Acronis True Image 2016 manual

[...]

2 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 Table of contents 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 6 1.1 What is Acronis® True Image™ 2016 ? ....................................................................................... 6 1.2 New in [...]

3 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2 002 - 2015 3.9 Wizards .................................................................................................................................... 37 4 Backing up data ............................................................................................................. 38 4.1 Backing up [...]

4 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 5. 4 .7 Pe r fo rm ance of r ec ove ry o pera ti on ............................................................................................................ 88 5. 4 .8 No t if ic ati on s f or r ec ove ry o pe rat io n .........................................................................[...]

5 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2 002 - 2015 11 . 1. 2 Ma kin g s ure th at yo ur r es c ue m ed ia ca n be use d w he n ne e de d ................................ ........................... 119 11.2 Acronis Startup Rec overy Manager ....................................................................................... 123 11.3 Try&[...]

6 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 1 In t ro d uc tio n I n th is s ec ti on What is Acronis® True Image™ 2016? ....................................................... 6 New in this version ..................................................................................... 6 System requirem ents and su pported media ........[...]

7 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015  Recover data fro m any backup loca ted in Acronis Clou d, including backup s from PCs, Macs, and devices runnin g iOS and And roid.  Resolve some produc t-related issues.  Data archiving — Acr onis True Image 2 016 scans the fold ers that you selected and analyzes how often you use [...]

8 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015  1 GB RAM  1.5 GB of free spac e on a hard di sk  CD -RW/DVD-RW driv e or USB flash drive for bootable media creation  Screen resolution is 1152 x 720  Mouse or other p ointing device (rec ommended) Additionally, you n eed to have administra tor privileges to run Acronis True Imag[...]

9 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 1 . 3 . 4 S u p po r t e d I n t e r n e t c o n n e c t i o n t y p es The table below sh ows which Internet connection typ es are supported by the product func tio ns. Internet connection ty pe Acronis Console in Windo ws Acronis Bootable media Any connection established in Windows Proxy serv[...]

10 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 1. 4 In st al li ng Ac ro nis Tr ue Im ag e 2 01 6 Installing Acronis True Image 2016 To install Acronis True Image 2016: 1. Run the setup file. B efore starting the setup process, Acronis True Image 2016 will check for a newer build on the website. If there is one, the newer version will be of[...]

11 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 You can activate Acr onis True Image 2016 either on yo ur computer or fro m another comput er, if your computer is n ot connected to the Int ernet. Activation on a compu ter connected to the Interne t If your computer is c onnected to the In ternet, the pr oduct will be acti vated automaticall[...]

12 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 To reactivate Acr onis True Image on your comput er, choose from the list the same c omputer by its old name. 1. 6 Tr ial ve rs i o n in for ma ti on General limitations The trial version of Acronis True Image 2016 works onl y during the trial peri od of 30 da ys . It has the following limitati[...]

13 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 Updating Acronis True Image 2016 To update Acron is True Image: 1. Start Acronis True Im age 2016. 2. On the sidebar, click Account . If there is a new version availab le, you will see the ap propriate message n ext to the current build number. 3. Click Download and install . Before you start [...]

14 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 2 Ge tt ing s ta r te d I n th is s ec ti on User interface languag e ........................................................................... 14 Protecting your sys tem ................................................................ ............ 14 Backing up all data on your PC ..........[...]

15 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 2 . 2 . 1 S t e p 1 . Ba c k i n g u p y o u r c o m p u t e r When should I back up my computer? Create a new backup version after ever y significant e vent in your system. Examples of these events includ e:  You bought a new c omputer.  You reinstalled Win dows on your co mputer.  Y[...]

16 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 How many backup versions do I need? In most cases, y ou need 2-3 backup versi ons of your en tire PC contents or y our system disk, with a maximum of 4-6 (s ee above for inf ormation about when to create backup s). Remember, the first backup versi on (the full backup v ersion) is the most impor[...]

17 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 If you want t o back up your system partiti on only, refe r to Backing up disks and p artitions (p. 38 ) for details. When you select Entire PC as a backup type, Acr onis True Image backs up all your internal hard drives in disk mode. The bac kup contains th e operating syste m, installed prog[...]

18 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 6. [optional step] Clic k Options to set the opti ons for the backup , including Schedu le (p. 42 ), Scheme (p. 44 ), and Password protec tion (p. 52 ). For more inf ormation see Backup options (p. 40 ). 7. Click Back up no w . When you b ack up your data to Acronis Cloud, the first bac kup may[...]

19 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 2. 5 C lo ni ng your ha rd dr i ve Why do I need it? When you see that th e free space on your hard drive is not enough for your data, you might want to buy a new, larger hard drive and transf er all your data to the new dri ve. The usual copy operation does not make your new hard drive iden t[...]

20 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 3. On the Source Disk s tep, select th e disk that you want to clone. 4. On the Destinat ion Disk step, select the des tination disk for the cloned data. If any disk is unpartitione d, the program will automatic ally recognize it as the destina tion a nd bypass this step. 5. On the Finish step,[...]

21 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 Case 1. How to recove r computer if Windows works incorrectly? 1. Start Acronis True Im age 2016. 2. On the sidebar, click Backup . 3. From the backup list, select the bac kup that contain s your system disk. The backup can be located on local, net work storage, or Acronis Cloud. 4. Depending [...]

22 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 5. Select the system partition (usuall y C) on the What to recove r screen. Note that you may distinguish the sy stem partition by the Pri, Act flags. Select the System Res erved partition (if any), as well. 6. You may leave all settings of th e partitions without ch anges and click Finish . 7.[...]

23 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 5. An email message will be sent to the add ress you specified. Open this message a nd confirm your wish to create an acc ount. How to sign in To sign in to your Acronis a ccount: 1. On the sidebar, click Account , and then clic k Sign in or creat e an account. 2. Enter your registrati on emai[...]

24 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 If you use the trial version of the produc t, an unlimite d storage space and 3 0 -day free subs cription will be assigned to your account aut omatically. See de tails in Trial version inf ormation (p. 12 ). Please note t hat Acronis Cloud is a subject o f Fair Usage Policy for holders of Acron[...]

25 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 3 Ba si c co nc ep ts I n th is s ec ti on Basic concepts .......................................................................................... 25 The difference be tween file backups and disk/partitio n images ............ 26 Full, incremental and differential backups ....................[...]

26 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015  Back up your old disk drive, and then recover it to the new one. Backup file format Acronis True I mage usually saves backup data in the prop rietary tib format u sing compr ession. The data from .tib file bac kups can be re covered only thr ough Acronis True Im age, in Windows or in the re[...]

27 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 2. File system meta data, including service files, file alloc ation table (FAT), and partition boot record. 3. File system data, incl uding operating s ystem (system fil es, registry, drivers), user data and software applications. 3. System Reserved par tition, if an y. 4. EFI system partiti o[...]

28 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 1.tib, 2.tib, 3.tib, 4.tib - full backup versions. Additional informatio n A full backup version forms a base for fur ther increme ntal or differential ba ckups. It can als o be used as a standalone ba ckup. A standalone full ba ckup migh t be an optimal soluti on if you often roll back the sys[...]

29 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 On the other hand, incr emental version s require mor e work for the program to provide rec overy. In the example above, to recover the en tire work from 4.tib file, Acronis Tru e Image reads data fr om all backup versions. Theref ore, if you lose an incremental backup version or it beco mes c[...]

30 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 backup, the progra m copies both us ed and unused ha rd disk sectors and the backup file will usually be significantl y larger.  Will my system di sk backup include drivers, docume nts, pictures, etc.? - Yes, su ch a backup will contain the drivers, a s well as the contents of the My documen[...]

31 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 3. 5 De cid i ng w her e to st or e yo ur b ac kup s Acronis True I mage 2016 sup ports quite a few of stor age devices. For more informati on, refer to Supported storage media. The table below sh ows possib le backup destinations for your data. HDD (internal or external) SSD USB flash drive A[...]

32 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 3 . 5 . 1 F T P c o n n ec t i o n Acronis True I mage 2016 allows you to store your bac kups on FTP ser vers. To create a new F TP connection, when s electing a bac kup storage click FTP conn ection , and in the opened window pro vide:  Path to the FTP serv er, for example: my.se rver.com ?[...]

33 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 3. 6 U si ng Ac ro nis No ns to p B a ck up Acronis Nonst op Backup provides easy pr otection of your di sks and files. It allo ws you to reco ver entire disks, individu al files and their differ ent versions. The main purpos e of Acronis Nonst op Backup is contin uous protection of your data [...]

34 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 3 . 6 . 1 A c r o n i s No n s t o p B a c k u p d a t a s t o r a g e Acronis Nonst op Backup data storage can be created on local hard dis k drives (bot h internal and external). In many cases an e xternal hard disk will be the best c hoice for Nonstop Bac kup data storage. You can use an ext[...]

35 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 Rebooting the c omputer will reset the load and the restart count. If the system overloads again, Acronis Nonst op Backup will pau se. Why does Acroni s Nonstop Backup sometimes cau se a high CPU loa d? - This is th e expected behavior of Acronis Nonstop Backup. This may happen on restart of a[...]

36 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015  Acronis True I mage 2016 button on th e taskbar.  The Acronis Recove ry tab in the Prope rties window of a file.  Shortcut menu co mmands. Windows Start menu The Start menu displa ys Acronis co mmands, tools and utilities. They gi ve you access to Acronis True Image functionalit y, wi[...]

37 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 3. 9 W iz ard s When you use the available Acronis Tru e Image 2016 tools and utilities, th e program will in man y cases employ wizard s to guide you thr ough the operat ions. For example, se e the screen shot b elow. A wizard window usuall y consists of the f ollowing areas: 1. This is the l[...]

38 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 4 Ba ck ing up da ta I n th is s ec ti on Backing up disks and par titions ................................................................ 38 Backing up files and f olders ..................................................................... 39 Backup options ..................................[...]

39 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015  Acronis Cloud — Sig n in to your Acronis acc ount, and then click OK . If you do not have an Acronis account, click Create accoun t , type your email add ress, password, and then click the Create accou nt button. Refer to Acr onis account (p. 22 ) for details.  Your external drive — [...]

40 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 6. In the opened wind ow, select the che ck boxes next to the files and folders tha t you want to back up, and then click OK . 7. Click the Backup destination icon, and then select a de stination for backup:  Acronis Cloud — Sig n in to your Acronis acc ount, and then click OK . If you do [...]

41 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 After you have ins talled the applicati on, all options ar e set to the initial values. You can chan ge them for your current bac kup operation only or for all backups that will b e created in f uture. Select the Save the settin gs as defaul t check box to apply the m odified settings to all fu[...]

42 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 4 . 3 . 1 S c h e d u l i n g The Schedule tab allows you to specify the backup and validation schedule setting s. You can choose and set up one of th e following backu p or validation frequencie s:  Nonstop (p. 33 ) — The back up will run every five minu tes.  Daily (p. 43 ) — The op[...]

43 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 Additionally, you can set a time delay t o start backup after th e system startup . For example, t o start backup 20 minutes after syste m startup, type 20 i n the appropria te box.  If you schedule a backu p to a USB flash dri ve or validation of a backup that i s located on a USB flash dri[...]

44 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 4. 3. 1. 4 Up on e ve n t e x ec u t ion pa ra me ter s You can set up the following parame ters for the Upon event operation execution:  Event  User logon – the operation will be execu ted each time the current user logs on to the OS.  User logoff – the opera tion will be execu te[...]

45 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015  Single version (p. 45 ) - select this s cheme if you wan t to use the small est backup storage.  Version chain (p. 45 ) - this may be the optimal sche me in many cases.  Incremental - selec t to create a full version after ev ery five incremen tal versions. This is the default scheme.[...]

46 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 According to the specifi ed schedule ( or when you run backup manually) the prog ram creates: 1 full and 6 incremental backu p versions, th en again 1 full an d 6 incremental versions and so on. Th e versions will be st ored for 1 month. After the peri od the program analyz es if the oldest bac[...]

47 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015  Delete version cha ins older than [de fined period] (available for incr emental and differential methods only) - Sele ct this option t o limit the age of b ackup version chain s. The oldest versi on chain will be deleted only when the most recent back up version of this chain is older than [...]

48 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 Ex am pl es o f c us tom s ch em es 1 . File backup “Daily increm ental version + weekly full version” Case: You have files and/or folders you work with ev ery day. You need to save your dai ly work results and want to be able to recover data state to any date for the last thre e weeks. Let[...]

49 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 9. In the Disk Backup wind ow, check that all settings are correct and click Back up n ow . If you want your first backup to be run only at the time you specifi ed in the Scheduler, clic k the down arro w to the right of the Back up now button and select Later in the dr op down list. 4 . 3 . 3 [...]

50 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 If the test message sending fail s, then perform th e following: 1. Click Show extend ed settings . 2. Configure additi onal email settings:  Enter the e-mail s ender address in the From field. If you are not sure what addre ss to specify, then type any add ress you like in a s tandard forma[...]

51 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 How to use the defaul t exclusion settings After you have ins talled the applicati on, all the exclus ion settings are set to the initial values. You can change them for your current backup operation only or for all backups tha t will be created in future. Select the Save as default check box t[...]

52 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 4. 3. 4. 1 Ex clu din g on l in e d a ta Before you start a backup, you can redu ce the backup size by excluding data that does not need to be backed up. Acronis Tru e Image 2016 now all ows you to exclud e your local data that is upload ed or synchronized with third-p arty Cloud ser vices, suc[...]

53 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 4. Having specified the bac kup settings, click OK . How to get access to a password-pro tected backup Acronis True I mage asks for the pass word every ti me you try to modify the backup:  Recover data fro m the backup  Edit settings  Delete  Mount  Move To access the backup , yo[...]

54 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 4 . 3 . 8 B a c k u p s pl i t t i n g Acronis True Image 2016 c annot split already existing ba ckups. Backups can b e split only when being create d. Large backups can be split into sev eral files that toget her make up the original backup. A backup can also be split for burn ing to removabl [...]

55 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 4 . 3 . 1 0 B a c k u p r e s e r v e c o py Backup reserve c opy is an independ ent full backup version created immediately after a normal backup. Even when you create an increm ental or differential backup version cont aining only data changes, the reser ve copy will contain all the data sel [...]

56 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 4 . 3 . 1 2 B a c k u p c o m me n t This option allows you to add comments to the backu p. Backup comments may help you t o find the necessary backup la ter, when rec overing data by usin g bootable media. If a backup does n ot have comments, type your comm ent in the commen ts area. When a c [...]

57 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 To eliminate this kind of proble m, you can disable pre serving file securit y settings in backups. Then the recovered file s/folders will al ways inherit th e permissions fro m the folder to which they are recovered (parent f older or disk, if r ecovered to t he root). Or, you can disable file[...]

58 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015  Select the Store no mo re tha n … recent versions check box and en ter a value th at limits the maximum number of all versions in th e storage. 4 . 3 . 1 7 O n l i n e ba c k u p p r o t e c t io n To protect your data on Acronis Cl oud from unauthorized access , you can use en cryption. [...]

59 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 To select a data center: 1. On the Online Bac kup Options screen, click Advanced , and then click Data cente r . 2. Select the countr y that is closest to your current loca tion. 4 . 3 . 1 9 P e r f o r m an c e o f b a c k u p o p e r a t i o n Compression level You can choose the compression [...]

60 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 4 . 4 . 1 B a c k u p o pe r a t i o n s m e n u The backup opera tions menu provides quick access t o additional operati ons that can be perf ormed with the selected ba ckup. The backup opera tions menu can contain the foll owing items:  Edit settings - allow s editing of the curren t backu[...]

61 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 4 . 4 . 2 B a c k u p l i s t i c o n s While working with the backup list y ou will see special icons. The ic ons give you the following information:  Backup type  Backup current stat e Backup type icons Entire PC backup Disk-level backup File -level backup Nonstop backup Backup state ic[...]

62 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 Validating backups in Windows To validate an en tire backu p: 1. Start Acronis True Im age 2016, and th en click Backup on the sidebar. 2. From the backup list, select the bac kup to validate, click Operations , and then clic k Validate . Validating backups in a stand-alone version of Acronis T[...]

63 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 4 . 4 . 5 A dd i n g a n e x i s t i n g b a c k u p t o t h e l i s t You may have Acr onis True Image ba ckups created by a previous pr oduct version or copied fr om another comput er. Every time y ou start Acronis True I mage 2016, it scans y our computer f or such backups and adds th em to [...]

64 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 2. In the Recovery s ection, click Refresh bac kups. This wi ll update the backup list. If you can not find the target backup in the list, or the ba ckup is located on rem ovable media, click Browse for backup, and provide the path to the backup . 3. Depending on typ e of the backup , go to the[...]

65 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 One -time cleanup When your Acronis Cl oud is full or is run ning out of space, we re commend that you use the cleanu p tool in Acronis Cl oud web application. This tool allows you to free up consid erable amount of space on the cloud fast and easy. To clean up Acron is Cloud: 1. Start Acronis [...]

66 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 5 Re co v er ing d ata I n th is s ec ti on Recovering disks and partitions ............................................................... 66 Recovering files and folders ..................................................................... 79 Recovery from Acr onis Cloud .....................[...]

67 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015  Scan the computer for viruses if you suspect that the crash o ccurred due to a virus or malware attack.  Under bootable m edia, try a test rec overy to a spare h ard drive, if y ou have one.  Validate the imag e under bootable media. A backup t hat can be read during validation in Wi[...]

68 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 4. On the Home screen, s elect My disks belo w Recover . 5. Select the system disk or partition ba ckup to be used for recovery. When the backup is n ot displayed, cli ck Browse and specify path to the backup manually. 6. Select Recover whole disks and partitions at the Recovery metho d step. 7[...]

69 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 In case of Wind ows 7 the System Reserved pa rtition will have the Pri , Act flags. You will need t o select for recovery both the System Reserved partition and th e System partition. 8. At the "Settings of par tition C" ( or the letter of the s ystem partition, if it is differ ent) [...]

70 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 10. When the operation finishes, e xit the standalone vers ion of Acronis True Image 2016, rem ove the rescue media and b oot from the recovered system partition. After making sur e that you hav e recovered Windows to the state you need, restore the origin al boot order. 5. 1. 1. 4 Re c ov eri [...]

71 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 9. On the What to reco ver step, select th e boxes of the partitions to be recover ed. Do not sele ct the MBR and Tra ck 0 box. Selecting partitions l eads to appearance of the relevant steps "Settings of partition ... ". Note that these steps start with partitions which do not have [...]

72 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015  Type. Check the partiti on type and chang e it, if necess ary. Ensure that the System Reserved partition (if any) is pri mary and marked as a ctive.  Size. Click Chan ge default in the Partiti on size area. By default the partiti on occupies the entire new disk. Enter the correc t size i[...]

73 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015  Specify the partiti on size, which by de fault equals th e original size. Usually there is n o free space after the partiti on, so allocate all th e unallocated space on the new disk t o the second partition. Click Ac cept , and then click Next . 12. Carefully read the summar y of operatio[...]

74 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 S el ec tin g ta r ge t d i sk fo r M BR r ec ove r y In this window you should select a hard disk for recoverin g the Master B oot Record (MBR) along with track 0. Recover disk signature check box If you have selected MBR recover y at the Content selection step, the Recover di sk signature che[...]

75 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 4. In the Backup ve rsion list, select the ba ckup version you wan t to recover by it s backup date and time. 5. Select the disks t o recover. If you need to rec over separate partiti ons, click Recover spec ific partitions , and t hen select the partitions to recov er. 6. In the recovery dest[...]

76 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 5. 1. 2. 1 P ar t it ion pr ope r ti es When you recover partitions to a basic dis k, you can c hange properties of these partitions. To op en the Partition Prop erties window, click Prop erties next to the s elected target par tition. You can change th e following partition properties:  Let[...]

77 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015  Basic volume or disk. The target volu me remains basic.  Bare-metal re covery. When performin g a so called "bare-metal recovery" o f dynamic volumes to a new unformat ted disk, the recovered volumes becom e basic. If you want the r ecovered volu mes to remain dynamic, the tar[...]

78 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015  Your old and new hard drives work in the same contr oller mode (for exa mple, IDE or AHCI). Before you start the procedure, please ensure that you have:  Bootable rescue media. Refer to Creating b ootable rescue media (p. 16 ) for details.  Backup of your system disk created in disk m[...]

79 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 To boot from Acro nis boota ble media: 1. If you use a USB flash dri ve as a bootabl e media, plug it into the USB port. 2. Turn your computer on. During the Pow er-On Self Test (POS T), you will see the key combinati on that you need to pre ss in order to ent er BIOS. 3. Press the key c ombin[...]

80 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 5. Select backup versi on (data state on specific date and time ). 6. Select the files and f olders that you want t o recover, an d then click Next . 7. Select a destina tion on your computer to where you want to recover s elected files/folders. Y ou can recover data to its original locati on o[...]

81 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 Disk recovery fro m Cloud ......................................................................... 82 5 . 3 . 1 R e c o v e r i n g d a t a f r o m o n l i n e b a c k u ps With Acronis True Imag e 2016 you can bro wse and recover data that was backed up on Acronis Cloud. If you have ba cked [...]

82 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 1. In the backup cont ents, select the file which version y ou want to recover, then click the gear icon at the right-hand sid e. Select View vers ions in the open ed menu. 2. In the window that app ears, select the requ ired version and then click Recover . 3. Select the version t o which you [...]

83 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 What if recovery has been int errupted Since disk recover y from Acronis Cl oud uses an Intern et connection and usuall y takes a long ti me, the probability of the re covery interrup tion is higher comp aring to recovery fr om an ordinary hard disk. Possible reasons of recovery interrup tion:[...]

84 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 3. On the Home screen, s elect My disks belo w Recover . 4. To add the online bac kup of the syst em disk or system partition to the list of available backups, click Browse . 5. In the directory tr ee of the opened window, select Acr onis Cloud and enter cr edentials of y our Acronis account. 6[...]

85 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 7. On the Archive se lection step, select th e online backup and click Next . 8. On the Recovery method step, select Reco ver whole disks an d partitions . 9. On the What to reco ver step, select th e system partit ion (usually C) and the System Reser ved partition (if any). You can also recog[...]

86 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 12. When recovery is complet e, exit the stand alone version of Acr onis True Image 20 16, remove the rescue media. Bo ot from the recovered syst em partition. After you check that yo u have recovered Windows to the state you need, restore the origin al boot order. 5. 4 R ec o ve ry o pti on s [...]

87 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 5. 4. 2. 1 Ed i t us er co m ma nd f or re c ov ery You can specify user commands to be e xecuted before or after recovery:  In the Command field type-in a command or select it f rom the list. Click ... to sel ect a batch file.  In the Working di rectory field type-in a path f or command[...]

88 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 Selecting the Ove rwrite existing fi les check box will give th e files from the bac kup unconditional priority over the file s on the hard disk, though, by defau lt, the more recent files and folders are protected against overwriting. If you want to overwrit e those files and f olders too, cle[...]

89 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 By default all notificati ons are disabled. Free disk space thresh old You may want t o be notified when the free space on the backup storage becomes less than the specified threshold value. If after starting a ba ckup Acronis Tru e Image 20 16 finds out that the fr ee space in the sel ected b[...]

90 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015  Set the port of the incoming mail s erver. By default the port is set to 110. 3. Click the Send test message button again. Additional notif ication settings:  To send a notifica tion concerning proces s completion, select the Send no tification upon operation' s successful comp leti[...]

91 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 6 Ar c hi vi ng da ta I n th is s ec ti on What is data archi ving? ............................................................................ 91 Data archiving vs. Online backup ............................................................. 91 Archiving your data .............................[...]

92 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 Online backup Data archiving Feature purpose Data protection from o perating system corruption, h ardware failures, and loss of separate files. Cleanup of local storage d evice and moving data to Acronis Clou d. Data protection  Overall protection of all d ata on a computer, especially an o [...]

93 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015  Windows Explo rer Start Windows Expl orer, and then click Acronis Archive under Fa vorites . You can work with th e files as if they were stored on an ordin ary hard drive.  Acronis Cloud Open the Acronis Cloud web appli cation in one of the follo wing ways:  Start Acronis True Im ag[...]

94 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 7 Pr ot ect ing fa m il y d a ta I n th is s ec ti on What is family data pr otection? .............................................................. 94 Adding a new de vice ................................................................................ 94 Backing up any co mput er ...........[...]

95 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 Cloud. These default settings cann ot be changed with the web app. If you n eed to customize the settings, start Acr onis True Image 20 16 on this device an d configure the backup manually. To back up any compu ter: 1. Open Online Dashb oard at: https: //cloud.acronis.c om. 2. Sign in with you[...]

96 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 8 Sy n ch r on izi ng d at a I n th is s ec ti on About the Sync feature ............................................................................ 96 How we ensure s ecurity of your da ta ...................................................... 96 What you can and can not synchronize .........[...]

97 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015  Two or more f olders on two or more computers.  One or more c omputers and Acronis Cl oud. Acronis Cloud alwa ys contains the last versions of the synced files. At the sa me time y ou cannot select a folder on Acronis Cloud t o participate in a syn c, such folder is created au tomatical[...]

98 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 The file or folder i s synchronized. The file or folder i s being synced at the moment. The file or folder ha s not been syn chronized because of an error. Sync type icons f or synced folders: Your default sync. Sync with Acronis Cloud. Sync between c omputers synced thr ough a local area netwo[...]

99 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015  As long as Acronis True Image 201 6 is installed, you c annot delete the default sync folder. If you delete the folder, f or example, usin g Windows Explor er, it will be recrea ted during the nex t program start.  The contents of the default sync folder automatically s ync with the d e[...]

100 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 3. When the appropriat e dialog appears, choose which versions you want t o delete:  All versions.  Versions older than one month.  Versions older than one week. The program sho ws how much space will be freed up. Be careful! Deleted ve rsions cannot b e restored. 4. Clicking Advanced[...]

101 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 8. 8 H ow t o r eco ve r a d ele te d fil e Sometimes y ou may delete a file from a sync b y mistake. Then, y ou need to recover th e deleted file. This may be possib le for the syncs that keep file versi ons on Acronis Cloud. One condition - the d eleted file mus t not be removed during Clou[...]

102 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 2. Click Synchronization in the left-hand side of the screen. The Compu ters tab in th e Manage synchronization are a is displayed by d efault. 3. Click Unlink to the right of the na me of the computer you want to unlink. 4. Click OK in the confir mation message. Unlinking the c omputer:  R[...]

103 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 9 Ac r on is Tr ue Ima ge f or m ob i le de vic e s Acronis Cloud might b e unavailable in your region. For more information, click here: http://kb.acronis.com /content/4541 Acronis True I mage for mobil e devices allows you t o back up your data t o Acronis Cloud, and then recover it in ca se[...]

104 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 9. 2 B ac kin g up yo ur mo bi le dev ic e A mobile backup is y our guarantee that your data on your mobile device is safe a nd can be reco vered in case of corrupti on or loss. You can also use the backup to transfer your personal data and settings from your old s martphone to a new on e. To [...]

105 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 2. Sign in to your Acronis accoun t. Acronis True Image d etects that there are mobile backup s in Acronis Cloud. 3. Tap Recover da ta . 4. Select the mobile de vice to recover your data from, an d then tap Select . For exa mple, if you want to transfer your data fr om your old s martphone, s[...]

106 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2 002 - 2015 10 D is k c l on i ng an d m igr ati on This operation c opies the entire c ontents of one disk d rive to another disk dri ve. This ma y be necessary, for exa mple, when you wan t to clone your operating system, app lications, and dat a to a new, larger capacit y disk. You can d o it two way[...]

107 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 If the program finds two d isks, one partitione d and another u npartitioned, it will auto matically recognize the partitioned disk as the source disk and th e unpartitioned disk as the destina tion disk. In such case, the next steps will be bypa ssed and you will be ta ken to the cloning Sum[...]

108 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 8. On the Finish step, ensure that the c onfigured settings suit y our needs, and then click Proceed . If the cloning op eration is stopped f or some reason, you will have to configure a nd start the procedure again. Y ou will not lose y our data, because Acronis True Image d oes not alter th [...]

109 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 1 0. 1 . 2 M a n u a l pa r t i t i o n i n g The manual transf er method enab les you to resize par titions on the new disk. By default, the program resizes them proporti onally. To edit a part ition: 1. Select the partition, and then click Edit . This will open the Par tition Settings wind [...]

110 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015  Partition type (availab le only for MB R disks)  Partition letter an d label Refer to Partition settings (p. 136) for de tails. 3. Click Accept . Be careful! Clicking any previous wizard s tep on the s idebar in this window will r eset all size and location changes that you've sele[...]

111 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015  ??name.ext - all files with a .ext ext ension, having six letters in their names (starting with any two symbols (?? ) and ending with name ), will be exclu ded.  You can enter path to a fold er:  C: my pictures - my pictu res folder on the C: disk will be exclu ded. You can edit an[...]

112 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 At the command lin e prompt type: diskpart list disk The screen will show the disks connected to your comput er. Find out the disk number for your SSD. Use its size as the refer ence. select di sk N Here N is the disk number of your SS D. clean This operati on removes all inf ormation from t h[...]

113 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 We recommend tha t you migrate y our system to an empty SSD that do es not contain partitions (the disk space is unalloc ated). Note that if y our SSD is new and has ne ver been used before, it doe s not contain partitions. To migrate your system to a n SSD: 1. Start Acronis True Im age 2016.[...]

114 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 11 To o ls Acronis Tools and utiliti es include prot ection tools, m ounting tools, cl one disk utility, secur ity and privacy utilities, an d disk management utilities. Protection tools  Acronis Unive rsal Restore media If you recover your i mage on a comput er with a dissim ilar hardware [...]

115 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 With this tool you can unmount the temp orary logical drives you have created t o explore an image. 11 .1 C re at ing boo tab le r es c ue m e di a You can run Acr onis True Image 20 16 from an emerg ency boot media on a bare-metal system or a crashed computer tha t cannot boot. Y ou can even[...]

116 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015  If you use non-opti cal media, the media must have FA T16 or FAT32 file system.  Acronis Media Builder supports only x64 WinPE 3.0, Win PE 4.0 and WinPE 5. 0. This WinPE distribution cann ot work on x8 6 hardware.  A PE image based on WinPE 3.0 requ ires at least 25 6MB RAM to wor k,[...]

117 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 nomouse, noapic, etc.). These parame ters are provided for advanced users. If you encounter any hardware compatibil ity problems while t esting boot fr om the rescue media, it may be best to contact Acronis Technical Supp ort. To add startup pa rameters:  Enter a command int o the Pa ramet[...]

118 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015  pci=nobios Disallows use of PCI BIOS; only dire ct hardware acces s methods are allo wed. For instance, this parameter may be us ed if you experience crashes upon boot-up, probabl y cause d by the BIOS.  pci=biosirq Uses PCI BIOS calls t o get the interrupt r outing table. These calls a[...]

119 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 To create a PE ima ge (.iso file) from the resu lting .wim file: 1. Select Microsoft Wind ows AIK  Window s PE Tools Co mmand Prom pt from the Sta rt menu. Users of Windows 7 should select Microsoft Windows AIK  Dep loyment Tools Command Prompt from the Start menu. If you create Win PE [...]

120 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 appropriate drivers and ma king the custom rescue CD m ay take some time . Furthermore, this may be impossible for some mod els. 4. When the progra m starts, we recom mend you try rec overing some files from your backu p. A test recovery allows y ou to make sure that your rescue CD can be used[...]

121 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 3. When recovering files with the rescue C D you are able to select only a n ew location for the fil es to be recovered. Therefore just click Next at the Location selection step. 4. After the Destinatio n window opens, chec k that all you r drives are shown under My Computer . If you store yo[...]

122 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 6. Select several files for recovery by s electing their chec k boxes and then clic k Next . 7. Click Proceed on the Su mmary wind ow to start reco very. 8. After the reco very finishes, exit the s tandalone Acr onis True Image 2016. Now you can be r easonably sure that your rescue C D will he[...]

123 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 3. Select Acronis T rue Image 2016 in the b oot menu to c ontinue booting fro m the rescue media. To see the available video modes, press the Enter key when the appr opriate messag e appears. 4. Choose a video mode you thin k best suitable for your monitor and typ e its number in the command [...]

124 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 3. In the opened wind ow, click Activate . How to use If a failure occurs, turn on the comput er and press F11 when you see the "Press F11 for Acr onis Startup Recover y Manager" message. This will start a standalone version of Acronis True I mage 2016 that differs only slig htly fro[...]

125 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 programs or data. When you turn Try &Decide off, you decide if you want to apply the changes to your computer or you want to discard them. When Try&Decide can help We recommend tha t you tu rn Try&Decide on bef ore you try to:  Change any syst em settings, when y ou are not sur[...]

126 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 Every "soft" reb oot of your computer while in the Try mode results in addin g up to 500 MB of Try&Decide's hous ekeeping data into the storage sele cted for storing virtual cha nges. Limitations in using Try&De cide If you use Window s 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10, ple as[...]

127 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 1. Start Acronis True Im age 2016. 2. In the Tools secti on, click More too ls , and then double-click Try&Decide . 3. Set up the Try& Decide options, if necess ary. Refer to Try&Decide options and noti fications (p. 127) for details. 4. To start the Try m ode, click the Try& [...]

128 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 Protected partitions To change this setting : 1. Click the partiti on letter next to the settin g name. The Partition Selection window opens. 2. Select the partitions that you want t o protect, and then click OK . By default, Try& Decide protects the system partition ( Disk C), though you [...]

129 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 If you do not trust the vendor of th e software that y ou want to install, or when the sour ce of the software is unkno wn, turn on the Try mode before ins talling this software. If an ything goes wrong, discard the changes made in the Try mode. File recovery You have accidentall y deleted so[...]

130 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015  View the versi on's details If Acronis Secure Z one is password-prote cted, any operation, except viewing version details, requires entering the passw ord. Acronis Secure Zone cleanu p If there is not en ough space in the A cronis Secure Zon e for a new backup, you ca n:  Cancel th[...]

131 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 Note: This operati on may require a c omputer restar t. 1 1. 4 . 2 A c r o n i s S e c u r e Z o n e l o c a t i o n Creating the Acronis Secure Zo ne To specify a locat ion for the Acron is Secure Zone: 1. Select a hard disk dri ve to create the Acr onis Secure Z one on. 2. Select one or mor[...]

132 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 Drag the slider to the appropriate p osition or type an exact value. The minimum size i s about 50 MB, d epending on the g eometry of the hard disk. The maximum size is equal to the disk’s un allocated space plus the total fr ee space on all partiti ons selected at th e previous step. When c[...]

133 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 5. Click Next to continu e . Acronis True Image 2016 rep air or update will not affect th e password. However, if the pr ogram is removed and then installed a gain while keeping the Ac ronis Secure Zone on the d isk, the password to the Acronis Sec ure Zone will be reset. 1 1. 4 . 5 R e mo v [...]

134 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 Selecting a hard dis k .............................................................................. 134 Selecting initializati on method .............................................................. 1 35 Creating new partiti ons ..............................................................[...]

135 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 1 1. 5 . 2 S e l e c t i n g i n i t i al i z a ti o n m e t h o d Acronis True I mage 2016 sup ports both MBR and GP T partitioning. GUI D Partition Table (GPT) is a new hard disk partiti oning method pr oviding advantag es over the old MBR par titioning method. If your operating sys tem sup[...]

136 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 3. Click Accept . 11 .5 .3 . 1 P ar ti tio n s et ti ng s Size To resize the pa rtition, perform on e of the following:  Point to the partiti on border. When the p ointer beco mes a double-headed arro w, drag the pointer to enlarge or reduce the par tition size.  Type the desired partiti[...]

137 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015  Ext4 is a new Linux file system. It has i mprovements in comparison to e xt3. It is fully backward compatible with ext 2 and ext 3. Howe ver, ext3 has onl y partial forward c ompatibility with ext4.  ReiserFS is a journali ng file system for Linux. Generally it is more reliable and fas[...]

138 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015  Replace your old hard drive with a new one and do n ot plan to use the old drive any more.  Give your old hard dri ve to your relativ e or friend.  Sell your old hard drive. How to use Acronis Dr iveCleanser To permanentl y destroy data on your disk: 1. Click the Start butt on — &g[...]

139 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 Acronis DriveCleanse r cannot wipe partitions on dynamic and GPT disks, so t hey will not be shown. 11 .6 .1 . 2 A lg or i th m s ele c ti o n On the Algorithm se lection step, perform one of the following :  To use one of th e preset algorithms, sel ect the desire d algorithm. Refer t o H[...]

140 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 To add a new pa ss: 1. Click Add . The Wipin g Pass Adjustment window opens. 2. Choose an option:  Write pattern Enter a hexadecimal value, for exa mple, a value of thi s kind: 0x00, 0xAA, or 0xCD, etc. Th ese values are 1 byte l ong, but they ma y be up to 512 byt es long. Except f or such[...]

141 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 11 .6 .1 . 3 P os t -w ip in g a ct i on s In the Post-wiping acti ons window, y ou can select act ions to be perform ed on the partiti ons selected for data destruction. A cronis DriveCleans er offers you three options:  No action — just d estroy data using the algorithm sel ected below[...]

142 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 Please, be aware th at Windows stores passwords until th e session ends, so clea ning the list of network user credentials will not take effect until you e nd the c urrent Windows session by logging o ut or by rebooting the computer. To start the System Clean-up wizard, click the Start b utton[...]

143 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 System compone nts:  Recycle Bin  Temporary files  Hard disk free space  Find Computer list  Find File list  Recently Used Docu ments list  Windows Run List  Opened/saved files hist ory  User Credentials  Windows Prefet ch Directory 11 .6 .2 . 2 D ef au lt cle an[...]

144 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 D a ta d est ruc ti on m eth od System Clean-up utili zes a number of th e most popular data des truction meth ods. Here, you need t o select the desired dat a destruction m ethod.  Use common metho d - if you leave thi s parameter selected, the program will us e the defaul t method (the in[...]

145 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 Upon entering the Fil es setting value, you can br owse the files matchin g the search string s. To d o this, click Show File s . You will see a wind ow with the n ames of the found files. These files will be cleaned. D ri ve fr ee s pa ce Here you can man ually specify physical an d/or logic[...]

146 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 "C om ma nds " s e tt i ng Here you can sele ct the commands t o remove during W indows Run List clean-up . This template can c ontain any command na mes or th eir parts separated by s emicolons, e.g.: *help; cmd; reg* This will result in re moving command s with names cor responding[...]

147 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015  If required, you can dig deeper by expan ding a compo nent and selecting/uns electing its content s. Having specified the c omponents for clean-up, click the Clean- up bu tton to continue. Windows Vista and Wind ows 7 do not keep information on file and co mputer searches. Furthermore, in[...]

1 48 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 No. Al g or it h m (w ri ti ng me thod ) P as se s Re cor d – 0xAA; i.e. 0x00, 0xFF, 0x0 0, 0xFF, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xAA. 5. Russian: GOST P50739 - 95 1 Logical zeros (0x00 numb ers) to each byte of each sector for 6 th to 4 th security level syst ems. Randomly selected symbols (numbers) to each [...]

149 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 Note that you c annot mount an image of th e entire disk exce pt in the case whe n the disk consists of one partition. 3. [optional step] On the Drive letter step, sele ct a letter to be assigned to the virtual disk from the Mount letter drop-d own list. If you do n ot want to mount a par tit[...]

150 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 boot. This is becaus e the new hardwar e is incompatib le with critical dri vers included in the i mage. The utility finds and install s drivers for d evices that are critical f or the operating s ystem start-up, such as storage contr ollers, motherboard, or chipset. How do I use it? Before yo[...]

151 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015  Windows-like repr esentation is s elected as a way th e disks and volu mes are represented. 8. [Optional] Specify Linux kernel parameters. Refer to Bootable media startup parameters (p. 116 ) for details. 9. Select the Acronis c omponents to plac e on the media. You can select 32-bit and/[...]

152 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015  ISO image file You will need to specif y the .iso file na me and the des tination folder. When the .iso file is created, you can burn it onto a C D or DVD. For exa mple, in Windows 7 and later, you can do this using a bu ilt-in burning tool. In Windows Explorer, doub le-click the created I[...]

153 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 Universal Restore proc ess After you have specifi ed the required settings, click OK . When the process is complete, y ou will be able to con figure the network connection and specif y drivers for the video adapter, USB and other devices.[...]

154 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 12 Tr oub le sh oot in g I n th is s ec ti on Acronis System Repor t ........................................................................... 154 Acronis Smart Error Reporting ............................................................... 155 Sending feedback to Acronis ...................[...]

155 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 If you want t o create the rep ort file with a custo m name, type the new name ins tead of <file name>: SystemReport.exe /fil ename:<fil e name> To generate a sy stem report unde r bootable media: 1. Create Acronis bo otable rescue media, if you do not h ave it. See details in Acr[...]

156 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 When you do not have an Internet connection 1. In the error mes sage window, pleas e click More details and writ e down the even t code. The cod e may look like thi s:  0x000101F6 - exampl e of an ordinary event code.  0x00970007+0x 00970016+0x0 0970002 - example of a composite event c o[...]

157 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 6. Click Send . 12 .4 H ow t o c ol lec t c ra sh d um ps Because a crash of A cronis True I mage 2016 or Wind ows can be caused by diff erent reasons, each crash case must be investigated separately. Acronis Cu stomer Central would appreciate if you could provide the foll owing information: [...]

158 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 Copyright Statement Copyright © Acr onis International G mbH, 2002 -2015. Al l rights reserved. "Acronis", "Acr onis Compute with C onfidence", "Acro nis Recovery Manager" , "Acronis Secure Zone", Acronis True I mage, Acronis Try&D ecide, and the A [...]

13 G lo ssa r y of Ter m s A A cr oni s S ec ur e Z on e A secure partition for storing backups (p. 159 ) on a hard disk. Advantag es:  enables recover y of a disk to the sa me disk where the disk' s backup resides  offers a cost-effec tive and hand y method for protecting data fr om software malfunction, virus attack, operator err or ?[...]

160 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2015 Bo o ta bl e m ed ia A physical media ( CD, DVD, USB flash driv e or other media suppor ted by a machine BIOS as a boot device) that contains standalone version of Acronis True I mage 2016. Bootable media is most often used t o:  recover an operating system that cann ot start  access and[...]

161 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002 - 2015 N No ns to p b a c ku p Nonstop backup ac tually is a disk/parti tion or file backup that is cr eated usin g the Acronis Nonstop Backup f eature. This is a se t of one full backup version (p. 160) and a sequence of incremental backup versions (p. 160) that are created at short in tervals. It [...]