Acronis True Image Home 2011 manual

User's Guide[...]

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Table of contents 1 Getting started ...................................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 7 1. 1. 1 Wh at i s Ac ro ni s® T ru e Im ag e [...]

3. 11 .7 B ack up r es er ve c op y ..................................................................................................................................... 59 3. 11 .8 Re mo va bl e me di a se tt in gs ........................................................................................................................... 60 3. 11 .[...]

5.3 Backing up to Acr onis Online Storage ...................................................................................... 96 5. 3. 1 Lo g in t o the on li ne s to ra ge .......................................................................................................................... 96 5. 3. 2 C om pu ter s el ec ti o n .............[...]

7. 3. 4 Si ze of Ac ron is S ec ur e Z one ................................................................................................ ........................ 167 7. 3. 5 Ma nag ing Acr oni s Sec ure Z one .................................................................................................................. 1 68 7. 3. 6 Ac ro nis [...]

7 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 1 G e tt in g s ta rt ed 1. 1 In tr o duc tio n I n th is s e cti o n What is Acronis® Tru e Image Home 201 1? ................................................ 7 What is Acronis True I mage Home 2011 Plus Pack? .................................. 8 Acronis True I mage Home 2011 basic c oncepts .............[...]

8 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Windows-style in terface and wizards will make your work easier. Just perfor m a few simple steps and let Acronis True I mage Home 201 1 take c are of everything else! When a system problem occurs, the software will ge t you up and runnin g in no time. 1 . 1 . 2 W h a t i s A c r o n i s T r u e I ma g e H [...]

9 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 By default, Acr onis True Image Home 201 1 stores an image of thos e hard disk sections that c ontain data (for supported file systems). However, you can select an op tion that lets you include an image of all of the sectors of a hard disk (a sect or- by -sect or backup). When you back up files and folders,[...]

10 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Once the progra m starts the partiti on backup process, it temp orarily freezes all t he operations on the partition and creat es its "snapshot". Snapsho t creation usuall y takes just several seconds. After that, the operating syste m continues w orking as the imagin g process is under way. The [...]

11 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Consolidation Consolidation all ows you to delete backups which are no longer ne eded from a backup chain. A chain to be cons olidated can be comprised of a full backup and one or m ore incremental bac kups. If necessary, y ou can delete the base full bac kup from the chain. Th e program wil l create a new[...]

12 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  USB 3.0 suppo rt – Acronis True Image H ome 2011 supports th e new USB 3.0 sta ndard. If your motherboard can work with USB 3. 0 hard disk drives, you can use the high data t ransfer speed offered by the new st andard to make your ba ckups run much faster.  Enhanced Acron is Nonstop Backup – N o[...]

13 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 The minimum scr een resolution is 800 x 600. 1. 1. 5. 2 S up po r te d op er a ti n g s ys te ms Acronis True I mage Home 2011 has been tes ted on the following operating systems:  Windows XP SP3  Windows XP Prof essional x64 Edition S P2  Windows Vista SP2 (all editions)  Windows 7 (all editi [...]

14 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Recovery of a dyna mic volume as a d ynamic volume w ith manual resizing is no t supported  GPT disks can be re covered only "v olume- to -volume" without the possibilit y of resizing  Try&Decide cannot be used for protecting dyna mic and GPT disks  "Clone disk" opera t[...]

15 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 1 . 2 . 1 I n s t a l l i n g A c r o n is T r u e I m a g e Ho m e 2 0 1 1 To install Acronis True Image Home 2 011:  Run the Acronis Tru e Image Home 2 011 setup file.  Before installa tion, you can check for a newer Acronis True Image H ome 2011 build on the Acronis Web site. If a vailable, the ne[...]

16 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Recovering or upd ating the existing Acronis True Image Home 2 011 installation with using the .msi file must be done fr om the comman d line as follows: 1. Choose Start  Run 2. Type cmd . 3. When the command-li ne interpreter wind ow opens, type the f ollowing command : msiexec /i path _to_msi_file m[...]

17 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 If you have Acronis Secure Zone on yo ur computer, remove it before removing the program itself becau se removing Acronis T rue Image Home 2011 will not remove the zo ne. 1. 3 Ge tt i ng to k now Ac ro ni s Tr ue I ma g e H o me 20 11 I n th is s e cti o n Welcome screen ...................................[...]

18 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Back up my crit ical data Select this item t o use the Acronis One-Click Backup tool that allows y ou to begin protecting y our computer as soon a s you install Acronis True Imag e Home 2 011. The default settings provide regularly updated bac kup of your system parti tion, and nonstop prot ection of y[...]

19 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 After the selected items are backed up, you can change the default settings for My com puter backup a nd personal data b ackup. To do this, select the a ppropriate backup on the main screen and then click Edit backup settings in th e Operations menu. If you choose a re movable media as the backup destinati[...]

20 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Documents  Desktop  Downloads  Favorites Here "User" is the username of the a ccount under which y ou have logged on. 1. 3. 1. 2 Ba cku p a ssi s ta nt If you want to prot ect your data, but you are not sure what data to protect and h ow to do this, the backup assistant will h elp yo[...]

21 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 the backup progress. When the process is c omplete, the backup is created. Now y our data is protected and can be recovered in case of disaster. The Acronis True Im age Home 201 1 2011 Online Backu p application will start if you select a backup to online storag e. After the application starts, login to yo[...]

22 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Online Backup  File backup  E-mail backup  Browse for ba ckup Click this item t o browse for backups on your computer and add them to the backu p list. This may be useful when you have backup s created by a previ ous Acronis Tru e Image Home 20 11 version which are n ot shown in the backup lis[...]

23 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Clicking Operation s in the box of a selected bac kup opens an Operations m enu containing the following items :  Open backup location - opens the folder containing th e backup files.  Edit backup settin gs - allows editing of the curr ent backup settin gs.  Recreate backup settings (available onl[...]

24 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 To turn on or chan ge the schedule for the s elected backup, click the lin k to the right of Schedule: . For more information see Scheduling (p. 139 ). Search To search for a backed up file you need to recover, type the fil ename or part of its name, in the search field on the main menu bar. If the search [...]

25 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 1 . 3 . 3 T o o l s & U t i li t i e s s c r e e n This screen all ows you to select the tools and utilities provided by Acronis T rue Image Home 2011. To go to the screen, cli ck Tools & Utilit ies in the main menu . Launch the required to ol or utility by clicking the app ropriate link. For m ore[...]

26 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Wizards have a sidebar listing all the st eps (both required and optional) n eeded for completing th e operation. For ex ample, see the Manage Acro nis Secu re Zone wizard scre en shot below. The completed steps are marked with green checkmarks. The gr een arrow shows the curren t step. After you complet e[...]

27 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 The tab shows the disks and partitions state of when the current ba ckup version was cr eated. You can switch bet ween the backup versions by using the time line at the b ottom of the screen. F or more information see Time line (p. 29 ). To recover disk s and/or partitio ns: 1. On the time line, select the[...]

28 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Right-clicking on a backup version opens th e shortcut menu with other available operati ons:  Recover - select t o recover the current backup version.  Validate - select to check the integrit y of the backup version da ta.  Convert to Windo ws backup (for image ba ckups) - select to con vert the [...]

29 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Mixed (filled square) - this state is available f or folders only and ind icates that some ite ms in the folder are select ed and the others are not. Note that you cannot s et the state by clickin g the check box, but y ou can change it to a cleared or selected stat e. Selecting a disk, p artition, fil[...]

30 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 The squares that r epresent backup versions have colored stripes at the bottom. The color of the stripes depends on the backup types (viole t for disk backups, turquois e for file backup s, green for Nonstop Backup, and br own for other backups, e.g. created by a pr evious Acronis True Image Home 2011 vers[...]

31 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 When today is any date from the 16th to 31st day of the month, the "month" interval is named "This month". In that case the time line sho ws backup versions cr eated from the beginning of the current month to the "w eek" interval. The "This year" int erval shows back[...]

32 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Delete version File backup vers ion:  Validate  Delete version Nonstop backup version and o nline backup version:  Explore and reco ver  Delete version Backup version packs and time b locks: Right-clicking on a folded version pack or ti me interval's block opens the shortcut menu with [...]

33 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 The most significant changes occur in the Sys tem and Security categ ory of Windows 7 Con trol Panel. Acronis True I mage Home 2011 replaces Wind ows Backup in the Backup and Restore ite m. If you first installed Acronis True Image Home 201 1 without performing backups, th e Backup and Restore window allow[...]

34 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 2 H ow to Due to the size of this User's Guide, it is sometimes no t so easy to find how to perform a particular task. This section lists s ome frequently used tasks and provid es links to the appropriat e parts of the User's Guide. Click the corresp onding page number (or the lin k, if you are v[...]

35 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 3 B ac kin g u p d ata Acronis True I mage Home 2011 includes a wealth of sophisticat ed backup capabilities that would please even an IT pr ofessional. They allow you to back up your disks (partitions), fil es, and e -mail. You can choose a bac kup feature that suits you most or use the m all. The below s[...]

36 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 A disk image includ es images of all disk partitions and the zer o track with the mas ter boot record (MBR). By default, files in all Acronis True Image Home 2011 backup s have a ".tib" extension. This extension should not be changed. It is important t o note that you can reco ver files and folde[...]

37 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 A "differential" backup scenario uses the same weekly full sy stem backup with t he backup of files that have changed sinc e the last full backup on a daily basis. While this sche me takes up progressi vely more storag e space as each new day of the week passes, a recovery would only involve two [...]

38 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  If you delete an incremental backup version or a diffe rential backup version - the progra m will also delete all subsequ ent incremental versions till the next full or diff erential version. 3. 3 Ba c ki ng u p pa rt it io ns an d di s ks The image backup is made as easy as A BC. a) Select a partition[...]

39 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 2. You may exclude c ertain files and f olders from backup. For e xample, you transfer red some movies from y our DVDs to a folder on the data partition. The y occupy quite a lot of spa ce and it doesn't make s ense to back them up be cause you have the DVDs. To exclude the folder, click the Add link [...]

40 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 3. 4 Ba c ki ng u p fi le s an d fo lde r s To back up files and /or folders, click File ba ckup on the main scre en. This will open the File Backup window. Let's consider ho w to use this backup typ e for backing up a folder. 1. Select the folder on the directory tree in the What to ba ck up area. Th[...]

41 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  add task run nu mber - the sequence number of the task run will be add ed 4. Click the Back up now button if you want to run backup immediatel y. You can al so delay the start of backup for up to 6 h ours by clicking the d own arrow to the rig ht of this button and selecting a delay interval fro m the [...]

42 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 To add a custom data category, click Add cate gory. To change the def ault name of a custom category, double-clic k the name and enter a new one. Select the data source (e. g. a folder) for the new category b y clicking the Browse... butt on. By default the new ca tegory will contain All da ta from the sou[...]

43 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Acronis True I mage Home 2011 gives the zip f ormat most of the fun ctionality available f or the tib format. You can schedu le backups, validate zip backups, recover files and f olders from zip backups, make incremen tal and differential bac kups, etc. However, it does not provide passw ord protection and[...]

44 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  User Settings  Address Book For Microsoft Outl ook Express  Mail Folders  Address Book (sel ect Windows Add ress Book ). Acronis True I mage Home 2011 provides bac kup of IMAP (Internet Messages Access Pr otocol) mail folders for Micr osoft Outlook. This means tha t you can back up folders sto[...]

45 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 How it works Once you start Acronis Nonstop Backup, th e program will perf orm an initial full backup of the data selected for protec tion. Acronis Nonstop Backup will then save changes in the protected fil es (including open on es) every five minu tes, so that you will b e a ble to recover your system to [...]

46 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 3 . 6 . 1 P r o t e c t i n g y o u r d a t a c o n t i n u o u sl y Let's consider ho w you can use Nonst op Backup for protecting your data. To protect your data c ontinuously: 1. Click Nonstop Backu p on the main screen. This will open the Nonstop Backup window. 2. Select on the direc tory tree in [...]

47 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 changed the N onstop Backup destination, the pr ogram will crea te a new full backup of the data to be protected on th e new Nonstop Backup storage. You can also in clude files and folders into No nstop Backup by selectin g them in Windows Explorer and c hoosing Storages  Include in Nonstop Backup in th[...]

48 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 You can exclude fro m protection files that mat ch the criteria you specif y. To add exclusion crit eria, click the Add link to the right of Exclusions . Whi le adding criteria, you can use the c ommon Windows wildcard characters. F or more infor mation see Excluding items fr om backup (p. 51 ). 3 . 6 . 3 [...]

49 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 In addition to enhancin g the backed up data s ecurity with replica tion, this featur e allows you to copy a set of documents , for example, to a USB stick for wo rking on them at ho me. So now you can perform a nor mal backup and copy the same files to a USB stick or any local hard drive. You have the cho[...]

50 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 2. Choose how to du plicate the project fil e(s) on the USB stick. If you need to save spa ce, choose duplicating as a zip file. Cli ck on the Set location ... link, select the driv e letter of th e USB stick and create a folder f or a reserve copy b y clicking on the Make New Folder button. 3. Finish conf[...]

51 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 To complete th e backup, you may either try to free up some space on the disk a nd click Retry or select another s torage device. T o choose the latter op tion, click Browse... in the confir mation window. The Bro wse for Destination wind ow appears. The left pane sh ows the storage loca tions available on[...]

52 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 You can exclude hid den and system files fr om a backup by sel ecting the corresp onding check boxes. In addition, you can exclude files meeting th e criteria you sp ecify. To do this, sele ct the Files matching the fol lowing criteria check b ox, enter the exclusion crit erion, and then click Add . By def[...]

53 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 settings as defa ult check box to apply the modified setting s to all further backup operati ons by default. Note that disk backup options, file backup options and e-mail backup options are fully ind ependent, and you should c onfigure them separately. If you want to res et all the modified opti ons to the[...]

54 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Backup methods that will be used to creat e backup versions (full, diff erential or incremental)  Sequence of the backup versions created using different methods  Version cleanup rul es Acronis True I mage Home 2011 allows you to choose the follo wing backup schemes:  Single version (p. 54 ) -[...]

55 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Result: you have a single up- to -date ful l backup version Required storage space: minimal. 3. 11 .1 .2 Ve r si on ch ain sc he m e This backup schem e differs for disk backup and file backup typ es. Disk backup ver sion chain At first the program creates the 1st full backup version. The versi on will be [...]

56 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 You can configure the scheme by using one of the following options:  Create only different ial versions after the initial ful l version - select this item to creat e only one backup version chain. Automatic cleanu p is not available f or this option.  Create a full version after every [n] diffe renti[...]

57 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 3 . 1 1 . 2 I m a g e c r e at i o n m o de You can use these par ameters to creat e an exact copy of your whole partitions or hard disks, and not only the sectors tha t contain data. Note that the Back up un allocated space check box is a vailable only when the Ba ck up sector- by -sector check b ox is se[...]

58 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 3 . 1 1 . 4 P r e / P o s t c o m m a n ds f o r b a c k u p You can specify c ommands (or ev en batch files) that will be automatically execut ed before and after the backup procedure. For example, you may want to start/s top certain Wind ows processes, or check your data before starting backup. To specif[...]

59 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Acronis True I mage Home 2011 will ask you t o insert a new disk wh en the previous one i s full. Alternatively, y ou may select the desired fil e size from the dr op-down list. The backup will th en be split into multiple files of the specified size. That comes in hand y when backing up to a hard disk[...]

60 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  make reserve c opies as zip archives  copy the files and/ or folders to a specified l ocation "as is" If you choose res erve copies to be made in the tib format, all ba ckup options (such as backu p compression, bac kup splitting, etc.) will b e inherited from the source backup. You can al[...]

61 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 should disable th e prompt when schedulin g a backup to rem ovable media. Then, if the removable media is available (for exampl e, CD-R/RW inserted) the bac kup can run unattended. If you have other Acr onis products installed on your computer, the bo otable versions of these programs' comp onents wil[...]

62 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 3 . 1 1 . 11 C o m pu t e r s h u t d o w n If you know that the backup process you ar e configuring may tak e a long time, y ou may select the Shut down th e computer after the backu p is complete check box. In thi s case, you will n ot have to wait until the operati on completion. The program will perfor[...]

63 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 The optimal data co mpression level depends on the type of files stor ed in the backup . For example, even maximum c ompression will not sig nificantly reduce the backup size, if the b ackup contains essentially co mpressed files, like .jpg, .pdf or .mp3. Operation priority Changing the priorit y of a back[...]

64 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 If the free space be comes less than the specified valu e while the backup is being run, the program will display the sa me message and you will have to make th e same decisions. To set the free di sk space thresho ld:  Select the Show not ification message on insufficient f ree disk space check box [...]

65 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 3. 12 Va l id ati ng b ac ku ps The validation pr ocedure checks whether you will be able to rec over data from a particular backup version, so when y ou select for validation on the time line…  a full backup versi on, the program validates the full backup version only.  a differential backup versi[...]

66 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Follow the wizard's st eps You cannot cho ose another location when conso lidating backup versions loc ated in the Acronis Se cure Zone. 3 . 1 3 . 1 A r c h i v e t o c o n s o l i d a t e p r o t e c t i o n The archive you chose is password-protected in order to prevent it fr om unauthoriz ed ac[...]

67 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 3 . 1 3 . 4 C o n s o l i d a t i o n s u m m a r y The summary wind ow contains a list of briefly describ ed operations that Acronis True I mage Home 2011 will perfor m after clicking Proceed . If some parameters n eed to be changed , choose the necessary step in th e left part of the window and correct t[...]

68 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 4 R ec ov er in g d ata The purpose of data ba ckup is to reco ver backed up data when the original is los t due to hardware failure, fire, theft or accidental deleti on of files. We hope that you bac ked up your syste m and data using the backup f eatures provided by Acronis True Image Hom e 2011. If so, [...]

69 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 with the required key combination is display ed during the startup t est. Pressing this combinati on takes you to th e setup menu. Go to the hard disk auto detection utility which usu ally comes under "Standard CMOS Setup" or "Advanced CMOS setup ". If the utility does n ot detect the s[...]

70 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 3. Select My disks belo w Recover on the Welc ome screen. 4. Select the system disk or partition backup image to be used f or recovery. Right-click on the backup and choose Recove r in the shortcut menu. If Windows and the recovery environ ment assign different disk l etters, the progra m will display the [...]

71 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Click Browse and sh ow the path to the backup . 5. Select Recover whole disks and pa rtitions at the Recovery meth od step.[...]

72 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 6. Select the system partition (usually C) on the What to recover screen. If th e system partition has a different letter, s elect the partiti on using the Flags column. It mus t have the Pri , Act flags. 7. At the "Settings of par tition C" (or the letter of the syste m partition, if it is diff [...]

73 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 8. Carefully read the summary of operati ons at the Finish step. If you have not resized the par tition, the sizes in the Deletin g partition an d Recover ing partition items must match. Having chec ked the summary cli ck Proceed . 9. When the operation finishes, exit the standal one version of Acronis Tru[...]

74 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 If you want to rec over the partition to the s tate it was at an earlier date, click Explore and recover under the Recover las t version button. This will open Backup Expl orer which allows you t o select the image backup versi on created on that dat e. Clicking Recover after selecting the re quired versio[...]

75 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 We recommend that you clear the Rec o ver disk signat ure check box when:  You use an image bac kup not for disas ter recovery but for clonin g your Windows hard drive to another one. In this case, Acr onis True Image Ho me 2011 generates a new disk sig nature for the rec overed hard drive, even if you [...]

76 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 2. Select a partition t o recover in the Disk Recovery window. This will open the Choose recover y destination field bel ow the partition lab el. 3. Click the down arr ow to the right of the field and select the destination hard disk . The partition to be recovered will then be placed on the selected ha rd[...]

77 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Complete the pr eparations described in Preparing for recovery (p. 69 ) . If you have not alread y done so, assign uniq ue names (labels) t o the partitions of your co mputer's disks. This will allo w for identification of the parti tions by their na mes and not by the disk letters. Disk letters may d[...]

78 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 This step allows you to find out whether the disk you are going to recover contain s a hidden partition. Hidden parti tions do not have dis k letters and they go first in the "Se ttings of partition ..." steps. If you find a hidden partition, see Rec overing a disk with a hidden parti tion (p. 78[...]

79 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 partitions that exist ed on the old dri ve. In addition, you should pla ce the hidden partition in the same location - usuall y at the start or the end of the disk space. T o minimize the risk of possible proble ms, it is better to rec over the hidden pa rtition without resi zing. Attach the external d riv[...]

80 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 (Partition size, Fre e space before, Fre e space after). Cli ck Accept when the partition has th e required size and l ocation and then click Next . Specify the setting s for the second partition which in this case is your system part ition. Click New location , and then sel ect unallocated space on the de[...]

81 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 1. Select in the Backup Explorer the files and f olders you want to rec over. For more in formation on selection in the Bac kup Explorer see Files and f olders tab (p. 28 ). Click Recover to start r ecovery. This will open the Fi le Recovery window. 2. Select a destination on your computer t o where you wa[...]

82 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 3. To start the recove ry process, click the Reco ver now button. 4. The recovery progr ess will be shown in a special window. You can stop the recov ery by clicking Cancel . Please k eep in mind that the aborted recovery may still cause changes in the original location. 4. 7 Re co ver in g fi l e v er si [...]

83 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 in the system y ou originally backed up. This may be useful, for example, after rep lacing a failed motherboard or when d eciding to migrate the system from a desktop to a laptop. You can use Acronis Universal Restore for recovering your system disk both from tib and vhd files. Acronis Universal Restore i [...]

84 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 During the first bo oting, Windows will d isplay numerou s "Found new hardware" pop -up messages and will then ask you to reboot the comput e r. If you use Acronis Uni versal Restore for rec overing a backup of multiboot configuration with two or more editions of Windows, the most cri tical drive[...]

85 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 5. If the target hardw are has a specific mas s storage controller (such as an SCSI, RAID, or Fibre Channel adapter) for the hard disk(s), specif y where to find the driver(s) for the specific hard ware at the Drivers man ager step. If the driver(s) is st ored on a diskett e or CD, select t he Search remov[...]

86 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 4. 9 Ac ro ni s U ni ve rs al Re st or e 4 . 9 . 1 P u r p o s e o f A c r o n i s U n i v e r s al R e s t o r e Universal Restor e is part of the Acronis True I mage Home 201 1 Plus Pa ck which must be pu rchased separately. Acr onis True Image Ho me 2011 Plus Pack has its own license and is ins talled f[...]

87 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 4 . 9 . 2 G en e r a l p r i n c i p l e s o f A c r o n i s U ni v e r sa l R e s t o r e 1. Automatic s election of HAL and mass s torage drivers Acronis Universal Restore searches the Windows default driver storage folders (i n the image being restored) for HA L and mass storage de vice drivers and in s[...]

88 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 GRUB), you might consider installin g them to a Linux root (or b oot) partition boot rec ord instead of an MBR before ac tivating Acronis Startup Reco very Manager. If a failure occurs, turn on the computer an d press F11 when you see the "Press F 11 for Acronis Startup Recover y Manager" message[...]

89 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  When recovering a basi c volume t o an unallocated space of the dynamic group, the rec overed volume becom es dynamic  When recovering a basi c disk to an unall ocated space of a disk in the dynamic gr oup, the disk becomes basic  When recovering a basi c disk to a d ynamic disk of a dyn amic gro[...]

90 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Some motherboards ha ve a so called boot men u opened by pressing a certain key or key c ombination, for instance, F12 . The boot menu allows selecting th e boot device from a list o f bootable devices without changing the BIOS setup. 4. 14 R ec ov er y op ti on s In the Disk Recove ry Options , File Re co[...]

91 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  In the Arguments field enter or select co mmand execution argum ents from the l ist. Disabling the Do no t perform operatio ns until the co mmand execution is c omplete parame ter (enabled by default), will permit the recovery process to run c oncurrently with yo ur command execution. The Abort the op [...]

92 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 4 . 1 4 . 5 O v e r w r i t e f i l e o pt i o n s Choose what to d o if the program finds a file in the target fold er with the same n ame as in the backup. By default, th e program will not overwrite any files and folder s, thus assign ing the files on the hard disk unconditi onal priority over the files[...]

93 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 4 . 1 4 . 7 N o t i f i c at i o n s f o r r e c o v e r y o p e r a t i o n Sometimes a backup or recovery pr ocedure can last an hour or longer. Acronis True Image Ho me 2011 can notify y ou when it is finished via e-mail. The program can als o duplicate messages i ssued during the operation or send you [...]

94 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  If your Internet ser vice provider requ ires authorization on the inco ming mail ser ver before sending e-mails, sel ect the Log on to in coming mail se rver check bo x, then enter the nam e of the POP3 server and s et the port of the inc oming mail serv er.  To check whether your setting s are corr[...]

95 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 5 U si n g Acr on is O nl in e B ac ku p I n th is s e cti o n What is Acronis True I mage Home 2011 Online Backup? ....................... 95 Subscription informati on ................................ ......................................... 95 Backing up to Acr onis Online Storage ......................[...]

96 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 If you do not have an Acronis account, fill in th e appropriate fields, and the accoun t will be created for you. Provide your first and last names and e-mail address. Y ou will be offered a countr y selected on the basis of the IP address of your c omputer, though you can select another c ountry, if you w[...]

97 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  have forgotten y our password, click Forgot pa ssword? and follow the instructions on the op ened Web page. A new pas sword will be sent t o you by e-mail.  have forgotten which e-mail address you us ed for opening your Acronis ac count, click Forgo t Registration E-mai l? and follow the instruction[...]

98 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  After the comput er connects to the Onlin e Backup Server, set up an online backup task f or this computer. For mor e information see Setting up online backup for a new computer (p. 99 ). What is an enc ryption key To protect your data on the online storage fr om unauthorized ac cess, you can use encry[...]

99 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 5. 3. 2. 1 D at a en cry pti on in On li ne B ac ku p To protect your data on the online storage fr om unauthorized ac cess, you can use encr yption. In this case your data will be stored on the online storage in e ncrypted form. To encrypt and decrypt y our data, the progra m needs the encryption key, tha[...]

100 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 To start backup i mmediately, click Back Up Now . You can also delay online backup start for up t o 6 hours by clicking th e down arrow to the right of this button and s electing a delay interval from the dropdown list.[...]

101 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 5 . 3 . 4 M a i n w i n d o w This window shows the current state of your space on the Acronis Online Storag e. The online st orage space is present ed as a stripe. All your regist ered computers are displayed as tabs that shar e the stripe. You can see the amount of storage space that every computer has [...]

102 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Options - click t o open the Options menu where you can specify all Acronis True Image H ome 2011 Online Bac kup options and settings, as well as remove a co mputer from the Online Storage. The Options menu includes the following items:  What to Back Up - select to open the dialog b ox where you ca[...]

103 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Click Options  S chedule in the main window and set up sch eduling for the online backup task. For more informa tion see Scheduling (p. 106)  Click the Back Up Now button if you want to start the first online backup immedia tely The first online ba ckup may take a conside rable amount of time to[...]

104 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  To include particular it ems in a folder, click the folder's name in the folders pane, and then sel ect the items' check boxes in the folder contents pane. Excluding items File filtering can b e applied to manuall y added folders by specif ying which files to exclude from backup. For more in[...]

105 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 5. 3. 5. 2 Ex c lu di n g it ems fr om on li n e ba c ku p Excluding unnecessar y files from online backup may b e useful as the data transf er rate and available storage space are li mited. To exclude files, click the corresponding link at the bottom of the What to back up wind ow. You can exclude hid de[...]

106 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 To delete a criteri on, for example, added by mistake, c lick the Delete icon t o the right of the criterion. To cancel changes in the items to be excluded, click Cancel . Af ter you make changes in the items t o be excluded, cli ck OK to confir m the changes and exit from the What to exclud e window. 5. [...]

107 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Every () hours. Ch oose backup periodicit y from the dropdown list (for, example, every 2 hours). This setting is a vailable only for daily ba ckups. Clicking the Do Not S chedule button turns off the scheduler and online bac kup will be perf ormed only when you click Back Up Now in the main window. A[...]

108 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Select the days on which to execute the task b y clicking on their nam es.  Start: either at a certain time or up on a certain event If you select At , s et the task's start time. Enter hours and minutes manuall y, or set the desired start time, by usin g the up and down buttons. If you select Upo[...]

109 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 5. 3. 5. 4 C re de n ti a ls In some cases when you plan an operation to be performed in the future, you have to specif y the credentials (Windo ws account name and passw ord of the user). For exa mple, this is required when you schedule a backup or specify Pre/ Post commands for backup operation. If you [...]

110 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 5. 3. 6. 1 C on n ec ti on at t em pts On this page you can spe cify the number of connection attempts and the time in terval between the attempts. In case of any net work problems, if the first connection atte mpt fails, the progra m will repeat the attempts till a conn ection is successfully e stablishe[...]

111 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Select the Limit transfer rate to check bo x and specify an optimal value and an ap propriate measure (kilobits or megabits per second ) 5. 3. 6. 3 S to ra ge cl ean u p You can configure the cleanup settings f or the Online storage t o optimize usage of its space. To set the limits fo r the amoun t o[...]

112 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 5. 3. 6. 4 P ro xy se tt i ng s If your computer is c onnected to the Interne t using a proxy ser ver, you can adjust the pr oxy server settings. To use the proxy server, select the Use pro xy check box. Acronis Online Backu p supports only http a nd https proxy servers. To set up prox y server settings: [...]

113 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 5. 3. 6. 5 Ba cku p p r io ri t y Changing the priorit y of a backup process can make it run faster or slower (depen ding on whether you raise or low er the priority), but it can also adversely affect th e performance o f other running programs. The pri ority of any process run ning in a system, deter min[...]

114 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Enter the password in the Password field To specify additional n otification settings, click the Additional e-mai l parameters... link.  If your Internet ser vice provider requ ires authorization on the inco ming mail ser ver before sending e-mails, chec k the Log on to in coming mail se rver box ?[...]

115 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 and/or the subject in the Subject field. If y ou leave the From field e mpty, the e-mail will b e composed using the na me from the outgoing account.  To send notificati on concerning process co mpletion, select the Send notification up on operation' s successful completio n check box.  To send[...]

116 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Unselecting the Do no t perform operation s until the comma nd's execution is complete box, selected by default, will permit the bac kup process to ru n concurrently with your command execution. If you want the bac kup to be performed e ven if your command fails , unselect the Abort the operation if [...]

117 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 5. 4 Re co ver y fr om O nl in e St ora ge I n th is s e cti o n Recovering data fr om Online Storage .................................................... 117 Selecting a version to recover ................................................................ 118 Recovery operation pr ogress ..................[...]

118 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Selecting data The main area disp lays the data backed up on the Online Storage. The area contai ns the folder tree (on the left) and the folder contents pane (on the right). You can sel ect the items using both panes. To select multiple fil es/folders, you c an use the Ctrl and Shift ke ys like in Window[...]

119 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  In the File Version s dialog window that appe ars, select a versi on, and then click Recover , or simply drag the versi on to a destination in Wind ows Explorer To remove a file version from the st orage, select the v ersion and click the Remove icon (cros s) to the right of the versi on number. To ex[...]

120 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 5. 5 Re mo v in g da ta f ro m O nl in e St or ag e Because the available space on Acronis Onlin e Storage is li mited, you need to manage your Online Storage space by cl eaning up the obsolete da ta or the data you d o not need anymore. Cle anup can be done in a variet y of ways. The m ost "drastic&[...]

121 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 5. 6 Vi ew i ng L og If you want to vi ew the log of Acronis True I mage Home 2 011 Online Backup operations, click Help  Event Log in the up per right corner of the main window. To view the logs for a specific period, select the period from the drop-down list. You can s elect Today , Week , and Month.[...]

122 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 6 U se fu l in fo rm at i on I n th is s e cti o n Protecting your sy stem and data ........................................................... 122 Preparing for backups ............................................................................ 125 Testing bootable re scue media ........................[...]

123 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 1. Start Acronis True I mage Home 2011 and then cli ck Disk and pa rtition backup in the main window. 2. This opens the Disk Ba ckup window with your s ystem partition (usually C :) selected by defaul t.[...]

124 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 If you use Windows 7, t he program will also select the System Reserved partition. Do not clear its check b ox, because you may need to recover that partition if you r system crashes. 3. Select a destination f or backup (you can leav e the default destinati on or browse for a d estination after clicking t[...]

125 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 6. 2 Pr ep a ri ng f or b ac ku p s If you would like to create your own backup strategy, you will n eed to consider at least the following issues: where t o store your backups, wha t data to back up and how often. The below sections will discuss these issue s in detail. Incidentally, it w ould be a good [...]

126 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Due to the nec essity of swapping discs, it is strongly recomm ended to avoid backing up to DVDs if the number of discs is more than three. When there is no alte rnative to backing up to DVDs, we recom mend to copy all DV Ds to a folder on a hard disk and then to reco ver from that folder. Acronis Online [...]

127 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 If you clear the Use NT authentication ch eck box, the computer will tr y to log on au tomatically with the credentials us ed for logging on to Wind ows. Having provided the required informati on, click Connect . 6 . 2 . 2 D e c i d i n g w h a t d a t a t o b ac k u p Operating systems and application so[...]

128 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 6 . 2 . 3 D e c i d i n g h o w o f t en t o ba c k u p Disk and partition backups Let's first discuss backing up your sys tem disk. Since it is imp ossible to know whe n it may crash, you must create the fir st system disk backup as soon as possible. Then y ou can decide how often to "refresh&q[...]

129 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 their native for mat by copying them using Windows Ex plorer. If those files are i mportant to you, Acronis True I mage Home 2011 has the Res erve backup copy featur e. It can back up the s ame data files both in tib for mat and in native for mat to two different backup locations. You can schedule such ba[...]

130 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 To check the dri ves, start Backup Wizard by clicking My Disks bel ow Back Up on the Wel come screen. Select a disk to back up at the What to back up st ep and click Next . Click the Browse button to the right of the Backup location field. When th e Browse for locat ion window opens, check that all your d[...]

131 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 2. When the command line appears, t ype "vga=ask" (with out quotes) and click OK . 3. Select Acronis True I mage Home 2011 (Full version) in the boot menu to continue bo oting from the rescue media. To see the available video modes, press the Enter key when t he appropriate message appears. 4. C[...]

132 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 To test another video mode, close Acronis True I mage Home 2011 and repea t the above proc edure. After you find the optimal video mode for your hardware, you c an create a new bootable rescue media that will aut omatically select that video mode. To do this, start Acr onis Media Builder, s elect the requ[...]

133 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 6. 5 Tr yi ng sy st em c ha ng es sa fe l y I n th is s e cti o n What is Try&Decide ............................................................................... 133 Starting the Try m ode ............................................................................ 136 Stopping the Try mode .......[...]

134 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 After starting Tr y mode you can safel y install any system updat es, drivers and app licat ions without worrying about what might happen to your s ystem. If anything goes wr ong, you can simply discard the changes mad e in the Try mode. One of the best featur es of Try&Decide is that it isolates y ou[...]

135 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 When your computer r eboots for whatever reason while w orking in the Try mod e, before booting of the operating syste m starts, you will b e shown a dialog offering you two choic es – stop th e mode and discard changes or continue working in th e mode. This will all ow you to discard the changes that h[...]

136 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Try&Decide and N onstop Backup canno t work simulta neously. Starting the Tr y mode suspends Nonstop Backup. N onstop Backup will r esume after you st op the Try mode. 6 . 5 . 2 S t a r t i n g t h e T r y m o d e To start the Try m ode:  Click Try & Dec ide in the main program menu .  Set u[...]

137 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Protected partit ions: specify the partiti ons you want to protec t from unauthorize d changes during a Try&De cide session. By default, T &D protects the syst em partition (Disk C), though you may add other parti tions or disks in your system.  Storage for virtu al changes: specify where T[...]

138 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Having specified the alert settings, cli ck OK . 6 . 5 . 5 T r y & D e c i d e : t y pi c a l u s e c a s e s The Try&Decide fea ture can help you in vari ous circumstances, f or example: Software testing There are known cases when installati on of antivirus software cripples functiona lity of som[...]

139 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Install the software application you want to evaluate.  Try using the applicati on.  When you want to unin stall it, just discard all the changes made t o your compute r in the Try mode. This may come in handy not only for th ose who, for example, like to play a lot of g ames but for professiona[...]

140 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Daily (p. 140) - the operation will be e xecuted once a d ay or more frequently.  Weekly (p. 141) - the operation will be executed once a week or several times a wee k on the selected days.  Monthly (p. 141) - the operation will be exe cuted once a month or sev eral times a month on the selected[...]

141 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  If you select At , s et the operation's start ti me. Enter h ours and minutes manuall y, or set the desired start time using the up and do wn buttons. You can specif y several start t imes by clicking Add .  If you select Ever y , choose daily operation peri odicity from the dropdown list (for[...]

142 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 6. 7 Se ar c hi ng b ac ku ps a nd th ei r co nt en t I n th is s e cti o n Searching ................................................................................................ 142 Windows Search and Google Desktop int egration ................................ 143 6 . 7 . 1 S e a r c h in g In addit[...]

143 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 "my". It should be n oted that search is ca se-insensitive, i.e. "Backup" an d "backup" is the same search string. When a file is includ ed in several backups and it has been modified, the search r esults will show the number of file v ersions in the appropriat e column. Clic[...]

144 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 1. To install the plu g-in, click the down arrow to the right of the Search field a t the upper right corner of the main pr ogram window. Then choose Search options in the drop-down menu and select the Goog le Desktop check box. The f ollowing window appears : 2. Click OK to start plug-in ins tallation. O[...]

145 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 4. Right-click on the Google Desktop icon in y our system tray once more and select Inde xing  Re -Index . Click Ye s in the confirmation window that app ears. Google Desktop will ad d all the new content to the e xisting index. Give Google Des ktop some time for ind exing all Acronis backups on your c[...]

146 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Clicking in the br owser window on a line rela ted to the desired file version opens a s mall dialog with just two options: V iew and Recover . Choosing View starts the application ass ociated with this file t ype and opens the fil e. Choosing Recover starts Acr onis True Image Home 20 11 and you can then[...]

147 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 following window appear s. Make sure that the "tib://..." item is pr esent in the Inclu ded Locations list. To open the I ndexing Options window in Windows Vista o r Windows 7, open the Control Panel and then double-click the Indexing Options icon. The Windows Vista and Windows 7 indexing op tio[...]

148 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 4. Click OK and while the Indexing Options wind ow is open, check that the disks where you stor e your backups are sho wn in the "Included Locations" list. If the list d oes not contain those disks, the backups will not be indexed. To include the disks, click Modify and sel ect them in the wind [...]

149 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Give Windows Sear ch some time for inde xing Acronis backups on y our computer's hard disks and adding the indexin g information to its ind ex database. The requ ired time depends on th e number of backups and the nu mber of files they contain. Af ter compl eting the indexing, the Windows S earch wil[...]

150 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Windows Vista Search results 6. 8 Ch oo sin g co l umn s fo r vi ewi ng in w i zar ds You can change th e way the columns are r epresented in various wizards. To sort items by a par ticular column, clic k the header ( another click will switch the items to the opposite order). To select columns to view, r[...]

151 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 7 T oo ls & Ut i li t ie s Acronis Tools & Utili ties include Protection tools, Conversion tools, Disk manage ment utilities, Security and privac y utilities, Mounting tools and Backu p settings transfer tools. Protection tools:  Acronis Startup Recovery Man ager Allows you to star t Acronis Tr[...]

152 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Mounting tools:  Mount image With this tool you can explore a previousl y created image. You will be able to assi gn temporary drive letters to th e partition images and easily access these image s as ordinary, l ogical drives.  Unmount image With this tool you can unmount the temp orary logical dri[...]

153 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 2. Activate Acronis Star tup Recovery Manag er. When Acronis S tartup Recovery Manager is activate d, it overwrites the master boot reco rd (MBR) with its own boot code. If you have any third-party boot managers installed, you will need to reactivate them after the Startup Reco very Manager has been activ[...]

154 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 If you have c hosen not to install the Boota ble Media Builder during Acronis True Imag e Home 2011 installation, you will not be a ble to use this feature. When bootin g from the Rescue Media, you cann ot perform backups to disks or partition s with Ext2/Ext3/Ext4, ReiserFS, and Linux S WAP file systems.[...]

155 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Acronis System Rep ort - the component allows you to generat e a system report t hat is used for collecting informati on about your syste m in case of any progra m problem. Repo rt generation will be available bef ore you start Acronis True Imag e Home 2011 from the bootable media. Th e generated syst[...]

156 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Description The following para meters can be used to l oad Linux kern el in a special mode:  acpi=off Disables ACPI and may help with a particul ar hardware configu ratio n.  noapic Disables APIC (Ad vanced Programmable Interrupt Controller ) and may help with a particular hardware configuration. ?[...]

157 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Gets the list of the video modes availab le for your video card and allows selectin g a video mode m ost suitable for the vide o card and monitor. Try this option, if the au tomatically selected vid eo mode is unsuitable for y our hardware. 7. 2. 1. 3 Bo ot ab le m ed ia s el ec ti on Select a destination[...]

158 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 To cancel operation and quit Acronis Media Bui lder, click Can cel . After you create a b oot disc, mark it and keep it in a safe place. Please keep in mind that the backups c reated by the later pr ogram version may b e incompatible with the previous progra m versions. Due t o this reason, we strongl y r[...]

159 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Go to the Acronis True Image Home 2 011 installation folder. (The default folder is C:Progra m FilesAcronis or C :Program FilesAcronisMedia Add-ons). Rename the Bart PE folder to Acronis . Copy this folder int o the Plugin folder in th e BartPE builder in stallation directory . (The default directory[...]

160 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Close the Plugin s window and click the Bui ld button to start the bu ilding process. If you want the image to be burned t o CD, select the Burn to CD option and choose the necessary burner in th e Device menu; After the image is created, burn it to CD or DVD. (If you did not check the Burn to CD option a[...]

161 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 4. Install Microsoft C ore XML (MSXML) 6.0 Parser from t his kit. 5. Install Windows AIK from this kit. It is recommended that you familiarize yourself with the help docum entation supp lied with Windows AIK. A good startin g point is the "Create an i mage" section of "Getting Started for I[...]

162 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 4. Specify the path to the folder Win PE ISO, e.g. c :winpe_x86ISO. 5. On the next screen choose the Add compo nents and build an ISO option and click Next . 6. Specify the full path to the resulting imag e file including the filena me or leave th e default path and filename (Acr onisMedia.iso).[...]

163 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 7. Check your settin gs in the summary s creen and click Proceed . 8. Burn the .ISO to a CD using a third-party to ol (for example, Nero) an d you will have a b ootable Windows PE disc with Acronis True Image H ome 2011. Once a machine bo ots into WinPE, Acronis True Image Home 2011 star ts automatically.[...]

164 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 2. Specify the path to the source WIN PE.WIM file. The stan dard path to this file for x86 hardware is Program FilesWind ows AIKToolsPEToolsX86 winpe.wim. 3. Specify the full path to the resulting WI M file, including the filena me or leave the default path and filename (Acr onisMedia.wim). 4. Check[...]

165 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 In the Acronis True Im age Home 2011, the z one is listed along with all locations available f or storing backups. Certain Windows app lications, such as Acr onis disk management t ools, can access the Acronis Secure Zone. When you create an Acronis Secure Zone , an icon appears under M y Computer in the [...]

166 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 You can back up dat a automatically on a s chedule (see Scheduling (p. 139)). In order to no t worry about zone overflo w during a scheduled bac kup, it is recommended to select the When no t enough space in ASZ, delete the oldest ba ckup box in the scheduled backup options (Error handlin g). 7 . 3 . 2 A [...]

167 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 To select a par tition:  Select the appropria te partition check b ox and click Next . 7 . 3 . 4 S i z e o f A c r o n i s S ec u r e Z on e You can specify the size of the Acronis Secure Z one. The minimum size is about 50 MB, depen ding on the geo metry of the hard disk. T he maximum size is equal to[...]

168 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 7 . 3 . 5 M a n a g i n g A c r o n i s S e c u r e Z o n e You can manage the Acronis Secure Zone.  Increase size (p. 168) - choose this item if you want to increase the size of the Acronis Secure Zone .  Decrease size (p. 168) - choose this item if you want to decrease th e size of the Acronis Sec[...]

169 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 7. 3. 5. 3 A cr on is S ecu re Z on e pr ote c ti on Here, you can set up password protection f or the Acronis Secure Z one in order to prevent it from unauthorized acc ess. The program will as k for the passw ord at any operation relatin g to the Acronis Secure Zone such as data backup and reco very, mou[...]

170 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 7. 3. 5. 4 C on v er t fi le s yst em to N T FS When you upgrade fr om a previous versi on of Acronis True Image Home 2011 and the Acronis Se cure Zone exists in your s ystem, you can c onvert the zone file syste m from FAT32 to NTFS . Such a conversion will n ot result in the loss of bac kups you already[...]

171 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Click the Proceed button to start the listed operati ons. Click the Options but ton if you want to pr otect Acronis Secure Zone with a password. Click the Cancel butt on to exit the wizard with out performing an y operations. 7. 4 Cl on i ng a h ar d di sk I n th is s e cti o n General information .......[...]

172 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 7 . 4 . 2 S e c u r i t y Please note the f ollowing: if the power goes off or you accidentall y press RESET during the transfer , the procedure will b e incomplete and y ou will have to partition and for mat or clone the hard disk again. No data will be l ost because the original disk is only being read [...]

173 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 7 . 4 . 4 S e l e ct i n g a s o u r c e d i s k You can determine the source and des tination using the in formation provided in this window (disk number, capacity, label, partition and fil e system informati on). If the program fin ds several partitioned disks, i t will ask you which is the source (i.e.[...]

174 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 7 . 4 . 5 S e l e ct i n g a d e s t i n a t i o n d i s k After you select the source disk, you have t o select the destin ation where the disk information will be copied to. The pre viously selected source b ecomes grayed-out and disabled for selection.  Select the destinati on disk and click Next to[...]

175 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Manual - you will specify a new size and other para meters yourself If you elect to transfer information "as is," a new partition will be cr eated for eve ry old one with the same size and type, file system and label. Th e unused space will become unalloca ted. Afterwards, you will be able t[...]

176 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Along with the hard disk number, you can s ee disk capacity, the label, volume and file syste m information. Differ ent volume types, incl uding primary, l ogical and unallocated s pace are marked with different c olors. To resize, chang e the volume type, chan ge the label of the existing volu me, right [...]

177 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 If the cursor turn s into two vertical lines with left and right arro ws, it is pointed at the partiti on border and you can drag it to enlarge or reduc e the partition's siz e. If the cursor t urns into four arrows, it is point ed at the partition, so y ou can move it to the left or right (if ther e[...]

178 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Cloning a non-syst em disk or a disk containin g an operating syst em, but one that is not currentl y active, will proc eed without the need t o reboot. After you click Proceed , Acr onis True Image H ome will start clonin g the old disk to the new disk, indicating the progr ess in a special window. You c[...]

179 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 7 . 5 . 1 S e l e ct i n g a h a r d di s k Select the disk that you have added to the computer. If you ha ve added several d isks, select one of them and click Next to continue. You can add th e other disks later b y restarting t he Add New Disk Wizard. You can also see the properties of all the hard dis[...]

180 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  partition letter and label. If you allocate all unallocated space on the disk to the new partition, the Create ne w partition button disappears. 7. 5. 2. 1 P ar ti t io n se tt in gs Specify the setting s for the partition being created. Size You can resize and relocate the parti tion being created . [...]

181 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 one then no u nallocated space will be reserved for system n eeds. Later, you m ay convert this unallocate d area into a primary disk if the re is any ne ed for it. File System Choose the file sys tem type for partiti on being create d and click Next to continue. Different partitions may ha ve different t[...]

182 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Partition letter Select a letter to be assigned to the parti tion being created from the drop-down list. If Auto is selected, the progra m assigns the firs t unused drive le tter in alphabetical order. Partition label Partition label is a na me, assigned to a par tition so that you can easily recognize it[...]

183 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 7. 6 Se cu ri t y an d Pr iv ac y Too ls Acronis True I mage Home 2011 contains utilitie s for secure destructi on of data on an entire hard disk drive, and individual par titions. It can als o erase individual files and eliminate traces of user system activity. When replacing your old hard drive with a n[...]

184 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Click Tools & Ut ilities on the toolbar, and select Acronis DriveClea nser .  Follow the Acr onis DriveCleanser wizard s teps. 7. 6. 1. 1 D at a s el ec t io n First, you must selec t the hard disk par titions where you want to destroy data. To select a partition, click the correspondin g recta[...]

185 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 If the disks and/or parti tions you have sel ected include the s ystem disk or partitio n, you will see a warning window. Be careful, becaus e clicking OK in this warnin g window and then Procee d in the Summary windo w will result in wiping the system partition c ontaining your Wind ows operating system.[...]

186 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Acronis DriveCleans er offers you another useful capability — to esti mate the results of executing a data destruction alg orithm on a hard disk or partition. It featur es an integrated Di sk Editor (hard disk browsing tool). The aforementi oned algorithms offer various levels of confidential data destr[...]

187 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 The window has the f ollowing legend: The first column of th e list contains the typ e of operation on a disk (there are just two: to write a sy mbol to disk, "writing "; and to verify written, "verification"); the second column c ontains the pattern of data to be written to disk. The [...]

188 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 In the same wa y, you can create any data destruction algorithm to match y our security requirements. S av ing c u st om a lgo ri t hm In the next Saving Cus tom Algorithm windo w, you will be able to save the algorit hm you have created. This will be useful if you are g oing to use it again . In order to[...]

189 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Click the Options but ton to perform the optional steps. Click the Cancel butt on to exit the wizard with out performing an y operations. 7. 6. 1. 5 D is k E di to r ( rea d-o n ly m ode ) Acronis DriveCleans er offers you another useful capability — to esti mate the results of executing a data destruct[...]

190 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Click OK to begin searching. After the se arch process i s finished, the current posit ion will be moved to where a lin e was found, or will remain the same if no lines were found. You can search for the next line fr om the current position b y selecting the Search a gain item in the Search menu or by[...]

191 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Having selected the contents for shredding , click Next to continue. 7. 6. 2. 2 D at a d es tr u ct io n m et ho d s el ec ti on File Shredder utilizes a number of the most popular data destru ction methods. H ere, you need to select the desired da ta destruction m ethod. The data destructi on methods[...]

192 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 In some cases, the operation may take a l ong time to be c ompleted. If this is the c ase, select the Shutdo wn the computer after completio n check box. When the op eration finishes, Acronis Tru e Image Home 20 11 will turn the computer off. 7 . 6 . 3 S y s t e m C l e an - up The System Clean- up wizard[...]

193 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 After you run the wizard by selecting T ool s & Utilities  System Clean- up in the main progra m menu, it will search f or any traces of user actions stored by Windows. When the search is finish ed, its results will be a vailable at the top of the wizard window. You can view the s earch results and[...]

194 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Temporary files  Hard disk free space  Find Computer list  Find File list  Recently Used Documents list  Windows Run List  Opened/saved files hist ory  User Credentials  Windows Prefet ch Directory 7. 6. 3. 2 D ef au l t cl ea n- u p op ti on s The default clean-up options are [...]

195 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 D at a d es tr u ct io n m et ho d System Clean-up utili zes a number of the mos t popular data destructi on methods. Here, you need to select the desired da ta destruction m ethod.  Use common metho d - if you leave this para meter selected, the program will use the default method (the initial setting[...]

196 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 All files with nam es corresponding to at least one of th e search strings will be cleaned. Upon entering the Fil es setting value, you can browse the files matching the sear ch strings. To do this, click Sho w Files . You will see a wind ow with the names of the f ound files. These file s will be cleaned[...]

197 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 After entering the Computers setting valu e, you can browse the search strings fo und by the System Clean-up Wizard in the registry. To do s o, click Show Compu ters . You will see the window with full and partial comput er names searched for in the network. Thes e items will be dele ted. "C om ma nd[...]

198 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 To select/unsele ct a compo nent  Expand the System Components item in th e System Clean-up tree and make sure that th e component you wish to clean up is sele cted. If you do not want t o clean up a component, si mply clear its check bo x.  If required, you can dig deeper by expandin g a component [...]

199 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 7. 6. 4. 1 Fu nc ti on in g p r in c ip les of In f or ma t io n w ipi n g m et ho ds Physically, the c omplete wiping of information from a hard disk involves the switc hing of every elementary magnetic area of the recordin g material as man y times as possible b y writing speciall y selected sequen ces [...]

200 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 No. Al gor it hm (w rit in g me th od) P as ses Re co rd cryptographically secure ps eudo -random sequence. 8. Fast 1 Logical zeros (0x00 numb ers) to all sectors to wipe. 7. 7 Mo un ti ng a n i mag e Acronis True I mage Home 2011 offers mounting for images and expl oring for both images and file-level ba[...]

201 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 If you selected a backup containing increm ental images, you can s elect one of the successive incremental images (also called "backup versions") by its creati on date/time. Thus, you can explore the data s tate at a certain moment. To mount an incr emental image, you must have all previous back[...]

202 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 You can also sel ect a letter to be assigned to the virtual disk from the Moun t letter drop-down list. If you do not want to mount a partition, select Do not mount in the list or clear the partition's check b ox. 4. If you select the Mo unt the partitio ns in the read-write mod e box, the program as[...]

203 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 If you have mounted several partitions, by d efault all of them will be selected for un mounting. You can disconnect all mounted drives together or disconnect only those you do not n eed mount ed anymore. You can also do this in Win dows Explorer by right-clicking on the disk i con and choosing Unmo unt .[...]

204 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 1. Click Convert Acron is backup to Wind ows backup on the Tools & Utilities screen. 2. Select the disk imag e to convert. If the backup is passw ord-protected, Acronis True Image Home 2 011 will ask for it. Note that the resulting vhd file will l ose passw ord protection. Converting an incr emental b[...]

205 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 1. Click Convert W indows backup to Acroni s backup on the Tools & Utilities screen. 2. Select the vhd file to convert. 3. Specify the path to the tib file to be created. By default, the con verted file will be crea ted in the same l ocation as the file to be c onverted. However, you can select anothe[...]

206 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 4. Choose the vhd ba ckup file to be used for recovery by its creation da te. When the requ ired vhd backup is not sh own, click Browse , choose Win dows Backup Archives ( *.vhd) in the "Files of type" field and l ocate the backup for recovery. Even if the requ ired vhd backup is shown on the sc[...]

207 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 into a tib file. Wh en you boot from a dynamic vhd file, the VHD is automatic ally expanded to the maxim um size. If the physical h ost partition of the vh d file d oes not have enough free disk space for th e maximum size of the dynamic VHD, the boot process will fail. Furthermo re, you need to have addi[...]

208 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  list of items for ba ckup  backup options  backup location  schedule  backup scheme  automatic clean-up rul es  backup version na ming rules The settings of Nons top Backup are a s follows:  list of items for n onstop protection  Nonstop Backup dat a storage location (a list of[...]

209 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 8 T ro u bl esh oo t in g I n th is s e cti o n General recommendati ons .................................................................... 209 Acronis System Repor t ........................................................................... 210 Acronis Smart Error Reporting ...........................[...]

210 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 System report Acronis Support pers onnel may request y ou to provide the sys tem report. To create th e report, select Generate system report in the Help menu, then save the report and send it to Acronis Customer Central. F or more information s ee Acronis System Repo rt (p. 210). 8. 2 Ac ro ni s S ys te [...]

211 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 You can view m ore detailed information about the error by clicking the More details link in th e message box. Th e detailed informa tion may look like a s is shown on the foll owing screen shot: To view the Acr onis Knowledge Base articl e suggesting a soluti on(s) for correcting the error, click the Kno[...]

212 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 More information ab out this error and an app licable solution ma y be available online in the Acronis Knowledge base. To access the online resource manuall y, enter the eve nt code at: http://kb.acr onis.com/error code/ Event code: 0x00 970007+0x0097001 6+0x00970002" The event codes fr om different [...]

213 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 If you want to view the log of Acronis True I mage Home 2 011 operations, click Help  View log in the upper right corner of the main wind ow. To view the logs for a specific period, select the period from the drop-down list. You can s elect Today , Week , and Month. To view all logs, select All . To de[...]

214 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010  Choose No, I do no t accept if you do not want to join the progra m[...]

9 G l os sa ry of Ter ms A A cr on is S ecu re Z on e A secure partiti on for storing backups (p. 2 15) on a hard disk. Advantag es:  enables recovery of a disk to the same disk where the disk' s backup resides  offers a cost-effec tive and handy method for protecting data fr om software malfunction, virus attack, operator err or  eli[...]

216 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 Bo ot ab le m ed ia A physical media (CD, DVD, USB flash dri ve or other media support ed by a machine BIOS as a boot device) that contains stanalone v ersion of Acronis True I mage Home 201 1 . Bootable media is most often used to:  recover an operating system tha t cannot start  access and back up[...]

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 - 2010 217 In cr em en ta l b a ck up 1. A backup meth od used for saving data changes that occur red since the last backup version (p. 215) (of any type) within a backup. 2. A backup process that creates an incremental bac kup version (p. 217). In cr em en ta l b a ck up v er s io n A backup version (p. 2 15) that [...]