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Table of conte nts 1 Introduc tion .......................................................................................................................... 6 1.1 What is Acronis® True Imag e OEM Quick Backup? ................................................................... 6 1.2 Acroni s True Image OEM Quick B ackup basic con cepts ..........[...]

7 Online bac kup ...................................................................................................................... 32 7.1 Creati ng an Online back up account ......................................................................................... 32 7.2 Backing up to Acronis Onlin e Storage ....................................[...]

11 Creati ng bootable medi a ...................................................................................................... 66 11.1 Creating Linux - based rescue me dia ......................................................................................... 66 12 Explori ng archiv es and mounting images ....................................[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 6 1 Introduct ion 1.1 What is Acronis® True Image OEM Quick B ackup? Acronis True Image OEM Q uick Backup is an integra ted software suite that ensures se curity of all information on yo ur PC. It can backup the operating system, app lications, settings and all of y our data, while also securely destr oyin[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 7 Backup archive components Archi ve - Kn own as archive chain or archiv e group, it is the whol e set of backup files managed by a single backup task. The arc hive can consist of one or several slice s. Slice - It is a s et of fi les crea ted during each c ycle of the tas k execution. Th e amou nt of slice[...]

8 Co pyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 the tib file into a VHD used for actual booting. So if you can b oot from the conver ted vhd file, you will be able to boot after recov ering this backup to your di sk. Disaster r ecovery Recovering from a disaster usually requires a rescue media, because such disaster often means that your ope rating syst[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 9  Processor Pentium 1 GHz or faster The reco mmended m ini mum screen r esolution is 1 152 x 864. 1.4.2 Suppo rted ope r ati ng sy ste ms Acronis Tru e Image OEM Quick B ackup has been teste d on the f ollowing o perati n g systems:  Window s XP SP3  Wind ows X P Profess iona l x6 4 Edi tion S P2 [...]

Copyr ight © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 10 2 Acronis True I mage OEM Q uick Bac kup installat ion an d startu p 2.1 Installing Ac ronis True Image OEM Quick Backu p To install Acronis True Ima ge OEM Quick Backup:  Run the Ac ronis True Image OEM Q uick Backup setup file .  In the Install Menu, select th e program to install: Acronis True I [...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 11 2.3 Activating Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup On the first launch of Acro nis True Image OEM Quick Back up you will have t o enter a n Acti vation Key to be abl e to ru n the pr oduct. Click Get Key! but ton to get to th e Acronis webs ite, where y ou can register an d enter your Acronis Tr ue Imag [...]

12 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010  Notifications. Please k eep in mind that the b ackups c reated b y the la ter program v ersion may b e incompatible with the previous program versions, s o if you roll back True Image OEM to an older v ersion, you likely will have t o re - create the ar chives using the older vers ion. We str ongly r[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 13 3 General i nforma tion and propriet ary Acronis technolo gies 3.1 Disk/part ition images A backup archive is a file or a group of files (also call ed "backups" in this guide), that contains a copy of all information stored on selected disks/partitions. Backing up disks and partiti ons is perfo[...]

14 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 Why inc rem ental? In an incre mental backup, only the files c hanged or added si nce the last t ime the backup ran a re added to the archive . When recoveri ng from an increment al backup, the pro gram must co py the entire initial back up and then ste p through each of t he previous b ackups to retriev[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 15 If you select in Windows Exp lorer several files in the sa me folder and then choose Back Up in the short cut menu, the back up file gets the name of the folder with a ppended date, e.g. My Documen ts_mm_dd _yyyy. tib. If you se lec t in Windows Explo rer two or mo re folders and then choose Back Up in t[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 16 4 Preparin g for disas ter recov ery 4.1 How to be st prepare for a dis aster Let us remi nd you of Murphy's Law: "Whatever can go wrong will go wrong" (and at t he worst possible ti me, in th e wors t possible way ). And some people say th at Murphy was an incu rable optimis t. So be warn[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 17 2) It may al so be useful to com plete all the ste ps in the Recovery W izard right up to the Summary scree n, but n ot click the Proceed button. This will allow you to simulate the rec overy process and t o make sure that Acronis Tru e Image OEM Quick B ackup recognizes both the drive containing your ba[...]

18 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 200 0- 2010 you must attach the ext ernal drive(s) b efore bootin g fr om the rescue media , otherwise th e recovery environmen t might not det ect the d rive(s). 3) If you store your back ups on th e network, you shou ld also ch eck tha t you ca n access the network in the re covery en vironment. When booted from t[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 19 4. Choo se a video mode you think bes t suita ble for your monito r and type its number in the command line. For instanc e, typing 338 s elects v ideo mode 16 00x120 0x16 (see the b elow fi gure). Incidentally, when there is a digit or letter before a thr ee - digit num ber, you can also select such vide[...]

20 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 200 0- 2010 with your computer hardw are and send you an is o file. Burn this file to a CD/DVD u sing a program that ca n handle iso f iles such as Nero. In cid entally, thi s repor t may also be us eful when you reques t the Acroni s Customer Service Depar tment to help yo u with a problem. After bur ning y our cus[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 21 5 Getting to kno w Acronis True I mage OEM Quick Backu p 5.1 Program works pace Starting Acronis True Imag e OEM Quick Ba ckup takes you to the Welco me scree n. This sc reen provides quick access to ba ckup and recovery features , as well as highlights any is sues with your system's protecti on. Yo[...]

22 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 Acroni s True Image OEM Quick B ackup uses wizards , which guide yo u through m any o perations. Like the main program window, wizards also have the side bar listing all the steps (bot h required and optional) needed for compl eting the opera tion. F or exa mple, see the Ba ckup W izard scr een shot belo[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 23 To go to one more screen of i nterest, cl ick Re covery on the sidebar. The Data recovery and backup management screen give s detailed i nformation on yo ur backup archi ves and provides for quickly perf orming operations on these ar chives – Recover, Validate, Move, Remove, Explore backup ar chives, a[...]

24 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 Anothe r useful scree n shows the log of progr am operations . A calendar prov ides quick acces s to the logs (for past dates). You ju st click on a desired date. F or more information see Vi ewing T asks and Logs. We will not bore you with a description of other scre ens, because many of the m are self [...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 25 5.3 Options scr een Acronis True Image OEM Q uick Backup has options rel ated to its appearance and v arious program functio ns. To view or e dit the default options, choos e Tools & Utilitie s → Options in the m ain program men u. The Backup options item p rovides for making settings to b e used b[...]

26 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 Yes, I want to par ticip ate in the pr ogram radio button. If yo u want to know more abo ut the Customer Experience Pr ogra m, click the Learn mor e lin k. If modifying the default op tions does not provide the desired results or if you just want to res tore the default options val ues set during Acronis[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 27 6 Cre ati ng back up archi ves 6.1 Preparing for your f irst backu p First of all you should decide wher e to store your back ups. Acronis True Image OE M Quick Backup supports q uite a l o t of s torage devi ces. For more i nfor mation se e Su pported storage me dia. Since hard disk drives are now q uit[...]

28 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 You migh t think i t would t ake a while to make a copy of your entire har d dis k, but th e propr ietary technolog ies used in Acr onis Tru e Image OEM Quick B ackup ensu re that i mage creation i s quite f ast. You should create images of your p rimary disk and any other partiti on you normally use. If[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 29 The subs equent desc ription is ma de under the assumptio n that you boo t from your boot able rescue media and the program "se es" all your hard drives and othe r storage d evices in th e recovery environmen t. See Testing boota ble rescu e med ia. Attach the ext ernal dri ve if it is to be us[...]

30 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 case vali dation of a system disk backu p is b est perfor med in the rec o very en viron ment, as you will use the re covery envir onment when re covering t he system parti tion or disk. 9. If you wish, provide co mments to the backup. You wil l also be able to add c omments later. 10. Click Proceed to s[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 31 and f olders o r entire disks. One mo re consideration is the data transfer rate provided by your network. For example, a Gi gabit Ethernet network has a bandwidth sufficient for all amounts of data to be backed up. However back ing up over Wi - Fi co nnection m ay be t im e - cons uming when you nee d t[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 32 7 Online backu p Acronis O nline Backup might be unavailable in y our r egion. To fi nd more infor mation, click here: https:// www.acronis. com/my/online - backup/ The main reason for using Acronis Online Backup is th at you will be able to keep your data s ec ur e by storing off - site. Becaus e your f[...]

Copyright © Acron is, Inc., 2000 - 2010 33 7.2 Backin g up t o A cron is On line S tora ge To perfo rm an online backup, l og on to your Online Backup se rvice account by clicking Bac kup → Online B ackup on the sidebar and enter ing your e - mail address us ed for openi ng the account and the passwo rd. In order to not enter the pass word durin[...]

34 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 When the com puter connects to the online s torage, the Onli ne storage screen with your storage space quot a appears . If you have performed backup o n this comp uter before, you wil l see how much Online stor age space is occupie d by the backe d up files and fo lders. The scree n also shows the space [...]

Copyright © Acron is, Inc., 2000 - 2010 35 Scheduling t asks. W hen you finish sche duling and cl ick OK , the sche dule informatio n will be show n above t he Edit schedule. .. lin k. By default A cronis Tr ue Image OEM Quick Backup s chedules dai ly backups to t he Online St orage with r andomly selected backup s tart time. Y ou can quick ly sta[...]

36 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 2. This wi ndow also allow s choosing the com puter from which you backed up t he files and folder s you need t o rec over. Sele ct the c omputer by its name on the dire ctory tree und er Online Stor age in the lef t pane. 3. By default the state of the Online Storage after th e latest backup is displaye[...]

Copyright © Acron is, Inc., 2000 - 2010 37 You can also manage Acr onis Online Storage by deletin g individual files or even so me of their versions. 1. Click Brows e on the Online storage screen. Acronis Ti me Expl o rer will be open ed with the On line Stora ge tab sel ected. 2. Select the computer from which you bac ked up the files you need to[...]

38 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 7.5.1 Connection attempts This page allows you to optim ize the sett ings Acronis True Im age OEM Quick Backup use s when establ ishing co nnection to the Online Storage. Here you can specify h ow many connection attempts will be made if the first att empt fails (the default number is 10) . In additio n [...]

Copyright © Acron is, Inc., 2000 - 2010 39 To back up yo ur data to the On line stor age at the maximum speed yo ur Internet co nnectio n can provide, unselec t the Li mit transfer rate to: ch eck bo x. 7.5.3 Stor age cleanup The Storage c leanup page is int ended for set ting the options that enable aut omatic cleanup of obsolete file versions fr[...]

40 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 Acronis True Image OEM Q uick Backup will keep 10 versions of your files, th ough you can specify any othe r number. 7.5.4 Proxy settings If your co mputer is connec ted to the Intern et usin g a p roxy server , enabl e use of the pr oxy server and enter i ts settings. Acronis O nline Backup suppor ts on[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 41 8 Additional backup feature s 8.1 Arch ive t o var iou s place s Now Acronis T rue Image O EM Quick Backup offers much greater flexibility. You can save full and incremental backups to diff erent places including a network shar e, CD/DVD, USB stick, as w ell as any local internal or external hard drive. [...]

42 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 To complet e the backup, you may either try t o free s ome spa ce on th e disk a nd cl ick Retr y o r select another storage d evice. To ch oose the la tter option, cl ick Browse i n t he informatio n window. T he Browse for Location window appears. The left pane shows the st orage locations available on[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 43 After a while you chose t o upgrade to Windows Vista. To b e on the safe side, you made an incremen tal backup bef ore the upgrade and named it "Dis kCBeforeUpgr ading". Upon upgr ading yo u made s ure that the new system a nd all your applic ations oper ate normally a nd made one more incremen[...]

44 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 network share. If you h ave saved backups belon ging to the same back up "chain" to variou s places, Acronis True Image OEM Q uick Backup may pr om pt you f or the locati ons of previo us backups during data rec overy, in the cas e when the sele cted backup archive d o es not contain th e files[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 45 the archive already has incr emental backups, you can select any of the targ et archive files. It doesn't matter which one you sele ct, as the program recogniz e s them as a single archiv e. If you wan t to ch ange th e locati on of added bac kup files, browse for a ne w backup location after clicki[...]

46 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 If you choose (1) by select ing the Full met hod, you can also choose what to do with the previou s full backup when creating a ne w one. By default Acronis True Image OEM Quick Ba ckup overwrites the previo us full back up, but you can c hoose to keep it by unsele cting the A new full backup over writes[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 47 8.2.5 Providing a c omment Providing a comment for the archiv e can help identif y the backup and prev ent you from recove ring the wrong d ata. However, you can choose not to make any notes . The backup fi le size and creat ion date are auto maticall y appended, s o you do not nee d to enter this info r[...]

48 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 you are n o t sure a bout the comp ression ratio of a file type, tr y to back up a coupl e of files and compare the sizes of the or iginal files and backup archive file. A c ouple of additional tips: gen erally, you c an use the N or m al compression level, b ecause in most cases it provides an optimal b[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 49  Acronis S ystem Report - th e comp onent all ows you to gener ate sy stem rep ort that is used for collecting information about y our system in case of any progra m problem. Report generation will be available before you sta rt Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup from the b ootable media. The genera [...]

50 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 Suppose you have a full backup o f your PC on an externa l hard d isk, but want to make one more backup copy of the system to keep it in a different loc ation from the first one for added se curity. Howeve r, you do not have one more external har d disk, and a USB sti ck would not ac commodate such a lar[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 51 9 Data reco very with Ac ronis T rue Image OEM Quick Backu p The ult imate purpos e of data backup is recove ry of the backed up da ta when the o riginal is lo st due to hardware failure, fire, th eft or just erroneous deleti on of some important files. There may be v arious reasons for recovering your s[...]

52 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 2. Boot fr om the resc ue medi a and select Acronis True I mage OEM Quick Backup (Full version). 3. Select Recovery → Disk and Partition Recov ery in the main me nu and then choose the image backup of your system partition (or entire system disk) that you want to use for re covery. Right - click on t h[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 53 (thou gh t his is not always p ossible, e.g. the old drive m ay be an IDE and the new d rive may be a SATA). In an y case, instal l the new drive to w here it will be use d. 9.2.1 Recov ering a disk without a hidden partition At first let's consider recovery of a sys tem disk contain ing two partiti[...]

54 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 dragging it or its borders with a m ouse on the horizontal bar on the sc reen or by entering corresponding values into the appropriat e fields (Partition size, Free sp ace bef ore, Free space after). While specifying the partition size remember th at you need to leave as much unallocated (free) space aft[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 55 3. Select Recovery → Disk and Partition Recov ery in the main me nu and then choose the image backup o f your system dis k that you want to use for recovery . If the disk s hav e differ ent d isk letters i n Win dows and the rec over y environ ment, the progra m will display the following er ror mess a[...]

56 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 Windows s hould not "see" bot h the new and old dr ive during t he firs t boot after r ecovery. If you upgr ade the old drive to a lar ger capacity new one, disconn ect the old dr ive bef ore the fir st boot otherwise there may be problems booting W indows. Switch of f the computer , if you nee[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 57 9.4 Recove rin g file s and f olders Depen ding on the backup ty pes you have use d, there may be seve ral methods of recovering file s and folders. In most cases you r ecover files and folders in Windows. You can recover file s and folders from a disk/partition image. To rec over files/folders from an i[...]

58 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 the syst em, hidden f il es an d folders fr om being o verwritten b y sel ecting th e appr opriate check boxes. In addition, you can protect the fil es that meet the cri teria you specify in this win dow from being overwritten. Unselecting the Overwrite exis ting fil es checkbox will give the files on th[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 59 10 Additional rec overy in forma tion 10.1 R ecovery Wizard - detailed inf ormati on The below description of the Re covery Wizard refers t o recovering partitions/disks from image backups. If you need to rec over files and folders, see Recovering files and f olders. 10.1.1 Sta rting the Reco very Wizard[...]

60 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 When recoveri ng a backup of Windows V ista or Windows 7 system dis k containing restor e points, s ome of your res tore points (or all of them) may be missing i f you boot f rom the recover ed system disk and open the System Rest ore tool. 2. If you are going to recover data from an archiv e containing [...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 61 During a single session, you can recover several partiti ons or disks, one by one, b y selecting one disk and setting its parameters first and then repeating these a ctions for e very partiti on or disk to b e recover ed. Disk and partition images contain a copy of track 0 al ong with the MBR (mast er bo[...]

62 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 10.1.5 Selecting a targe t disk/par tition 1. Select a target d isk or parti tion where you want to re cover th e sel ec ted image. You can r ecover data to its initial location, to an other disk/partition or to an unallocated space. Th e target partition sh ould be at lea st the sa me size as th e unco [...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 63 Acronis True Image OEM Q uick Backup automatically corrects b oot information during recovery of the syste m parti tion to m ake it bootabl e, even if it wa s not recovered to the origi nal partit i on (or disk). If you recover a syste m partition to another hard disk w ith its own partitions and OS, mos[...]

64 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 10.1.9 Setting recovery op tions Clicking Options at t he Finis h step allo ws selectin g the o ptions for the recover y process (tha t is, recovery process priority, e tc.). The settings will be ap plied only to the current re covery task. Or, you can edit th e default opti ons. See S etting default rec[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 65 You can set default filters for the specifi c types of files you wish to preserve durin g archive recovery. For example, you may wan t hidden and system files a nd folders, newer files and fo lders, as well as files matching selected criteria no t to be overwri tten by the ar chive fil es. While specifyi[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 66 11 Creati ng boot able media 11.1 Crea tin g Linux - based rescue media Yo u c a n run Acro nis True Image OEM Qu ick Backup from an eme rgency boot disk o n a bare - metal system o r a crashed computer that cannot boo t. You can even bac k up disks on a non - W indows computer, copying all its data into[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 67 Acronis True I mage OE M Quick Backup full vers ion Includes support of USB, P C Card (formerly PCMCIA) an d SCSI interfaces along with the s torage devic es connected v ia them, and there fore is strongly re commended. Acronis S ystem Report This com ponent allo ws you to g enerate a system rep ort afte[...]

68 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 bootable media after each Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup upgrade. One more thing you should r emember – when booting from the res cue media and using a standal o ne version of Acronis True I mage O EM Quick Backup, you ca nnot recove r files and folde rs encrypted wit h use of the encryp tion feat[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 69 12 Exploring a rchive s and mountin g images Acronis True Image OEM Q uick Backup offers two kin ds o f archive contents man agement: mounting and explo ring. Explori ng images lets you v iew their content s and c opy the selected files to a har d disk. To expl ore a backup arc hive, do uble - click on t[...]

70 Copyri ght © Ac ronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 2. Select th e archi ve for m ounti ng. If you selected an archive c ontaining incremental image s, you can sele ct one of the succes sive incremental images (also c alled "slices") by its creation date/time. Thus, you can explore the data state at a certain moment. To mount an incremental imag[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 71 You can a lso sel ect a let ter to be assign ed to th e virtua l disk from the Mo unt lett er dro p - down list. If you do not want t o mount a partition, select Do not mount in the list or u nselect th e partition' s checkb ox. 4. Having fin ished the se ttings, cli ck Proceed to connect the sel ec[...]

72 Copyri ght © Ac ronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 If you have mounted se veral partitions, by default all of them will be selected for unmounting. You can disco nnect all mounted drives together or di sconnect only those you do not need mo unted anymo r e. You can also do this in Win dows Explorer by right - clicking on t he disk icon and choo sing Unmo[...]

Copyrigh t © Acr onis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 73 13 Searching backup archives and the ir co ntent 13.1 S earch ing In addition to the ability to e xplo re backup archiv es, Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup pr ovides a search facility for tib archives themselves, for files in tib archiv es only, as well as offering full - text search in the comments [...]

74 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010  The Backup content s area sh ows results of searches for files and folders in tib ar chives. Double - clicking on a filename opens the fil e. You can recover the file by rig ht - clicking on its filename and choosing R ecover in a sho rtcut menu. T his shortcut menu also enable s you to open the file[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 75 Full - text indexing of f iles in backup ar chives is pr ovided only for the f ile types r ecognizable by Google Desktop and Windows Sear ch. They r ecognize text f iles, Micr osoft Off ice files, al l Microsoft Of fice Outlook and Mi crosoft Outlook Expres s items, and mor e. 13.2.1 Using Goog le Deskto[...]

76 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 Give Google Desktop some time for indexing all tib file s on your computer's hard disks and adding the inde xing inform ation to its index database. T he required time depends on t he numbe r o f ti b archives and the number o f files they contain. After f or exa mple an h our, ch eck whethe r Googl[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 77 Clicking in the browser window on a lin e related to the desired file version opens a small dialog with just two o ptions: Vi ew a nd Recover . Choo sing Vi ew starts the app lication associated with this file type and opens the file. Choosing Recover starts Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup and you ca[...]

78 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 To open the Index ing Options window i n Windows V ista, open the Control Panel and then double - click the Indexing O ptions icon. The Windows Vista indexi ng options have some di fferences in content and appearance, though mo st of t he follow ing informati on is applicable to Wi ndows Vis ta as well .[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 79 4. Click OK and whi le t he Indexing O ptions window is open, ch eck that the disks wh ere you store your tib ba ckup arch ives are shown in the "In cluded Locat ions" list. If the list does no t contain thos e disks, the ti b fil es will not be i ndexed . To inclu de the d isks, cl ick Modify [...]

80 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 Give Windows Search s ome time for indexing all tib files on y our computer's hard disks and ad ding the indexin g inf ormation to its index datab ase. Th e req uired time depends on t he number of tib archives and the number o f files they contain. After c ompleting the indexing, the Deskt op Searc[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 81 14 Other ope rati ons 14.1 V alida ting ba ck up arc hive s The valida tion proced ure checks whether you will be able to recover da ta from a particular backup, so when you select f or validation:  a full backup, the program validates the full backup only.  an incremental backup, the progra m vali[...]

82 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 When the Log tab is s elect ed, the up per p ane sh ows th e calendar, while the low er on e shows l ogs' contents. To view the logs for a spe cific period, select the peri od by clicking the right arrow buttons in the From: a nd To: fields o f the Show for the peri od area. Clicking the arrow in th[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 83 14.3 M anagin g bac kup arch ives After a while you may wish (or be f orced) to manage your backup ar chives, for ex ample, in order to free up some space for new bac kups by remov ing the oldest back ups or those you no longer nee d. As now Acronis True Image O EM Quick Backup stores in formation about [...]

84 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 14.4 Re movin g ba cku p arch ive s You may wa nt to remove backups an d backup archiv es you no lon ger need. Because Ac ronis True Image OEM Quick Backup s t ores information on the b ackup archives in a metada ta information database, deleting unneeded archive files using Windows Expl orer will not de[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 85 15 Troublesho oting 15.1 Gener al The below sections may help y ou in trou bleshooting i ssues encoun tered during ins tallat ion and use of Acroni s True I m age O EM Quick Ba ckup. Among other in formati on the Tr o uble shooting c hapter includes links t o Acronis S upp ort Knowl edge Bas e (KB) artic[...]

86 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 a. Click Start → All Progra ms , then f ind and open t he "Accesso ries" folder . b. Right - click on the "Command Prompt" item and se lect "Run as administrator". c. Type th e following comma nd line in to the opened windo w: net user administr ator /active:yes Take not e[...]

C opyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 87 Backups to a mapped dri ve fail f rom time to ti me Explanation of why saving an image to a mapped dri ve may sometimes fail and h o w to prevent this can be found i n the Acroni s Support KB art icle "Saving an Ima ge to a Mapped Drive f rom an Acronis True Image Task Fails Sp oradically" thr[...]

88 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 Netw ork share w ith a bac kup not found by standal one Acronis True Image OEM Quic k Backup There can be several reaso ns why you are not able t o locate the desired network share when using a standalone version of Acronis True I mage. See the Acronis Support KB article " Standalone Version of Acro[...]

C opyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 89 Windows fails to boot with "NT LDR is missing" err or message Soluti on : Instructions on how to ma ke Windows XP bootable if i t reports "NTLDR is missing" after being rec overed wi th Acronis True Imag e OE M Quick Backu p, can by found in t he Acronis Suppo rt KB article "Win[...]

90 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 You fail to mount an image spanned over several CD/D VDs For an expl anatio n of the issue wit h mounting a span ned image see "Mount ing an Image Spanne d over Several CD or DVD Discs Fails" at http://kb.ac ronis.com/ content/1546 ( http://kb.a cronis. com/c ontent/15 46 ). It takes a l ong ti[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 91 16 Hard Dis ks and Boo t Seq uence 16.1 Arran ging boot sequen ce in BIOS BIOS has a built - in setup ut ility for initial computer con figuration. To enter it, you have to press a certain key combin atio n ( Del, F1, Ctr l+Alt+E sc, Ctrl+ Esc , or some other, depe nding on your BIOS) during the P OST (p[...]

92 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 1. Configure the new hard dis k as slave by prop erly installin g jumpers on its controller board. Disk drives gen erally have a p ictur e on the dri ve that show s the corr ect ju mper set tings. 2. Open your computer and insert the new hard d isk into a 3.5 '' or 5.25'' s lot with s[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 93 the marked thread connec ted to pin # 1 of the s ocket. A similar rule wa s used for conn ect ing cables with th e motherboar d. Incorrec t connecti o n of th e cab le with ei ther the hard disk or the m otherboard does n ot nece ssarily damage the electr o nics of th e disk or th e motherboard . The har[...]

94 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 16.2.4 Installing a SA T A hard drive Mos t recentl y manufactured PCs use the SATA int erface for hard drives. In g eneral, installing a SATA hard drive is easier than an IDE drive, as it is not nec essary to configure mas ter - slave jumpers. SATA drives use a thin interface c able with seven - pin key[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 95 Backup. Se e Adding a new hard dis k. Then co nfigure your BI OS to boot from t he SATA controll er and boo t from the SATA hard drive to ensure it wor ks. 16.3 Hard Disk Wip ing meth ods Information removed from a hard disk drive by non - secure means (for e xample, by sim ple Windo ws delete) can easil[...]

96 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 16.3.2 Information wip ing methods u sed by Acronis The tab le below brie fly describes info rmation wiping m ethods used b y Acronis. Each descri ption features the nu mber of ha rd di sk sector passes along with the n umber(s ) writt en to each s ector byte. The description of built - in info rmation w[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 97 17 Startup Paramet ers Additional parameters that can be applied prior to bo oting Linux kernel. 17.1 D escrip t ion Additional parameters that can be applied prior to bo oting Linux kernel Description The following parameters c an be used to load Linux ke rnel in a special mode:  acpi= off Disables A[...]

98 Copyri ght © Acronis, I nc., 2000 - 2010 Disallows use of PCI BIOS; only direct hardware access m ethods are allowed. For instance, this parame ter may be used if you ex perience cras hes upon boot - up, pr obably ca used by the BIOS.  pci=bio sirq Uses PCI BIOS cal ls to get t he interrupt routi ng tabl e. These calls are kn o wn to b e bug[...]

18 Index A Acronis True Image OEM Q uick Backup basic concepts • 6 Acronis True Image OEM Q uick Backup installation and startup • 10 Activating Acronis True Image OEM Quic k Backup • 11 Additional backup features • 41 Additional recovery information • 59 Archive selection • 59 Archive splitting • 49 Archive to various places • 41 A[...]

100 Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 How to best prepare for a disaster • 16 I Information wiping methods used by Acronis • 97 Installation issues • 86 Installing a SATA hard dri ve • 95 Installing Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup • 10 Installing an IDE hard disk driv e, general scheme • 92 Installing hard disk dr ive s in c[...]

Copyr ight © Acronis , Inc., 2000 - 2010 101 Setting online backup options • 37 Setting recovery opt ions • 64 Some typical backup scenarios • 28 Starting the Recovery W i zard • 59 Startup Parameters • 67, 98 Steps for installing a new internal S ATA drive • 95 Storage cleanup • 39 Storage connection speed • 38 Supported file syst[...]