutoinsertanewdiskwhenthepreviousoneisfull. Alternatively,youmayselectthedesiredfilesizefromthedrop-downlist.Thebackupwillthenbe
splitintomultiplefilesofthespecifiedsize.Thisisusefulwhenyoustoreabackuptoaharddiskin
ordertoburnthebackuptoCD-R/RW,DVD-R/RW,DVD+R/RWorBD-R/RElateron.
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CreatingimagesdirectlyonCD-R/RW,DVD-R/RW,DVD+R/RW,BD-R/REmighttakeconsiderablymoretime
thanitwouldonaharddisk.
4.2.6
Backup validation option
Youcanspecifytheadditionalvalidationsetting:Validatebackupwhenitiscreated.
Whenthisoptionisenabled,theprogramwillchecktheintegrityoftherecentlycreatedor
supplementedbackupversionimmediatelyafterbackup.Whensettingupabackupofcriticaldataor
adisk/partitionbackup,westronglyrecommendthatyouenablethisoptioninordertoensurethat
thebackupcanbeusedtorecoverthelostdata.
Regularvalidation
Youcanalsoschedulevalidationofyourbackupstoensurethattheyremain"healthy".Bydefault
regularvalidationisturnedonwiththefollowingsettings:
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Frequency:onceaweek
Day:thedatewhenthebackupwasstarted
Time:themomentofbackupstartplus15minutes
Advancedsettings:theRunthevalidationonlywhenthecomputerisidlecheckboxisselected
Youcanchangethedefaultsettingsandspecifyyourownschedule.Formoreinformationsee
Scheduling.
4.2.7
Backup reserve copy
Youcancreatereservecopiesofyourbackupsandsavethemonthefilesystemoranetworkdrive.
Tomakeareservecopy:
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SelecttheCreateareservecopyofmybackupscheckbox
ClickSetlocation...andspecifyalocationforthebackupcopies
Allbackupoptions(suchasbackupcompression,backupsplitting,etc.)willbeinheritedfromthe
sourcebackup.
Areservecopyalwayscontainsallthedataselectedforbackup,thatis,whencreatingareservecopythe
programalwaysmakesafullbackupofthesourcedata.
Alsorememberthatyouwillpayfortheenhancedconvenienceandincreasedsecurityofyourdata
bythetimerequiredforperformingthebackupbecausenormalbackupandreservecopyingare
performedoneatatimeandnotsimultaneously.
4.2.8
Removable media settings
Whenbackinguptoremovablemedia,youcanmakethismediabootablebywritingadditional
componentstoit.Thus,youwillnotneedaseparatebootabledisk.
AcronisTrueImageHDdoesnotsupportcreatingbootablemediaifaflashdriveisformattedinNTFSorexFAT.
ThedrivemusthaveaFAT16orFAT32filesystem.
Thefollowingsettingsareavailable:
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PlaceAcronisTrueImageHDonmedia
AcronisTrueImageHD-includessupportofUSB,PCCard(formerlyPCMCIA)andSCSIinterfaces
alongwiththestoragedevicesconnectedviathem,andthereforeisstronglyrecommended. §
PlaceAcronisSystemReportonmedia
AcronisSystemReport-thecomponentallowsyoutogeneratesystemreportthatisusedfor
collectinginformationaboutyoursystemincaseofanyprogramproblem.Reportgenerationwill
beavailablebeforeyoustartAcronisTrueImageHDfromthebootablemedia.Thegenerated
systemreportcanbesavedtoaUSBflashdrive.
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Askforfirstmediawhilecreatingbackupsonremovablemedia
YoucanchoosewhethertodisplaytheInsertFirstMediapromptwhenbackinguptoremovable
media.Withthedefaultsetting,backinguptoremovablemediamaynotbepossibleiftheuseris
away,becausetheprogramwillwaitforsomeonetopressOKinthepromptbox.Therefore,you
shoulddisablethepromptwhenschedulingabackuptoremovablemedia.Then,ifthe
removablemediaisavailable(forexample,CD-R/RWinserted)thebackupcanrununattended.
IfyouhaveotherAcronisproductsinstalledonyourcomputer,thebootableversionsofthese
programs'componentswillbeofferedaswell.
4.2.9
Backup comment
Thisoptionallowsyoutoaddcommentstothebackup.Backupcommentsmayhelpyoutofindthe
necessarybackuplater,whenrecoveringdatabyusingbootablemedia.
Ifabackupdoesnothavecomments,typeyourcommentinthecommentsarea.Whenacomment
alreadyexists,youcanedititafterclickingEdit.
4.2.10 Error handling
Whentheprogramencounteredanerrorwhileperformingbackup,itstopsthebackupprocessand
displaysamessage,waitingforaresponseonhowtohandletheerror.Ifyousetanerrorhandling
policy,theprogramwillnotstopthebackupprocess,butwillsimplyhandletheerroraccordingto
thesetrulesandcontinueworking. Youcansetthefollowingerrorhandlingpolicy:
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Donotshowmessagesanddialogswhileprocessing(silentmode)-Enablethissettingtoignore
errorsduringbackupoperations.Thisisusefulwhenyoucannotcontrolthebackupprocess.You
canviewthedetailedlogofalloperationsafterthebackupprocessfinishes.
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Ignorebadsectors-Thisoptionisavailableonlyfordiskandpartitionbackups.Itletsyou
successfullycompleteabackupeveniftherearebadsectorsontheharddisk.
Werecommendthatyouselectthischeckboxwhenyourharddriveisfailing,forexample:
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Harddriveismakingclickingorgrindingnoisesduringoperation.
TheS.M.A.R.T.systemhasdetectedharddriveissuesandrecommendsthatyoubackupthe
driveassoonaspossible.
Whenyouleavethischeckboxcleared,thebackupmayfailbecauseofpossiblebadsectorson
thedrive.
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Repeatattemptifabackupfails-Thisoptionallowsyoutoautomaticallyrepeatabackup
attemptifthebackupfailsforsomereason.Youcanspecifynumberofattemptsandtime
intervalbetweenattempts.Notethatiftheerrorinterruptingthebackuppersists,thenthe
backupwillnotbecreated.
Thisoptionisnotavailable,whenyoubackupyourdatatoaUSBflashdriveorUSBharddrive.
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4.2.11 File-level security settings for backup
Note:ThisfeaturemaybeunavailableintheTrueImageeditionthatyouuse.
Youcanspecifysecuritysettingsforbackedupfiles(thesesettingsrelateonlytofile/folderbackups):
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Preservefilesecuritysettingsinbackups-selectingthisoptionwillpreserveallthesecurity
properties(permissionsassignedtogroupsorusers)ofthebackupfilesforfurtherrecovery. Bydefault,filesandfoldersaresavedinthebackupwiththeiroriginalWindowssecuritysettings
(i.e.permissionsforread,write,executeandsoonforeachuserorusergroup,setinfile
Properties->Security).Ifyourecoverasecuredfile/folderonacomputerwithouttheuser
specifiedinthepermissions,youmaynotbeabletoreadormodifythisfile.
Toeliminatethiskindofproblem,youcandisablepreservingfilesecuritysettingsinbackups.
Thentherecoveredfiles/folderswillalwaysinheritthepermissionsfromthefoldertowhichthey
arerecovered(parentfolderordisk,ifrecoveredtotheroot).
Or,youcandisablefilesecuritysettingsduringrecovery,eveniftheyareavailableinthebackup.
Theresultwillbethesame.
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Inbackups,storeencryptedfilesinadecryptedstate(thepresetisdisabled)-checktheoption
ifthereareencryptedfilesinthebackupandyouwantthemtobeaccessedbyanyuserafter
recovery.Otherwise,onlytheuserwhoencryptedthefiles/folderswillbeabletoreadthem.
Decryptionmayalsobeusefulifyouaregoingtorecoverencryptedfilesonanothercomputer.
IfyoudonotusetheencryptionfeatureavailableinWindowsXPandlateroperatingsystems,
simplyignorethisoption.(Files/foldersencryptionissetinProperties->General->Advanced
Attributes->Encryptcontentstosecuredata).
Theseoptionsrelateonlytofile/folderbackups.
4.2.12 Computer shutdown
Ifyouknowthatthebackupprocessyouareconfiguringmaytakealongtime,youmayselectthe
Shutdownthecomputerafterthebackupiscompletecheckbox.Inthiscase,youwillnothaveto
waituntiltheoperationcompletion.Theprogramwillperformthebackupandturnoffyour
computerautomatically.
Thisoptionisalsousefulwhenyouscheduleyourbackups.Forexample,youmaywanttoperform
backupseveryweekdayintheeveningtosaveallyourwork.Schedulethebackupandselectthe
checkbox.Afterthatyoumayleaveyourcomputerwhenyoufinishyourworkknowingthatthe
criticaldatawillbebackedupandthecomputerwillbeturnedoff.
4.2.13 Performance of backup operation
OnthePerformancetabyoucanconfigurethefollowingsettings:
Compressionlevel
Youcanchoosethecompressionlevelforabackup:
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None-thedatawillbecopiedwithoutanycompression,whichmaysignificantlyincreasethe
backupfilesize.
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Normal-therecommendeddatacompressionlevel(setbydefault).
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High-higherbackupfilecompressionlevel,takesmoretimetocreateabackup.
Maximum-maximumbackupcompression,buttakesalongtimetocreateabackup.
Theoptimaldatacompressionleveldependsonthetypeoffilesstoredinthebackup.Forexample,even
maximumcompressionwillnotsignificantlyreducethebackupsize,ifthebackupcontainsessentially
compressedfiles,like.jpg,.pdfor.mp3.
Operationpriority
Changingthepriorityofabackuporrecoveryprocesscanmakeitrunfasterorslower(dependingon
whetheryouraiseorlowerthepriority),butitcanalsoadverselyaffecttheperformanceofother
runningprograms.Thepriorityofanyprocessrunninginasystem,determinestheamountofCPU
usageandsystemresourcesallocatedtothatprocess.Decreasingtheoperationprioritywillfree
moreresourcesforotherCPUtasks.Increasingbackuporrecoveryprioritymayspeeduptheprocess
bytakingresourcesfromtheothercurrentlyrunningprocesses.TheeffectwilldependontotalCPU
usageandotherfactors.
Youcansetuptheoperationpriority:
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Low(enabledbydefault)-thebackuporrecoveryprocesswillrunslower,buttheperformance
ofotherprogramswillbeincreased.
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Normal-thebackuporrecoveryprocesswillhavetheequalprioritywithotherprocesses.
High-thebackuporrecoveryprocesswillrunfaster,buttheperformanceofotherprogramswill
bereduced.Beawarethatselectingthisoptionmayresultin100%CPUusagebyAcronisTrue
ImageHD.
Networkconnectionspeedlimit
WhenyoubackupdatatonetworkdrivesorFTP,youcanreducetheinfluenceofconnectionusedby
TrueImageonothernetworkconnectionsofyourcomputer.Settheconnectionspeedthatwillallow
youtouseInternetandnetworkresourceswithoutannoyingslowdowns.
Toreduceconnectionspeed:
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SelecttheLimittransferratetocheckboxandspecifyanoptimalvalueandanappropriate
measurementunit(kilobitsormegabitspersecond).
4.3
Operations with backups
In this section
Backupoperationsmenu........................................................................34
Backuplisticons......................................................................................35
Validatingbackups..................................................................................35
Backuptovariousplaces.........................................................................36
Addinganexistingbackuptothelist......................................................37
Deletingbackupsandbackupversions...................................................38
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4.3.1
Backup operations menu
Thebackupoperationsmenuprovidesquickaccesstoadditionaloperationsthatcanbeperformed
withtheselectedbackup.
Thebackupoperationsmenucancontainthefollowingitems:
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Editsettings-allowseditingofthecurrentbackupsettings.
Reconfigure(forbackupsmanuallyaddedtothebackuplist)-allowsconfiguringthesettingsofa
backupcreatedbyapreviousAcronisTrueImageversion.Thisitemmayalsoappearforbackups
createdonanothercomputerandaddedtothebackuplistwithoutimportingtheirsettings.
Withoutbackupsettings,youcannotrefreshthebackupbyclickingBackupnow.Also,you
cannoteditandclonethebackupsettings.
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Reconfigure(foronlinebackups)-allowsyoutobindaselectedonlinebackuptothecurrent
computer.Todothis,clickthisitemandreconfiguresettingsofthebackup.Notethatonlyone
onlinebackupcanbeactiveononecomputer.
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Validate-startsbackupvalidation.
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Openlocation-opensthefoldercontainingthebackupfiles.
Clonesettings-Createsanewemptybackupboxwiththesettingsoftheinitialbackupand
named(1)[theinitialbackupname].Changethesettings,savethem,andthenclickBackup
nowontheclonedbackupbox.
Move-clicktomoveallthebackupfilestoanotherlocation.Thesubsequentbackupversions
willbesavedtothenewlocation.
Ifyouchangethebackupdestinationbyeditingthebackupsettings,onlynewbackupversions
willbesavedtothenewlocation.Theearlierbackupversionswillremainintheoldlocation.
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Removefromthelist-removesthecurrentbackupfromthebackuplistshownintheMy
backupsarea.Thisoperationalsoturnsofftheschedulingoftheremovedbackup(ifaschedule
wasset),butitdoesnotdeletethebackupfiles.
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Delete-dependingonabackuptype,thiscommandcompletelydeletesthebackupfromits
locationorallowsyoutochoosewhetheryouwanttodeletethebackupcompletelyorthe
backupboxonly.Whenyoudeleteabackupbox,thebackupfilesremaininthelocation,andyou
willbeabletoaddthebackuptothelistlater.Notethatwhenyoudeleteabackupcompletely,
thedeletioncannotbeundone.
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4.3.2
Backup list icons
Whileworkingwiththebackuplistyouwillseespecialicons.Theiconsgiveyouthefollowing
information:
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Backuptype
Backupcurrentstate
Backuptypeicons
EntirePCbackup
Disk-levelbackup
Backupstateicons
4.3.3
Thelastbackupfailed.
Thebackupisinprogress.
Thelastbackupwaspausedbyuser.
Thelastbackupwasstoppedbyuser.
Validating backups
Thevalidationprocedurecheckswhetheryouwillbeabletorecoverdatafromabackup.
ValidatingbackupsinWindows
Tovalidateanentirebackup:
1. StartAcronisTrueImageHD,andthenclickBackuponthesidebar.
2. Fromthebackuplist,selectthebackuptovalidate,clickOperations,andthenclickValidate.
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Validatingbackupsinastand-aloneversionofTrueImage(bootablemedia)
Tovalidateaspecificbackupversionoranentirebackup:
1. OntheRecoverytab,findthebackupthatcontainstheversionthatyouwanttovalidate.Ifthe
backupisnotlisted,clickBrowseforbackup,andthenspecifythepathtothebackup.True
Imageaddsthisbackuptothelist.
2. Right-clickthebackuporaspecificversion,andthenclickValidateArchive.Thisopensthe
ValidateWizard.
3. ClickProceed.
4.3.4
Backup to various places
AcronisTrueImageHDoffersyouflexibilityinchoosingdestinationsforyourbackups.Youcansave
fullbackupversionstodifferentplacesincludinganetworkshare,CD/DVD,USBstick,aswellasany
localinternalorexternalharddrive.
Youcansavebackupversionstodifferentdestinationsbychangingthebackupdestinationwhen
editingthesettingsofaselectedbackup.Forexample,afteryousavetheinitialfullbackuptoan
externalUSBharddrive,youcanchangethebackupdestinationtoaUSBstickbyeditingthebackup
settings.
Onemoreusefulaspectofthisfeatureistheabilitytosplitbackups"on-the-fly".Supposeyou
performabackuptoaharddiskandinthemiddleofthebackupprocessAcronisTrueImageHDfinds
outthatthedisktowhichyouarebackingup,doesnothavesufficientfreespaceforcompletingthe
backup.Theprogramdisplaysamessagewarningyouthatthediskisfull.
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Tocompletethebackup,youmayeithertrytofreeupsomespaceonthediskandclickRetryor
selectanotherstoragedevice.Tochoosethelatteroption,clickBrowse...intheconfirmation
window.TheBrowseforDestinationwindowappears.
Theleftpaneshowsthestoragelocationsavailableonyourcomputer.Afteryouselectasuitable
location,assignanameforthefilethatwillcontaintheremainingdatabeingbackedup.Youcan
enterthenamemanually(forexample,"tail_end.tib")orusethefilenamegenerator(abuttontothe
rightoftheline).ThenclickOKandAcronisTrueImageHDwillcompletethebackup.
Ifbackupversionsbelongingtothesamebackup"chain"havebeensavedtodifferentdestinations,
AcronisTrueImageHDmaypromptyouforthelocationsofpreviousbackupversionsduringdata
recovery.Thismayoccurwhentheselectedbackupversiondoesnotcontainthefilesyouwantto
recover(orcontainsonlyapartofthem).Thismayalsohappenwhenyourecoverabackupthatwas
spliton-the-fly. 4.3.5
Adding an existing backup to the list
YoumayhaveAcronisTrueImagebackupscreatedbyapreviousproductversionorcopiedfrom
anothercomputer.EverytimeyoustartAcronisTrueImageHD,itscansyourcomputerforsuch
backupsandaddsthemtothebackuplistautomatically.
Ifyouhavebackupsthatarenotshowninthelist,youcanaddthemmanually.
Toaddbackupsmanually:
1. IntheBackupsection,clickAddbackup,andthenclickAddexistingbackup.Programopensa
windowwhereyoucanbrowseforbackupsonyourcomputer.
2. Selectabackupversion(a.tibfile),andthenclickAdd.
Theentirebackupwillbeaddedtothelist.
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4.3.6
Deleting backups and backup versions
Youmaywanttodeletebackupsandbackupversionsyounolongerneed.AcronisTrueImageHD
storesinformationonthebackupsinametadatainformationdatabase.
Therefore,deletingunneededbackupfilesinWindowsExplorerwillnotdeleteinformationabout
thesebackupsfromthedatabase,andAcronisTrueImageHDwillconsiderthattheystillexist.
Thiswillresultinerrorswhentheprogramtriestoperformoperationsonthebackupsthatnolonger
exist.Soyoumustonlyremoveobsoletebackupsandbackupversionsbyusingthetoolsprovidedby
AcronisTrueImageHD.
Todeleteanentirebackup:
FindthecorrespondingbackupboxontheBackupandrecoverytabofAcronisTrueImageHD.Click
thegearicontoopentheOperationsmenuandthenclickDelete.
Whenyoudeleteanentirebackup,allitsversionswillbedeletedaswell.
Todeleteaspecificbackupversion:
1. OntheBackupandrecoverytab,findthecorrespondingbackupbox,clickExploreandrecover.
2. InBackupexplorer,right-clickonthetimelinetheversionyouwanttodelete,andthenclick
Deleteversion.
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5 Recovering data
In this section
Recoveringdisksandpartitions...............................................................39
Recoveryoptions.....................................................................................55
5.1
Recovering disks and partitions
In this section
Recoveringyoursystemafteracrash.....................................................39
Recoveringpartitionsanddisks...............................................................47
Aboutrecoveryofdynamic/GPTdisksandvolumes...............................51
ArrangingbootorderinBIOS..................................................................54
5.1.1
Recovering your system after a crash
Whenyourcomputerfailstoboot,itisadvisabletoatfirsttrytofindthecauseusingthesuggestions
giveninTryingtodeterminethecrashcause(p.39).Ifthecrashiscausedbycorruptionofthe
operatingsystem,useabackuptorecoveryoursystem.Makethepreparationsdescribedin
Preparingforrecovery(p.39)andthenproceedwithrecoveringyoursystem.
5.1.1.1
Trying to determine the crash cause
Asystemcrashcanbeduetotwobasicfactors:
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Hardwarefailure
Inthisscenario,itisbettertoletyourservicecenterhandletherepairs.However,youmaywant
toperformsomeroutinetests.Checkthecables,connectors,powerofexternaldevices,etc.
Then,restartthecomputer.Ifthereisahardwareproblem,thePower-OnSelfTest(POST)will
informyouaboutthefailure.
IfthePOSTdoesnotrevealahardwarefailure,enterBIOSandcheckwhetheritrecognizesyour
systemharddiskdrive.ToenterBIOS,presstherequiredkeycombination(Del,F1,Ctrl+Alt+Esc,
Ctrl+Esc,orsomeother,dependingonyourBIOS)duringthePOSTsequence.Usuallythe
messagewiththerequiredkeycombinationisdisplayedduringthestartuptest.Pressingthis
combinationtakesyoutothesetupmenu.Gototheharddiskautodetectionutilitywhichusually
comesunder"StandardCMOSSetup"or"AdvancedCMOSsetup".Iftheutilitydoesnotdetect
thesystemdrive,ithasfailedandyouneedtoreplacethedrive. §
Operatingsystemcorruption(Windowscannotstartup)
IfthePOSTcorrectlydetectsyoursystemharddiskdrive,thenthecauseofthecrashisprobably
avirus,malwareorcorruptionofasystemfilerequiredforbooting.Inthiscase,recoverthe
systemusingabackupofyoursystemdiskorsystempartition.RefertoRecoveringyoursystem
(p.40)fordetails.
5.1.1.2
Preparing for recovery
Werecommendthatyouperformthefollowingactionsbeforerecovery:
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Scanthecomputerforvirusesifyoususpectthatthecrashoccurredduetoavirusormalware
attack.
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Underbootablemedia,tryatestrecoverytoaspareharddrive,ifyouhaveone. Validatetheimageunderbootablemedia.Abackupthatcanbereadduringvalidationin
Windows,maynotalwaysbereadableinaLinuxenvironment.
Underbootablemedia,therearetwowaystovalidateabackup:
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Tovalidateabackupmanually,ontheRecoverytab,right-clickabackupandselectValidate
Archive.
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Tovalidateabackupautomaticallybeforerecovery,ontheOptionsstepoftheRecovery
Wizard,selecttheValidatebackuparchivebeforerecoverycheckbox.
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Assignuniquenames(labels)toallpartitionsonyourharddrives.Thiswillmakefindingthedisk
containingyourbackupseasier.
WhenyouusetheAcronisTrueImageHDrescuemedia,itcreatesdiskdrivelettersthatmight
differfromthewayWindowsidentifiesdrives.Forexample,theD:diskidentifiedinthe
standaloneAcronisTrueImageHDmightcorrespondtotheE:diskinWindows.
5.1.1.3
Recovering your system to the same disk
Beforeyoustart,werecommendthatyoucompletetheproceduresdescribedinPreparingfor
recovery(p.39).
Torecoveryoursystem:
1. Attachtheexternaldriveifitcontainsthebackuptobeusedforrecoveryandmakesurethatthe
driveispoweredon.
2. ArrangethebootorderinBIOSsoastomakeyourrescuemediadevice(CD,DVDorUSBstick)
thefirstbootdevice.SeeArrangingbootorderinBIOS(p.54).
3. BootfromtherescuemediaandselectTrueImage.
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4. OntheHomescreen,selectMydisksbelowRecover.
5. Selectthesystemdiskorpartitionbackuptobeusedforrecovery.
Whenthebackupisnotdisplayed,clickBrowseandspecifypathtothebackupmanually.
6. SelectRecoverwholedisksandpartitionsattheRecoverymethodstep.
7. Selectthesystempartition(usuallyC)ontheWhattorecoverscreen.Ifthesystempartitionhas
adifferentletter,selectthepartitionusingtheFlagscolumn.ItmusthavethePri,Actflags.
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IncaseofWindows7theSystemReservedpartitionwillhavethePri,Actflags.Youwillneedtoselectfor
recoveryboththeSystemReservedpartitionandtheSystempartition.
8. Atthe"SettingsofpartitionC"(ortheletterofthesystempartition,ifitisdifferent)stepcheck
thedefaultsettingsandclickNextiftheyarecorrect.Otherwise,changethesettingsasrequired
beforeclickingNext.Changingthesettingswillbeneededwhenrecoveringtothenewharddisk
ofadifferentcapacity.
9. CarefullyreadthesummaryofoperationsattheFinishstep.Ifyouhavenotresizedthepartition,
thesizesintheDeletingpartitionandRecoveringpartitionitemsmustmatch.Havingchecked
thesummaryclickProceed.
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10. Whentheoperationfinishes,exitthestandaloneversionofAcronisTrueImage,removethe
rescuemediaandbootfromtherecoveredsystempartition.Aftermakingsurethatyouhave
recoveredWindowstothestateyouneed,restoretheoriginalbootorder.
5.1.1.4
Recovering your system to a new disk under bootable media
Beforeyoustart,werecommendthatyoucompletethepreparationsdescribedinPreparingfor
recovery(p.39).Youdonotneedtoformatthenewdisk,asthiswillbedoneintheprocessof
recovery.
Warning!Youroldandnewharddrivesmustworkinthesamecontrollermode(forexample,IDEorAHCI).
Otherwise,yourcomputerwillnotstartfromthenewharddrive.
Torecoveryoursystemtoanewdisk:
1. Installthenewharddrivetothesamepositioninthecomputerandusethesamecableand
connectorthatwasusedfortheoriginaldrive.Ifthisisnotpossible,installthenewdriveto
whereitwillbeused.
2. Attachtheexternaldriveifitcontainsthebackuptobeusedforrecoveryandmakesurethatthe
driveispoweredon.
3. ArrangethebootorderinBIOSsoastomakeyourrescuemediadevice(CD,DVDorUSBstick)
thefirstbootdevice.SeeArrangingbootorderinBIOS(p.54).
4. BootfromtherescuemediaandselectAcronisTrueImage.
5. OntheHomescreen,selectMydisksbelowRecover.
6. Selectthesystemdiskorpartitionbackuptobeusedforrecovery.Whenthebackupisnot
displayed,clickBrowseandspecifypathtothebackupmanually.
7. Ifyouhaveahiddenpartition(forexample,theSystemReservedpartitionorapartitioncreated
bythePCmanufacturer),clickDetailsonthewizard'stoolbar.Pleaserememberthelocationand
sizeofthehiddenpartition,becausetheseparametersneedtobethesameonyournewdisk.
8. SelectRecoverwholedisksandpartitionsattheRecoverymethodstep.
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9. OntheWhattorecoverstep,selecttheboxesofthepartitionstoberecovered.Donotselect
theMBRandTrack0box.
Selectingpartitionsleadstoappearanceoftherelevantsteps"Settingsofpartition...".Notethat
thesestepsstartwithpartitionswhichdonothaveanassigneddiskletter(asusuallyisthecase
withhiddenpartitions).Thepartitionsthentakeanascendingorderofpartitiondiskletters.This
ordercannotbechanged.Theordermaydifferfromthephysicalorderofthepartitionsonthe
harddisk.
10. OntheSettingsofthehiddenpartitionstep(usuallynamedSettingsofPartition1-1),specifythe
followingsettings:
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Location.ClickNewlocation,selectyournewdiskbyeitheritsassignednameorcapacity,
andthenclickAccept.
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§
Type.Checkthepartitiontypeandchangeit,ifnecessary.EnsurethattheSystemReserved
partition(ifany)isprimaryandmarkedasactive.
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Size.ClickChangedefaultinthePartitionsizearea.Bydefaultthepartitionoccupiesthe
entirenewdisk.EnterthecorrectsizeinthePartitionsizefield(youcanseethisvalueonthe
Whattorecoverstep).Thendragthispartitiontothesamelocationthatyousawinthe
BackupInformationwindow,ifnecessary.ClickAccept.
11. OntheSettingsofPartitionCstep,specifythesettingsforthesecondpartition,whichinthis
caseisyoursystempartition.
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ClickNewlocation,andthenselectunallocatedspaceonthedestinationdiskthatwill
receivethepartition.
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Changethepartitiontype,ifnecessary.Thesystempartitionmustbeprimary.
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Specifythepartitionsize,whichbydefaultequalstheoriginalsize.Usuallythereisnofree
spaceafterthepartition,soallocatealltheunallocatedspaceonthenewdisktothesecond
partition.ClickAccept,andthenclickNext.
12. CarefullyreadthesummaryofoperationstobeperformedandthenclickProceed.
IfyouroriginaldiskcontainsahiddenpartitioncreatedbythePCmanufacturer,pleaseproceedto
MBRrecovery.YouneedtorecovertheMBRbecausethePCmanufacturercouldchangethegeneric
WindowsMBRorasectorontrack0toprovideaccesstothehiddenpartition.
1. Selectthesamebackupagain.Right-clickandselectRecoverintheshortcutmenu.Choose
RecoverwholedisksandpartitionsattheRecoverymethodstepandthenselecttheMBRand
Track0box.
2. Atthenextstep,selectthedestinationdiskasthetargetforMBRrecovery.Youcanalsorecover
thedisksignature.RefertoSelectingtargetdiskforMBRrecovery(p.46)fordetails. ClickNextandthenProceed.AfterMBRrecoveryiscomplete,exitthestandaloneversionof
AcronisTrueImage.
Whentherecoveryiscomplete
Beforeyoubootthecomputer,pleasedisconnecttheolddrive(ifany).IfWindows"sees"boththe
newandolddriveduringtheboot,thiswillresultinproblemsbootingWindows.Ifyouupgradethe
olddrivetoalargercapacitynewone,disconnecttheolddrivebeforethefirstboot.
RemovetherescuemediaandbootthecomputertoWindows.Itmayreportthatnewhardware
(harddrive)isfoundandWindowsneedstoreboot.Aftermakingsurethatthesystemoperates
normally,restoretheoriginalbootorder.
Selecting target disk for MBR recovery
InthiswindowyoushouldselectaharddiskforrecoveringtheMasterBootRecord(MBR)alongwith
track0.
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Recoverdisksignaturecheckbox
IfyouhaveselectedMBRrecoveryattheContentselectionstep,theRecoverdisksignaturecheck
boxwillbeinthebottomleftcorner.DisksignatureisapartofaharddiskMBR.Itisusedfor
uniquelyidentifyingthediskmedia.
WerecommendthatyouselecttheRecoverdisksignaturecheckboxduetothefollowingreasons:
§
AcronisTrueImageHDcreatesscheduledtasksusingthesignatureofthesourceharddisk.Ifyou
recoverthesamedisksignature,youdon'tneedtore-createoreditthetaskscreatedpreviously.
§
§
§
Someinstalledapplicationsuseadisksignatureforlicensingandotherpurposes.
IfyouuseWindowsRestorePoints,theywillbelostwhenthedisksignatureisnotrecovered.
RecoveringadisksignatureallowsrecoveringVSSsnapshotsusedbyWindowsVistaand
Windows7's"PreviousVersions"feature.
WerecommendthatyoucleartheRecoverdisksignaturecheckboxwhen: §
YouuseanimagebackupnotfordisasterrecoverybutforcloningyourWindowsharddriveto
anotherone.
Inthiscase,AcronisTrueImageHDgeneratesanewdisksignaturefortherecoveredharddrive,
evenifyourecovertothesamedrive.
Havingselectedaharddiskdriveandspecifiedwhethertorecoverthedisksignature,clickNextto
continue.
5.1.2
Recovering partitions and disks
Torecoverpartitionsordisks:
2. IntheBackupsection,selectthebackupwhichcontainsthepartitionsordisksyouwantto
recover,andthenclickRecoverdisks.
3. IntheBackupversionlist,selectthebackupversionyouwanttorecoverbyitsbackupdateand
time.
4. Selectthediskstorecover.
Ifyouneedtorecoverseparatepartitions,clickRecoverspecificpartitions,andthenselectthe
partitionstorecover.
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5. Intherecoverydestinationfieldbelowthepartitionname,selectthedestinationpartition.
Unsuitablepartitionsaremarkedbyredlettering.Notethatalldataonthedestinationpartition
willbelostbecauseitisreplacedbytherecovereddataandfilesystem.
Torecovertotheoriginalpartition,atleast5%ofthepartitionspacemustbefree.Otherwise,theRecover
nowbuttonwillbeunavailable.
6. [optionalstep]Tosetupadditionalparametersforthediskrecoveryprocess,clickOptions.
7. Afteryoufinishwithyourselections,clickRecovernowtostartrecovery.
5.1.2.1
How to recover more than one partition at once
Herewedescriberecoveryoftwopartitions.Ifanimageofaharddiskhasmorethantwopartitions,
theprocedureissimilar.
1. ClickRecoveronthebackupboxofadiskcontainingseveralpartitions.TheDiskRecovery
windowappears.
2. ClickthedownarrownexttoVersion:andthenselectthebackupversionyouwanttorecoverby
itsbackupdateandtime.
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3. Selectapartitiontorecover.Thisopenstherecoverydestinationfieldbelowthepartitionname
(label).
4. Clickthedownarrowtotherightofthefieldandselectthedestinationharddisk.Thepartition
toberecoveredisthenplacedontheselectedharddisk.Itoccupiesalltheavailablediskspace.
Toreducethepartitionsizesoastoleaveenoughdiskspacefortheremainingpartition,clickthe
Partitionpropertieslinkbelowtherecoverydestinationfield.ThePartitionPropertieswindow
appears.
5. Youcanresizethepartitionbydraggingitsrightborderwithamouseonthehorizontalbaron
thescreen.
Toassignthepartitionaspecificsize,entertheappropriatenumberintotheTotalsizefield. Rememberthatyouneedtoleaveasmuchunallocated(free)spaceafterhavingresizedthe
partitionaswillbeneededfortheremainingpartition.Selectadiskletterandpartitiontype.
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Whenyoufinishthesettings,clickOKtoconfirmthemandreturntothemainDiskRecovery
window.
6. Selectthenextpartition'scheckbox.
7. Selecttheunallocatedspaceonthedestinationharddisk.Theprogramcreatesapartition
occupyingtheentireunallocatedspace.
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8. ClickthePartitionpropertieslinkandmakethesettingsforthepartition.Selectadiskletterand
partitiontype.Whenyoufinishthesettings,clickOKtoconfirmthemandreturntothemainDisk
Recoverywindow.
Iftheimagecontainsmorethantwopartitions,leaveenoughunallocatedspaceforotherpartitionstobe
recoveredandrepeatsteps5-7untilyoumakethesettingsforallpartitions.
9. ClickRecovernowtorecoverthepartitionstothedestinationharddisk.
5.1.3
About recovery of dynamic/GPT disks and volumes
Recoveryofdynamicvolumes
Youcanrecoverdynamicvolumestothefollowinglocationsonthelocalharddrives:
§
Dynamicvolume.
Manualresizingofdynamicvolumesduringrecoverytodynamicdisksisnotsupported.Ifyouneedtoresize
adynamicvolumeduringrecovery,itshouldberecoveredtoabasicdisk.
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§
Originallocation(tothesamedynamicvolume).
Thetargetvolumetypedoesnotchange.
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Anotherdynamicdiskorvolume.
Thetargetvolumetypedoesnotchange.Forexample,whenrecoveringadynamicstriped
volumeoveradynamicspannedvolumethetargetvolumeremainsspanned.
§
Unallocatedspaceofthedynamicgroup.
Therecoveredvolumetypewillbethesameasitwasinthebackup.
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Basicvolumeordisk.
Thetargetvolumeremainsbasic.
§
Bare-metalrecovery.
Whenperformingasocalled"bare-metalrecovery"ofdynamicvolumestoanewunformatted
disk,therecoveredvolumesbecomebasic.Ifyouwanttherecoveredvolumestoremain
dynamic,thetargetdisksshouldbepreparedasdynamic(partitionedandformatted).Thiscan
bedoneusingthird-partytools,forexample,WindowsDiskManagementsnap-in.
Recoveryofbasicvolumesanddisks
§
Whenrecoveringabasicvolumetoanunallocatedspaceofthedynamicgroup,therecovered
volumebecomesdynamic.
§
Whenrecoveringabasicdisktoadynamicdiskofadynamicgroupconsistingoftwodisks,the
recovereddiskremainsbasic.Thedynamicdisktowhichtherecoveryisperformedbecomes
"missing"andaspanned/stripeddynamicvolumeontheseconddiskbecomes"failed".
Partitionstyleafterrecovery
Thetargetdisk'spartitionstyledependsonwhetheryourcomputersupportsUEFIandonwhether
yoursystemisBIOS-bootedorUEFI-booted.Seethefollowingtable:
MysystemisBIOS-booted(Windowsor
AcronisBootableMedia)
MysystemisUEFI-booted(Windowsor
AcronisBootableMedia)
Theoperationwillnotaffectneither
partitionlayoutnorbootabilityof
thedisk:partitionstylewillremain
MBR,thedestinationdiskwillbe
bootableinBIOS.
Afteroperationcompletion,the
partitionstylewillbeconvertedto
GPTstyle,buttheoperatingsystem
willfailbootingfromUEFI,sinceyour
operatingsystemdoesnotsupportit.
Theoperationwillnotaffectneither
partitionlayoutnorbootabilityof
MysourcediskisMBR
andmyOSsupportsUEFI thedisk:partitionstylewillremain
MBR,thedestinationdiskwillbe
bootableinBIOS. Thedestinationpartitionwillbe
convertedtoGPTstylethatwillmake
thedestinationdiskbootableinUEFI.
SeeExampleofrecoverytoUEFI
system(p.53).
partitionstylewillremainGPT,the
MysourcediskisGPT
systemwillfailbootingonBIOS,
andmyOSsupportsUEFI becauseyouroperatingsystem
cannotsupportbootingfromGPTon
BIOS.
partitionstylewillremainGPT,the
operatingsystemwillbebootableon
UEFI.
MysourcediskisMBR
andmyOSdoesnot
supportUEFI
Exampleofrecoveryprocedure
SeeExampleofrecoverytoaUEFIsystem(p.53).
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5.1.3.1
Example of recovery to a UEFI system
Hereisanexamplefortransferringasystemwiththefollowingconditions:
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§
§
ThesourcediskisMBRandtheOSsupportsUEFI.
ThetargetsystemisUEFI-booted.
Youroldandnewharddrivesworkinthesamecontrollermode(forexample,IDEorAHCI).
Beforeyoustarttheprocedure,pleaseensurethatyouhave:
§
Bootablerescuemedia.
RefertoCreatingbootablerescuemedia(p.11)fordetails.
§
Backupofyoursystemdiskcreatedindiskmode.
Tocreatethisbackup,switchtodiskmode,andthenselecttheharddrivethatcontainsyour
systempartition.RefertoBackingupdisksandpartitions(p.23)fordetails.
TotransferyoursystemfromanMBRdisktoaUEFI-bootedcomputer:
1. BootfromtherescuemediainUEFImodeandselectAcronisTrueImage.
2. RuntheRecoverywizardandfollowtheinstructionsdescribedinRecoveringyoursystem(p.40).
3. OntheWhattorecoverstep,selectthecheckboxnexttothedisknametoselecttheentire
systemdisk.
Intheexamplebelow,youneedtoselecttheDisk1checkbox:
4. OntheFinishstep,clickProceed.
Whentheoperationfinishes,thedestinationdiskisconvertedtoGPTstylesothatitisbootablein
UEFI.
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Aftertherecovery,pleaseensurethatyoubootyourcomputerinUEFImode.Youmayneedto
changethebootmodeofyoursystemdiskintheuserinterfaceoftheUEFIbootmanager.
5.1.4
Arranging boot order in BIOS
TobootyourcomputerfromAcronisbootablerescuemedia,youneedtoarrangebootorderinBIOS
sothemediaisthefirstbootingdevice.
TobootfromAcronisbootablemedia:
1. IfyouuseaUSBflashdriveasabootablemedia,plugitintotheUSBport.
2. Turnyourcomputeron.DuringthePower-OnSelfTest(POST),youwillseethekeycombination
thatyouneedtopressinordertoenterBIOS.
3. Pressthekeycombination(suchas,Del,F1,Ctrl+Alt+Esc,Ctrl+Esc).BIOSsetuputilitywillopen.
NotethatBIOSmaydifferinappearance,setsofitems,names,etc.
Somemotherboardshaveasocalledbootmenuopenedbypressingacertainkeyorkeycombination,for
instance,F12.Thebootmenuallowsselectingthebootdevicefromalistofbootabledeviceswithout
changingtheBIOSsetup.
4. IfyouuseaCDorDVDasabootablemedia,insertitintheCDorDVDdrive.
5. Makeyourrescuemedia(CD,DVDorUSBdrive)devicethefirstbootingdevice:
1. NavigatetotheBootordersettingbyusingthearrowkeysonyourkeyboard.
2. Placethepointeronthedeviceofyourbootablemediaandmakeitthefirstiteminthelist.
YoucanusuallyusethePlusSignandtheMinusSignkeystochangetheorder.
6. ExitBIOSandsavethechangesthatyoumade.ThecomputerwillbootfromAcronisbootable
media.
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5.2
Recovery options
IntheDiskRecoveryOptionsyoucanconfigureoptionsforadisk/partitionandfilerecovery
processesrespectively.Afteryouinstalledtheapplication,alloptionsaresettotheinitialvalues.You
canchangethemforyourcurrentrecoveryoperationonlyorforallfurtherrecoveryoperationsas
well.SelecttheSavethesettingsasdefaultcheckboxtoapplythemodifiedsettingstoallfurther
recoveryoperationsbydefault.
Ifyouwanttoresetallthemodifiedoptionstotheirinitialvaluesthatweresetaftertheproduct
installation,clicktheResettoinitialsettingsbutton.
In this section
Diskrecoverymode.................................................................................55
Pre/Postcommandsforrecovery............................................................55
Validationoption.....................................................................................56
Computerrestart.....................................................................................56
Filerecoveryoptions...............................................................................56
Overwritefileoptions..............................................................................56
Performanceofrecoveryoperation........................................................57
Notificationsforrecoveryoperation.......................................................57
5.2.1
Disk recovery mode
Withthisoptionyoucanselectthediskrecoverymodeforimagebackups.
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Recoversector-by-sector-selectthischeckboxifyouwanttorecoverbothusedandunused
sectorsofdisksorpartitions.Thisoptionwillbeeffectiveonlywhenyouchoosetorecovera
sector-by-sectorbackup.
5.2.2
Pre/Post commands for recovery
Youcanspecifycommands(orevenbatchfiles)thatwillbeautomaticallyexecutedbeforeandafter
therecoveryprocedure.
Forexample,youmaywanttostart/stopcertainWindowsprocesses,orcheckyourdataforviruses
beforerecovery.
Tospecifycommands(batchfiles):
§
SelectacommandtobeexecutedbeforetherecoveryprocessstartsinthePre-commandfield.
Tocreateanewcommandorselectanewbatchfile,clicktheEditbutton. §
SelectacommandtobeexecutedaftertherecoveryprocessendsinthePost-commandfield.To
createanewcommandorselectanewbatchfile,clicktheEditbutton.
Pleasedonottrytoexecuteinteractivecommands,i.e.commandsthatrequireuserinput(for
example,"pause").Thesearenotsupported.
5.2.2.1
Edit user command for recovery
Youcanspecifyusercommandstobeexecutedbeforeorafterrecovery:
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§
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IntheCommandfieldtype-inacommandorselectitfromthelist.Click...toselectabatchfile. IntheWorkingdirectoryfieldtype-inapathforcommandexecutionorselectitfromthelistof
previouslyenteredpaths. Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2016
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IntheArgumentsfieldenterorselectcommandexecutionargumentsfromthelist. DisablingtheDonotperformoperationsuntilthecommandexecutioniscompleteparameter
(enabledbydefault),willpermittherecoveryprocesstorunconcurrentlywithyourcommand
execution.
TheAborttheoperationiftheusercommandfails(enabledbydefault)parameterwillabortthe
operationifanyerrorsoccurincommandexecution.
YoucantestthecommandyouenteredbyclickingtheTestcommandbutton.
5.2.3
Validation option
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Validatebackupbeforerecovery—Enablethisoptiontocheckthebackupintegritybefore
recovery.
§
Checkthefilesystemafterrecovery—Enablethisoptiontocheckthefilesystemintegrityonthe
recoveredpartition.
OnlyFAT16/32andNTFSfilesystemscanbechecked.
Thefilesystemwillnotbecheckedifarebootisrequiredduringrecovery,forexample,whenrecoveringthe
systempartitiontoitsoriginalplace.
5.2.4
Computer restart
Ifyouwantthecomputertorebootautomaticallywhenitisrequiredforrecovery,selecttheRestart
thecomputerautomaticallyifneededfortherecoverycheckbox.Thismaybeusedwhena
partitionlockedbytheoperatingsystemhastoberecovered.
5.2.5
File recovery options
Youcanselectthefollowingfilerecoveryoptions:
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Recoverfileswiththeiroriginalsecuritysettings-ifthefilesecuritysettingswerepreserved
duringbackup(seeFile-levelsecuritysettingsforbackup(p.32)),youcanchoosewhetherto
recoverthemorletthefilesinheritthesecuritysettingsofthefolderwheretheywillbe
recoveredto.Thisoptioniseffectiveonlywhenrecoveringfilesfromfile/folderbackups.
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Setcurrentdateandtimeforrecoveredfiles-youcanchoosewhethertorecoverthefiledate
andtimefromthebackuporassignthefilesthecurrentdateandtime.Bydefaultthefiledate
andtimefromthebackupwillbeassigned.
5.2.6
Overwrite file options
Choosewhattodoiftheprogramfindsafileinthetargetfolderwiththesamenameasinthe
backup. Thisoptionisavailableonlywhilerestoringdatafromfile-levelbackups.
SelectingtheOverwriteexistingfilescheckboxwillgivethefilesfromthebackupunconditional
priorityoverthefilesontheharddisk,though,bydefault,themorerecentfilesandfoldersare
protectedagainstoverwriting.Ifyouwanttooverwritethosefilesandfolderstoo,clearthe
appropriatecheckbox.
Ifyoudonotneedtooverwritesomefiles:
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§
Select/cleartheHiddenfilesandfolderscheckboxtoenable/disableoverwritingofallhidden
filesandfolders.
§
Select/cleartheSystemfilesandfolderscheckboxtoenable/disableoverwritingofallsystem
filesandfolders.
§
Select/cleartheMorerecentfilesandfolderscheckboxtoenable/disableoverwritingofnew
filesandfolders.
§
ClickAddspecificfilesandfolderstomanagethelistofcustomfilesandfoldersthatyoudonot
wanttooverwrite.
§
§
Todisableoverwritingofspecificfiles,clicktheAdd...buttontocreateanexclusioncriterion.
Whilespecifyingthecriteria,youcanusethecommonWindowswildcardcharacters.For
example,topreserveallfileswithextension.exe,youcanadd*.exe.AddingMy???.exewill
preserveall.exefileswithnamesconsistingoffivesymbolsandstartingwith“my”. Todeleteacriterion,forexample,addedbymistake,clicktheDeleteicontotherightofthe
criterion.
5.2.7
Performance of recovery operation
OnthePerformancetabyoucanconfigurethefollowingsettings:
Operationpriority
Changingthepriorityofabackuporrecoveryprocesscanmakeitrunfasterorslower(dependingon
whetheryouraiseorlowerthepriority),butitcanalsoadverselyaffecttheperformanceofother
runningprograms.Thepriorityofanyprocessrunninginasystem,determinestheamountofCPU
usageandsystemresourcesallocatedtothatprocess.Decreasingtheoperationprioritywillfree
moreresourcesforotherCPUtasks.Increasingbackuporrecoveryprioritymayspeeduptheprocess
bytakingresourcesfromtheothercurrentlyrunningprocesses.TheeffectwilldependontotalCPU
usageandotherfactors.
Youcansetuptheoperationpriority:
§
Low(enabledbydefault)-thebackuporrecoveryprocesswillrunslower,buttheperformance
ofotherprogramswillbeincreased.
§
§
Normal-thebackuporrecoveryprocesswillhavetheequalprioritywithotherprocesses.
High-thebackuporrecoveryprocesswillrunfaster,buttheperformanceofotherprogramswill
bereduced.Beawarethatselectingthisoptionmayresultin100%CPUusagebyAcronisTrue
ImageHD.
5.2.8
Notifications for recovery operation
Freediskspacethreshold
Youmaywanttobenotifiedwhenthefreespaceonthebackupstoragebecomeslessthanthe
specifiedthresholdvalue.IfafterstartingabackupAcronisTrueImageHDfindsoutthatthefree
spaceintheselectedbackuplocationisalreadylessthanthespecifiedvalue,theprogramwillnot
begintheactualbackupprocessandwillimmediatelyinformyoubydisplayinganappropriate
message.Themessageoffersyouthreechoices-toignoreitandproceedwiththebackup,tobrowse
foranotherlocationforthebackuportocancelthebackup.
Ifthefreespacebecomeslessthanthespecifiedvaluewhilethebackupisbeingrun,theprogram
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Tosetthefreediskspacethreshold:
§
§
SelecttheShownotificationmessageoninsufficientfreediskspacecheckbox
IntheSizebox,typeorselectathresholdvalueandselectaunitofmeasure
AcronisTrueImageHDcanmonitorfreespaceonthefollowingstoragedevices:
§
§
§
Localharddrives
USBcardsanddrives
Networkshares(SMB/NFS)
ThemessagewillnotbedisplayediftheDonotshowmessagesanddialogswhileprocessing(silentmode)
checkboxisselectedintheErrorhandlingsettings.
ThisoptioncannotbeenabledforFTPserversandCD/DVDdrives.
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6 Tools
IntelToolsandutilitiesincludeprotectiontools,mountingtools,clonediskutility,securityand
privacyutilities,anddiskmanagementutilities.
Protectiontools
§
RescueMediaBuilder(p.60)
AllowsyoutocreateabootablerescuemediawithAcronisproducts(ortheirspecified
components)installedonyourcomputer.
Diskcloning
§
Clonedisk(p.67)
UseClonediskwizardifyouneedtocloneyourharddiskdrivebycopyingthepartitionsto
anotherharddisk.
Securityandprivacy
§
AcronisDriveCleanser(p.75)
AcronisDriveCleanserutilityprovidesforsecuredestructionofdataonyourharddisk.
Diskmanagement
§
Addnewdisk(p.80)
Addnewdiskwizardhelpsyoutoaddanewharddiskdrivetoyourcomputer.Youwillbeableto
preparethenewharddiskdrivebycreatingandformattingnewpartitionsonthisharddisk.
Imagemounting
§
Mountimage(p.84)
Withthistoolyoucanexploreapreviouslycreatedimage.Youwillbeabletoassigntemporary
driveletterstothepartitionimagesandeasilyaccesstheseimagesasordinary,logicaldrives.
§
Unmountimage(p.85)
Withthistoolyoucanunmountthetemporarylogicaldrivesyouhavecreatedtoexplorean
image.
6.1
Creating bootable rescue media
YoucanrunAcronisTrueImagefromanemergencybootmediaonabare-metalsystemoracrashed
computerthatcannotboot.Youcanevenbackupdisksonanon-Windowscomputer,copyingallits
dataintothebackupbyimagingthediskinthesector-by-sectormode.Todoso,youneedbootable
mediathathasacopyofthestandaloneAcronisTrueImageversioninstalledonit.
Howyoucanobtainbootablemedia:
§
§
UsetheinstallationCDoftheboxedproduct.
MakeamediabootablewithAcronisMediaBuilder(p.60):
§
§
§
BlankCD
BlankDVD
USBflashdrive
Note:Thedataitmaycontainwillnotbemodified.
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Createan.isoimagefiletoburnitafterwardsontoaCDorDVD.
6.1.1
Acronis Media Builder
AcronisMediaBuilderallowsyoutomakeaUSBflashdriveorablankCD/DVDbootable.Incase
Windowscannotstart,usethebootablemediatorunastandaloneversionofTrueImageand
recoveryourcomputer.
Youcancreateseveraltypesofbootablemedia:
§
Acronisbootablerescuemedia
Thistypeisrecommendedformostusers.
Notes
§
§
Ifyouusenon-opticalmedia,themediamusthaveFAT16orFAT32filesystem.
§
WhenbootingfromtheRescueMedia,youcannotperformbackupstodisksorpartitionswith
Ext2/Ext3/Ext4,ReiserFS,andLinuxSWAPfilesystems.
§
WhenbootingfromtherescuemediaandusingastandaloneversionofAcronisTrueImageyou
cannotrecoverfilesandfoldersencryptedwithuseoftheencryptionavailableinWindowsXP
andlateroperatingsystems.FormoreinformationseeFile-levelsecuritysettingsforbackup(p.
32).Ontheotherhand,backupsencryptedusingtheAcronisTrueImageencryptionfeaturecan
berecovered.
IfAcronisMediaBuilderdoesnotrecognizeyourUSBflashdrive,youcantryusingtheprocedure
describedinanAcronisKnowledgeBasearticleathttp://kb.acronis.com/content/1526.
6.1.1.1
Creating bootable media
Tocreatebootablemedia:
1. PluginaUSBflashdrive,orinsertablankCDorDVD.
3. IntheToolssection,clickRescueMediaBuilder.
4. Chooseamediatypethatyouwanttocreate.RefertoAcronisMediaBuilderfordetails.
5. Selectadestinationforthemedia:
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§
§
CD
DVD
USBflashdrive(availableonlyforAcronisbootablerescuemedia)
Ifyourdrivehasanunsupportedfilesystem,AcronisTrueImagewillsuggestformattingitto
FATfilesystem.
Warning!Formattingpermanentlyerasesalldataonadisk.
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ISOimagefile
Youwillneedtospecifythe.isofilenameandthedestinationfolder.
Whenthe.isofileiscreated,youcanburnitontoaCDorDVD.Forexample,inWindows7
andlater,youcandothisusingabuilt-inburningtool.InWindowsExplorer,double-clickthe
createdISOimagefile,andthenclickBurn.
6. ClickProceed.
6.1.1.2
Bootable media startup parameters
Here,youcansetbootablemediastartupparametersinordertoconfigurerescuemediaboot
optionsforbettercompatibilitywithdifferenthardware.Severaloptionsareavailable(nousb,
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nomouse,noapic,etc.).Theseparametersareprovidedforadvancedusers.Ifyouencounterany
hardwarecompatibilityproblemswhiletestingbootfromtherescuemedia,itmaybebesttocontact
theproduct'ssupportteam.
Toaddastartupparameter §
§
EnteracommandintotheParametersfield. Havingspecifiedthestartupparameters,clickNexttocontinue.
AdditionalparametersthatcanbeappliedpriortobootingLinuxkernel
Description
ThefollowingparameterscanbeusedtoloadLinuxkernelinaspecialmode:
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acpi=off
DisablesACPIandmayhelpwithaparticularhardwareconfiguration.
§
noapic
DisablesAPIC(AdvancedProgrammableInterruptController)andmayhelpwithaparticular
hardwareconfiguration.
§
nousb
DisablesloadingofUSBmodules.
§
nousb2
DisablesUSB2.0support.USB1.1devicesstillworkwiththisoption.Thisoptionallowsusingsome
USBdrivesinUSB1.1mode,iftheydonotworkinUSB2.0mode.
§
quiet
Thisparameterisenabledbydefaultandthestartupmessagesarenotdisplayed.Deletingitwill
resultinthestartupmessagesbeingdisplayedastheLinuxkernelisloadedandthecommandshell
beingofferedpriortorunningtheAcronisprogram.
§
nodma
DisablesDMAforallIDEdiskdrives.Preventskernelfromfreezingonsomehardware.
§
nofw
DisablesFireWire(IEEE1394)support.
§
nopcmcia
DisablesPCMCIAhardwaredetection.
§
nomouse
Disablesmousesupport.
§
[modulename]=off
Disablesthemodule(e.g.sata_sis=off).
§
pci=bios
ForcestousePCIBIOS,andnottoaccessthehardwaredevicedirectly.Forinstance,thisparameter
maybeusedifthemachinehasanon-standardPCIhostbridge.
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pci=nobios
DisallowsuseofPCIBIOS;onlydirecthardwareaccessmethodsareallowed.Forinstance,this
parametermaybeusedifyouexperiencecrashesuponboot-up,probablycausedbytheBIOS.
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pci=biosirq
UsesPCIBIOScallstogettheinterruptroutingtable.Thesecallsareknowntobebuggyonseveral
machinesandtheyhangthemachinewhenused,butonothercomputersitistheonlywaytoget
theinterruptroutingtable.Trythisoption,ifthekernelisunabletoallocateIRQsordiscover
secondaryPCIbusesonyourmotherboard.
§
vga=ask
Getsthelistofthevideomodesavailableforyourvideocardandallowsselectingavideomodemost
suitableforthevideocardandmonitor.Trythisoption,iftheautomaticallyselectedvideomodeis
unsuitableforyourhardware.
6.1.2
Making sure that your rescue media can be used when
needed
Tomaximizethechancesofyourcomputer'srecovery,youmusttestthatyourcomputercanboot
fromtherescuemedia.Inaddition,youmustcheckthattherescuemediarecognizesallyour
computer'sdevices,suchastheharddrives,themouse,thekeyboard,andnetworkadapter.
Totesttherescuemedia
Ifyouuseexternaldrivesforstoringyourbackups,youmustattachthedrivesbeforebootingfromtherescue
CD.Otherwise,theprogrammightnotdetectthem.
1. Configureyourcomputertoenablebootingfromtherescuemedia.Then,makeyourrescue
mediadevice(CD-ROM/DVD-ROMdriveorUSBstick)thefirstbootdevice.SeeArrangingboot
orderinBIOS.
2. IfyouhavearescueCD,pressanykeytostartbootingfromtheCD,whenyouseetheprompt
"PressanykeytobootfromCD".Ifyoudonotpressakeywithinfiveseconds,youwillneedto
restartthecomputer.
3. Afterthebootmenuappears,chooseAcronisTrueImage.
Ifyourwirelessmousedoesnotwork,trytoreplaceitwithawiredone.Thesamerecommendationapplies
tothekeyboard.
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Ifyoudonothaveasparemouseorkeyboard,contactAcronisSupport.TheywillbuildacustomrescueCD
thatwillhavedriversforyourmodelsofthemouseandkeyboard.Pleasebeawarethatfindingthe
appropriatedriversandmakingthecustomrescueCDmaytakesometime.Furthermore,thismaybe
impossibleforsomemodels.
4. Whentheprogramstarts,werecommendyoutryrecoveringsomefilesfromyourbackup.Atest
recoveryallowsyoutomakesurethatyourrescueCDcanbeusedforrecovery.Inaddition,you
willcheckthattheprogramdetectsalltheharddrivesyouhaveinyoursystem.
Ifyouhaveaspareharddrive,westronglyrecommendthatyoutryatestrecoveryofyoursystempartition
tothisharddrive.
Howtotestrecovery,aswellascheckthedrivesandnetworkadapter
1. Ifyouhavefilebackups,startRecoveryWizardbyclickingRecovery->FileRecoveryonthe
toolbar.
Ifyouhaveonlydiskandpartitionbackup,RecoveryWizardalsostartsandtherecoveryprocedureis
similar.Insuchacase,youneedtoselectRecoverchosenfilesandfoldersattheRecoveryMethodstep.
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2. SelectabackupattheArchivelocationstepandthenclickNext.
3. WhenrecoveringfileswiththerescueCDyouareabletoselectonlyanewlocationforthefiles
toberecovered.ThereforejustclickNextattheLocationselectionstep.
4. AftertheDestinationwindowopens,checkthatallyourdrivesareshownunderMyComputer.
Ifyoustoreyourbackupsonthenetwork,youshouldalsocheckthatyoucanaccessthenetwork.
Ifnocomputersarevisibleonthenetwork,buttheComputersNearMeiconisfoundunderMyComputer,
specifynetworksettingsmanually.Todothis,openthewindowavailableatTools&Utilities→Options→
Networkadapters.
IftheComputersNearMeiconisnotavailableunderMyComputer,theremaybeproblemseitherwith
yournetworkcardorwiththecarddriverprovidedwithAcronisTrueImageHD.
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5. SelectthedestinationforthefilesandthenclickNext. 6. SelectseveralfilesforrecoverybyselectingtheircheckboxesandthenclickNext.
7. ClickProceedontheSummarywindowtostartrecovery.
8. Aftertherecoveryfinishes,exitthestandaloneAcronisTrueImage.
NowyoucanbereasonablysurethatyourrescueCDwillhelpyouwhenneeded.
6.1.2.1
Selecting video mode when booting from the rescue media
Whenbootingfromtherescuemediatheoptimalvideomodeisselectedautomaticallydepending
onthespecificationsofyourvideocardandmonitor.However,sometimestheprogramcanselect
thewrongvideomode,whichisunsuitableforyourhardware.Insuchcaseyoucanselectasuitable
videomodeasfollows:
1. Startbootingfromtherescuemedia.Whenthebootmenuappears,hoverthemouseover
AcronisTrueImageHDitemandpresstheF11key.
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2. Whenthecommandlineappears,type"vga=ask"(withoutquotes)andclickOK.
3. SelectAcronisTrueImageHDinthebootmenutocontinuebootingfromtherescuemedia.To
seetheavailablevideomodes,presstheEnterkeywhentheappropriatemessageappears.
4. Chooseavideomodeyouthinkbestsuitableforyourmonitorandtypeitsnumberinthe
commandline.Forinstance,typing338selectsvideomode1600x1200x16(seethebelowfigure).
5. WaituntilAcronisTrueImageHDstartsandmakesurethatthequalityoftheWelcomescreen
displayonyourmonitorsuitsyou.
Totestanothervideomode,closeAcronisTrueImageHDandrepeattheaboveprocedure.
Afteryoufindtheoptimalvideomodeforyourhardware,youcancreateanewbootablerescue
mediathatwillautomaticallyselectthatvideomode.
Todothis,startAcronisMediaBuilder,selecttherequiredmediacomponents,andtypethemode
numberwiththe"0x"prefix(0x338inourinstance)inthecommandlineatthe"Bootablemedia
startupparameters"step,thencreatethemediaasusual.
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7 Disk cloning and migration
Thisoperationcopiestheentirecontentsofonediskdrivetoanotherdiskdrive.Thismaybe
necessary,forexample,whenyouwanttocloneyouroperatingsystem,applications,anddatatoa
new,largercapacitydisk.Youcandoittwoways:
§
§
UsetheClonediskutility(p.67).
Backupyourolddiskdrive,andthenrecoverittothenewone(p.43).
In this section
Generalinformation................................................................................67
Preparingformigration...........................................................................72
7.1.1
General information
Youmightfindthatyourharddiskdoesnothaveenoughspacefortheoperatingsystemand
installedapplications,preventingyoufromupdatingyoursoftwareorinstallingnewapplications.In
thiscase,youhavetotransferthesystemtoahigher-capacityharddisk.
Totransferthesystem,youmustfirstinstallthenewdiskinthecomputer.Ifyourcomputerdoesn't
haveabayforanotherharddisk,youcantemporarilyinstallitinplaceofyourCDdrive.Ifthatisnot
possible,youcancloneaharddiskbycreatingadiskimageandrecoveringittoanewharddiskwith
largerpartitions.
Warning!IfyoucloneadiskwithWindowstoanexternalUSBharddrive,youwillnotbeabletobootfrom
it.WindowsdoesnotsupportbootingfromexternalUSBharddrives.PleaseclonetointernalSSDorHDD
instead.
Forbestresults,installthetarget(new)drivewhereyouplantouseitandthesourcedrivein
anotherlocation,e.g.inanexternalUSBenclosure.Thisrecommendationisespeciallyimportantfor
laptops.
Onprogramscreens,damagedpartitionsaremarkedwitharedcircleandawhitecrossinsideintheupperleft
corner.Beforeyoustartcloning,youshouldchecksuchdisksforerrorsandcorrecttheerrorsusingthe
appropriateoperatingsystemtools.
Westronglyrecommendthatyoucreateabackupoftheentireoriginaldiskasasafetyprecaution.Itcouldbe
yourdatasaverifsomethinggoeswrongwithyouroriginalharddiskduringcloning.Forinformationonhowto
createsuchabackupseeseeBackinguppartitionsanddisks.Aftercreatingthebackup,makesurethatyou
validateit.
Tocloneadisk:
§
§
ClickClonediskontheToolsandutilitiestaboftheHomescreen.
FollowtheDiskCloneWizardsteps.
7.1.1.1
Clone Disk wizard
Beforeyoustart,werecommendthatyoureadgeneralinformationaboutDiskcloningutility(p.67).
Tocloneadisk:
1. Onthesidebar,clickTools,andthenclickClonedisk.
2. OntheCloneModestep,chooseatransfermode.
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§
§
Automatic—Recommendedinmostcases.
Manual—Manualmodewillprovidemoredatatransferflexibility.Manualmodecanbe
usefulifyouneedtochangethediskpartitionlayout. Iftheprogramfindstwodisks,onepartitionedandanotherunpartitioned,itwillautomaticallyrecognize
thepartitioneddiskasthesourcediskandtheunpartitioneddiskasthedestinationdisk.Insuchcase,the
nextstepswillbebypassedandyouwillbetakentothecloningSummaryscreen.
3. OntheSourceDiskstep,selectthediskthatyouwanttoclone.
AcronisTrueImageHDdoesnotsupportcloningofdynamicdisks.
4. OntheDestinationDiskstep,selectthedestinationdiskforthecloneddata.
Iftheselecteddestinationdiskcontainspartitions,youwillneedtoconfirmdeletionofthe
partitions.NotethattherealdatadestructionwillbeperformedonlywhenyouclickProceedon
thelaststepofthewizard.
Ifanydiskisunpartitioned,theprogramwillautomaticallyrecognizeitasthedestinationandbypassthis
step.
5. [Thisstepisonlyavailableinthemanualcloningmode].OntheMovemethodstep,choosea
datamovemethod.
§
Asis—anewpartitionwillbecreatedforeveryoldonewiththesamesizeandtype,file
systemandlabel.Theunusedspacewillbecomeunallocated. §
Proportional—thenewdiskspacewillbeproportionallydistributedbetweencloned
partitions.
§
Manual—youwillspecifyanewsizeandotherparametersyourself.
6. [Thisstepisonlyavailableinthemanualcloningmode].OntheChangedisklayoutstep,youcan
editsettingsofthepartitionsthatwillbecreatedonthedestinationdisk.RefertoManual
partitioning(p.70)fordetails.
7. [Optionalstep]OntheWhattoexcludestep,youcanspecifyfilesandfoldersthatyoudonot
wanttoclone.RefertoExcludingitemsfromcloning(p.71)fordetails.
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8. OntheFinishstep,ensurethattheconfiguredsettingssuityourneeds,andthenclickProceed.
Ifthecloningoperationisstoppedforsomereason,youwillhavetoconfigureandstartthe
procedureagain.Youwillnotloseyourdata,becauseAcronisTrueImagedoesnotaltertheoriginal
diskanddatastoredonitduringcloning.
Cloningadiskcontainingthecurrentlyactiveoperatingsystemwillrequireareboot.Inthatcase,
afterclickingProceed,youwillbeaskedtoconfirmthereboot.Cancelingtherebootwillcancelthe
entireprocedure.Bydefault,AcronisTrueImageHDshutsdownthecomputeraftertheclone
processfinishes.Thisenablesyoutochangethepositionofmaster/subordinatejumpersandremove
oneoftheharddrives.
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7.1.1.2
Manual partitioning
Themanualtransfermethodenablesyoutoresizepartitionsonthenewdisk.Bydefault,the
programresizesthemproportionally.
Toeditapartition:
1. Selectthepartition,andthenclickEdit.ThiswillopenthePartitionSettingswindow.
2. Specifythefollowingsettingsforthepartition:
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§
§
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Sizeandposition
Filesystem
Partitiontype(availableonlyforMBRdisks)
§
Partitionletterandlabel
RefertoPartitionsettings(p.82)fordetails.
3. ClickAccept.
Becareful!Clickinganypreviouswizardsteponthesidebarinthiswindowwillresetallsizeand
locationchangesthatyou'veselected,soyouwillhavetospecifythemagain.
7.1.1.3
Excluding items from cloning
Ifyoudonotwanttoclonespecificfilesfromasourcedisk(forexample,whenyourtargetdiskis
smallerthanthesourceone),youcanopttoexcludethemintheWhattoexcludestep.
Wedonotrecommendexcludinghiddenandsystemfileswhencloningyoursystempartition.
Youhavetwowaystoexcludefilesandfolders:
§
Excludebyfilesandfolders-thistaballowsyoutoselectspecificfilesandfoldersfromthe
foldertree.
§
Excludebymasks-thistaballowsyoutoexcludeagroupoffilesbymaskoranindividualfileby
nameorpath.
Toaddanexclusioncriterion,clickAdd,typeafilename,apathoramask,andthenclickOK.
Youcanaddasmanyfilesandmasksasyoulike.
Examplesofexclusioncriteria:
§
Youcanenterexplicitfilenames:
§
§
§
C:\file.ext-thefile.extfileontheC:diskwillbeexcluded.
Youcanusewildcardcharacters(*and?):
§
§
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file.ext-allsuchfileswillbeexcludedfromcloning.
*.ext-allfileswitha.extextensionwillbeexcluded.
??name.ext-allfileswitha.extextension,havingsixlettersintheirnames(startingwithany
twosymbols(??)andendingwithname),willbeexcluded.
§
Youcanenterpathtoafolder:
§
C:\mypictures-mypicturesfolderontheC:diskwillbeexcluded.
Youcaneditandremoveexclusioncriteriausingthecorrespondingbuttonsontherightpane.
7.1.2
Preparing for migration
Solidstatediskshavebecomequitecommon.Manyusersdecidetoreplacetheirsystemharddisk
withanSSDtoenhancethedisksystemperformance.Suchareplacementmayraiseanumberof
questions.
Firstofall,makesurethatAcronisTrueImageHDdetectsyournewSSDbothinWindowsandunder
theAcronisrescuemedia.Ifthereisaproblem,seeWhattodoifAcronisTrueImageHDdoesnot
recognizeyourSSD(p.73).
SSDsize
BecauseSSDsarestillsomewhatexpensive,thesizeofyournewSSDwillusuallybelessthanthatof
youroldharddisk.Thismaycauseaproblemifyourharddiskcontainstheoperatingsystem,
programsanddata.
WepresupposethatbeforepurchasingtheSSDyouestimatedtheapproximatespaceoccupiedby
youroperatingsystemandapplicationsandthatyouselectedanSSDthathasareasonablereserve
capacity.
IftheoccupiedspaceonyouroldharddiskexceedsthesizeofyourSSD,youwillneedtofreeup
spaceonthesystemdisktomakemigrationpossible.SeeWhattodoifyourSSDdoesnothave
enoughspaceforallHDDcontent.
SSDalignment
AnotherquestionconcernsthealignmentofSSDs.TogettheoptimumperformancefromanSSDand
toprolongitslife,thepartitionoffsetmustmeetcertaincriteria. Inmostcasesyoudonotneedto
checkormanuallyfixthealignment,theprogramwilldoitautomatically.
Inanyevent,werecommendthatyouperformoneofthefollowing:
§
Createthebackupyouaregoingtouseformigrationindiskmode.Inotherwords,backupthe
sourcediskentirely,notjustthesystempartition.
§
MakesurethedestinationSSDdoesnotcontainpartitions(thediskspaceisunallocated).Note
thatifyourSSDisnewandhasneverbeenusedbefore,itdoesnotcontainpartitions.
FormoreinformationseeSSDsupport.
Whichmigrationmethodtochoose
Ifyoursystemdiskconsistsofasinglepartition(notcountingthehiddenSystemReservedpartition
existinginmanyinstallationsofWindows7),youcantrytomigratetotheSSDusingtheClonetool.
FormoreinformationseeCloningaharddisk(p.67).
However,werecommendtousethebackupandrecoverymethodinmostcases.Thismethod
providesmoreflexibilityandcontrolovermigration.SeeMigratingtoanSSDusingthebackupand
recoverymethod(p.74).
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7.1.2.1
What to do if Acronis True Image HD does not recognize your
SSD
SometimesAcronisTrueImageHDmaynotrecognizeanSSD.
Insuchacase,checkwhethertheSSDisrecognizedinBIOS.
IftheBIOSofyourcomputerdoesnotshowtheSSD,verifythatthepoweranddatacablesare
properlyconnected.YoumayalsotrytoupdatetheBIOSandSATAdrivers.Ifthesesuggestionsdo
nothelp,contacttheSupportofyourSSDmanufacturer.
IftheBIOSofyourcomputerdoesshowtheSSD,youcantrythefollowingprocedure:
ForWindowsVista/Windows7typecmdintheSearchfieldandpressEnter.
ForWindowsXP,typecmdintheRunfieldandpressEnter.
Atthecommandlineprompttype:
diskpart
listdiskThescreenwillshowthedisksconnectedtoyourcomputer.Findoutthedisknumberfor
yourSSD.Useitssizeasthereference.
selectdiskNHereNisthedisknumberofyourSSD.
cleanThisoperationremovesallinformationfromtheSSDandoverwritestheMBRwiththedefault
one.
exit
exit
StartAcronisTrueImageHDandcheckwhetheritdetectstheSSD.IfitdetectstheSSD,usetheAdd
newdisktooltocreateasinglepartitiononthediskoccupyingtheentirediskspace.Whencreatinga
partition,checkthatthefreespacebeforepartitionis1MB.Formoreinformation,seeAddinganew
harddisk(p.80).
ThenextstepistocheckwhetheryourAcronisbootablerescuemediarecognizestheSSD.
1. Bootfromtherescuemedia.
2. SelectTools&Utilities->AddNewDiskinthemainmenuandtheDiskselectionscreenwill
showtheinformationaboutallharddisksinyoursystem.UsethisforcheckingwhethertheSSD
isdetectedintherecoveryenvironment.
3. IfthescreenshowsyourSSD,justclickCancel.
IftherescuemediadoesnotrecognizetheSSDandtheSSDcontrollermodeisACHI,youcantryto
changethemodetoIDE(orATAinsomeBIOSbrands)andseewhetherthissolvestheproblem.
Attention!DonotstartWindowsafterchangingthemode;itmayresultinserioussystemproblems.Youmust
returnthemodetoACHIbeforestartingWindows. IfafterchangingthemodetherescuemediadetectstheSSD,youmayusethefollowingprocedure
forrecoveryorcloningunderrescuemedia:
1. Shutdownthecomputer.
2. BoottoBIOS,changethemodefromAHCItoIDE(orATAinsomeBIOSbrands).
3. BootfromAcronisrescuemedia.
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4. Recoverorclonethedisk.
5. BoottoBIOSandchangeIDEbacktoAHCI.
6. StartWindows.
Whattodoiftheabovesuggestionsdonothelp
YoucanrequestacustomrescuemediafromAcronisSupport.Formoreinformation,seeCreatinga
customrescueCD.
Pleasebeawarethatfindingtheappropriatedriversandmakingthecustomrescuemediamaytaketime.
Furthermore,findingtheappropriatedriversmaynotbepossibleinsomecases.
7.1.2.2
Migrating to SSD using the backup and recovery method
Youcanusethefollowingprocedureforallsupportedoperatingsystems.First,let'sconsiderasimple
case:yoursystemdiskconsistsofasinglepartition.NotethatforWindows7,thesystemdiskusually
hasahiddenSystemReservedpartition.
WerecommendthatyoumigrateyoursystemtoanemptySSDthatdoesnotcontainpartitions(the
diskspaceisunallocated).NotethatifyourSSDisnewandhasneverbeenusedbefore,itdoesnot
containpartitions.
TomigrateyoursystemtoanSSD:
2. CreateAcronisrescuemedia,ifyoudonothaveityet.Todothis,intheToolssection,click
Createbootablemediaandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
3. Backupyourentiresystemdrive(inthediskbackupmode)toaharddiskotherthanyoursystem
harddiskandtheSSD.
4. Switchoffthecomputerandremoveyoursystemharddisk.
5. MounttheSSDintotheslotwheretheharddiskwas.
ForsomeSSDbrandsyoumayneedtoinserttheSSDintoaPCIExpressslot.
6. BootfromyourAcronisrescuemedia.
7. Validatethebackuptomakesurethatitcanbeusedforrecovery.Todothis,clickRecoveryon
theleftpaneandselectthebackup.Right-click,selectValidateArchiveintheshortcutmenuand
thenclickProceed.
8. Afterthevalidationfinishes,right-clickthebackupandselectRecoverintheshortcutmenu.
9. ChooseRecoverwholedisksandpartitionsattheRecoverymethodstepandthenclickNext.
10. SelectthesystemdiskattheWhattorecoverstep.
11. ClickNewlocationandthenselecttheSSDasthenewlocationforyoursystemdisk,thenclick
Accept.
12. AtthenextstepclickProceedtostartrecovery.
13. Aftertherecoveryiscomplete,exitthestandaloneversionofAcronisTrueImageHD.
14. TrytobootfromtheSSDandthenmakesurethatWindowsandapplicationsworkcorrectly.
Ifyoursystemharddiskalsocontainsahiddenrecoveryordiagnosticpartition,asisquiteoftenthe
casewithnotebooks,theprocedurewilldiffer.Youwillusuallyneedtoresizethepartitionsmanually
duringrecoverytotheSSD.ForinstructionsseeRecoveringadiskwithahiddenpartition(p.43).
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7.2
Security and Privacy Tools
AcronisTrueImageHDcontainstheutilityforsecuredestructionofdataonanentireharddisk
drive,andindividualpartitions.
Whenreplacingyouroldharddrivewithanew,higher-capacityone,youmayaccidentallyleave
personalandconfidentialinformationontheolddisk.Thisinformationcouldberetrievedevenifyou
havereformattedthedisk. TheAcronisDriveCleanserprovidesforthedestructionofconfidentialinformationonharddisk
drivesand/orpartitionswiththehelpoftechniquesthatmeetorexceedmostnationalandstate
standards.Youcanselectanappropriatedatadestructionmethoddependingontheimportanceof
yourconfidentialinformation.
ThedatadestructionmethodsaredescribedindetailinHardDiskWipingmethods(p.79)ofthis
guide.
In this section
AcronisDriveCleanser.............................................................................75
HardDiskWipingmethods......................................................................79
7.2.1
Acronis DriveCleanser
AcronisDriveCleanserallowsyoutopermanentlydestroyalldataonselectedharddisksand
partitions.Forthedestruction,youcanuseoneofthepresetalgorithmsorcreateyourown.Referto
Algorithmselection(p.76)fordetails.
WhydoIneedit?
Whenyouformatyouroldharddrivebeforethrowingitaway,theinformationisnotdestroyed
permanentlyanditcanstillberetrieved.Thisisawaythatyourpersonalinformationcanendupin
thewronghands.Topreventthis,werecommendthatyouuseAcronisDriveCleanserwhenyou:
§
§
§
Replaceyouroldharddrivewithanewoneanddonotplantousetheolddriveanymore.
Giveyouroldharddrivetoyourrelativeorfriend.
Sellyouroldharddrive.
HowtouseAcronisDriveCleanser
Topermanentlydestroydataonyourdisk:
1. ClicktheStartbutton—>Acronis(productfolder)—>TrueImage—>ToolsandUtilities—>
DriveCleanser.
TheAcronisDriveCleanserwizardopens.
2. OntheSourceselectionstep,selectthedisksandpartitionsthatyouwanttowipe.Referto
Sourceselection(p.76)fordetails.
3. OntheAlgorithmselectionstep,selectanalgorithmthatyouwanttouseforthedata
destruction.RefertoAlgorithmselection(p.76)fordetails.
4. [optionalstep]Youcancreateyourownalgorithm.RefertoCreatingcustomalgorithmfor
details.
5. [optionalstep]OnthePost-wipingactionsstep,choosewhattodowiththepartitionsanddisk
whenthedatadestructioniscomplete.RefertoPost-wipingactions(p.78)fordetails.
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6. OntheFinishstep,ensurethattheconfiguredsettingsarecorrect.Tostarttheprocess,select
theWipetheselectedpartitionsirreversiblycheckbox,andthenclickProceed.
Beawarethat,dependingonthetotalsizeofselectedpartitionsandtheselecteddatadestructionalgorithm,
thedatadestructionmaytakemanyhours.
7.2.1.1
Source selection
OntheSourceselectionstep,selectpartitionsanddiskswhereyouwanttodestroydata:
§
Toselectpartitions,clickthecorrespondingrectangles.Theredmark(
partitionisselected.
§
Toselectanentireharddisk,clickthediskicon(
)indicatesthatthe
).
AcronisDriveCleansercannotwipepartitionsondynamicandGPTdisks,sotheywillnotbeshown.
7.2.1.2
Algorithm selection
OntheAlgorithmselectionstep,performoneofthefollowing:
§
Touseoneofthepresetalgorithms,selectthedesiredalgorithm.RefertoHardDiskWiping
Methods(p.79)fordetails.
§
[Foradvancedusersonly]Tocreateacustomalgorithm,selectCustom.Thencontinuecreating
ontheAlgorithmdefinitionstep.Afterwards,youwillbeabletosavethecreatedalgorithmtoa
filewith*.algextension.
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§
Touseapreviouslysavedcustomalgorithm,selectLoadfromfileandselectthefilecontaining
youralgorithm.
Creating custom algorithm
Algorithmdefinition
TheAlgorithmdefinitionstepshowsyouatemplateofthefuturealgorithm.
Thetablehasthefollowinglegend:
§
§
Thefirstcolumncontainsthetypeofoperation(towriteasymboltodisk;andtoverifywritten).
Thesecondcolumncontainsthepatternofdatatobewrittentodisk.
Eachlinedefinesanoperationthatwillbeperformedduringapass.Tocreateyouralgorithm,addas
manylinestothetablethatyouthinkwillbeenoughforsecuredatadestruction.
Toaddanewpass:
1. ClickAdd.TheWipingPassAdjustmentwindowopens.
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2. Chooseanoption:
§
Writepattern
Enterahexadecimalvalue,forexample,avalueofthiskind:0x00,0xAA,or0xCD,etc.These
valuesare1bytelong,buttheymaybeupto512byteslong.Exceptforsuchvalues,youmay
enterarandomhexadecimalvalueofanylength(upto512bytes).
Ifthebinaryvalueisrepresentedbythe10001010(0x8A)sequence,thenthecomplementarybinary
valuewillberepresentedbythe01110101(0x75)sequence. §
Writearandomnumber
Specifythelengthoftherandomvalueinbytes.
§
Writecomplementarytopreviouspasspattern
AcronisTrueImageaddsacomplementaryvaluetotheonewrittentodiskduringthe
previouspass.
§
Verify
AcronisTrueImageverifiesthevalueswrittentodiskduringthepreviouspass.
3. ClickOK.
Toeditanexistingpass:
1. Selectthecorrespondingline,andthenclickEdit.
TheWipingPassAdjustmentwindowopens.
Note:Whenyouselectseverallines,thenewsettingswillbeappliedtoalloftheselectedpasses.
2. Changethesettings,andthenclickOK.
Savingalgorithmtoafile
Tosavethecreatedalgorithmtoafileinordertousethisalgorithmafterwards:
1. OntheSavingcustomalgorithmstep,selectSavetoafile,andthenclickNext.
2. Inthewindowthatopens,specifythefilenameandlocation,andthenclickOK.
7.2.1.3
Post-wiping actions
InthePost-wipingactionswindow,youcanselectactionstobeperformedonthepartitionsselected
fordatadestruction.AcronisDriveCleanseroffersyouthreeoptions:
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§
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Noaction—justdestroydatausingthealgorithmselectedbelow Deletepartition—destroydataanddeletepartition Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2016
§
Format—destroydataandformatpartition(default). 7.2.2
Hard Disk Wiping methods
Whatistheproblem?
Informationremovedfromaharddiskdrivebynon-securemeans(forexample,bysimpleWindows
delete)caneasilyberecovered.Utilizingspecializedequipment,itispossibletorecovereven
repeatedlyoverwritteninformation.
Leakagemechanism
Dataisstoredonaharddiskasabinarysequenceof1and0(onesandzeros),representedby
differentlymagnetizedpartsofadisk.
Generallyspeaking,a1writtentoaharddiskisreadas1byitscontroller,and0isreadas0.
However,ifyouwrite1over0,theresultisconditionally0.95andviceversa–if1iswrittenover1
theresultis1.05.Thesedifferencesareirrelevantforthecontroller.However,usingspecial
equipment,onecaneasilyreadthe«underlying»sequenceof1'sand0's.
InformationwipingmethodsusedbyAcronis
ThedetailedtheoryofguaranteedinformationwipingisdescribedinanarticlebyPeterGutmann.
Pleasesee"SecureDeletionofDatafromMagneticandSolid-StateMemory"at
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/secure_del.html.
No.
Algorithm(writingmethod)
Passes
Record
1.
UnitedStatesDepartmentof
Defense5220.22-M
4
1 pass–randomlyselectedsymbolstoeachbyteof
eachsector,2–complementarytowrittenduringthe
st
1 pass;3–randomsymbolsagain;4–writing
verification.
2.
UnitedStates:NAVSO
P-5239-26(RLL)
4
1 pass–0x01toallsectors,2–0x27FFFFFF,3–
randomsymbolsequences,4–verification.
3.
UnitedStates:NAVSO
P-5239-26(MFM)
4
1 pass–0x01toallsectors,2–0x7FFFFFFF,3–
randomsymbolsequences,4–verification.
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st
st
st
No.
Algorithm(writingmethod)
Passes
Record
4.
German:VSITR
7
1 –6 –alternatesequencesof:0x00and0xFF;7 –0xAA;i.e.0x00,0xFF,0x00,0xFF,0x00,0xFF,0xAA.
5.
Russian:GOSTP50739-95
1
Logicalzeros(0x00numbers)toeachbyteofeach
th
th
sectorfor6 to4 securitylevelsystems.
st
th
th
Randomlyselectedsymbols(numbers)toeachbyte
rd
st
ofeachsectorfor3 to1 securitylevelsystems.
6.
PeterGutmann'smethod
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PeterGutmann'smethodisverysophisticated.It's
basedonhistheoryofharddiskinformationwiping
(seeSecureDeletionofDatafromMagneticand
Solid-StateMemory).
7.
BruceSchneier'smethod
7
BruceSchneieroffersaseven-passoverwriting
st
methodinhisAppliedCryptographybook.1 pass–
nd
0xFF,2 pass–0x00,andthenfivetimeswitha
cryptographicallysecurepseudo-randomsequence.
8.
Fast
1
Logicalzeros(0x00numbers)toallsectorstowipe.
7.3
Adding a new hard disk
Ifyoudonothaveenoughspaceforyourdata,youcaneitherreplacetheolddiskwithanew
higher-capacityone,oraddanewdiskonlytostoredata,leavingthesystemontheolddisk.
Toaddanewharddisk:
1. Shutdownyourcomputer,andtheninstallthenewdisk.
2. Turnonyourcomputer.
3. ClicktheStartbutton—>Acronis(productfolder)—>TrueImage—>ToolsandUtilities—>
AddNewDisk.
4. Followthewizardsteps.
5. OntheFinishstep,ensurethattheconfigureddisklayoutsuitsyourneeds,andthenclick
Proceed.
In this section
Selectingaharddisk................................................................................80
Selectinginitializationmethod................................................................81
Creatingnewpartitions...........................................................................82
7.3.1
Selecting a hard disk
Selectthediskthatyouhaveaddedtothecomputer.Ifyouhaveaddedseveraldisks,selectoneof
themandclickNexttocontinue.YoucanaddtheotherdiskslaterbyrestartingtheAddNewDisk
Wizard.
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Ifthereareanypartitionsonthenewdisk,AcronisTrueImageHDwillwarnyouthatthesepartitionswillbe
deleted.
7.3.2
Selecting initialization method
AcronisTrueImageHDsupportsbothMBRandGPTpartitioning.GUIDPartitionTable(GPT)isanew
harddiskpartitioningmethodprovidingadvantagesovertheoldMBRpartitioningmethod.Ifyour
operatingsystemsupportsGPTdisks,youcanselectthenewdisktobeinitializedasaGPTdisk.
§
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ToaddaGPTdisk,clickInitializediskinGPTlayout.
§
ToaddanMBRdisk,clickInitializediskinMBRlayout.
Ifyouusea32-bitversionofWindowsXP,theGPTinitializationmethodwillbeunavailableandthe
Initializationoptionsstepwillbeabsent.
AfterselectingtherequiredinitializationmethodclickNext.
7.3.3
Creating new partitions
Tousethespaceonaharddisk,itmustbepartitioned.Partitioningistheprocessofdividingthehard
disk'sspaceintologicaldivisionswhicharecalledpartitions.Eachpartitionmayfunctionasa
separatediskwithanassigneddriveletter,itsownfilesystem,etc.
Tocreateanewpartition:
1. OnthePartitioncreationstepofthewizard,selecttheunallocatedspace,andthenclickCreate
newpartition.
2. Specifythefollowingsettingsforthepartitionbeingcreated:
§
§
§
§
Sizeandposition
Filesystem
Partitiontype(availableonlyforMBRdisks)
Partitionletterandlabel
RefertoPartitionsettings(p.82)fordetails.
3. ClickAccept.
7.3.3.1
Partition settings
Size
Toresizethepartition,performoneofthefollowing: §
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Pointtothepartitionborder.Whenthepointerbecomesadouble-headedarrow,dragthe
pointertoenlargeorreducethepartitionsize.
§
TypethedesiredpartitionsizeinthePartitionSizefield.
Torelocatethepartition,performoneofthefollowing:
§
§
Dragthepartitiontoanewposition.
TypethedesiredsizeineithertheFreespacebeforeorFreespaceafterfield.
Whenyoucreatepartitions,theprogrammayreservesomeunallocatedspaceforsystemneedsinfrontofthe
createdpartitions.
FileSystem
Youcaneitherleavethepartitionunformatted,orchoosebetweenthefollowingfilesystemtypes:
§
NTFSisaWindowsNT,Windows2000,WindowsXP,WindowsVista,andWindows7nativefile
system.Chooseitifyouusetheseoperatingsystems.Note,thatWindows95/98/MeandDOS
cannotaccessNTFSpartitions. §
§
FAT32isanimproved32-bitversionoftheFATfilesystemthatsupportsvolumesupto2TB. §
§
FAT16isaDOSnativefilesystem.Mostoperatingsystemsrecognizeit.However,ifyourdisk
driveismorethan4GB,itisnotpossibletoformatitinFAT16. Ext2isaLinuxnativefilesystem.Itisfastenough,butitisnotajournalingfilesystem. Ext3–officiallyintroducedwithRedhatLinuxversion7.2,Ext3isaLinuxjournalingfilesystem.It
isforwardsandbackwardscompatiblewithLinuxExt2.Ithasmultiplejournalingmodes,aswell
asbroad,crossplatformcompatibilityinboth32-bitand64-bitarchitectures. §
Ext4isanewLinuxfilesystem.Ithasimprovementsincomparisontoext3.Itisfullybackward
compatiblewithext2andext3.However,ext3hasonlypartialforwardcompatibilitywithext4.
§
ReiserFSisajournalingfilesystemforLinux.GenerallyitismorereliableandfasterthanExt2.
ChooseitforyourLinuxdatapartition. §
LinuxSwapisaswappartitionforLinux.Chooseitifyouwanttoaddmoreswapspaceusing
Linux.
Partitionletter
Selectalettertobeassignedtothepartition.IfyouselectAuto,theprogramassignsthefirstunused
driveletterinalphabeticalorder.
Partitionlabel
Partitionlabelisaname,assignedtoapartitionsothatyoucaneasilyrecognizeit.Forexample,a
partitionwithanoperatingsystemcouldbecalledSystem,adatapartition—Data,etc.Partition
labelisanoptionalattribute.
Partitiontype(thesesettingsareavailableonlyforMBRdisks)
Youcandefinethenewpartitionasprimaryorlogical.
§
Primary-choosethisparameterifyouareplanningtobootfromthispartition.Otherwise,itis
bettertocreateanewpartitionasalogicaldrive.Youcanhaveonlyfourprimarypartitionsper
drive,orthreeprimarypartitionsandoneextendedpartition.
Note:Ifyouhaveseveralprimarypartitions,onlyonewillbeactiveatatime,theotherprimary
partitionswillbehiddenandwon’tbeseenbytheOS.
§
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Markthepartitionasactive-selectthischeckboxifyouareplanningtoinstallanoperating
systemonthispartition. Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2016
§
Logical-choosethisparameterifyoudon’tintendtoinstallandstartanoperatingsystemfrom
thepartition.Alogicaldriveispartofaphysicaldiskdrivethathasbeenpartitionedand
allocatedasanindependentunit,butfunctionsasaseparatedrive.
7.4
Mounting an image
Mountingimagesasvirtualdrivesletsyouaccessthemasthoughtheywerephysicaldrives.Such
abilitymeansthat:
§
§
Anewdiskappearsinyoursystem.
YoucanviewtheimagecontentsinWindowsExplorerandotherfilemanagers.
TheoperationsdescribedinthissectionaresupportedonlyfortheFATandNTFSfilesystems.
Youcannotmountadiskbackup,ifitisstoredonanFTPserver.
Howtomountanimage
1. InWindowsExplorer,right-clicktheimagefilethatyouwanttomount,andthenclickMount
image.
TheMountwizardopens.
2. Selectthebackupformountingbyitscreationdate/time.Thus,youcanexplorethedatastateat
acertainmoment.
Notethatyoucannotmountanimageoftheentirediskexceptinthecasewhenthediskconsistsofone
partition.
3. [optionalstep]OntheDriveletterstep,selectalettertobeassignedtothevirtualdiskfromthe
Mountletterdrop-downlist.Ifyoudonotwanttomountapartition,selectDonotmountinthe
listorclearthepartition'scheckbox.
4. ClickProceed.
5. Aftertheimageisconnected,theprogramwillrunWindowsExplorer,showingitscontents.
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7.5
Unmounting an image
Werecommendthatyouunmountthevirtualdiskafterallnecessaryoperationsarefinished,as
maintainingvirtualdiskstakesconsiderablesystemresources.
Tounmountanimage,performoneofthefollowing:
§
§
InWindowsExplorer,right-clickthediskiconandclickUnmount.
Restartorshutdownyourcomputer.
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8 Troubleshooting
In this section
AcronisSystemReport............................................................................86
Howtocollectcrashdumps....................................................................87
AcronisCustomerExperienceProgram...................................................87
8.1
Acronis System Report
Whenyoucontacttheproduct'ssupportteam,theyusuallyneedinformationaboutyoursystemin
ordertoresolveyourproblem.Sometimesgettingtheinformationisaninconvenientprocessand
maytakealongtime.TheGeneratesystemreporttoolsimplifiestheprocedure.Itgeneratesa
systemreportcontainingallthenecessarytechnicalinformationandallowsyoutosavethe
informationtofile.Whenit’snecessary,youcanattachthecreatedfiletoyourproblemdescription
andsendittotheproduct'ssupportteam.Thiswillsimplifyandspeedupthesearchforasolution.
Togenerateasystemreport,performoneofthefollowing:
§
Onthemainprogramwindowclickthequestionmarksymbol,andselectGeneratesystem
report.
§
OntheWindowsStartmenu,clickAllPrograms->Acronis->TrueImage->ToolsandUtilities->
AcronisSystemReport.
§
PressCTRL+F7.NotethatyoucanusethekeycombinationevenwhenAcronisTrueImageHDis
performinganyotheroperation.
Afterthereportisgenerated:
§
Tosavethegeneratedsystemreporttofile,clickSaveandintheopenedwindowspecifya
locationforthecreatedfile.
§
§
Toexittothemainprogramwindowwithoutsavingthereport,clickCancel.
Whenyoucreateyourbootablerescuemedia,theAcronisSystemReporttoolisautomatically
placedonthemediaasaseparatecomponent.Thiscomponentallowsyoutogenerateasystem
reportwhenyourcomputercannotboot.Afteryoubootfromthemedia,youcangeneratethe
reportwithoutrunningAcronisTrueImageHD.SimplypluginaUSBflashdriveandclickthe
AcronisSystemReporticon.ThegeneratedreportisbesavedontheUSBflashdrive.
Creatingasystemreportfromthecommandlineprompt
1. RunWindowsCommandProcessor(cmd.exe)asadministrator.
2. ChangethecurrentdirectorytotheAcronisTrueImageHDinstallationfolder.Todoso,enter:
cdC:\ProgramFiles(x86)\Acronis\TrueImage
3. Tocreatethesystemreportfile,enter:
SystemReport
FileSystemReport.zipwillbecreatedinthecurrentfolder.
Ifyouwanttocreatethereportfilewithacustomname,typethenewnameinsteadof<file
name>:
SystemReport.exe/filename:<filename>
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8.2
How to collect crash dumps
BecauseacrashofAcronisTrueImageHDorWindowscanbecausedbydifferentreasons,each
crashcasemustbeinvestigatedseparately.AcronisCustomerCentralwouldappreciateifyoucould
providethefollowinginformation:
IfAcronisTrueImageHDcrashes,pleaseprovidethefollowinginformation: 1. Adescriptionoftheexactsequenceofstepsperformedbeforeyouencounteredtheissue.
2. Acrashdump.Forinformationonhowtocollectsuchadump,seetheAcronisSupport
KnowledgeBase(KB)articleathttp://kb.acronis.com/content/27931.
IfAcronisTrueImageHDcausesaWindowscrash:
1. Adescriptionoftheexactsequenceofstepsperformedbeforeyouencounteredtheissue.
2. AWindowsdumpfile.ForinformationonhowtocollectsuchadumpseetheAcronisSupportKB
articleathttp://kb.acronis.com/content/17639.
IfAcronisTrueImageHDhangs:
1. Adescriptionoftheexactsequenceofstepsperformedbeforeyouencounteredtheissue.
2. Auserdumpoftheprocess.SeetheAcronisSupportKBarticleat
http://kb.acronis.com/content/6265.
3. TheProcmonlog.SeetheAcronisSupportKBarticleathttp://kb.acronis.com/content/2295.
Ifyoucannotaccesstheinformation,contactAcronisCustomerCentralforanFTPlinkforuploading
files.
Thisinformationwillspeeduptheprocessoffindingasolution.
8.3
Acronis Customer Experience Program
AcronisCustomerExperienceProgram(CEP)isanewwaytoallowAcroniscustomerstocontribute
tothefeatures,designanddevelopmentofAcronisproducts.Thisprogramenablesourcustomersto
provideuswithvariousinformation,includinginformationaboutthehardwareconfigurationofyour
hostcomputerand/orvirtualmachines,thefeaturesyouusemost(andleast),andthenatureofthe
problemsyouface.Basedonthisinformation,wewillbeabletoimprovetheAcronisproductsand
thefeaturesyouusemostoften. Tomakeadecision:
1. Onthesidebar,clickHelp,andthenclickAboutAcronisTrueImage.
2. Toleavetheprogram,turnofftheParticipateintheAcronisCustomerExperienceProgram
switcher.
Ifyouchoosetoparticipate,thetechnicalinformationwillbeautomaticallycollectedevery90days.
Wewillnotcollectanypersonaldata,likeyourname,address,phonenumber,orkeyboardinput.
ParticipationintheCEPisvoluntary,buttheendresultsintendedtoprovidesoftwareimprovements
andenhancedfunctionalitytobettermeettheneedsofourcustomers.
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Bootable media
9 Glossary of Terms
B
Aphysicalmedia(CD,DVD,USBflashdriveor
othermediasupportedbyamachineBIOSasa
bootdevice)thatcontainsstandaloneversion
ofAcronisTrueImageHD.
Backup
Bootablemediaismostoftenusedto:
1. ThesameasBackupoperation(p.89).
§
recoveranoperatingsystemthatcannot
start
§
accessandbackupthedatathathas
survivedinacorruptedsystem
§
§
deployanoperatingsystemonbaremetal
2. Asetofbackupversionscreatedand
managedbyusingbackupsettings.A
backupcancontainmultiplebackup
versionscreatedusingfull(p.89)and
incrementalbackupmethods.Backup
versionsbelongingtothesamebackup
areusuallystoredinthesamelocation.
Backup operation
Anoperationthatcreatesacopyofthedata
thatexistsonamachine'sharddiskforthe
purposeofrecoveringorrevertingthedatato
aspecifieddateandtime.
Backup settings
Asetofrulesconfiguredbyauserwhen
creatinganewbackup.Therulescontrolthe
backupprocess.Lateryoucaneditthebackup
settingstochangeoroptimizethebackup
process.
Backup version
Theresultofasinglebackupoperation(p.89).
Physically,itisafileorasetoffilesthat
containsacopyofthebackedupdataasofa
specificdateandtime.Backupversionfiles
createdbyAcronisTrueImageHDhaveaTIB
extension.TheTIBfilesresultingfrom
consolidationofbackupversionsarealso
calledbackupversions.
Backup version chain
Sequenceofminimum2backupversions(p.
89)thatconsistofthefirstfullbackupversion
andthesubsequentoneormoreincremental
versions.Backupversionchaincontinuestill
thenextfullbackupversion(ifany).
backupsector-by-sectoradiskthathasan
unsupportedfilesystem
D
Disk backup (Image)
Abackup(p.89)thatcontainsasector-based
copyofadiskorapartitioninpackagedform.
Normally,onlysectorsthatcontaindataare
copied.AcronisTrueImageHDprovidesan
optiontotakearawimage,thatis,copyall
thedisksectors,whichenablesimagingof
unsupportedfilesystems. F
Full backup
1. Abackupmethodthatisusedtosaveall
thedataselectedtobackup.
2. Abackupprocessthatcreatesafull
backupversion(p.89).
Full backup version
Aself-sufficientbackupversion(p.89)
containingalldatachosenforbackup.Youdo
notneedaccesstoanyotherbackupversion
torecoverthedatafromafullbackupversion.
I
Image
ThesameasDiskbackup(p.89).
R
Recovery
Recoveryisaprocessofreturningofa
corrupteddatatoapreviousnormalstate
fromabackup(p.89).
V
Validation
Anoperationthatcheckswhetheryouwillbe
abletorecoverdatafromaparticularbackup
version(p.89).
Whenyouselectforvalidation…
§
afullbackupversion(p.89)-theprogram
validatesthefullbackupversiononly.
§
anincrementalbackupversion-the
programvalidatestheinitialfullbackup
version,theselectedincrementalbackup
version,andthewholechain(ifany)of
backupversionstotheselected
incrementalbackupversion.
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