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AcronisTrueImageHD

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Table of contents

1 Introduction......................................................................................................................4

1.1 WhatisAcronisTrueImageHD?...............................................................................................4

1.2 Systemrequirementsandsupportedmedia.............................................................................4 1.2.1 Minimumsystemrequirements..................................................................................................................4 1.2.2 Supportedoperatingsystems......................................................................................................................4 1.2.3 Supportedfilesystems.................................................................................................................................5 1.2.4 Supportedstoragemedia.............................................................................................................................5

1.3 InstallingAcronisTrueImageHD..............................................................................................5

1.4 ActivatingAcronisTrueImageHD.............................................................................................6 1.5 UpgradingAcronisTrueImageHD............................................................................................7

1.5.1 AcronisTrueImagefullversionfeatures.....................................................................................................8 1.6 TechnicalSupport......................................................................................................................9

2 Gettingstarted.................................................................................................................10

2.1 Userinterfacelanguage..........................................................................................................10

2.2 Protectingyoursystem...........................................................................................................10 2.2.1 Step1.Backingupyourcomputer.............................................................................................................10 2.2.2 Step2.Creatingbootablerescuemedia....................................................................................................11

2.3 BackingupalldataonyourPC................................................................................................12

2.4 Cloningyourharddrive...........................................................................................................13 2.5 Recoveringyourcomputer......................................................................................................14

3 Basicconcepts..................................................................................................................16

3.1 Basicconcepts.........................................................................................................................16

3.2 Thedifferencebetweenfilebackupsanddisk/partitionimages............................................18

3.3 Full,incrementalanddifferentialbackups..............................................................................18 3.4 FAQaboutbackup,recoveryandcloning...............................................................................19

3.5 FTPconnection........................................................................................................................20 3.6 Authenticationsettings...........................................................................................................21

3.7 Backupfilenaming..................................................................................................................21

3.8 Wizards....................................................................................................................................21

4 Backingupdata................................................................................................................23

4.1 Backingupdisksandpartitions...............................................................................................23 4.2 Backupoptions........................................................................................................................24

4.2.1 Backupschemes.........................................................................................................................................25 4.2.2 Notificationsforbackupoperation............................................................................................................27 4.2.3 Imagecreationmode.................................................................................................................................28 4.2.4 Pre/Postcommandsforbackup.................................................................................................................28 4.2.5 Backupsplitting...........................................................................................................................................29 4.2.6 Backupvalidationoption............................................................................................................................30 4.2.7 Backupreservecopy...................................................................................................................................30 4.2.8 Removablemediasettings.........................................................................................................................30 4.2.9 Backupcomment........................................................................................................................................31 4.2.10 Errorhandling.............................................................................................................................................31


4.2.11 File-levelsecuritysettingsforbackup........................................................................................................32 4.2.12 Computershutdown..................................................................................................................................32 4.2.13 Performanceofbackupoperation.............................................................................................................32

4.3 Operationswithbackups........................................................................................................33 4.3.1 Backupoperationsmenu...........................................................................................................................34 4.3.2 Backuplisticons..........................................................................................................................................35 4.3.3 Validatingbackups......................................................................................................................................35 4.3.4 Backuptovariousplaces............................................................................................................................36 4.3.5 Addinganexistingbackuptothelist.........................................................................................................37 4.3.6 Deletingbackupsandbackupversions......................................................................................................38

5 Recoveringdata...............................................................................................................39

5.1 Recoveringdisksandpartitions..............................................................................................39 5.1.1 Recoveringyoursystemafteracrash........................................................................................................39 5.1.2 Recoveringpartitionsanddisks.................................................................................................................47 5.1.3 Aboutrecoveryofdynamic/GPTdisksandvolumes................................................................................51 5.1.4 ArrangingbootorderinBIOS.....................................................................................................................54

5.2 Recoveryoptions.....................................................................................................................55 5.2.1 Diskrecoverymode....................................................................................................................................55 5.2.2 Pre/Postcommandsforrecovery..............................................................................................................55 5.2.3 Validationoption........................................................................................................................................56 5.2.4 Computerrestart........................................................................................................................................56 5.2.5 Filerecoveryoptions..................................................................................................................................56 5.2.6 Overwritefileoptions.................................................................................................................................56 5.2.7 Performanceofrecoveryoperation..........................................................................................................57 5.2.8 Notificationsforrecoveryoperation.........................................................................................................57

6 Tools................................................................................................................................59

6.1 Creatingbootablerescuemedia.............................................................................................59 6.1.1 AcronisMediaBuilder................................................................................................................................60 6.1.2 Makingsurethatyourrescuemediacanbeusedwhenneeded............................................................62

7 Diskcloningandmigration...............................................................................................67 7.1.1 Generalinformation...................................................................................................................................67 7.1.2 Preparingformigration..............................................................................................................................72

7.2 SecurityandPrivacyTools.......................................................................................................75 7.2.1 AcronisDriveCleanser.................................................................................................................................75 7.2.2 HardDiskWipingmethods.........................................................................................................................79

7.3 Addinganewharddisk...........................................................................................................80 7.3.1 Selectingaharddisk...................................................................................................................................80 7.3.2 Selectinginitializationmethod...................................................................................................................81 7.3.3 Creatingnewpartitions..............................................................................................................................82

7.4 Mountinganimage.................................................................................................................84 7.5 Unmountinganimage.............................................................................................................85

8 Troubleshooting...............................................................................................................86

8.1 AcronisSystemReport............................................................................................................86 8.2 Howtocollectcrashdumps....................................................................................................87

8.3 AcronisCustomerExperienceProgram..................................................................................87

9 GlossaryofTerms.............................................................................................................89


1 Introduction

In this section WhatisAcronisTrueImageHD?...............................................................4Systemrequirementsandsupportedmedia.............................................4InstallingAcronisTrueImageHD..............................................................5ActivatingAcronisTrueImageHD.............................................................6UpgradingAcronisTrueImageHD............................................................7TechnicalSupport......................................................................................9

1.1 What is Acronis True Image HD? AcronisTrueImageHDisanintegratedsoftwaresuitethatensuresthesecurityofalloftheinformationonyourPC.Backupsallowyoutorecoveryourcomputersystemshouldadisasteroccur,suchaslosingdata,accidentallydeletingcriticalfilesorfolders,orsufferingacompleteharddiskcrash.

Keyfeatures:

§ Rescuebootablemedia(p.59)§ Harddiskcloning(p.67)§ Securityandprivacytools(p.59)

GettingstartedLearnhowtoprotectyourcomputerwithtwosimplesteps:"Protectingyoursystem(p.10)".

1.2 System requirements and supported media

1.2.1 Minimum system requirements AcronisTrueImageHDrequiresthefollowinghardware:

§ ProcessorPentium1GHz.§ 1GBRAM.§ 1.5GBoffreespaceonaharddisk.§ CD-RW/DVD-RWdriveorUSBflashdriveforbootablemediacreation.§ Screenresolutionis1152x720.§ Mouseorotherpointingdevice(recommended).

1.2.2 Supported operating systems AcronisTrueImageHDhasbeentestedonthefollowingoperatingsystems:

§ Windows7SP1(alleditions)§ Windows8(alleditions)§ Windows8.1(alleditions)§ Windows10§ WindowsHomeServer2011


AcronisTrueImageHDalsoletsyoucreateabootableCD-R/DVD-Rthatcanbackupandrecoveradisk/partitiononacomputerrunninganyIntel-orAMD-basedPCoperatingsystem,includingLinux®.(NotethattheIntel-basedAppleMacintoshisnotsupported.)

1.2.3 Supported file systems § FAT16/32§ NTFS§ Ext2/Ext3/Ext4*§ ReiserFS*§ LinuxSWAP*

Ifafilesystemisnotsupportedoriscorrupted,AcronisTrueImageHDcancopydatausingasector-by-sectorapproach.

*TheExt2/Ext3/Ext4,ReiserFS,andLinuxSWAPfilesystemsaresupportedonlyfordiskorpartitionbackup/recoveryoperations.YoucannotuseAcronisTrueImageHDforfile-leveloperationswiththesefilesystems(filebackup,recovery,search,aswellasimagemountingandfilerecoveringfromimages).Youalsocannotperformbackupstodisksorpartitionswiththesefilesystems.

1.2.4 Supported storage media § Harddiskdrives*§ SolidStateDrives(SSD)§ Networkedstoragedevices§ FTPservers**§ CD-R/RW,DVD-R/RW,DVD+R(includingdouble-layerDVD+R),DVD+RW,DVD-RAM,BD-R,BD-RE§ USB1.1/2.0/3.0,eSATA,FireWire(IEEE-1394)andPCcardstoragedevices

*LimitationsonoperationswithdynamicandGPTdisks:

§ Recoveryofadynamicvolumeasadynamicvolumewithmanualresizingisnotsupported.§ "Clonedisk"operationisnotsupportedfordynamicdisks.

**AnFTPservermustallowpassivemodefiletransfers.AcronisTrueImageHDsplitsabackupintofileswithasizeof2GBwhenbackingupdirectlytoanFTPserver.

ThefirewallsettingsofthesourcecomputershouldhavePorts20and21openedfortheTCPandUDPprotocolstofunction.TheRoutingandRemoteAccessWindowsserviceshouldbedisabled.

1.3 Installing Acronis True Image HD InstallingandactivatingAcronisTrueImageHDToinstallandactivateAcronisTrueImageHD:

1. Runthesetupfile.2. Read:

§ Thetermsofthelicenseagreement.§ TheparticipationtermsoftheAcronisCustomerExperienceProgram.

3. Ifyouacceptthetermsofbothdocuments,clickInstall.AcronisTrueImageHDwillbeinstalledonyoursystempartition(usuallyC:).


4. Whentheinstallationiscomplete,clickStartapplication.TheAcronisTrueImageHDactivationwindowopens.

5. OntheSignintab,enteryourAcronisaccountcredentials,andthenclickSignin.Ifyoudon'thaveanAcronisaccount,gototheCreateaccounttab,fillouttheregistrationform,andthenclickCreteaccount.Note:Youcanskipthisstepifyouhavea64-characterserialnumber.

6. Enteryourserialnumber,andthenclickActivate.ToactivateAcronisTrueImageHDwitha16-characterserialnumber,youneedanInternetconnection.Thefull64-characterserialnumberwillbeobtainedandactivatedautomatically.

RecoveringfromanAcronisTrueImageHDerrorIfAcronisTrueImageHDceasedrunningorproducederrors,itsfilesmightbecorrupted.Torepairthisproblem,youfirsthavetorecovertheprogram.Todothis,runAcronisTrueImageHDinstalleragain.ItwilldetectAcronisTrueImageHDonyourcomputerandwillaskyouifyouwanttorepairorremoveit.

RemovingAcronisTrueImageHDToremoveAcronisTrueImageHDcomponents:

1. Openthelistofinstalledprogramsandapplications.§ SelectStart->Settings->Controlpanel->Addorremoveprograms.§ IfyouuseWindowsVista,selectStart->Controlpanel->ProgramsandFeatures.§ IfyouuseWindows7,selectStart->ControlPanel->Uninstallaprogram.§ IfyouuseWindows8orWindows10,clicktheSettingsicon,thenselectControlPanel->

Uninstallaprogram. 2. Selectthecomponenttoberemoved.3. Dependingonyouroperatingsystem,clickRemoveorUninstall.4. Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Youmayhavetorebootyourcomputerafterwardstocompletethetask.

1.4 Activating Acronis True Image HD TouseAcronisTrueImageHD,youneedtoactivateitviatheInternet.Withoutactivationtheproductworksfor30days.Ifyoudonotactivateitduringthatperiod,alltheprogramfunctionsbecomeunavailableexcepttherecovery.

YoucanactivateAcronisTrueImageHDeitheronyourcomputerorfromanothercomputer,ifyourcomputerisnotconnectedtotheInternet.

ActivationonacomputerconnectedtotheInternetIfyourcomputerisconnectedtotheInternet,theproductwillbeactivatedautomatically.

IfthecomputerwhereyouinstallAcronisTrueImageHDdoesnothaveInternetconnectionoriftheprogramcannotconnecttoAcronisActivationServer,clickAccountonthesidebar,andthenselectoneofthefollowingactions:

§ Tryagain-selectthisoptiontotrytoconnecttotheAcronisActivationServeragain.


§ Activateoffline-youcanactivatetheprogrammanuallyfromanothercomputerthatisconnectedtotheInternet(seebelow).

ActivationfromanothercomputerIfyourcomputerisnotconnectedtotheInternet,youmayactivateAcronisTrueImageHDbyusinganothercomputerwhichhasconnectiontotheInternet.

Toactivatetheproductfromanothercomputer:

1. Onyourcomputer,installandstartAcronisTrueImageHD.2. Onthesidebar,clickAccount,andthenclickActivateoffline.3. IntheAcronisTrueImageHDActivationwindow,perform3simplesteps:

1. SaveyourinstallationcodetoafilebyclickingtheSavetofilebutton,andspecifyaremovablemediaasthefilelocation(forexample,aUSBflashdrive).Youmayalsosimplywritedownthiscodeonapieceofpaper.

2. OnanothercomputerwhichhastheInternetconnection,gotohttp://www.acronis.com/activation/.Theinstructionsonthescreenwillhelpyoutogetyouractivationcodebyusingtheinstallationcode.Savetheobtainedactivationcodetoafileonaremovablemedia,orwriteitdownonpaper.

3. Onyourcomputer,clicktheLoadfromfilebuttonandspecifyapathtothefilewiththeactivationcode;or,simplytypeitintotheboxfromthepieceofpaper.

4. ClickActivate.

"Toomanyactivations"issuePossiblereasonsfortheissue:

§ YouexceedthemaximumnumberofcomputerswithinstalledAcronisTrueImageHD.Forexample,youhaveaserialnumberforonecomputerandyouinstallAcronisTrueImageHDonthesecondcomputer.Solutions:§ Enteranewserialnumber.Ifyoudonothaveit,youcanbuythefullproductversioninthe

Acronisbuilt-instore.§ Movethelicensetoyournewcomputerfromanotheroneonwhichtheproductisalready

activated.Todothis,selectthecomputerfromwhichyouwanttomovethelicense.NotethatAcronisTrueImageHDwillbedeactivatedonthatcomputer.

§ YoureinstallWindows,orchangehardwareofyourcomputer.Forexample,youmightupgrademotherboardorprocessorinyourcomputer.Activationislost,becauseAcronisTrueImageHDseesyourcomputerasanewone.Solution:ToreactivateAcronisTrueImageHDonyourcomputer,choosefromthelistthesamecomputerbyitsoldname.

1.5 Upgrading Acronis True Image HD TopurchaseAcronisTrueImage2016orAcronisTrueImageCloud:

1. StartAcronisTrueImageHD.2. Onthesidebar,clickAccount,andthenclickUpgrade.Thebuilt-instoreopens.3. Selectthelicensethatyouwanttobuy,andthenclickBuynow.


4. Provideyourpaymentinformation.

Built-instoreAcronisTrueImageHDprovidesanin-appstore.

Toaccessthein-appstore,gototheAccounttab,andthenclickUpgrade.Youwillseethein-appstoreandallavailablepurchaseoptions.

1.5.1 Acronis True Image full version features AdvancedfeaturesofAcronisTrueImageareunavailableinyourproductedition.YoucangetthesefeaturesbyupgradingyoureditiontoAcronisTrueImage2016andAcronisTrueImageCloud.Afterupgrade,thefollowingfeatureswillbeavailableforyou:

§ OnlineBackupOnlineBackupallowsyoutostoreyourfilesanddisksonAcronisCloud.Yourdatawillbeprotectedevenifyourcomputerislost,stolen,ordestroyed,andyourdatacanbeentirelyrecoveredontoanewdevice,ifneeded.

§ FilebackupInsteadofbackingupentirepartitionsanddisks,youcanbackupspecificfilesandfolders,bothtoalocalstorageandAcronisCloud.

§ DataarchivingDataarchivingisatoolthatallowsyoutomoveyourbigorrarelyusedfilestoAcronisCloud.Everytimeyourunthistool,itanalyzesthedataintheselectedfolderandsuggestsuploadingthefoundfilestoAcronisCloud.Youcanselectthefilesandfoldersthatyouwanttoarchive.Afteruploading,thelocalcopiesofthesefileswillbedeleted.Afterwards,whenyouneedtoopenorchangeanarchivedfile,youcandownloaditbacktoyourlocalstoragedeviceoraccessandmanageitrightinAcronisCloud.

§ FamilydataprotectionFamilydataprotectionisaunifiedcross-platformsolutionthatallowsyoutotrackandcontroltheprotectionstatusofallcomputers,smartphones,andtabletssharingthesameAcronisaccount.Sinceusersofthesedevicesmustbesignedintothesameaccount,usuallytheyaremembersofthesamefamily.Ingeneral,eachofthemcanusethisfeature,butthereisoftenafamilymemberwhoismoreexperiencedintechnologythantheothers.So,it'sreasonabletomakethatpersonresponsibleforprotectionofthefamilydata.Totrackandcontroltheprotectionstatusofyourfamily'sdevices,usetheweb-basedOnlineDashboard,whichisaccessiblefromanycomputerconnectedtotheInternet.

§ DatasynchronizationYoucanhavethesamedata-documents,photos,videos,etc.-onallofyourcomputers.Yourdataiswithineasyreachanywhereandanytime.NomoreemailingfilestoyourselforcarryinganUSBdriveallthetime.YoucancreateasmanysyncsasyouneedandstoreyoursyncedfilesandversionsofthosefilesonAcronisCloud.Thisletsyourollbacktoapreviousfileversionwheneveryouneedit.YoucanalsoaccesstheCloudusingawebbrowser,withouthavingtoinstalltheapplication.

§ AcronisUniversalRestoreAcronisUniversalRestoreallowsyoutocreateabootablesystemcloneondifferenthardware.Usethisutilitywhenrecoveringyoursystemdisktoacomputerwithadissimilarprocessor,differentmotherboardoradifferentmassstoragedevicethaninthesystemyouoriginally


backedup.Thismaybeuseful,forexample,afterreplacingafailedmotherboardorwhendecidingtomigratethesystemfromonecomputertoanother.

§ AcronisTrueImageformobiledevicesAcronisTrueImageformobiledevicesallowsyoutobackupyourmobiledatatoAcronisCloud,andthenrecoveritincaseoflossorcorruption.YoucaninstallAcronisTrueImageonanymobiledevicesthatrunseitheriOS(iPhone,iPad,iPod)ortheAndroid(mobilephonesandtablets)operatingsystems.

§ Try&DecideWhenyouturnTry&Decideon,yourcomputerisintheTrymode.Afterthatyoucanperformanypotentiallydangerousoperationswithoutworryingthatyoumightdamageyouroperatingsystem,programsordata.WhenyouturnTry&Decideoff,youdecideifyouwanttoapplythechangestoyourcomputeroryouwanttodiscardthem.

§ AcronisSecureZoneTheAcronisSecureZoneisaspecialsecurepartitionthatyoucancreateonyourcomputerforstoringbackups.

1.6 Technical Support ForanyassistancewithAcronisTrueImageHDandproductupdates,pleaserefertoofficialsupportresourcesofthevendor.


2 Getting started

In this section Userinterfacelanguage..........................................................................10Protectingyoursystem...........................................................................10BackingupalldataonyourPC................................................................12Cloningyourharddrive...........................................................................13Recoveringyourcomputer......................................................................14

2.1 User interface language Beforeyoustart,selectapreferredlanguagefortheAcronisTrueImageHDuserinterface.Bydefault,thelanguageissetinaccordancewithyourWindowsdisplaylanguage.

Tochangetheuserinterfacelanguage:

1. StartAcronisTrueImageHD.2. IntheHelpsection,selectapreferredlanguagefromthelist.

2.2 Protecting your system Toprotectyoursystem:

1. Backupyourcomputer(p.10).2. Createbootablemedia(p.11).

ItisrecommendedtotesttherescuemediaasdescribedinMakingsurethatyourrescuemediacanbeusedwhenneeded(p.62).

2.2.1 Step 1. Backing up your computer WhenshouldIbackupmycomputer?Createanewbackupversionaftereverysignificanteventinyoursystem.

Examplesoftheseeventsinclude:

§ Youboughtanewcomputer.§ YoureinstalledWindowsonyourcomputer.§ Youconfiguredallsystemsettings(forexample,time,date,language)andinstalledallnecessary

programsonyournewcomputer.§ Importantsystemupdate.Toensureyousaveahealthystateofadisk,itisagoodideatoscanitforvirusesbeforebackingitup.Pleaseuseantivirussoftwareforthispurpose.Notethisoperationoftentakesasignificantamountoftime.

HowdoIcreateabackupofmycomputer?Youhavetwooptionstoprotectyoursystem:

§ EntirePCbackup(recommended)


AcronisTrueImagebacksupallyourinternalharddrivesindiskmode.Thebackupcontainstheoperatingsystem,installedprograms,systemsettings,andallyourpersonaldataincludingyourphotos,music,anddocuments.RefertoBackingupalldataonyourPC(p.12)fordetails.

§ SystemdiskbackupYoucanchoosetobackupyoursystempartitionortheentiresystemdrive.RefertoBackingupdisksandpartitions(p.23)fordetails.

Tobackupyourcomputer:

1. StartAcronisTrueImageHD.2. Onthesidebar,clickBackup.

Ifthisisyourfirstbackup,youwillseethebackupconfigurationscreen.Ifyoualreadyhavesomebackupsinthebackuplist,thenfirstclickAddbackup,andthenclickCreatenewbackup.

3. ClicktheBackupsourceicon,andthenselectEntirePC.Ifyouwanttobackupyoursystemdiskonly,thenclickDisksandpartitions,andthenselectyoursystempartition(usuallyC:)andtheSystemReservedpartition(ifany).

4. ClicktheBackupdestinationicon,andthenselectastorageplaceforthebackup(seerecommendationbelow).

5. ClickBackupnow.

Result:AnewbackupboxappearsintheMybackupslist.Tocreateanewversionofthebackupinfuture,selectthebackupboxfromthelist,andthenclickBackupnow.

2.2.2 Step 2. Creating bootable rescue media Whatisbootablemedia?Bootablemediaisaproduct,suchasaCD-R/RWoraUSBflashdrive,fromwhichyoucanrunAcronisTrueImagewhenWindowscannotstart.YoucanmakeamediabootablebyusingAcronisMediaBuilder.

HowdoIcreatebootablemedia?1. InsertaCD-R/RWorpluginaUSBflashdrive.2. StartAcronisTrueImageHD.3. Onthesidebar,clickTools,andthenclickRescueMediaBuilder.4. Onthefirststep,selectAcronisbootablerescuemedia.5. Selectthedevicetousetocreatethebootablemedia.6. ClickProceed.

HowdoIusebootablemedia?UsebootablemediatorecoveryourcomputerwhenWindowscannotstart.

1. Connectthebootablemediatoyourcomputer(inserttheCDorplugintheUSBdrive).2. ArrangethebootorderinBIOSsothatyourrescuemediadevice(CDorUSBdrive)isthefirst

devicetobebooted.RefertoArrangingbootorderinBIOS(p.54)fordetails.

3. BootyourcomputerfromtherescuemediaandselectAcronisTrueImageHD.Result:OnceAcronisTrueImageisloaded,youcanuseittorecoveryourcomputer.

RefertoAcronisMediaBuilderfordetails.


2.3 Backing up all data on your PC WhatisanEntirePCbackup?AnEntirePCbackupistheeasiestwaytobackupthefullcontentsofyourcomputer.Werecommendthatyouchoosethisoptionwhenyouarenotsurewhichdatathatyouneedtoprotect.Ifyouwanttobackupyoursystempartitiononly,refertoBackingupdisksandpartitions(p.23)fordetails.

WhenyouselectEntirePCasabackuptype,AcronisTrueImagebacksupallyourinternalharddrivesindiskmode.Thebackupcontainstheoperatingsystem,installedprograms,systemsettings,andallyourpersonaldataincludingyourphotos,music,anddocuments.

TherecoveryfromanEntirePCbackupisalsosimplified.Youonlyneedtochoosethedatetowhichyouwanttorevertyourdata.AcronisTrueImagerecoversalldatafromthebackuptotheoriginallocation.Notethatyoucannotselectspecificdisksorpartitionstorecoverandyoucannotchangethedefaultdestination.Ifyouneedtoavoidtheselimitations,werecommendthatyoubackupyourdatawithanordinarydisk-levelbackupmethod.RefertoBackingupdisksandpartitions(p.23)fordetails.

YoucanalsorecoverspecificfilesandfoldersfromanEntirePCbackup.RefertoBackingupfilesandfoldersfordetails.

IfanEntirePCbackupcontainsdynamicdisks,yourecoveryourdatainpartitionmode.Thismeansthatyoucanselectpartitionstorecoverandchangerecoverydestination.RefertoAboutrecoveryofdynamic/GPTdisksandvolumes(p.51)fordetails.

HowdoIcreateanEntirePCbackup?Tobackuptheentirecontentsofyourcomputer:

1. StartAcronisTrueImageHD.2. Onthesidebar,clickBackup.3. ClickAddbackup,andthenclickCreatenewbackup.4. ClicktheBackupsourceicon,andthenselectEntirePC.5. ClicktheBackupdestinationicon,andthenselectadestinationforthebackup.6. [optionalstep]ClickOptionstosettheoptionsforthebackup,includingSchedule,Scheme(p.

25),andPasswordprotection.FormoreinformationseeBackupoptions(p.24).7. ClickBackupnow.


2.4 Cloning your hard drive WhydoIneedit?Whenyouseethatthefreespaceonyourharddriveisnotenoughforyourdata,youmightwanttobuyanew,largerharddriveandtransferallyourdatatothenewdrive.Theusualcopyoperationdoesnotmakeyournewharddriveidenticaltotheoldone.Forexample,ifyouopenWindowsExplorerandcopyallfilesandfolderstothenewharddrive,Windowswillnotstartfromthenewharddrive.TheClonediskutilityallowsyoutoduplicateallyourdataandmakeWindowsbootableonyournewharddrive.

BeforeyoustartWerecommendthatyouinstallthetarget(new)drivewhereyouplantouseitandthesourcedriveinanotherlocation,forexample,inanexternalUSBenclosure.Thisisespeciallyimportantforlaptops.

Warning!Youroldandnewharddrivesmustworkinthesamecontrollermode(forexample,IDEorAHCI).Otherwise,yourcomputerwillnotstartfromthenewharddrive.

UsingtheClonediskutilityTocloneadisk:

1. Onthesidebar,clickTools,andthenclickClonedisk.2. OntheCloneModestep,werecommendthatyouchoosetheAutomatictransfermode.Inthis

case,thepartitionswillbeproportionallyresizedtofityournewharddrive.TheManualmodeprovidesmoreflexibility.RefertoCloneDiskwizard(p.67)formoredetailsaboutthemanualmode. Iftheprogramfindstwodisks,onepartitionedandanotherunpartitioned,itwillautomaticallyrecognizethepartitioneddiskasthesourcediskandtheunpartitioneddiskasthedestinationdisk.Inthiscase,thenextstepswillbebypassedandyouwillbetakentothecloningSummaryscreen.


3. OntheSourceDiskstep,selectthediskthatyouwanttoclone.

4. OntheDestinationDiskstep,selectthedestinationdiskforthecloneddata.Ifanydiskisunpartitioned,theprogramwillautomaticallyrecognizeitasthedestinationandbypassthisstep.

5. OntheFinishstep,ensurethattheconfiguredsettingssuityourneeds,andthenclickProceed.

Bydefault,AcronisTrueImageHDshutsdownthecomputerafterthecloneprocessfinishes.Thisenablesyoutochangethepositionofmaster/subordinatejumpersandremoveoneoftheharddrives.

2.5 Recovering your computer Pleasebeawarethatrecoveryofasystemdiskisanimportantoperation.Beforeyoustart,werecommendthatyoureadthedetaileddescriptionsinthefollowingHelptopics:

§ Tryingtodeterminethecrashcause(p.39)§ Preparingforrecovery(p.39)§ Recoveringyoursystemtothesamedisk(p.40)

Let’sconsidertwodifferentcases:

1. Windowsworksincorrectly,butyoucanstartAcronisTrueImageHD.2. Windowscannotstart(forexample,youturnonyourcomputerandseesomethingunusualon

yourscreen).

Case1.HowtorecovercomputerifWindowsworksincorrectly?1. StartAcronisTrueImageHD.2. Onthesidebar,clickBackup.3. Fromthebackuplist,selectthebackupthatcontainsyoursystemdisk.4. Dependingonthebackuptype,clickRecoverPCorRecoverdisks.5. Intheopenedwindow,selectthebackupversion(thedatastatefromaspecificdateandtime).


6. SelectthesystempartitionandtheSystemReservedpartition(ifany)toberecovered.7. ClickRecovernow.Tocompletetheoperation,AcronisTrueImageHDmustrestartyoursystem.

Case2.HowtorecovercomputerifWindowscannotstart?1. ConnectAcronisbootablemediatoyourcomputer,andthenrunthespecialstandaloneversion

ofAcronisTrueImageHD.RefertoStep2Creatingbootablerescuemedia(p.11)andArrangingbootorderinBIOS(p.54)fordetails.

2. OntheWelcomescreen,selectMydisksbelowRecover.3. Selectthesystemdiskbackuptobeusedforrecovery.Right-clickthebackupandchoose

Recover.Whenthebackupisnotdisplayed,clickBrowseandmanuallyspecifythepathtothebackup.

4. AttheRecoverymethodstep,selectRecoverwholedisksandpartitions.5. Selectthesystempartition(usuallyC)ontheWhattorecoverscreen.Notethatyoumay

distinguishthesystempartitionbythePri,Actflags.SelecttheSystemReservedpartition(ifany),aswell.

6. YoumayleaveallsettingsofthepartitionswithoutchangesandclickFinish.7. Checkthesummaryofoperations,andthenclickProceed.8. Whentheoperationfinishes,exitthestandaloneversionofAcronisTrueImageHD,removethe

rescuemedia(ifany),andbootfromtherecoveredsystempartition.AftermakingsurethatyouhaverecoveredWindowstothestateyouneed,restoretheoriginalbootorder.


3 Basic concepts

In this section Basicconcepts.........................................................................................16Thedifferencebetweenfilebackupsanddisk/partitionimages............18Full,incrementalanddifferentialbackups..............................................18FAQaboutbackup,recoveryandcloning................................................19FTPconnection........................................................................................20Authenticationsettings...........................................................................21Backupfilenaming..................................................................................21Wizards....................................................................................................21

3.1 Basic concepts Thissectionprovidesgeneralinformationaboutbasicconceptswhichcouldbeusefulforunderstandinghowtheprogramworks.

Note:CertainfeaturesandfunctionalitiesmaybeunavailableintheTrueImageeditionthatyouuse.

BackupandrecoveryBackupreferstothemakingcopiesofdatasothattheseadditionalcopiesmaybeusedtorecovertheoriginalafteradatalossevent.

Backupsareusefulprimarilyfortwopurposes.Thefirstistorestoreastatefollowingadisaster(calleddisasterrecovery).Thesecondistorecoversmallnumbersoffilesaftertheyhavebeenaccidentallydeletedorcorrupted.

AcronisTrueImageHDdoesbothbycreatingdisk(orpartition)imagesandfile-levelbackupsrespectively.

BackupversionsBackupversionsarethefileorfilescreatedduringeachbackupoperation.Ifyoudonotuseconsolidationfeature,theamountofversionscreatedisalwaysequaltotheamountoftimesthebackupisexecutedortotheamountofstoredpointsintime.

So,aversionrepresentsapointintimetowhichthesystemordatacanberestored.Toputitanotherway,backupversionsrepresentfullandincrementalbackups-seeFullandincrementalbackups(p.18).

Thebackupversionsaresimilartofileversions.ThefileversionsconceptisfamiliartothosewhouseaWindowsVistaandWindows7featurecalled"Previousversionsoffiles".Thisfeatureallowsyoutorestoreafileasitexistedonaparticulardateandtime.Abackupversionallowsyoutorecoveryourdatainasimilarway.

Thiscouldbeusefulwhentryingtofinddamagedordeletedfiles.SimplybrowsethroughthebackupversionsintheAcronisBackupExploreruntilyoufindthebackupversioncontainingtherequiredfiles.Additionally,youcanrecoverdifferentsavedversionsofthefoundfiles.


DiskcloningThisoperationmigratesorcopiestheentirecontentsofonediskdrivetoanotherdiskdrive.Thismaybenecessary,forexample,wheninstallingalargercapacitydisk.Theresultistwoidenticaldriveswiththesamefilestructure.The"DiskClone"tooleffectivelycopiesallofthecontentsofoneharddiskdriveontoanotherharddiskdrive.Theoperationallowsyoutotransferalltheinformation(includingtheoperatingsystemandinstalledprograms)fromoneharddiskdrivetoanotherwithouthavingtoreinstallandreconfigureallofyoursoftware.

AcronisTrueImageHDdoesnotprovideforcloningasinglepartition.Youcanonlyclonetheentiredrive.

Youcanalsotransferalltheinformationfromyourharddiskdrivetoanotheronebybackinguptheentireoldharddiskandthenrecoveringthebackuptothenewdisk.

BackupvalidationThebackupvalidationfeatureallowsyoutoconfirmthatyourdatacanberecovered.Asmentionedabove,theprogramaddschecksumvaluestothedatablocksbeingbackedup.Duringbackupvalidation,AcronisTrueImageHDopensthebackupfile,recalculatesthechecksumvaluesandcomparesthosevalueswiththestoredones.Ifallcomparedvaluesmatch,thebackupfileisnotcorruptedandthereisahighprobabilitythatthebackupcanbesuccessfullyusedfordatarecovery.

ConsolidationConsolidationallowsyoutodeletebackupswhichyounolongerneedfromabackupchain.

Achaintobeconsolidatedcanconsistofafullbackupandoneormoreincrementalbackups.

Ifnecessary,youcandeletethebasefullbackupfromthechain.Theprogramwillcreateanewfullbackupinplaceoftheoldestremainingbackup.Consolidationkeepswhicheverbackupsyouchooseanddeletesanybackupsthatarenotselected.

Becauseconsolidationmayrequiresignificanttimeandsystemresources(includingdiskspace),werecommendusingitsparingly.Inmanycases,startinganewbackupchainandthendeletingtheoldonewillbeabetterchoice.

DisasterrecoveryRecoveringfromadisasterusuallyrequiresarescuemediaandabackupofthesystempartition.

AcronisTrueImageHDprovidesforrecoveryfromadisastercausedbysystemdatacorruption,viruses,malware,orothercauses.

Iftheoperatingsystemfailstoboot,AcronisTrueImageHDwillrecoverthesystempartition.YoucancreatearescuemediabyusingtheMediaBuildertool.

SchedulingForyourbackupstobereallyhelpful,theymustbeas"up-to-date"aspossible.Thismeansthatyoushouldrunbackupsonaregularbasis.AlthoughcreatinganAcronisTrueImageHDbackupisquiteeasy,onoccasion,youmayforgettodoabackup.

Withthescheduler,youdonothavetoremember.Youcanscheduleautomaticbackupsaheadoftime.Yourdatawillbebackedupaslongasthereissufficientstoragespace.

Understandingthesetermsandconceptswillbehelpfulwhenusingtheprogram'sfeatures.


3.2 The difference between file backups and disk/partition images

Whenyoubackupfilesandfolders,onlythefilesandfoldertreearecompressedandstored.

Disk/partitionbackupsaredifferentfromfileandfolderbackups.AcronisTrueImagestoresanexactsnapshotofthediskorpartition.Thisprocedureiscalled"creatingadiskimage",or"creatingadiskbackup"andtheresultingbackupisoftencalled"adisk/partitionimage"or"adisk/partitionbackup".

Adisk/partitionbackupcontainsallthedatastoredonthediskorpartition:

1. Zerotrackoftheharddiskwiththemasterbootrecord(MBR)(applicabletoMBRdiskbackupsonly).

2. Oneormorepartitions,including:1. Bootcode.2. Filesystemmetadata,includingservicefiles,fileallocationtable(FAT)andpartitionboot

record.3. Filesystemdata,includingoperatingsystem(systemfiles,registry,drivers),userdataand

softwareapplications.3. SystemReservedpartition,ifany.4. EFIsystempartition,ifany(applicabletoGPTdiskbackupsonly).

BydefaultAcronisTrueImagestoresonlytheharddisksectorsthatcontaindata.Furthermore,AcronisTrueImagedoesnotbackuppagefile.sysunderWindowsXPandlaterandhiberfil.sys(afilethatkeepsRAMcontentswhenthecomputergoesintohibernation).Thisreducesimagesizeandspeedsupimagecreationandrecovery.

Youcanchangethisdefaultmethodbyturningonthesector-by-sectormode.InthiscaseAcronisTrueImagecopiesallharddisksectors,andnotonlythosethatcontaindata.

3.3 Full, incremental and differential backups Note:Incrementalanddifferentialbackupsarenotavailableinthisproductedition.

AcronisTrueImageHDoffersyouthreebackupmethods:

1)Full:containsallofthedataatthemomentofthebackupcreation.Itformsabaseforfurtherincrementalordifferentialbackups.Itcanalsobeusedasastandalonebackup.

2)Incremental:OnlythosefileswillbeincludedwhichhavebeenchangedsincetheLASTbackup.

3)Differential:OnlythosefileswillbeincludedwhichhavebeenchangedsincethelastFULLbackup.

Wesuggestyoutochooseoneofthefollowingthreeapproachesofusingthebackupmethods:

"Full"-Astandalonefullbackupmightbeanoptimalsolutionifyouoftenrollbackthesystemtoitsinitialstateorifyoudonotliketomanagemultiplefiles.

"Incremental"-Thesearemostusefulwhenyouneedfrequentbackupsandtheabilitytorollbacktoaspecificpointintime.Havingcreatedafullbackuponce,ifyouthencreateanincrementalbackupeachdayofamonth,youwillgetthesameresultasifyoucreatedfullbackupseverydayofthemonth.Asarule,incrementalbackupsareconsiderablysmallerthanfullordifferentialbackups.


Suchabackupscenariomayconsistofaweeklyfullsystembackupwithintermediate,dailybackupsthatcoverdatathatwaschangedsincetheLASTbackup.Thisscenario,whilerequiringlessstoragespaceandtimeforthedailybackups,willrequiremoreworkfortheprogramtoproviderecoveryafterasystemcrash.IntheeventofaThursdaycrash,theprogramwouldhavetorecovertheWednesday,Tuesday,andMondayincrementalbackupsandthelastFULLbackup.

"Differential"–isanintermediatebetweenthefirsttwoapproaches.Eachdifferentialbackupincludesallthefileschangedsincethelastfullbackup.Ittakeslesstimeandspacethan"Full",butmorethan"Incremental".Thegoodthingisthatrecoveringissimplerthanfor(2)-theprogramwillhavetorecoverthelastdifferentialbackupandthelastfullbackup.

Tochooseadesiredbackupmethod,youusuallyneedtoconfigureacustombackupscheme.FormoreinformationseeCustomschemes(p.26).

Anincrementalordifferentialbackupcreatedafteradiskisdefragmentedmightbeconsiderablylargerthanusual.Thisisbecausethedefragmentationprogramchangesfilelocationsonthediskandthebackupsreflectthesechanges.Therefore,itisrecommendedthatyoure-createafullbackupafterdiskdefragmentation.

Ifyouloseanincrementalbackuporitbecomescorrupted,alllaterincrementalbackupswillbeunusable.

3.4 FAQ about backup, recovery and cloning § Ihavea150GBsystempartition,buttheoccupiedspaceonthatpartitionisonly80GB.What

willAcronisTrueImageHDincludeinabackup?-Bydefault,AcronisTrueImagecopiesonlytheharddisksectorsthatcontaindata,soitwillincludeonly80GBinabackup.Youcanalsochoosethesector-by-sectormode.Notethansuchabackupmodeisrequiredonlyinspecialcases.FormoreinformationseeImagecreationmode(p.28).Whilecreatingasector-by-sectorbackup,theprogramcopiesbothusedandunusedharddisksectorsandthebackupfilewillusuallybesignificantlylarger.

§ Willmysystemdiskbackupincludedrivers,documents,pictures,etc.?-Yes,suchabackupwillcontainthedrivers,aswellasthecontentsoftheMydocumentsfolderanditssubfolders,ifyoukeptthedefaultlocationoftheMydocumentsfolder.IfyouhavejustasingleharddiskinyourPC,suchabackupwillcontainalloftheoperatingsystem,applicationsanddata.

§ Ihaveanoldharddiskdrivewhichisalmostfullinmynotebook.IpurchasedanewbiggerHDD.HowcanItransferWindows,programsanddatatothenewdisk?-Youcaneitherclonetheoldharddiskonthenewoneorbackuptheoldharddiskandthenrecoverthebackuptoanewone.Theoptimummethodusuallydependsonyouroldharddiskpartitionslayout.

§ IwanttomigratemyoldsystemharddisktoanSSD.CanthisbedonewithAcronisTrueImage?-Yes,AcronisTrueImageHDprovidessuchafunction.Forproceduredetails,seeMigratingyoursystemfromanHDDtoanSSD

§ Whatisthebestwaytomigratethesystemtoanewdisk:cloningorbackupandrecovery?-Thebackupandrecoverymethodprovidesmoreflexibility.Inanycase,westronglyrecommendtomakeabackupofyouroldharddiskevenifyoudecidetousecloning.Itcouldbeyourdatasaverifsomethinggoeswrongwithyouroriginalharddiskduringcloning.Forexample,therewerecaseswhenuserschosethewrongdiskasthetargetandthuswipedtheirsystemdisk.Inaddition,youcanmakemorethanonebackuptocreateredundancyandincreasesecurity.

§ WhatshouldIbackup:apartitionorthewholedisk?-Inmostcases,itisbettertobackupthewholedisk.However,theremaybesomecaseswhenapartitionbackupisadvisable.Forexample,yournotebookhasasingleharddiskwithtwopartitions:system(diskletterC)andthe


data(diskletterD).ThesystempartitionstoresyourworkingdocumentsintheMydocumentsfolderwithsubfolders.Thedatapartitionstoresyourvideos,pictures,andmusicfiles.SuchfilesarealreadycompressedandbackingthemupusingAcronisTrueImagewouldnotgiveyousignificantreductionofthebackupfilesize.Inthiscase,itmaybebettertousealocalsyncforthedatapartitionfilesandaseparatebackupforthesystempartition.However,wealsorecommendcreatingatleastonewholediskbackupifyourbackupstoragehasenoughspace.

§ Couldyoutellmehowtoclone:inWindowsorafterbootingfromtherescuemedia?EvenwhenyoustartcloninginWindows,thecomputerwillrebootintotheLinuxenvironmentthesameaswhenbootingfromtherescuemedia.Becauseofthis,itisbettertocloneunderrescuemedia.Forexample,theremaybeacasewhenyourharddiskdrivesaredetectedinWindowsandnotdetectedinLinux.Ifthisisthecase,thecloningoperationwillfailafterreboot.Whenbootingfromtherescuemedia,youcanmakesurethatAcronisTrueImagedetectsboththesourceandtargetdisksbeforestartingthecloningoperation.

§ CanIcloneorbackupandrecoveradualbootmachine?Yes,thisispossibleinmostcases.Ifyoursystemsareinstalledinseparatepartitionsofthesamephysicalharddiskdrive,cloningorrecoveryusuallyproceedswithoutanyproblems.Ifthesystemsareondifferentphysicalharddiskdrives,theremaybesomeproblemswithbootabilityafterrecovery.

§ DoesAcronisTrueImagesupportRAID?-AcronisTrueImagesupportshardwareRAIDarraysofallpopulartypes.SupportofsoftwareRAIDconfigurationsondynamicdisksisalsoprovided.AcronisBootableRescueMediasupportsmostofthepopularhardwareRAIDcontrollers.IfthestandardAcronisrescuemediadoesnot"see"theRAIDasasinglevolume,themediadoesnothavetheappropriatedrivers.

3.5 FTP connection AcronisTrueImageHDallowsyoutostoreyourbackupsonFTPservers.

TocreateanewFTPconnection,whenselectingabackupstorageclickFTPconnection,andintheopenedwindowprovide:

§ PathtotheFTPserver,forexample:my.server.com§ Port§ Username§ Password

Tocheckyoursettings,clicktheTestconnectionbutton.ThecomputerwilltrytoconnecttothespecifiedFTPserver.Ifthetestconnectionhasbeenestablished,clicktheConnectbuttontoaddtheFTPconnection.

ThecreatedFTPconnectionwillappearinthefoldertree.Selecttheconnectionandbrowseforthebackupstoragethatyouwanttouse.

Please,beawarethatthemereopeningofanFTPserver'srootfolderdoesnotbringyoutoyourhomedirectory.

AcronisTrueImageHDsplitsabackupintofileswithasizeof2GBwhenbackingupdirectlytoanFTPserver.IfyoubackuptoaharddiskwiththeaimoftransferringthebackuptoanFTPlater,splitthebackupintofilesof2GBeachbysettingthedesiredfilesizeinthebackupoptions.Otherwise,therecoverywillnotbepossible.

AnFTPservermustallowpassivemodefiletransfers.

ThefirewallsettingsofthesourcecomputershouldhavePorts20and21openedfortheTPCandUDPprotocolstofunction.TheRoutingandRemoteAccessWindowsserviceshouldbedisabled.


3.6 Authentication settings Ifyouareconnectingtoanetworkedcomputer,inmostcasesyouwillneedtoprovidethenecessarycredentialsforaccessingthenetworkshare.Forexample,thisispossiblewhenyouselectabackupstorage.TheAuthenticationSettingswindowappearsautomaticallywhenyouselectanetworkedcomputername.

Ifnecessary,specifytheusernameandpassword,andthenclickTestconnection.Whenthetestissuccessfullypassed,clickConnect.

TroubleshootingWhenyoucreateanetworksharethatyouplantouseasabackupstorage,pleaseensurethatatleastoneofthefollowingconditionsismet:

§ Windowsaccounthasapasswordonthecomputerwherethesharedfolderislocated.§ Password-protectedsharingisturnedoffinWindows.

Forexample,inWindows7,youcanfindthissettingatControlPanel—>NetworkandInternet—>NetworkandSharingCenter—>Advancedsharingsettings—>Turnoffpasswordprotectedsharing.

Otherwise,youwillnotbeabletoconnecttothesharedfolder.

3.7 Backup file naming Abackupfilenamehasthefollowingattributes:

§ Backupname.§ Backupmethod(full,inc,diff:full,incremental,differential).§ Numberofbackupchain(intheformofb#).§ Numberofbackupversion(intheformofs#).§ Numberofvolume(intheformofv#).

Forexamplethisattributechangeswhenyousplitabackupintoseveralfiles.RefertoBackupsplitting(p.29)fordetails.

Thusabackupnamemaylookthefollowingway:

1. my_documents_full_b1_s1_v1.tib2. my_documents_full_b2_s1_v1.tib3. my_documents_inc_b2_s2_v1.tib4. my_documents_inc_b2_s3_v1.tib

Ifyouarecreatinganewbackup,andthereisalreadyafilewiththesamename,theprogramdoesnotdeletetheoldfile,butaddstothenewfilethe"-number"suffix,forexample,my_documents_inc_b2_s2_v1-2.tib.

3.8 Wizards WhenyouusetheavailableAcronisTrueImagetoolsandutilities,theprogramwillinmanycasesemploywizardstoguideyouthroughtheoperations.


Forexample,seethescreenshotbelow.

Awizardwindowusuallyconsistsofthefollowingareas:

1. Thisisthelistofstepstocompletetheoperation.Agreencheckmarkappearsnexttoacompletestep.Thegreenarrowindicatesthecurrentstep.Whencompleteallthesteps,theprogramdisplaystheSummaryscreenintheFinishstep.CheckthesummaryandclickProceedtostarttheoperation.

2. Thistoolbarcontainsbuttonstomanageobjectsyouselectinarea3.Forexample:

§ Details-displaysthewindowthatprovidesdetailedinformationabouttheselectedbackup.

§ Properties-displaystheselecteditempropertieswindow.

§ Createnewpartition-displaysthewindowwhereyoucanconfigureanewpartitionsettings.

§ Columns-allowsyoutochoosewhichtablecolumnstodisplayandinwhichorder.3. Thisisthemainareawhereyouselectitemsandchangesettings.4. Thisareadisplaysadditionalinformationabouttheitemyouselectinarea3.


4 Backing up data AcronisTrueImageHDincludesawealthofsophisticatedbackupcapabilitiesthatwouldpleaseevenanITprofessional.Theyallowyoutobackupyourdisksandpartitions.Youcanchooseabackupfeaturethatsuitsyoumostorusethemall.Thesectionsbelowdescribethebackupfeaturesinmoredetail.

In this section Backingupdisksandpartitions...............................................................23Backupoptions........................................................................................24Operationswithbackups.........................................................................33

4.1 Backing up disks and partitions Asopposedtofilebackups,diskandpartitionbackupscontainallthedatastoredonthediskorpartition.Thisbackuptypeisusuallyusedtocreateanexactcopyofasystempartitionofthewholesystemdisk.SuchbackupallowsyoutorecoveryourcomputerwhenWindowsworksincorrectlyorcannotstart.

Tobackuppartitionsordisks:

1. StartTrueImage.2. Onthesidebar,clickBackup.3. ClickAddbackup,andthenclickCreatenewbackup.4. [Optional]Torenamethebackup,clickthearrownexttothebackupname,clickRename,and

thenenteranewname.5. ClicktheBackupsourceicon,andthenselectDisksandpartitions.6. Intheopenedwindow,selectthecheckboxesnexttothepartitionsanddisksthatyouwantto

backup,andthenclickOK.Toviewhiddenpartitions,clickFullpartitionlist.Tobackupdynamicdisksyoucanuseonlythepartitionmode.


7. ClicktheBackupdestinationicon,andthenselectadestinationforbackup:§ Yourexternaldrive—Whenanexternaldriveispluggedintoyourcomputer,youcanselectit

fromthelist.§ Browse—Selectadestinationfromthefoldertree.Ifpossible,avoidstoringyoursystempartitionbackupsondynamicdisks,becausethesystempartitionisrecoveredintheLinuxenvironment.LinuxandWindowsworkwithdynamicdisksdifferently.Thismayresultinproblemsduringrecovery.

8. [optionalstep]ClickOptionstosettheoptionsforthebackup,includingSchedule,Scheme(p.25),andPasswordprotection.FormoreinformationseeBackupoptions(p.24).

9. Performoneofthefollowing:§ Torunthebackupimmediately,clickBackupnow.§ Torunthebackuplateroronaschedule,clickthearrowtotherightoftheBackupnow

button,andthenclickLater.

4.2 Backup options Whenyoucreateabackup,youcanchangeadditionaloptionsandfine-tunethebackupprocess.Toopentheoptionswindow,selectasourceanddestinationforabackup,andthenclickOptions.

Notethatoptionsofeachbackuptype(disk-levelbackup,file-levelbackup,onlinebackup,nonstopbackup)arefullyindependentandyoushouldconfigurethemseparately.

Afteryouhaveinstalledtheapplication,alloptionsaresettotheinitialvalues.Youcanchangethemforyourcurrentbackupoperationonlyorforallbackupsthatwillbecreatedinfuture.SelecttheSavethesettingsasdefaultcheckboxtoapplythemodifiedsettingstoallfurtherbackupoperationsbydefault.

Ifyouwanttoresetallthemodifiedoptionstothevaluesthatweresetaftertheproductinstallationinitially,clicktheResettoinitialsettingsbutton.Notethatthiswillresetthesettingsforthecurrentbackuponly.Toresetthesettingsforallfurtherbackups,clickResettoinitialsettings,selecttheSavethesettingsasdefaultcheckbox,andthenclickOK.


In this section Backupschemes......................................................................................25Notificationsforbackupoperation.........................................................27Imagecreationmode..............................................................................28Pre/Postcommandsforbackup..............................................................28Backupsplitting.......................................................................................29Backupvalidationoption.........................................................................30Backupreservecopy...............................................................................30Removablemediasettings......................................................................30Backupcomment.....................................................................................31Errorhandling..........................................................................................31File-levelsecuritysettingsforbackup.....................................................32Computershutdown...............................................................................32Performanceofbackupoperation..........................................................32

4.2.1 Backup schemes Backupschemesalongwiththeschedulerhelpyoutosetupyourbackupstrategy.Theschemesallowyoutooptimizebackupstoragespaceusage,improvedatastoragereliability,andautomaticallydeletetheobsoletebackupversions.

Backupschemedefinesthefollowingparameters:

§ Backupmethodsthatwillbeusedtocreatebackupversions§ Sequenceofthebackupversionscreatedusingdifferentmethods§ Versioncleanuprules

AcronisTrueImageHDallowsyoutochoosethefollowingbackupschemes:

§ Singleversion(p.26)-selectthisschemeifyouwanttousethesmallestbackupstorage.§ Custom(p.26)-selectthisitemifyouwanttosetupabackupschememanually.


4.2.1.1 Single version scheme Theprogramcreatesafullbackupversionandoverwritesiteverytimeaccordingtothespecifiedscheduleorwhenyourunbackupmanually.

Backupschedulersettingfordiskbackup:weekly.

Result:youhaveasingleup-to-datefullbackupversion.

Requiredstoragespace:minimal.

4.2.1.2 Custom schemes WithAcronisTrueImageHDyoualsocancreateyourownbackupschemes.Schemescanbebasedonthepre-definedbackupschemes.Youcanmakechangesinaselectedpre-definedschemetosuityourneedsandthensavethechangedschemeasanewone.

Youcannotoverwriteexistingpre-definedbackupschemes.

Sofirstofallselectoneofthebackupmethodsintheappropriatebox.

§ Full(p.18)Selectthismethodifyouwanttocreateonlyfullbackupversions.

Automaticcleanuprules

Todeleteobsoletebackupversionsautomatically,youcansetoneofthefollowingcleanuprules:

§ Deleteversionsolderthan[definedperiod](availableforfullmethodonly)-Selectthisoptiontolimittheageofbackupversions.Allversionsthatareolderthanthespecifiedperiodwillbeautomaticallydeleted.

§ Storenomorethan[n]recentversions(availableforfullmethodonly)-Selectthisoptiontolimitthemaximumnumberofbackupversions.Whenthenumberofversionsexceedsthespecifiedvalue,theoldestbackupversionwillbeautomaticallydeleted.

§ Keepsizeofthebackupnomorethan[definedsize]-Selectthisoptiontolimitmaximumsizeofthebackup.Aftercreatinganewbackupversion,theprogramcheckswhetherthetotalbackupsizeexceedsthespecifiedvalue.Ifit'strue,theoldestbackupversionwillbedeleted.

Thefirstbackupversionoption

Oftenthefirstversionofanybackupisoneofthemostvaluableversions.Thisistruebecauseitstorestheinitialdatastate(forexample,yoursystempartitionwithrecentlyinstalledWindows)orsomeotherstabledatastate(forexample,dataafterasuccessfulviruscheck).

Donotdeletethefirstversionofthebackup-Selectthischeckboxtokeeptheinitialdatastate.Theprogramwillcreatetwoinitialfullbackupversions.Thefirstversionwillbeexcludedfromtheautomaticcleanup,andwillbestoreduntilyoudeleteitmanually.

Notethatwhenthecheckboxisselected,theStorenomorethan[n]recentversionscheckboxwillchangetoStorenomorethan1+[n]recentversions.

Managing custom backup schemes Ifyouchangeanythinginanexistingbackupscheme,youcansavethechangedschemeasanewone.Inthiscaseyouneedtospecifyanewnameforthatbackupscheme.

§ Youcanoverwriteexistingcustomschemes.


§ Youcannotoverwriteexistingpre-definedbackupschemes.§ Inaschemename,youcanuseanysymbolsallowedbyOSfornamingfiles.Themaximumlength

ofabackupschemenameis255symbols.§ Youcancreatenotmorethan16custombackupschemes.

Aftercreatingacustombackupscheme,youcanuseitasanyotherexistingbackupschemewhileconfiguringabackup.

Youcanalsouseacustombackupschemewithoutsavingit.Inthiscase,itwillbeavailableonlyforthebackupwhereitwascreatedandyouwillbeunabletouseitforotherbackups.

Ifyoudonotneedacustombackupschemeanymore,youcandeleteit.Todeletethescheme,selectitinthebackupschemeslist,clickDelete,andthenclickDeleteschemeintheconfirmationwindow.

Thepre-definedbackupschemescannotbedeleted.

4.2.2 Notifications for backup operation Sometimesabackuporrecoveryprocedurecanlastanhourorlonger.AcronisTrueImageHDcannotifyyouwhenitisfinishedviaemail.Theprogramcanalsoduplicatemessagesissuedduringtheoperationorsendyouthefulloperationlogafteroperationcompletion.

Bydefaultallnotificationsaredisabled.

FreediskspacethresholdYoumaywanttobenotifiedwhenthefreespaceonthebackupstoragebecomeslessthanthespecifiedthresholdvalue.IfafterstartingabackupAcronisTrueImageHDfindsoutthatthefreespaceintheselectedbackuplocationisalreadylessthanthespecifiedvalue,theprogramwillnotbegintheactualbackupprocessandwillimmediatelyinformyoubydisplayinganappropriatemessage.Themessageoffersyouthreechoices-toignoreitandproceedwiththebackup,tobrowseforanotherlocationforthebackuportocancelthebackup.

Ifthefreespacebecomeslessthanthespecifiedvaluewhilethebackupisbeingrun,theprogramwilldisplaythesamemessageandyouwillhavetomakethesamedecisions.

Tosetthefreediskspacethreshold:

§ SelecttheShownotificationmessageoninsufficientfreediskspacecheckbox§ IntheSizebox,typeorselectathresholdvalueandselectaunitofmeasure

AcronisTrueImageHDcanmonitorfreespaceonthefollowingstoragedevices:

§ Localharddrives§ USBcardsanddrives§ Networkshares(SMB/NFS)ThemessagewillnotbedisplayediftheDonotshowmessagesanddialogswhileprocessing(silentmode)checkboxisselectedintheErrorhandlingsettings.

ThisoptioncannotbeenabledforFTPserversandCD/DVDdrives.

EmailnotificationYoucanspecifyanemailaccountthatwillbeusedtosendyouemailnotifications.

Toconfiguretheemailnotifications:


1. SelecttheSende-mailnotificationsabouttheoperationstatecheckbox.2. Configureemailsettings:

§ EntertheemailaddressintheTofield.Youcanenterseveralemailaddressesinasemicolon-delimitedformat.

§ Entertheoutgoingmailserver(SMTP)intheOutgoingmailserver(SMTP)field.§ Settheportoftheoutgoingmailserver.Bydefaulttheportissetto25.§ Ifrequired,selecttheSMTPauthenticationcheckbox,andthenentertheusernameand

passwordinthecorrespondingfields.3. Tocheckwhetheryoursettingsarecorrect,clicktheSendtestmessagebutton.

Ifthetestmessagesendingfails,thenperformthefollowing:

1. ClickShowextendedsettings.2. Configureadditionalemailsettings:

§ Enterthee-mailsenderaddressintheFromfield.Ifyouarenotsurewhataddresstospecify,thentypeanyaddressyoulikeinastandardformat,[email protected].

§ ChangethemessagesubjectintheSubjectfield,ifnecessary.§ SelecttheLogontoincomingmailservercheckbox.§ Entertheincomingmailserver(POP3)inthePOP3serverfield.§ Settheportoftheincomingmailserver.Bydefaulttheportissetto110.

3. ClicktheSendtestmessagebuttonagain.

Additionalnotificationsettings:

§ Tosendanotificationconcerningprocesscompletion,selecttheSendnotificationuponoperation'ssuccessfulcompletioncheckbox.

§ Tosendanotificationconcerningprocessfailure,selecttheSendnotificationuponoperationfailurecheckbox.

§ Tosendanotificationwithoperationmessages,selecttheSendnotificationwhenuserinteractionisrequiredcheckbox.

§ Tosendanotificationwithfulllogofoperations,selecttheAddfulllogtothenotificationcheckbox.

4.2.3 Image creation mode Youcanusetheseparameterstocreateanexactcopyofyourwholepartitionsorharddisks,andnotonlythesectorsthatcontaindata.Forexample,thiscanbeusefulwhenyouwanttobackupapartitionordiskcontaininganoperatingsystemthatisnotsupportedbyAcronisTrueImage.Pleasenotethatthismodeincreasesprocessingtimeandusuallyresultsinalargerimagefile.

§ Tocreateasector-by-sectorimage,selecttheBackupsector-by-sectorcheckbox.§ Toincludeallunallocateddiskspaceintothebackup,selecttheBackupunallocatedspacecheck

box.ThischeckboxisavailableonlywhentheBackupsector-by-sectorcheckboxisselected.

4.2.4 Pre/Post commands for backup Youcanspecifycommands(orevenbatchfiles)thatwillbeautomaticallyexecutedbeforeandafterthebackupprocedure.


Forexample,youmaywanttostart/stopcertainWindowsprocesses,orcheckyourdatabeforestartingbackup.

Tospecifycommands(batchfiles):

§ SelectacommandtobeexecutedbeforethebackupprocessstartsinthePre-commandfield.Tocreateanewcommandorselectanewbatchfile,clicktheEditbutton.

§ SelectacommandtobeexecutedafterthebackupprocessendsinthePost-commandfield.Tocreateanewcommandorselectanewbatchfile,clicktheEditbutton.

Pleasedonottrytoexecuteinteractivecommands,i.e.commandsthatrequireuserinput(forexample,"pause").Thesearenotsupported.

4.2.4.1 Edit user command for backup Youcanspecifyusercommandstobeexecutedbeforeorafterthebackupprocedure:

§ IntheCommandfield,type-inacommandorselectitfromthelist.Click...toselectabatchfile. § IntheWorkingdirectoryfield,type-inapathforcommandexecutionorselectitfromthelistof

previouslyenteredpaths. § IntheArgumentsfieldenterorselectcommandexecutionargumentsfromthelist.

DisablingtheDonotperformoperationsuntilthecommand'sexecutioniscompleteparameter(enabledforPrecommandsbydefault),willpermitthebackupprocesstorunconcurrentlywithyourcommandexecution.

TheAborttheoperationiftheusercommandfails(enabledbydefault)parameterwillaborttheoperationifanyerrorsoccurincommandexecution.

YoucantestacommandyouenteredbyclickingtheTestcommandbutton.

4.2.5 Backup splitting AcronisTrueImageHDcannotsplitalreadyexistingbackups.Backupscanbesplitonlywhenbeingcreated.

Largebackupscanbesplitintoseveralfilesthattogethermakeuptheoriginalbackup.Abackupcanalsobesplitforburningtoremovablemedia.

Thedefaultsetting-Automatic.Withthissetting,AcronisTrueImageHDwillactasfollows.

Whenbackinguptoaharddisk:

§ Iftheselecteddiskhasenoughspaceanditsfilesystemallowstheestimatedfilesize,theprogramwillcreateasinglebackupfile.

§ Ifthestoragediskhasenoughspace,butitsfilesystemdoesnotallowtheestimatedfilesize,theprogramwillautomaticallysplittheimageintoseveralfiles.

§ Ifyoudonothaveenoughspacetostoretheimageonyourharddisk,theprogramwillwarnyouandwaitforyourdecisionastohowyouplantofixtheproblem.Youcantrytofreesomeadditionalspaceandcontinueorselectanotherdisk.

WhenbackinguptoaCD-R/RW,DVD-R/RW,DVD+R/RW,BD-R/RE:

§ AcronisTrueImageHDwillaskyoutoinsertanewdiskwhenthepreviousoneisfull.

Alternatively,youmayselectthedesiredfilesizefromthedrop-downlist.Thebackupwillthenbesplitintomultiplefilesofthespecifiedsize.ThisisusefulwhenyoustoreabackuptoaharddiskinordertoburnthebackuptoCD-R/RW,DVD-R/RW,DVD+R/RWorBD-R/RElateron.


CreatingimagesdirectlyonCD-R/RW,DVD-R/RW,DVD+R/RW,BD-R/REmighttakeconsiderablymoretimethanitwouldonaharddisk.

4.2.6 Backup validation option Youcanspecifytheadditionalvalidationsetting:Validatebackupwhenitiscreated.

Whenthisoptionisenabled,theprogramwillchecktheintegrityoftherecentlycreatedorsupplementedbackupversionimmediatelyafterbackup.Whensettingupabackupofcriticaldataoradisk/partitionbackup,westronglyrecommendthatyouenablethisoptioninordertoensurethatthebackupcanbeusedtorecoverthelostdata.

Regularvalidation

Youcanalsoschedulevalidationofyourbackupstoensurethattheyremain"healthy".Bydefaultregularvalidationisturnedonwiththefollowingsettings:

§ Frequency:onceaweek§ Day:thedatewhenthebackupwasstarted§ Time:themomentofbackupstartplus15minutes§ Advancedsettings:theRunthevalidationonlywhenthecomputerisidlecheckboxisselected

Youcanchangethedefaultsettingsandspecifyyourownschedule.FormoreinformationseeScheduling.

4.2.7 Backup reserve copy Youcancreatereservecopiesofyourbackupsandsavethemonthefilesystemoranetworkdrive.

Tomakeareservecopy:

§ SelecttheCreateareservecopyofmybackupscheckbox§ ClickSetlocation...andspecifyalocationforthebackupcopies

Allbackupoptions(suchasbackupcompression,backupsplitting,etc.)willbeinheritedfromthesourcebackup.

Areservecopyalwayscontainsallthedataselectedforbackup,thatis,whencreatingareservecopytheprogramalwaysmakesafullbackupofthesourcedata.

Alsorememberthatyouwillpayfortheenhancedconvenienceandincreasedsecurityofyourdatabythetimerequiredforperformingthebackupbecausenormalbackupandreservecopyingareperformedoneatatimeandnotsimultaneously.

4.2.8 Removable media settings Whenbackinguptoremovablemedia,youcanmakethismediabootablebywritingadditionalcomponentstoit.Thus,youwillnotneedaseparatebootabledisk.

AcronisTrueImageHDdoesnotsupportcreatingbootablemediaifaflashdriveisformattedinNTFSorexFAT.ThedrivemusthaveaFAT16orFAT32filesystem.

Thefollowingsettingsareavailable:

§ PlaceAcronisTrueImageHDonmedia


AcronisTrueImageHD-includessupportofUSB,PCCard(formerlyPCMCIA)andSCSIinterfacesalongwiththestoragedevicesconnectedviathem,andthereforeisstronglyrecommended.

§ PlaceAcronisSystemReportonmediaAcronisSystemReport-thecomponentallowsyoutogeneratesystemreportthatisusedforcollectinginformationaboutyoursystemincaseofanyprogramproblem.ReportgenerationwillbeavailablebeforeyoustartAcronisTrueImageHDfromthebootablemedia.ThegeneratedsystemreportcanbesavedtoaUSBflashdrive.

§ AskforfirstmediawhilecreatingbackupsonremovablemediaYoucanchoosewhethertodisplaytheInsertFirstMediapromptwhenbackinguptoremovablemedia.Withthedefaultsetting,backinguptoremovablemediamaynotbepossibleiftheuserisaway,becausetheprogramwillwaitforsomeonetopressOKinthepromptbox.Therefore,youshoulddisablethepromptwhenschedulingabackuptoremovablemedia.Then,iftheremovablemediaisavailable(forexample,CD-R/RWinserted)thebackupcanrununattended.

IfyouhaveotherAcronisproductsinstalledonyourcomputer,thebootableversionsoftheseprograms'componentswillbeofferedaswell.

4.2.9 Backup comment Thisoptionallowsyoutoaddcommentstothebackup.Backupcommentsmayhelpyoutofindthenecessarybackuplater,whenrecoveringdatabyusingbootablemedia.

Ifabackupdoesnothavecomments,typeyourcommentinthecommentsarea.Whenacommentalreadyexists,youcanedititafterclickingEdit.

4.2.10 Error handling Whentheprogramencounteredanerrorwhileperformingbackup,itstopsthebackupprocessanddisplaysamessage,waitingforaresponseonhowtohandletheerror.Ifyousetanerrorhandlingpolicy,theprogramwillnotstopthebackupprocess,butwillsimplyhandletheerroraccordingtothesetrulesandcontinueworking.

Youcansetthefollowingerrorhandlingpolicy:

§ Donotshowmessagesanddialogswhileprocessing(silentmode)-Enablethissettingtoignoreerrorsduringbackupoperations.Thisisusefulwhenyoucannotcontrolthebackupprocess.Youcanviewthedetailedlogofalloperationsafterthebackupprocessfinishes.

§ Ignorebadsectors-Thisoptionisavailableonlyfordiskandpartitionbackups.Itletsyousuccessfullycompleteabackupeveniftherearebadsectorsontheharddisk.Werecommendthatyouselectthischeckboxwhenyourharddriveisfailing,forexample:§ Harddriveismakingclickingorgrindingnoisesduringoperation.§ TheS.M.A.R.T.systemhasdetectedharddriveissuesandrecommendsthatyoubackupthe

driveassoonaspossible.Whenyouleavethischeckboxcleared,thebackupmayfailbecauseofpossiblebadsectorsonthedrive.

§ Repeatattemptifabackupfails-Thisoptionallowsyoutoautomaticallyrepeatabackupattemptifthebackupfailsforsomereason.Youcanspecifynumberofattemptsandtimeintervalbetweenattempts.Notethatiftheerrorinterruptingthebackuppersists,thenthebackupwillnotbecreated.Thisoptionisnotavailable,whenyoubackupyourdatatoaUSBflashdriveorUSBharddrive.


4.2.11 File-level security settings for backup Note:ThisfeaturemaybeunavailableintheTrueImageeditionthatyouuse.

Youcanspecifysecuritysettingsforbackedupfiles(thesesettingsrelateonlytofile/folderbackups):

§ Preservefilesecuritysettingsinbackups-selectingthisoptionwillpreserveallthesecurityproperties(permissionsassignedtogroupsorusers)ofthebackupfilesforfurtherrecovery. Bydefault,filesandfoldersaresavedinthebackupwiththeiroriginalWindowssecuritysettings(i.e.permissionsforread,write,executeandsoonforeachuserorusergroup,setinfileProperties->Security).Ifyourecoverasecuredfile/folderonacomputerwithouttheuserspecifiedinthepermissions,youmaynotbeabletoreadormodifythisfile.Toeliminatethiskindofproblem,youcandisablepreservingfilesecuritysettingsinbackups.Thentherecoveredfiles/folderswillalwaysinheritthepermissionsfromthefoldertowhichtheyarerecovered(parentfolderordisk,ifrecoveredtotheroot).Or,youcandisablefilesecuritysettingsduringrecovery,eveniftheyareavailableinthebackup.Theresultwillbethesame.

§ Inbackups,storeencryptedfilesinadecryptedstate(thepresetisdisabled)-checktheoptionifthereareencryptedfilesinthebackupandyouwantthemtobeaccessedbyanyuserafterrecovery.Otherwise,onlytheuserwhoencryptedthefiles/folderswillbeabletoreadthem.Decryptionmayalsobeusefulifyouaregoingtorecoverencryptedfilesonanothercomputer.IfyoudonotusetheencryptionfeatureavailableinWindowsXPandlateroperatingsystems,simplyignorethisoption.(Files/foldersencryptionissetinProperties->General->AdvancedAttributes->Encryptcontentstosecuredata).

Theseoptionsrelateonlytofile/folderbackups.

4.2.12 Computer shutdown Ifyouknowthatthebackupprocessyouareconfiguringmaytakealongtime,youmayselecttheShutdownthecomputerafterthebackupiscompletecheckbox.Inthiscase,youwillnothavetowaituntiltheoperationcompletion.Theprogramwillperformthebackupandturnoffyourcomputerautomatically.

Thisoptionisalsousefulwhenyouscheduleyourbackups.Forexample,youmaywanttoperformbackupseveryweekdayintheeveningtosaveallyourwork.Schedulethebackupandselectthecheckbox.Afterthatyoumayleaveyourcomputerwhenyoufinishyourworkknowingthatthecriticaldatawillbebackedupandthecomputerwillbeturnedoff.

4.2.13 Performance of backup operation OnthePerformancetabyoucanconfigurethefollowingsettings:

CompressionlevelYoucanchoosethecompressionlevelforabackup:

§ None-thedatawillbecopiedwithoutanycompression,whichmaysignificantlyincreasethebackupfilesize.

§ Normal-therecommendeddatacompressionlevel(setbydefault).§ High-higherbackupfilecompressionlevel,takesmoretimetocreateabackup.§ Maximum-maximumbackupcompression,buttakesalongtimetocreateabackup.


Theoptimaldatacompressionleveldependsonthetypeoffilesstoredinthebackup.Forexample,evenmaximumcompressionwillnotsignificantlyreducethebackupsize,ifthebackupcontainsessentiallycompressedfiles,like.jpg,.pdfor.mp3.

OperationpriorityChangingthepriorityofabackuporrecoveryprocesscanmakeitrunfasterorslower(dependingonwhetheryouraiseorlowerthepriority),butitcanalsoadverselyaffecttheperformanceofotherrunningprograms.Thepriorityofanyprocessrunninginasystem,determinestheamountofCPUusageandsystemresourcesallocatedtothatprocess.DecreasingtheoperationprioritywillfreemoreresourcesforotherCPUtasks.Increasingbackuporrecoveryprioritymayspeeduptheprocessbytakingresourcesfromtheothercurrentlyrunningprocesses.TheeffectwilldependontotalCPUusageandotherfactors.

Youcansetuptheoperationpriority:

§ Low(enabledbydefault)-thebackuporrecoveryprocesswillrunslower,buttheperformanceofotherprogramswillbeincreased.

§ Normal-thebackuporrecoveryprocesswillhavetheequalprioritywithotherprocesses.§ High-thebackuporrecoveryprocesswillrunfaster,buttheperformanceofotherprogramswill

bereduced.Beawarethatselectingthisoptionmayresultin100%CPUusagebyAcronisTrueImageHD.

NetworkconnectionspeedlimitWhenyoubackupdatatonetworkdrivesorFTP,youcanreducetheinfluenceofconnectionusedbyTrueImageonothernetworkconnectionsofyourcomputer.SettheconnectionspeedthatwillallowyoutouseInternetandnetworkresourceswithoutannoyingslowdowns.

Toreduceconnectionspeed:

§ SelecttheLimittransferratetocheckboxandspecifyanoptimalvalueandanappropriatemeasurementunit(kilobitsormegabitspersecond).

4.3 Operations with backups In this section Backupoperationsmenu........................................................................34Backuplisticons......................................................................................35Validatingbackups..................................................................................35Backuptovariousplaces.........................................................................36Addinganexistingbackuptothelist......................................................37Deletingbackupsandbackupversions...................................................38


4.3.1 Backup operations menu Thebackupoperationsmenuprovidesquickaccesstoadditionaloperationsthatcanbeperformedwiththeselectedbackup.

Thebackupoperationsmenucancontainthefollowingitems:

§ Editsettings-allowseditingofthecurrentbackupsettings.§ Reconfigure(forbackupsmanuallyaddedtothebackuplist)-allowsconfiguringthesettingsofa

backupcreatedbyapreviousAcronisTrueImageversion.Thisitemmayalsoappearforbackupscreatedonanothercomputerandaddedtothebackuplistwithoutimportingtheirsettings.Withoutbackupsettings,youcannotrefreshthebackupbyclickingBackupnow.Also,youcannoteditandclonethebackupsettings.

§ Reconfigure(foronlinebackups)-allowsyoutobindaselectedonlinebackuptothecurrentcomputer.Todothis,clickthisitemandreconfiguresettingsofthebackup.Notethatonlyoneonlinebackupcanbeactiveononecomputer.

§ Validate-startsbackupvalidation.§ Openlocation-opensthefoldercontainingthebackupfiles.§ Clonesettings-Createsanewemptybackupboxwiththesettingsoftheinitialbackupand

named(1)[theinitialbackupname].Changethesettings,savethem,andthenclickBackupnowontheclonedbackupbox.

§ Move-clicktomoveallthebackupfilestoanotherlocation.Thesubsequentbackupversionswillbesavedtothenewlocation.Ifyouchangethebackupdestinationbyeditingthebackupsettings,onlynewbackupversionswillbesavedtothenewlocation.Theearlierbackupversionswillremainintheoldlocation.

§ Removefromthelist-removesthecurrentbackupfromthebackuplistshownintheMybackupsarea.Thisoperationalsoturnsofftheschedulingoftheremovedbackup(ifaschedulewasset),butitdoesnotdeletethebackupfiles.

§ Delete-dependingonabackuptype,thiscommandcompletelydeletesthebackupfromitslocationorallowsyoutochoosewhetheryouwanttodeletethebackupcompletelyorthebackupboxonly.Whenyoudeleteabackupbox,thebackupfilesremaininthelocation,andyouwillbeabletoaddthebackuptothelistlater.Notethatwhenyoudeleteabackupcompletely,thedeletioncannotbeundone.


4.3.2 Backup list icons Whileworkingwiththebackuplistyouwillseespecialicons.Theiconsgiveyouthefollowinginformation:

§ Backuptype§ Backupcurrentstate

Backuptypeicons

EntirePCbackup

Disk-levelbackup

Backupstateicons

Thelastbackupfailed.

Thebackupisinprogress.

Thelastbackupwaspausedbyuser.

Thelastbackupwasstoppedbyuser.

4.3.3 Validating backups Thevalidationprocedurecheckswhetheryouwillbeabletorecoverdatafromabackup.

ValidatingbackupsinWindowsTovalidateanentirebackup:

1. StartAcronisTrueImageHD,andthenclickBackuponthesidebar.2. Fromthebackuplist,selectthebackuptovalidate,clickOperations,andthenclickValidate.


Validatingbackupsinastand-aloneversionofTrueImage(bootablemedia)Tovalidateaspecificbackupversionoranentirebackup:

1. OntheRecoverytab,findthebackupthatcontainstheversionthatyouwanttovalidate.Ifthebackupisnotlisted,clickBrowseforbackup,andthenspecifythepathtothebackup.TrueImageaddsthisbackuptothelist.

2. Right-clickthebackuporaspecificversion,andthenclickValidateArchive.ThisopenstheValidateWizard.

3. ClickProceed.

4.3.4 Backup to various places AcronisTrueImageHDoffersyouflexibilityinchoosingdestinationsforyourbackups.Youcansavefullbackupversionstodifferentplacesincludinganetworkshare,CD/DVD,USBstick,aswellasanylocalinternalorexternalharddrive.

Youcansavebackupversionstodifferentdestinationsbychangingthebackupdestinationwheneditingthesettingsofaselectedbackup.Forexample,afteryousavetheinitialfullbackuptoanexternalUSBharddrive,youcanchangethebackupdestinationtoaUSBstickbyeditingthebackupsettings.

Onemoreusefulaspectofthisfeatureistheabilitytosplitbackups"on-the-fly".SupposeyouperformabackuptoaharddiskandinthemiddleofthebackupprocessAcronisTrueImageHDfindsoutthatthedisktowhichyouarebackingup,doesnothavesufficientfreespaceforcompletingthebackup.Theprogramdisplaysamessagewarningyouthatthediskisfull.


Tocompletethebackup,youmayeithertrytofreeupsomespaceonthediskandclickRetryorselectanotherstoragedevice.Tochoosethelatteroption,clickBrowse...intheconfirmationwindow.TheBrowseforDestinationwindowappears.

Theleftpaneshowsthestoragelocationsavailableonyourcomputer.Afteryouselectasuitablelocation,assignanameforthefilethatwillcontaintheremainingdatabeingbackedup.Youcanenterthenamemanually(forexample,"tail_end.tib")orusethefilenamegenerator(abuttontotherightoftheline).ThenclickOKandAcronisTrueImageHDwillcompletethebackup.

Ifbackupversionsbelongingtothesamebackup"chain"havebeensavedtodifferentdestinations,AcronisTrueImageHDmaypromptyouforthelocationsofpreviousbackupversionsduringdatarecovery.Thismayoccurwhentheselectedbackupversiondoesnotcontainthefilesyouwanttorecover(orcontainsonlyapartofthem).Thismayalsohappenwhenyourecoverabackupthatwasspliton-the-fly.

4.3.5 Adding an existing backup to the list YoumayhaveAcronisTrueImagebackupscreatedbyapreviousproductversionorcopiedfromanothercomputer.EverytimeyoustartAcronisTrueImageHD,itscansyourcomputerforsuchbackupsandaddsthemtothebackuplistautomatically.

Ifyouhavebackupsthatarenotshowninthelist,youcanaddthemmanually.

Toaddbackupsmanually:

1. IntheBackupsection,clickAddbackup,andthenclickAddexistingbackup.Programopensawindowwhereyoucanbrowseforbackupsonyourcomputer.

2. Selectabackupversion(a.tibfile),andthenclickAdd.Theentirebackupwillbeaddedtothelist.


4.3.6 Deleting backups and backup versions Youmaywanttodeletebackupsandbackupversionsyounolongerneed.AcronisTrueImageHDstoresinformationonthebackupsinametadatainformationdatabase.

Therefore,deletingunneededbackupfilesinWindowsExplorerwillnotdeleteinformationaboutthesebackupsfromthedatabase,andAcronisTrueImageHDwillconsiderthattheystillexist.

Thiswillresultinerrorswhentheprogramtriestoperformoperationsonthebackupsthatnolongerexist.SoyoumustonlyremoveobsoletebackupsandbackupversionsbyusingthetoolsprovidedbyAcronisTrueImageHD.

Todeleteanentirebackup:

FindthecorrespondingbackupboxontheBackupandrecoverytabofAcronisTrueImageHD.ClickthegearicontoopentheOperationsmenuandthenclickDelete.

Whenyoudeleteanentirebackup,allitsversionswillbedeletedaswell.

Todeleteaspecificbackupversion:

1. OntheBackupandrecoverytab,findthecorrespondingbackupbox,clickExploreandrecover.2. InBackupexplorer,right-clickonthetimelinetheversionyouwanttodelete,andthenclick

Deleteversion.


5 Recovering data

In this section Recoveringdisksandpartitions...............................................................39Recoveryoptions.....................................................................................55

5.1 Recovering disks and partitions In this section Recoveringyoursystemafteracrash.....................................................39Recoveringpartitionsanddisks...............................................................47Aboutrecoveryofdynamic/GPTdisksandvolumes...............................51ArrangingbootorderinBIOS..................................................................54

5.1.1 Recovering your system after a crash Whenyourcomputerfailstoboot,itisadvisabletoatfirsttrytofindthecauseusingthesuggestionsgiveninTryingtodeterminethecrashcause(p.39).Ifthecrashiscausedbycorruptionoftheoperatingsystem,useabackuptorecoveryoursystem.MakethepreparationsdescribedinPreparingforrecovery(p.39)andthenproceedwithrecoveringyoursystem.

5.1.1.1 Trying to determine the crash cause Asystemcrashcanbeduetotwobasicfactors:

§ HardwarefailureInthisscenario,itisbettertoletyourservicecenterhandletherepairs.However,youmaywanttoperformsomeroutinetests.Checkthecables,connectors,powerofexternaldevices,etc.Then,restartthecomputer.Ifthereisahardwareproblem,thePower-OnSelfTest(POST)willinformyouaboutthefailure.IfthePOSTdoesnotrevealahardwarefailure,enterBIOSandcheckwhetheritrecognizesyoursystemharddiskdrive.ToenterBIOS,presstherequiredkeycombination(Del,F1,Ctrl+Alt+Esc,Ctrl+Esc,orsomeother,dependingonyourBIOS)duringthePOSTsequence.Usuallythemessagewiththerequiredkeycombinationisdisplayedduringthestartuptest.Pressingthiscombinationtakesyoutothesetupmenu.Gototheharddiskautodetectionutilitywhichusuallycomesunder"StandardCMOSSetup"or"AdvancedCMOSsetup".Iftheutilitydoesnotdetectthesystemdrive,ithasfailedandyouneedtoreplacethedrive.

§ Operatingsystemcorruption(Windowscannotstartup)IfthePOSTcorrectlydetectsyoursystemharddiskdrive,thenthecauseofthecrashisprobablyavirus,malwareorcorruptionofasystemfilerequiredforbooting.Inthiscase,recoverthesystemusingabackupofyoursystemdiskorsystempartition.RefertoRecoveringyoursystem(p.40)fordetails.

5.1.1.2 Preparing for recovery Werecommendthatyouperformthefollowingactionsbeforerecovery:

§ Scanthecomputerforvirusesifyoususpectthatthecrashoccurredduetoavirusormalwareattack.


§ Underbootablemedia,tryatestrecoverytoaspareharddrive,ifyouhaveone. § Validatetheimageunderbootablemedia.Abackupthatcanbereadduringvalidationin

Windows,maynotalwaysbereadableinaLinuxenvironment.Underbootablemedia,therearetwowaystovalidateabackup:§ Tovalidateabackupmanually,ontheRecoverytab,right-clickabackupandselectValidate

Archive.§ Tovalidateabackupautomaticallybeforerecovery,ontheOptionsstepoftheRecovery

Wizard,selecttheValidatebackuparchivebeforerecoverycheckbox.

§ Assignuniquenames(labels)toallpartitionsonyourharddrives.Thiswillmakefindingthediskcontainingyourbackupseasier.WhenyouusetheAcronisTrueImageHDrescuemedia,itcreatesdiskdrivelettersthatmightdifferfromthewayWindowsidentifiesdrives.Forexample,theD:diskidentifiedinthestandaloneAcronisTrueImageHDmightcorrespondtotheE:diskinWindows.

5.1.1.3 Recovering your system to the same disk Beforeyoustart,werecommendthatyoucompletetheproceduresdescribedinPreparingforrecovery(p.39).

Torecoveryoursystem:

1. Attachtheexternaldriveifitcontainsthebackuptobeusedforrecoveryandmakesurethatthedriveispoweredon.

2. ArrangethebootorderinBIOSsoastomakeyourrescuemediadevice(CD,DVDorUSBstick)thefirstbootdevice.SeeArrangingbootorderinBIOS(p.54).

3. BootfromtherescuemediaandselectTrueImage.


4. OntheHomescreen,selectMydisksbelowRecover.

5. Selectthesystemdiskorpartitionbackuptobeusedforrecovery.Whenthebackupisnotdisplayed,clickBrowseandspecifypathtothebackupmanually.

6. SelectRecoverwholedisksandpartitionsattheRecoverymethodstep.

7. Selectthesystempartition(usuallyC)ontheWhattorecoverscreen.Ifthesystempartitionhasadifferentletter,selectthepartitionusingtheFlagscolumn.ItmusthavethePri,Actflags.


IncaseofWindows7theSystemReservedpartitionwillhavethePri,Actflags.YouwillneedtoselectforrecoveryboththeSystemReservedpartitionandtheSystempartition.

8. Atthe"SettingsofpartitionC"(ortheletterofthesystempartition,ifitisdifferent)stepcheckthedefaultsettingsandclickNextiftheyarecorrect.Otherwise,changethesettingsasrequiredbeforeclickingNext.Changingthesettingswillbeneededwhenrecoveringtothenewharddiskofadifferentcapacity.

9. CarefullyreadthesummaryofoperationsattheFinishstep.Ifyouhavenotresizedthepartition,thesizesintheDeletingpartitionandRecoveringpartitionitemsmustmatch.HavingcheckedthesummaryclickProceed.


10. Whentheoperationfinishes,exitthestandaloneversionofAcronisTrueImage,removetherescuemediaandbootfromtherecoveredsystempartition.AftermakingsurethatyouhaverecoveredWindowstothestateyouneed,restoretheoriginalbootorder.

5.1.1.4 Recovering your system to a new disk under bootable media Beforeyoustart,werecommendthatyoucompletethepreparationsdescribedinPreparingforrecovery(p.39).Youdonotneedtoformatthenewdisk,asthiswillbedoneintheprocessofrecovery.

Warning!Youroldandnewharddrivesmustworkinthesamecontrollermode(forexample,IDEorAHCI).Otherwise,yourcomputerwillnotstartfromthenewharddrive.

Torecoveryoursystemtoanewdisk:

1. Installthenewharddrivetothesamepositioninthecomputerandusethesamecableandconnectorthatwasusedfortheoriginaldrive.Ifthisisnotpossible,installthenewdrivetowhereitwillbeused.

2. Attachtheexternaldriveifitcontainsthebackuptobeusedforrecoveryandmakesurethatthedriveispoweredon.

3. ArrangethebootorderinBIOSsoastomakeyourrescuemediadevice(CD,DVDorUSBstick)thefirstbootdevice.SeeArrangingbootorderinBIOS(p.54).

4. BootfromtherescuemediaandselectAcronisTrueImage.5. OntheHomescreen,selectMydisksbelowRecover.6. Selectthesystemdiskorpartitionbackuptobeusedforrecovery.Whenthebackupisnot

displayed,clickBrowseandspecifypathtothebackupmanually.7. Ifyouhaveahiddenpartition(forexample,theSystemReservedpartitionorapartitioncreated

bythePCmanufacturer),clickDetailsonthewizard'stoolbar.Pleaserememberthelocationandsizeofthehiddenpartition,becausetheseparametersneedtobethesameonyournewdisk.

8. SelectRecoverwholedisksandpartitionsattheRecoverymethodstep.


9. OntheWhattorecoverstep,selecttheboxesofthepartitionstoberecovered.DonotselecttheMBRandTrack0box.

Selectingpartitionsleadstoappearanceoftherelevantsteps"Settingsofpartition...".Notethatthesestepsstartwithpartitionswhichdonothaveanassigneddiskletter(asusuallyisthecasewithhiddenpartitions).Thepartitionsthentakeanascendingorderofpartitiondiskletters.Thisordercannotbechanged.Theordermaydifferfromthephysicalorderofthepartitionsontheharddisk.

10. OntheSettingsofthehiddenpartitionstep(usuallynamedSettingsofPartition1-1),specifythefollowingsettings:§ Location.ClickNewlocation,selectyournewdiskbyeitheritsassignednameorcapacity,

andthenclickAccept.


§ Type.Checkthepartitiontypeandchangeit,ifnecessary.EnsurethattheSystemReservedpartition(ifany)isprimaryandmarkedasactive.

§ Size.ClickChangedefaultinthePartitionsizearea.Bydefaultthepartitionoccupiestheentirenewdisk.EnterthecorrectsizeinthePartitionsizefield(youcanseethisvalueontheWhattorecoverstep).ThendragthispartitiontothesamelocationthatyousawintheBackupInformationwindow,ifnecessary.ClickAccept.

11. OntheSettingsofPartitionCstep,specifythesettingsforthesecondpartition,whichinthiscaseisyoursystempartition.§ ClickNewlocation,andthenselectunallocatedspaceonthedestinationdiskthatwill

receivethepartition.

§ Changethepartitiontype,ifnecessary.Thesystempartitionmustbeprimary.


§ Specifythepartitionsize,whichbydefaultequalstheoriginalsize.Usuallythereisnofreespaceafterthepartition,soallocatealltheunallocatedspaceonthenewdisktothesecondpartition.ClickAccept,andthenclickNext.

12. CarefullyreadthesummaryofoperationstobeperformedandthenclickProceed.

IfyouroriginaldiskcontainsahiddenpartitioncreatedbythePCmanufacturer,pleaseproceedtoMBRrecovery.YouneedtorecovertheMBRbecausethePCmanufacturercouldchangethegenericWindowsMBRorasectorontrack0toprovideaccesstothehiddenpartition.

1. Selectthesamebackupagain.Right-clickandselectRecoverintheshortcutmenu.ChooseRecoverwholedisksandpartitionsattheRecoverymethodstepandthenselecttheMBRandTrack0box.

2. Atthenextstep,selectthedestinationdiskasthetargetforMBRrecovery.Youcanalsorecoverthedisksignature.RefertoSelectingtargetdiskforMBRrecovery(p.46)fordetails. ClickNextandthenProceed.AfterMBRrecoveryiscomplete,exitthestandaloneversionofAcronisTrueImage.

WhentherecoveryiscompleteBeforeyoubootthecomputer,pleasedisconnecttheolddrive(ifany).IfWindows"sees"boththenewandolddriveduringtheboot,thiswillresultinproblemsbootingWindows.Ifyouupgradetheolddrivetoalargercapacitynewone,disconnecttheolddrivebeforethefirstboot.

RemovetherescuemediaandbootthecomputertoWindows.Itmayreportthatnewhardware(harddrive)isfoundandWindowsneedstoreboot.Aftermakingsurethatthesystemoperatesnormally,restoretheoriginalbootorder.

Selecting target disk for MBR recovery InthiswindowyoushouldselectaharddiskforrecoveringtheMasterBootRecord(MBR)alongwithtrack0.


RecoverdisksignaturecheckboxIfyouhaveselectedMBRrecoveryattheContentselectionstep,theRecoverdisksignaturecheckboxwillbeinthebottomleftcorner.DisksignatureisapartofaharddiskMBR.Itisusedforuniquelyidentifyingthediskmedia.

WerecommendthatyouselecttheRecoverdisksignaturecheckboxduetothefollowingreasons:

§ AcronisTrueImageHDcreatesscheduledtasksusingthesignatureofthesourceharddisk.Ifyourecoverthesamedisksignature,youdon'tneedtore-createoreditthetaskscreatedpreviously.

§ Someinstalledapplicationsuseadisksignatureforlicensingandotherpurposes.§ IfyouuseWindowsRestorePoints,theywillbelostwhenthedisksignatureisnotrecovered.§ RecoveringadisksignatureallowsrecoveringVSSsnapshotsusedbyWindowsVistaand

Windows7's"PreviousVersions"feature.

WerecommendthatyoucleartheRecoverdisksignaturecheckboxwhen:

§ YouuseanimagebackupnotfordisasterrecoverybutforcloningyourWindowsharddrivetoanotherone.

Inthiscase,AcronisTrueImageHDgeneratesanewdisksignaturefortherecoveredharddrive,evenifyourecovertothesamedrive.

Havingselectedaharddiskdriveandspecifiedwhethertorecoverthedisksignature,clickNexttocontinue.

5.1.2 Recovering partitions and disks Torecoverpartitionsordisks:

1. StartAcronisTrueImageHD.2. IntheBackupsection,selectthebackupwhichcontainsthepartitionsordisksyouwantto

recover,andthenclickRecoverdisks.3. IntheBackupversionlist,selectthebackupversionyouwanttorecoverbyitsbackupdateand

time.

4. Selectthediskstorecover.Ifyouneedtorecoverseparatepartitions,clickRecoverspecificpartitions,andthenselectthepartitionstorecover.


5. Intherecoverydestinationfieldbelowthepartitionname,selectthedestinationpartition.Unsuitablepartitionsaremarkedbyredlettering.Notethatalldataonthedestinationpartitionwillbelostbecauseitisreplacedbytherecovereddataandfilesystem.Torecovertotheoriginalpartition,atleast5%ofthepartitionspacemustbefree.Otherwise,theRecovernowbuttonwillbeunavailable.

6. [optionalstep]Tosetupadditionalparametersforthediskrecoveryprocess,clickOptions.7. Afteryoufinishwithyourselections,clickRecovernowtostartrecovery.

5.1.2.1 How to recover more than one partition at once Herewedescriberecoveryoftwopartitions.Ifanimageofaharddiskhasmorethantwopartitions,theprocedureissimilar.

1. ClickRecoveronthebackupboxofadiskcontainingseveralpartitions.TheDiskRecoverywindowappears.

2. ClickthedownarrownexttoVersion:andthenselectthebackupversionyouwanttorecoverbyitsbackupdateandtime.


3. Selectapartitiontorecover.Thisopenstherecoverydestinationfieldbelowthepartitionname(label).

4. Clickthedownarrowtotherightofthefieldandselectthedestinationharddisk.Thepartitiontoberecoveredisthenplacedontheselectedharddisk.Itoccupiesalltheavailablediskspace.Toreducethepartitionsizesoastoleaveenoughdiskspacefortheremainingpartition,clickthePartitionpropertieslinkbelowtherecoverydestinationfield.ThePartitionPropertieswindowappears.

5. Youcanresizethepartitionbydraggingitsrightborderwithamouseonthehorizontalbaronthescreen.Toassignthepartitionaspecificsize,entertheappropriatenumberintotheTotalsizefield.

Rememberthatyouneedtoleaveasmuchunallocated(free)spaceafterhavingresizedthepartitionaswillbeneededfortheremainingpartition.Selectadiskletterandpartitiontype.


Whenyoufinishthesettings,clickOKtoconfirmthemandreturntothemainDiskRecoverywindow.

6. Selectthenextpartition'scheckbox.7. Selecttheunallocatedspaceonthedestinationharddisk.Theprogramcreatesapartition

occupyingtheentireunallocatedspace.


8. ClickthePartitionpropertieslinkandmakethesettingsforthepartition.Selectadiskletterandpartitiontype.Whenyoufinishthesettings,clickOKtoconfirmthemandreturntothemainDiskRecoverywindow.

Iftheimagecontainsmorethantwopartitions,leaveenoughunallocatedspaceforotherpartitionstoberecoveredandrepeatsteps5-7untilyoumakethesettingsforallpartitions.

9. ClickRecovernowtorecoverthepartitionstothedestinationharddisk.

5.1.3 About recovery of dynamic/GPT disks and volumes RecoveryofdynamicvolumesYoucanrecoverdynamicvolumestothefollowinglocationsonthelocalharddrives:

§ Dynamicvolume.Manualresizingofdynamicvolumesduringrecoverytodynamicdisksisnotsupported.Ifyouneedtoresizeadynamicvolumeduringrecovery,itshouldberecoveredtoabasicdisk.


§ Originallocation(tothesamedynamicvolume).Thetargetvolumetypedoesnotchange.

§ Anotherdynamicdiskorvolume.Thetargetvolumetypedoesnotchange.Forexample,whenrecoveringadynamicstripedvolumeoveradynamicspannedvolumethetargetvolumeremainsspanned.

§ Unallocatedspaceofthedynamicgroup.Therecoveredvolumetypewillbethesameasitwasinthebackup.

§ Basicvolumeordisk.Thetargetvolumeremainsbasic.

§ Bare-metalrecovery.Whenperformingasocalled"bare-metalrecovery"ofdynamicvolumestoanewunformatteddisk,therecoveredvolumesbecomebasic.Ifyouwanttherecoveredvolumestoremaindynamic,thetargetdisksshouldbepreparedasdynamic(partitionedandformatted).Thiscanbedoneusingthird-partytools,forexample,WindowsDiskManagementsnap-in.

Recoveryofbasicvolumesanddisks§ Whenrecoveringabasicvolumetoanunallocatedspaceofthedynamicgroup,therecovered

volumebecomesdynamic.§ Whenrecoveringabasicdisktoadynamicdiskofadynamicgroupconsistingoftwodisks,the

recovereddiskremainsbasic.Thedynamicdisktowhichtherecoveryisperformedbecomes"missing"andaspanned/stripeddynamicvolumeontheseconddiskbecomes"failed".

PartitionstyleafterrecoveryThetargetdisk'spartitionstyledependsonwhetheryourcomputersupportsUEFIandonwhetheryoursystemisBIOS-bootedorUEFI-booted.Seethefollowingtable:

MysystemisBIOS-booted(WindowsorAcronisBootableMedia)

MysystemisUEFI-booted(WindowsorAcronisBootableMedia)

MysourcediskisMBRandmyOSdoesnotsupportUEFI

Theoperationwillnotaffectneitherpartitionlayoutnorbootabilityofthedisk:partitionstylewillremainMBR,thedestinationdiskwillbebootableinBIOS.

Afteroperationcompletion,thepartitionstylewillbeconvertedtoGPTstyle,buttheoperatingsystemwillfailbootingfromUEFI,sinceyouroperatingsystemdoesnotsupportit.

MysourcediskisMBRandmyOSsupportsUEFI

Theoperationwillnotaffectneitherpartitionlayoutnorbootabilityofthedisk:partitionstylewillremainMBR,thedestinationdiskwillbebootableinBIOS.

ThedestinationpartitionwillbeconvertedtoGPTstylethatwillmakethedestinationdiskbootableinUEFI.SeeExampleofrecoverytoUEFIsystem(p.53).

MysourcediskisGPTandmyOSsupportsUEFI

Afteroperationcompletion,thepartitionstylewillremainGPT,thesystemwillfailbootingonBIOS,becauseyouroperatingsystemcannotsupportbootingfromGPTonBIOS.

Afteroperationcompletion,thepartitionstylewillremainGPT,theoperatingsystemwillbebootableonUEFI.

ExampleofrecoveryprocedureSeeExampleofrecoverytoaUEFIsystem(p.53).


5.1.3.1 Example of recovery to a UEFI system Hereisanexamplefortransferringasystemwiththefollowingconditions:

§ ThesourcediskisMBRandtheOSsupportsUEFI.§ ThetargetsystemisUEFI-booted.§ Youroldandnewharddrivesworkinthesamecontrollermode(forexample,IDEorAHCI).

Beforeyoustarttheprocedure,pleaseensurethatyouhave:

§ Bootablerescuemedia.RefertoCreatingbootablerescuemedia(p.11)fordetails.

§ Backupofyoursystemdiskcreatedindiskmode.Tocreatethisbackup,switchtodiskmode,andthenselecttheharddrivethatcontainsyoursystempartition.RefertoBackingupdisksandpartitions(p.23)fordetails.

TotransferyoursystemfromanMBRdisktoaUEFI-bootedcomputer:

1. BootfromtherescuemediainUEFImodeandselectAcronisTrueImage.2. RuntheRecoverywizardandfollowtheinstructionsdescribedinRecoveringyoursystem(p.40).3. OntheWhattorecoverstep,selectthecheckboxnexttothedisknametoselecttheentire

systemdisk.Intheexamplebelow,youneedtoselecttheDisk1checkbox:

4. OntheFinishstep,clickProceed.

Whentheoperationfinishes,thedestinationdiskisconvertedtoGPTstylesothatitisbootableinUEFI.


Aftertherecovery,pleaseensurethatyoubootyourcomputerinUEFImode.YoumayneedtochangethebootmodeofyoursystemdiskintheuserinterfaceoftheUEFIbootmanager.

5.1.4 Arranging boot order in BIOS TobootyourcomputerfromAcronisbootablerescuemedia,youneedtoarrangebootorderinBIOSsothemediaisthefirstbootingdevice.

TobootfromAcronisbootablemedia:

1. IfyouuseaUSBflashdriveasabootablemedia,plugitintotheUSBport.2. Turnyourcomputeron.DuringthePower-OnSelfTest(POST),youwillseethekeycombination

thatyouneedtopressinordertoenterBIOS.3. Pressthekeycombination(suchas,Del,F1,Ctrl+Alt+Esc,Ctrl+Esc).BIOSsetuputilitywillopen.

NotethatBIOSmaydifferinappearance,setsofitems,names,etc.Somemotherboardshaveasocalledbootmenuopenedbypressingacertainkeyorkeycombination,forinstance,F12.ThebootmenuallowsselectingthebootdevicefromalistofbootabledeviceswithoutchangingtheBIOSsetup.

4. IfyouuseaCDorDVDasabootablemedia,insertitintheCDorDVDdrive.5. Makeyourrescuemedia(CD,DVDorUSBdrive)devicethefirstbootingdevice:

1. NavigatetotheBootordersettingbyusingthearrowkeysonyourkeyboard.2. Placethepointeronthedeviceofyourbootablemediaandmakeitthefirstiteminthelist.

YoucanusuallyusethePlusSignandtheMinusSignkeystochangetheorder.

6. ExitBIOSandsavethechangesthatyoumade.ThecomputerwillbootfromAcronisbootablemedia.

Ifthecomputerfailstobootfromthefirstdevice,ittriestobootfromtheseconddeviceinthelist,andsoon.


5.2 Recovery options IntheDiskRecoveryOptionsyoucanconfigureoptionsforadisk/partitionandfilerecoveryprocessesrespectively.Afteryouinstalledtheapplication,alloptionsaresettotheinitialvalues.Youcanchangethemforyourcurrentrecoveryoperationonlyorforallfurtherrecoveryoperationsaswell.SelecttheSavethesettingsasdefaultcheckboxtoapplythemodifiedsettingstoallfurtherrecoveryoperationsbydefault.

Ifyouwanttoresetallthemodifiedoptionstotheirinitialvaluesthatweresetaftertheproductinstallation,clicktheResettoinitialsettingsbutton.

In this section Diskrecoverymode.................................................................................55Pre/Postcommandsforrecovery............................................................55Validationoption.....................................................................................56Computerrestart.....................................................................................56Filerecoveryoptions...............................................................................56Overwritefileoptions..............................................................................56Performanceofrecoveryoperation........................................................57Notificationsforrecoveryoperation.......................................................57

5.2.1 Disk recovery mode Withthisoptionyoucanselectthediskrecoverymodeforimagebackups.

§ Recoversector-by-sector-selectthischeckboxifyouwanttorecoverbothusedandunusedsectorsofdisksorpartitions.Thisoptionwillbeeffectiveonlywhenyouchoosetorecoverasector-by-sectorbackup.

5.2.2 Pre/Post commands for recovery Youcanspecifycommands(orevenbatchfiles)thatwillbeautomaticallyexecutedbeforeandaftertherecoveryprocedure.

Forexample,youmaywanttostart/stopcertainWindowsprocesses,orcheckyourdataforvirusesbeforerecovery.

Tospecifycommands(batchfiles):

§ SelectacommandtobeexecutedbeforetherecoveryprocessstartsinthePre-commandfield.Tocreateanewcommandorselectanewbatchfile,clicktheEditbutton.

§ SelectacommandtobeexecutedaftertherecoveryprocessendsinthePost-commandfield.Tocreateanewcommandorselectanewbatchfile,clicktheEditbutton.

Pleasedonottrytoexecuteinteractivecommands,i.e.commandsthatrequireuserinput(forexample,"pause").Thesearenotsupported.

5.2.2.1 Edit user command for recovery Youcanspecifyusercommandstobeexecutedbeforeorafterrecovery:

§ IntheCommandfieldtype-inacommandorselectitfromthelist.Click...toselectabatchfile. § IntheWorkingdirectoryfieldtype-inapathforcommandexecutionorselectitfromthelistof

previouslyenteredpaths.


§ IntheArgumentsfieldenterorselectcommandexecutionargumentsfromthelist.

DisablingtheDonotperformoperationsuntilthecommandexecutioniscompleteparameter(enabledbydefault),willpermittherecoveryprocesstorunconcurrentlywithyourcommandexecution.

TheAborttheoperationiftheusercommandfails(enabledbydefault)parameterwillaborttheoperationifanyerrorsoccurincommandexecution.

YoucantestthecommandyouenteredbyclickingtheTestcommandbutton.

5.2.3 Validation option § Validatebackupbeforerecovery—Enablethisoptiontocheckthebackupintegritybefore

recovery.§ Checkthefilesystemafterrecovery—Enablethisoptiontocheckthefilesystemintegrityonthe

recoveredpartition.OnlyFAT16/32andNTFSfilesystemscanbechecked.

Thefilesystemwillnotbecheckedifarebootisrequiredduringrecovery,forexample,whenrecoveringthesystempartitiontoitsoriginalplace.

5.2.4 Computer restart Ifyouwantthecomputertorebootautomaticallywhenitisrequiredforrecovery,selecttheRestartthecomputerautomaticallyifneededfortherecoverycheckbox.Thismaybeusedwhenapartitionlockedbytheoperatingsystemhastoberecovered.

5.2.5 File recovery options Youcanselectthefollowingfilerecoveryoptions:

§ Recoverfileswiththeiroriginalsecuritysettings-ifthefilesecuritysettingswerepreservedduringbackup(seeFile-levelsecuritysettingsforbackup(p.32)),youcanchoosewhethertorecoverthemorletthefilesinheritthesecuritysettingsofthefolderwheretheywillberecoveredto.Thisoptioniseffectiveonlywhenrecoveringfilesfromfile/folderbackups.

§ Setcurrentdateandtimeforrecoveredfiles-youcanchoosewhethertorecoverthefiledateandtimefromthebackuporassignthefilesthecurrentdateandtime.Bydefaultthefiledateandtimefromthebackupwillbeassigned.

5.2.6 Overwrite file options Choosewhattodoiftheprogramfindsafileinthetargetfolderwiththesamenameasinthebackup.

Thisoptionisavailableonlywhilerestoringdatafromfile-levelbackups.

SelectingtheOverwriteexistingfilescheckboxwillgivethefilesfromthebackupunconditionalpriorityoverthefilesontheharddisk,though,bydefault,themorerecentfilesandfoldersareprotectedagainstoverwriting.Ifyouwanttooverwritethosefilesandfolderstoo,cleartheappropriatecheckbox.

Ifyoudonotneedtooverwritesomefiles:


§ Select/cleartheHiddenfilesandfolderscheckboxtoenable/disableoverwritingofallhiddenfilesandfolders.

§ Select/cleartheSystemfilesandfolderscheckboxtoenable/disableoverwritingofallsystemfilesandfolders.

§ Select/cleartheMorerecentfilesandfolderscheckboxtoenable/disableoverwritingofnewfilesandfolders.

§ ClickAddspecificfilesandfolderstomanagethelistofcustomfilesandfoldersthatyoudonotwanttooverwrite.§ Todisableoverwritingofspecificfiles,clicktheAdd...buttontocreateanexclusioncriterion.§ Whilespecifyingthecriteria,youcanusethecommonWindowswildcardcharacters.For

example,topreserveallfileswithextension.exe,youcanadd*.exe.AddingMy???.exewillpreserveall.exefileswithnamesconsistingoffivesymbolsandstartingwith“my”.

Todeleteacriterion,forexample,addedbymistake,clicktheDeleteicontotherightofthecriterion.

5.2.7 Performance of recovery operation OnthePerformancetabyoucanconfigurethefollowingsettings:

OperationpriorityChangingthepriorityofabackuporrecoveryprocesscanmakeitrunfasterorslower(dependingonwhetheryouraiseorlowerthepriority),butitcanalsoadverselyaffecttheperformanceofotherrunningprograms.Thepriorityofanyprocessrunninginasystem,determinestheamountofCPUusageandsystemresourcesallocatedtothatprocess.DecreasingtheoperationprioritywillfreemoreresourcesforotherCPUtasks.Increasingbackuporrecoveryprioritymayspeeduptheprocessbytakingresourcesfromtheothercurrentlyrunningprocesses.TheeffectwilldependontotalCPUusageandotherfactors.

Youcansetuptheoperationpriority:

§ Low(enabledbydefault)-thebackuporrecoveryprocesswillrunslower,buttheperformanceofotherprogramswillbeincreased.

§ Normal-thebackuporrecoveryprocesswillhavetheequalprioritywithotherprocesses.§ High-thebackuporrecoveryprocesswillrunfaster,buttheperformanceofotherprogramswill

bereduced.Beawarethatselectingthisoptionmayresultin100%CPUusagebyAcronisTrueImageHD.

5.2.8 Notifications for recovery operation FreediskspacethresholdYoumaywanttobenotifiedwhenthefreespaceonthebackupstoragebecomeslessthanthespecifiedthresholdvalue.IfafterstartingabackupAcronisTrueImageHDfindsoutthatthefreespaceintheselectedbackuplocationisalreadylessthanthespecifiedvalue,theprogramwillnotbegintheactualbackupprocessandwillimmediatelyinformyoubydisplayinganappropriatemessage.Themessageoffersyouthreechoices-toignoreitandproceedwiththebackup,tobrowseforanotherlocationforthebackuportocancelthebackup.

Ifthefreespacebecomeslessthanthespecifiedvaluewhilethebackupisbeingrun,theprogramwilldisplaythesamemessageandyouwillhavetomakethesamedecisions.


Tosetthefreediskspacethreshold:

§ SelecttheShownotificationmessageoninsufficientfreediskspacecheckbox§ IntheSizebox,typeorselectathresholdvalueandselectaunitofmeasure

AcronisTrueImageHDcanmonitorfreespaceonthefollowingstoragedevices:

§ Localharddrives§ USBcardsanddrives§ Networkshares(SMB/NFS)ThemessagewillnotbedisplayediftheDonotshowmessagesanddialogswhileprocessing(silentmode)checkboxisselectedintheErrorhandlingsettings.

ThisoptioncannotbeenabledforFTPserversandCD/DVDdrives.


6 Tools IntelToolsandutilitiesincludeprotectiontools,mountingtools,clonediskutility,securityandprivacyutilities,anddiskmanagementutilities.

Protectiontools§ RescueMediaBuilder(p.60)

AllowsyoutocreateabootablerescuemediawithAcronisproducts(ortheirspecifiedcomponents)installedonyourcomputer.

Diskcloning§ Clonedisk(p.67)

UseClonediskwizardifyouneedtocloneyourharddiskdrivebycopyingthepartitionstoanotherharddisk.

Securityandprivacy§ AcronisDriveCleanser(p.75)

AcronisDriveCleanserutilityprovidesforsecuredestructionofdataonyourharddisk.

Diskmanagement§ Addnewdisk(p.80)

Addnewdiskwizardhelpsyoutoaddanewharddiskdrivetoyourcomputer.Youwillbeabletopreparethenewharddiskdrivebycreatingandformattingnewpartitionsonthisharddisk.

Imagemounting§ Mountimage(p.84)

Withthistoolyoucanexploreapreviouslycreatedimage.Youwillbeabletoassigntemporarydriveletterstothepartitionimagesandeasilyaccesstheseimagesasordinary,logicaldrives.

§ Unmountimage(p.85)Withthistoolyoucanunmountthetemporarylogicaldrivesyouhavecreatedtoexploreanimage.

6.1 Creating bootable rescue media YoucanrunAcronisTrueImagefromanemergencybootmediaonabare-metalsystemoracrashedcomputerthatcannotboot.Youcanevenbackupdisksonanon-Windowscomputer,copyingallitsdataintothebackupbyimagingthediskinthesector-by-sectormode.Todoso,youneedbootablemediathathasacopyofthestandaloneAcronisTrueImageversioninstalledonit.

Howyoucanobtainbootablemedia:

§ UsetheinstallationCDoftheboxedproduct.§ MakeamediabootablewithAcronisMediaBuilder(p.60):

§ BlankCD§ BlankDVD§ USBflashdrive

Note:Thedataitmaycontainwillnotbemodified.§ Createan.isoimagefiletoburnitafterwardsontoaCDorDVD.


6.1.1 Acronis Media Builder AcronisMediaBuilderallowsyoutomakeaUSBflashdriveorablankCD/DVDbootable.IncaseWindowscannotstart,usethebootablemediatorunastandaloneversionofTrueImageandrecoveryourcomputer.

Youcancreateseveraltypesofbootablemedia:

§ AcronisbootablerescuemediaThistypeisrecommendedformostusers.

Notes

§ Ifyouusenon-opticalmedia,themediamusthaveFAT16orFAT32filesystem.§ IfAcronisMediaBuilderdoesnotrecognizeyourUSBflashdrive,youcantryusingtheprocedure

describedinanAcronisKnowledgeBasearticleathttp://kb.acronis.com/content/1526.§ WhenbootingfromtheRescueMedia,youcannotperformbackupstodisksorpartitionswith

Ext2/Ext3/Ext4,ReiserFS,andLinuxSWAPfilesystems.§ WhenbootingfromtherescuemediaandusingastandaloneversionofAcronisTrueImageyou

cannotrecoverfilesandfoldersencryptedwithuseoftheencryptionavailableinWindowsXPandlateroperatingsystems.FormoreinformationseeFile-levelsecuritysettingsforbackup(p.32).Ontheotherhand,backupsencryptedusingtheAcronisTrueImageencryptionfeaturecanberecovered.

6.1.1.1 Creating bootable media Tocreatebootablemedia:

1. PluginaUSBflashdrive,orinsertablankCDorDVD.2. StartAcronisTrueImageHD.3. IntheToolssection,clickRescueMediaBuilder.4. Chooseamediatypethatyouwanttocreate.RefertoAcronisMediaBuilderfordetails.5. Selectadestinationforthemedia:

§ CD§ DVD§ USBflashdrive(availableonlyforAcronisbootablerescuemedia)

Ifyourdrivehasanunsupportedfilesystem,AcronisTrueImagewillsuggestformattingittoFATfilesystem.

Warning!Formattingpermanentlyerasesalldataonadisk.

§ ISOimagefileYouwillneedtospecifythe.isofilenameandthedestinationfolder.Whenthe.isofileiscreated,youcanburnitontoaCDorDVD.Forexample,inWindows7andlater,youcandothisusingabuilt-inburningtool.InWindowsExplorer,double-clickthecreatedISOimagefile,andthenclickBurn.

6. ClickProceed.

6.1.1.2 Bootable media startup parameters Here,youcansetbootablemediastartupparametersinordertoconfigurerescuemediabootoptionsforbettercompatibilitywithdifferenthardware.Severaloptionsareavailable(nousb,


nomouse,noapic,etc.).Theseparametersareprovidedforadvancedusers.Ifyouencounteranyhardwarecompatibilityproblemswhiletestingbootfromtherescuemedia,itmaybebesttocontacttheproduct'ssupportteam.

Toaddastartupparameter

§ EnteracommandintotheParametersfield. § Havingspecifiedthestartupparameters,clickNexttocontinue.

AdditionalparametersthatcanbeappliedpriortobootingLinuxkernel

DescriptionThefollowingparameterscanbeusedtoloadLinuxkernelinaspecialmode:

§ acpi=off

DisablesACPIandmayhelpwithaparticularhardwareconfiguration.

§ noapic

DisablesAPIC(AdvancedProgrammableInterruptController)andmayhelpwithaparticularhardwareconfiguration.

§ nousb

DisablesloadingofUSBmodules.

§ nousb2

DisablesUSB2.0support.USB1.1devicesstillworkwiththisoption.ThisoptionallowsusingsomeUSBdrivesinUSB1.1mode,iftheydonotworkinUSB2.0mode.

§ quiet

Thisparameterisenabledbydefaultandthestartupmessagesarenotdisplayed.DeletingitwillresultinthestartupmessagesbeingdisplayedastheLinuxkernelisloadedandthecommandshellbeingofferedpriortorunningtheAcronisprogram.

§ nodma

DisablesDMAforallIDEdiskdrives.Preventskernelfromfreezingonsomehardware.

§ nofw

DisablesFireWire(IEEE1394)support.

§ nopcmcia

DisablesPCMCIAhardwaredetection.

§ nomouse

Disablesmousesupport.

§ [modulename]=off

Disablesthemodule(e.g.sata_sis=off).

§ pci=bios

ForcestousePCIBIOS,andnottoaccessthehardwaredevicedirectly.Forinstance,thisparametermaybeusedifthemachinehasanon-standardPCIhostbridge.

§ pci=nobios


DisallowsuseofPCIBIOS;onlydirecthardwareaccessmethodsareallowed.Forinstance,thisparametermaybeusedifyouexperiencecrashesuponboot-up,probablycausedbytheBIOS.

§ pci=biosirq

UsesPCIBIOScallstogettheinterruptroutingtable.Thesecallsareknowntobebuggyonseveralmachinesandtheyhangthemachinewhenused,butonothercomputersitistheonlywaytogettheinterruptroutingtable.Trythisoption,ifthekernelisunabletoallocateIRQsordiscoversecondaryPCIbusesonyourmotherboard.

§ vga=ask

Getsthelistofthevideomodesavailableforyourvideocardandallowsselectingavideomodemostsuitableforthevideocardandmonitor.Trythisoption,iftheautomaticallyselectedvideomodeisunsuitableforyourhardware.

6.1.2 Making sure that your rescue media can be used when needed

Tomaximizethechancesofyourcomputer'srecovery,youmusttestthatyourcomputercanbootfromtherescuemedia.Inaddition,youmustcheckthattherescuemediarecognizesallyourcomputer'sdevices,suchastheharddrives,themouse,thekeyboard,andnetworkadapter.

TotesttherescuemediaIfyouuseexternaldrivesforstoringyourbackups,youmustattachthedrivesbeforebootingfromtherescueCD.Otherwise,theprogrammightnotdetectthem.

1. Configureyourcomputertoenablebootingfromtherescuemedia.Then,makeyourrescuemediadevice(CD-ROM/DVD-ROMdriveorUSBstick)thefirstbootdevice.SeeArrangingbootorderinBIOS.

2. IfyouhavearescueCD,pressanykeytostartbootingfromtheCD,whenyouseetheprompt"PressanykeytobootfromCD".Ifyoudonotpressakeywithinfiveseconds,youwillneedtorestartthecomputer.

3. Afterthebootmenuappears,chooseAcronisTrueImage.Ifyourwirelessmousedoesnotwork,trytoreplaceitwithawiredone.Thesamerecommendationappliestothekeyboard.


Ifyoudonothaveasparemouseorkeyboard,contactAcronisSupport.TheywillbuildacustomrescueCDthatwillhavedriversforyourmodelsofthemouseandkeyboard.PleasebeawarethatfindingtheappropriatedriversandmakingthecustomrescueCDmaytakesometime.Furthermore,thismaybeimpossibleforsomemodels.

4. Whentheprogramstarts,werecommendyoutryrecoveringsomefilesfromyourbackup.AtestrecoveryallowsyoutomakesurethatyourrescueCDcanbeusedforrecovery.Inaddition,youwillcheckthattheprogramdetectsalltheharddrivesyouhaveinyoursystem.Ifyouhaveaspareharddrive,westronglyrecommendthatyoutryatestrecoveryofyoursystempartitiontothisharddrive.

Howtotestrecovery,aswellascheckthedrivesandnetworkadapter1. Ifyouhavefilebackups,startRecoveryWizardbyclickingRecovery->FileRecoveryonthe

toolbar.Ifyouhaveonlydiskandpartitionbackup,RecoveryWizardalsostartsandtherecoveryprocedureissimilar.Insuchacase,youneedtoselectRecoverchosenfilesandfoldersattheRecoveryMethodstep.


2. SelectabackupattheArchivelocationstepandthenclickNext.

3. WhenrecoveringfileswiththerescueCDyouareabletoselectonlyanewlocationforthefilestoberecovered.ThereforejustclickNextattheLocationselectionstep.

4. AftertheDestinationwindowopens,checkthatallyourdrivesareshownunderMyComputer.Ifyoustoreyourbackupsonthenetwork,youshouldalsocheckthatyoucanaccessthenetwork.

Ifnocomputersarevisibleonthenetwork,buttheComputersNearMeiconisfoundunderMyComputer,specifynetworksettingsmanually.Todothis,openthewindowavailableatTools&Utilities→Options→Networkadapters.

IftheComputersNearMeiconisnotavailableunderMyComputer,theremaybeproblemseitherwithyournetworkcardorwiththecarddriverprovidedwithAcronisTrueImageHD.


5. SelectthedestinationforthefilesandthenclickNext. 6. SelectseveralfilesforrecoverybyselectingtheircheckboxesandthenclickNext.

7. ClickProceedontheSummarywindowtostartrecovery.8. Aftertherecoveryfinishes,exitthestandaloneAcronisTrueImage.

NowyoucanbereasonablysurethatyourrescueCDwillhelpyouwhenneeded.

6.1.2.1 Selecting video mode when booting from the rescue media Whenbootingfromtherescuemediatheoptimalvideomodeisselectedautomaticallydependingonthespecificationsofyourvideocardandmonitor.However,sometimestheprogramcanselectthewrongvideomode,whichisunsuitableforyourhardware.Insuchcaseyoucanselectasuitablevideomodeasfollows:

1. Startbootingfromtherescuemedia.Whenthebootmenuappears,hoverthemouseoverAcronisTrueImageHDitemandpresstheF11key.


2. Whenthecommandlineappears,type"vga=ask"(withoutquotes)andclickOK.

3. SelectAcronisTrueImageHDinthebootmenutocontinuebootingfromtherescuemedia.Toseetheavailablevideomodes,presstheEnterkeywhentheappropriatemessageappears.

4. Chooseavideomodeyouthinkbestsuitableforyourmonitorandtypeitsnumberinthecommandline.Forinstance,typing338selectsvideomode1600x1200x16(seethebelowfigure).

5. WaituntilAcronisTrueImageHDstartsandmakesurethatthequalityoftheWelcomescreendisplayonyourmonitorsuitsyou.

Totestanothervideomode,closeAcronisTrueImageHDandrepeattheaboveprocedure.

Afteryoufindtheoptimalvideomodeforyourhardware,youcancreateanewbootablerescuemediathatwillautomaticallyselectthatvideomode.

Todothis,startAcronisMediaBuilder,selecttherequiredmediacomponents,andtypethemodenumberwiththe"0x"prefix(0x338inourinstance)inthecommandlineatthe"Bootablemediastartupparameters"step,thencreatethemediaasusual.


7 Disk cloning and migration Thisoperationcopiestheentirecontentsofonediskdrivetoanotherdiskdrive.Thismaybenecessary,forexample,whenyouwanttocloneyouroperatingsystem,applications,anddatatoanew,largercapacitydisk.Youcandoittwoways:

§ UsetheClonediskutility(p.67).§ Backupyourolddiskdrive,andthenrecoverittothenewone(p.43).

In this section Generalinformation................................................................................67Preparingformigration...........................................................................72

7.1.1 General information Youmightfindthatyourharddiskdoesnothaveenoughspacefortheoperatingsystemandinstalledapplications,preventingyoufromupdatingyoursoftwareorinstallingnewapplications.Inthiscase,youhavetotransferthesystemtoahigher-capacityharddisk.

Totransferthesystem,youmustfirstinstallthenewdiskinthecomputer.Ifyourcomputerdoesn'thaveabayforanotherharddisk,youcantemporarilyinstallitinplaceofyourCDdrive.Ifthatisnotpossible,youcancloneaharddiskbycreatingadiskimageandrecoveringittoanewharddiskwithlargerpartitions.

Warning!IfyoucloneadiskwithWindowstoanexternalUSBharddrive,youwillnotbeabletobootfromit.WindowsdoesnotsupportbootingfromexternalUSBharddrives.PleaseclonetointernalSSDorHDDinstead.

Forbestresults,installthetarget(new)drivewhereyouplantouseitandthesourcedriveinanotherlocation,e.g.inanexternalUSBenclosure.Thisrecommendationisespeciallyimportantforlaptops.

Onprogramscreens,damagedpartitionsaremarkedwitharedcircleandawhitecrossinsideintheupperleftcorner.Beforeyoustartcloning,youshouldchecksuchdisksforerrorsandcorrecttheerrorsusingtheappropriateoperatingsystemtools.

Westronglyrecommendthatyoucreateabackupoftheentireoriginaldiskasasafetyprecaution.Itcouldbeyourdatasaverifsomethinggoeswrongwithyouroriginalharddiskduringcloning.ForinformationonhowtocreatesuchabackupseeseeBackinguppartitionsanddisks.Aftercreatingthebackup,makesurethatyouvalidateit.

Tocloneadisk:

§ ClickClonediskontheToolsandutilitiestaboftheHomescreen.§ FollowtheDiskCloneWizardsteps.

7.1.1.1 Clone Disk wizard Beforeyoustart,werecommendthatyoureadgeneralinformationaboutDiskcloningutility(p.67).

Tocloneadisk:

1. Onthesidebar,clickTools,andthenclickClonedisk.2. OntheCloneModestep,chooseatransfermode.


§ Automatic—Recommendedinmostcases.§ Manual—Manualmodewillprovidemoredatatransferflexibility.Manualmodecanbe

usefulifyouneedtochangethediskpartitionlayout. Iftheprogramfindstwodisks,onepartitionedandanotherunpartitioned,itwillautomaticallyrecognizethepartitioneddiskasthesourcediskandtheunpartitioneddiskasthedestinationdisk.Insuchcase,thenextstepswillbebypassedandyouwillbetakentothecloningSummaryscreen.

3. OntheSourceDiskstep,selectthediskthatyouwanttoclone.

AcronisTrueImageHDdoesnotsupportcloningofdynamicdisks.

4. OntheDestinationDiskstep,selectthedestinationdiskforthecloneddata.Iftheselecteddestinationdiskcontainspartitions,youwillneedtoconfirmdeletionofthepartitions.NotethattherealdatadestructionwillbeperformedonlywhenyouclickProceedonthelaststepofthewizard.Ifanydiskisunpartitioned,theprogramwillautomaticallyrecognizeitasthedestinationandbypassthisstep.

5. [Thisstepisonlyavailableinthemanualcloningmode].OntheMovemethodstep,chooseadatamovemethod.§ Asis—anewpartitionwillbecreatedforeveryoldonewiththesamesizeandtype,file

systemandlabel.Theunusedspacewillbecomeunallocated. § Proportional—thenewdiskspacewillbeproportionallydistributedbetweencloned

partitions.§ Manual—youwillspecifyanewsizeandotherparametersyourself.

6. [Thisstepisonlyavailableinthemanualcloningmode].OntheChangedisklayoutstep,youcaneditsettingsofthepartitionsthatwillbecreatedonthedestinationdisk.RefertoManualpartitioning(p.70)fordetails.

7. [Optionalstep]OntheWhattoexcludestep,youcanspecifyfilesandfoldersthatyoudonotwanttoclone.RefertoExcludingitemsfromcloning(p.71)fordetails.


8. OntheFinishstep,ensurethattheconfiguredsettingssuityourneeds,andthenclickProceed.

Ifthecloningoperationisstoppedforsomereason,youwillhavetoconfigureandstarttheprocedureagain.Youwillnotloseyourdata,becauseAcronisTrueImagedoesnotaltertheoriginaldiskanddatastoredonitduringcloning.

Cloningadiskcontainingthecurrentlyactiveoperatingsystemwillrequireareboot.Inthatcase,afterclickingProceed,youwillbeaskedtoconfirmthereboot.Cancelingtherebootwillcanceltheentireprocedure.Bydefault,AcronisTrueImageHDshutsdownthecomputerafterthecloneprocessfinishes.Thisenablesyoutochangethepositionofmaster/subordinatejumpersandremoveoneoftheharddrives.


7.1.1.2 Manual partitioning Themanualtransfermethodenablesyoutoresizepartitionsonthenewdisk.Bydefault,theprogramresizesthemproportionally.

Toeditapartition:

1. Selectthepartition,andthenclickEdit.ThiswillopenthePartitionSettingswindow.

2. Specifythefollowingsettingsforthepartition:§ Sizeandposition§ Filesystem§ Partitiontype(availableonlyforMBRdisks)


§ PartitionletterandlabelRefertoPartitionsettings(p.82)fordetails.

3. ClickAccept.

Becareful!Clickinganypreviouswizardsteponthesidebarinthiswindowwillresetallsizeandlocationchangesthatyou'veselected,soyouwillhavetospecifythemagain.

7.1.1.3 Excluding items from cloning Ifyoudonotwanttoclonespecificfilesfromasourcedisk(forexample,whenyourtargetdiskissmallerthanthesourceone),youcanopttoexcludethemintheWhattoexcludestep.

Wedonotrecommendexcludinghiddenandsystemfileswhencloningyoursystempartition.

Youhavetwowaystoexcludefilesandfolders:

§ Excludebyfilesandfolders-thistaballowsyoutoselectspecificfilesandfoldersfromthefoldertree.

§ Excludebymasks-thistaballowsyoutoexcludeagroupoffilesbymaskoranindividualfilebynameorpath.Toaddanexclusioncriterion,clickAdd,typeafilename,apathoramask,andthenclickOK.Youcanaddasmanyfilesandmasksasyoulike.

Examplesofexclusioncriteria:

§ Youcanenterexplicitfilenames:§ file.ext-allsuchfileswillbeexcludedfromcloning.§ C:\file.ext-thefile.extfileontheC:diskwillbeexcluded.

§ Youcanusewildcardcharacters(*and?):§ *.ext-allfileswitha.extextensionwillbeexcluded.§ ??name.ext-allfileswitha.extextension,havingsixlettersintheirnames(startingwithany

twosymbols(??)andendingwithname),willbeexcluded.


§ Youcanenterpathtoafolder:§ C:\mypictures-mypicturesfolderontheC:diskwillbeexcluded.

Youcaneditandremoveexclusioncriteriausingthecorrespondingbuttonsontherightpane.

7.1.2 Preparing for migration Solidstatediskshavebecomequitecommon.ManyusersdecidetoreplacetheirsystemharddiskwithanSSDtoenhancethedisksystemperformance.Suchareplacementmayraiseanumberofquestions.

Firstofall,makesurethatAcronisTrueImageHDdetectsyournewSSDbothinWindowsandundertheAcronisrescuemedia.Ifthereisaproblem,seeWhattodoifAcronisTrueImageHDdoesnotrecognizeyourSSD(p.73).

SSDsizeBecauseSSDsarestillsomewhatexpensive,thesizeofyournewSSDwillusuallybelessthanthatofyouroldharddisk.Thismaycauseaproblemifyourharddiskcontainstheoperatingsystem,programsanddata.

WepresupposethatbeforepurchasingtheSSDyouestimatedtheapproximatespaceoccupiedbyyouroperatingsystemandapplicationsandthatyouselectedanSSDthathasareasonablereservecapacity.

IftheoccupiedspaceonyouroldharddiskexceedsthesizeofyourSSD,youwillneedtofreeupspaceonthesystemdisktomakemigrationpossible.SeeWhattodoifyourSSDdoesnothaveenoughspaceforallHDDcontent.

SSDalignmentAnotherquestionconcernsthealignmentofSSDs.TogettheoptimumperformancefromanSSDandtoprolongitslife,thepartitionoffsetmustmeetcertaincriteria. Inmostcasesyoudonotneedtocheckormanuallyfixthealignment,theprogramwilldoitautomatically.

Inanyevent,werecommendthatyouperformoneofthefollowing:

§ Createthebackupyouaregoingtouseformigrationindiskmode.Inotherwords,backupthesourcediskentirely,notjustthesystempartition.

§ MakesurethedestinationSSDdoesnotcontainpartitions(thediskspaceisunallocated).NotethatifyourSSDisnewandhasneverbeenusedbefore,itdoesnotcontainpartitions.

FormoreinformationseeSSDsupport.

WhichmigrationmethodtochooseIfyoursystemdiskconsistsofasinglepartition(notcountingthehiddenSystemReservedpartitionexistinginmanyinstallationsofWindows7),youcantrytomigratetotheSSDusingtheClonetool.FormoreinformationseeCloningaharddisk(p.67).

However,werecommendtousethebackupandrecoverymethodinmostcases.Thismethodprovidesmoreflexibilityandcontrolovermigration.SeeMigratingtoanSSDusingthebackupandrecoverymethod(p.74).


7.1.2.1 What to do if Acronis True Image HD does not recognize your SSD

SometimesAcronisTrueImageHDmaynotrecognizeanSSD.

Insuchacase,checkwhethertheSSDisrecognizedinBIOS.

IftheBIOSofyourcomputerdoesnotshowtheSSD,verifythatthepoweranddatacablesareproperlyconnected.YoumayalsotrytoupdatetheBIOSandSATAdrivers.Ifthesesuggestionsdonothelp,contacttheSupportofyourSSDmanufacturer.

IftheBIOSofyourcomputerdoesshowtheSSD,youcantrythefollowingprocedure:

ForWindowsVista/Windows7typecmdintheSearchfieldandpressEnter.

ForWindowsXP,typecmdintheRunfieldandpressEnter.

Atthecommandlineprompttype:

diskpart

listdiskThescreenwillshowthedisksconnectedtoyourcomputer.FindoutthedisknumberforyourSSD.Useitssizeasthereference.

selectdiskNHereNisthedisknumberofyourSSD.

cleanThisoperationremovesallinformationfromtheSSDandoverwritestheMBRwiththedefaultone.

exit

exit

StartAcronisTrueImageHDandcheckwhetheritdetectstheSSD.IfitdetectstheSSD,usetheAddnewdisktooltocreateasinglepartitiononthediskoccupyingtheentirediskspace.Whencreatingapartition,checkthatthefreespacebeforepartitionis1MB.Formoreinformation,seeAddinganewharddisk(p.80).

ThenextstepistocheckwhetheryourAcronisbootablerescuemediarecognizestheSSD.

1. Bootfromtherescuemedia.2. SelectTools&Utilities->AddNewDiskinthemainmenuandtheDiskselectionscreenwill

showtheinformationaboutallharddisksinyoursystem.UsethisforcheckingwhethertheSSDisdetectedintherecoveryenvironment.

3. IfthescreenshowsyourSSD,justclickCancel.

IftherescuemediadoesnotrecognizetheSSDandtheSSDcontrollermodeisACHI,youcantrytochangethemodetoIDE(orATAinsomeBIOSbrands)andseewhetherthissolvestheproblem.

Attention!DonotstartWindowsafterchangingthemode;itmayresultinserioussystemproblems.YoumustreturnthemodetoACHIbeforestartingWindows.

IfafterchangingthemodetherescuemediadetectstheSSD,youmayusethefollowingprocedureforrecoveryorcloningunderrescuemedia:

1. Shutdownthecomputer.2. BoottoBIOS,changethemodefromAHCItoIDE(orATAinsomeBIOSbrands).3. BootfromAcronisrescuemedia.


4. Recoverorclonethedisk.5. BoottoBIOSandchangeIDEbacktoAHCI.6. StartWindows.

WhattodoiftheabovesuggestionsdonothelpYoucanrequestacustomrescuemediafromAcronisSupport.Formoreinformation,seeCreatingacustomrescueCD.

Pleasebeawarethatfindingtheappropriatedriversandmakingthecustomrescuemediamaytaketime.Furthermore,findingtheappropriatedriversmaynotbepossibleinsomecases.

7.1.2.2 Migrating to SSD using the backup and recovery method Youcanusethefollowingprocedureforallsupportedoperatingsystems.First,let'sconsiderasimplecase:yoursystemdiskconsistsofasinglepartition.NotethatforWindows7,thesystemdiskusuallyhasahiddenSystemReservedpartition.

WerecommendthatyoumigrateyoursystemtoanemptySSDthatdoesnotcontainpartitions(thediskspaceisunallocated).NotethatifyourSSDisnewandhasneverbeenusedbefore,itdoesnotcontainpartitions.

TomigrateyoursystemtoanSSD:

1. StartAcronisTrueImageHD.2. CreateAcronisrescuemedia,ifyoudonothaveityet.Todothis,intheToolssection,click

Createbootablemediaandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.3. Backupyourentiresystemdrive(inthediskbackupmode)toaharddiskotherthanyoursystem

harddiskandtheSSD.4. Switchoffthecomputerandremoveyoursystemharddisk.5. MounttheSSDintotheslotwheretheharddiskwas.

ForsomeSSDbrandsyoumayneedtoinserttheSSDintoaPCIExpressslot.

6. BootfromyourAcronisrescuemedia.7. Validatethebackuptomakesurethatitcanbeusedforrecovery.Todothis,clickRecoveryon

theleftpaneandselectthebackup.Right-click,selectValidateArchiveintheshortcutmenuandthenclickProceed.

8. Afterthevalidationfinishes,right-clickthebackupandselectRecoverintheshortcutmenu.9. ChooseRecoverwholedisksandpartitionsattheRecoverymethodstepandthenclickNext.10. SelectthesystemdiskattheWhattorecoverstep.11. ClickNewlocationandthenselecttheSSDasthenewlocationforyoursystemdisk,thenclick

Accept.12. AtthenextstepclickProceedtostartrecovery.13. Aftertherecoveryiscomplete,exitthestandaloneversionofAcronisTrueImageHD.14. TrytobootfromtheSSDandthenmakesurethatWindowsandapplicationsworkcorrectly.

Ifyoursystemharddiskalsocontainsahiddenrecoveryordiagnosticpartition,asisquiteoftenthecasewithnotebooks,theprocedurewilldiffer.YouwillusuallyneedtoresizethepartitionsmanuallyduringrecoverytotheSSD.ForinstructionsseeRecoveringadiskwithahiddenpartition(p.43).


7.2 Security and Privacy Tools AcronisTrueImageHDcontainstheutilityforsecuredestructionofdataonanentireharddiskdrive,andindividualpartitions.

Whenreplacingyouroldharddrivewithanew,higher-capacityone,youmayaccidentallyleavepersonalandconfidentialinformationontheolddisk.Thisinformationcouldberetrievedevenifyouhavereformattedthedisk.

TheAcronisDriveCleanserprovidesforthedestructionofconfidentialinformationonharddiskdrivesand/orpartitionswiththehelpoftechniquesthatmeetorexceedmostnationalandstatestandards.Youcanselectanappropriatedatadestructionmethoddependingontheimportanceofyourconfidentialinformation.

ThedatadestructionmethodsaredescribedindetailinHardDiskWipingmethods(p.79)ofthisguide.

In this section AcronisDriveCleanser.............................................................................75HardDiskWipingmethods......................................................................79

7.2.1 Acronis DriveCleanser AcronisDriveCleanserallowsyoutopermanentlydestroyalldataonselectedharddisksandpartitions.Forthedestruction,youcanuseoneofthepresetalgorithmsorcreateyourown.RefertoAlgorithmselection(p.76)fordetails.

WhydoIneedit?Whenyouformatyouroldharddrivebeforethrowingitaway,theinformationisnotdestroyedpermanentlyanditcanstillberetrieved.Thisisawaythatyourpersonalinformationcanendupinthewronghands.Topreventthis,werecommendthatyouuseAcronisDriveCleanserwhenyou:

§ Replaceyouroldharddrivewithanewoneanddonotplantousetheolddriveanymore.§ Giveyouroldharddrivetoyourrelativeorfriend.§ Sellyouroldharddrive.

HowtouseAcronisDriveCleanserTopermanentlydestroydataonyourdisk:

1. ClicktheStartbutton—>Acronis(productfolder)—>TrueImage—>ToolsandUtilities—>DriveCleanser.TheAcronisDriveCleanserwizardopens.

2. OntheSourceselectionstep,selectthedisksandpartitionsthatyouwanttowipe.RefertoSourceselection(p.76)fordetails.

3. OntheAlgorithmselectionstep,selectanalgorithmthatyouwanttouseforthedatadestruction.RefertoAlgorithmselection(p.76)fordetails.

4. [optionalstep]Youcancreateyourownalgorithm.RefertoCreatingcustomalgorithmfordetails.

5. [optionalstep]OnthePost-wipingactionsstep,choosewhattodowiththepartitionsanddiskwhenthedatadestructioniscomplete.RefertoPost-wipingactions(p.78)fordetails.


6. OntheFinishstep,ensurethattheconfiguredsettingsarecorrect.Tostarttheprocess,selecttheWipetheselectedpartitionsirreversiblycheckbox,andthenclickProceed.

Beawarethat,dependingonthetotalsizeofselectedpartitionsandtheselecteddatadestructionalgorithm,thedatadestructionmaytakemanyhours.

7.2.1.1 Source selection OntheSourceselectionstep,selectpartitionsanddiskswhereyouwanttodestroydata:

§ Toselectpartitions,clickthecorrespondingrectangles.Theredmark( )indicatesthatthepartitionisselected.

§ Toselectanentireharddisk,clickthediskicon( ).

AcronisDriveCleansercannotwipepartitionsondynamicandGPTdisks,sotheywillnotbeshown.

7.2.1.2 Algorithm selection OntheAlgorithmselectionstep,performoneofthefollowing:

§ Touseoneofthepresetalgorithms,selectthedesiredalgorithm.RefertoHardDiskWipingMethods(p.79)fordetails.

§ [Foradvancedusersonly]Tocreateacustomalgorithm,selectCustom.ThencontinuecreatingontheAlgorithmdefinitionstep.Afterwards,youwillbeabletosavethecreatedalgorithmtoafilewith*.algextension.


§ Touseapreviouslysavedcustomalgorithm,selectLoadfromfileandselectthefilecontainingyouralgorithm.

Creating custom algorithm AlgorithmdefinitionTheAlgorithmdefinitionstepshowsyouatemplateofthefuturealgorithm.

Thetablehasthefollowinglegend:

§ Thefirstcolumncontainsthetypeofoperation(towriteasymboltodisk;andtoverifywritten).§ Thesecondcolumncontainsthepatternofdatatobewrittentodisk.

Eachlinedefinesanoperationthatwillbeperformedduringapass.Tocreateyouralgorithm,addasmanylinestothetablethatyouthinkwillbeenoughforsecuredatadestruction.

Toaddanewpass:

1. ClickAdd.TheWipingPassAdjustmentwindowopens.


2. Chooseanoption:§ Writepattern

Enterahexadecimalvalue,forexample,avalueofthiskind:0x00,0xAA,or0xCD,etc.Thesevaluesare1bytelong,buttheymaybeupto512byteslong.Exceptforsuchvalues,youmayenterarandomhexadecimalvalueofanylength(upto512bytes).Ifthebinaryvalueisrepresentedbythe10001010(0x8A)sequence,thenthecomplementarybinaryvaluewillberepresentedbythe01110101(0x75)sequence.

§ WritearandomnumberSpecifythelengthoftherandomvalueinbytes.

§ WritecomplementarytopreviouspasspatternAcronisTrueImageaddsacomplementaryvaluetotheonewrittentodiskduringthepreviouspass.

§ VerifyAcronisTrueImageverifiesthevalueswrittentodiskduringthepreviouspass.

3. ClickOK.

Toeditanexistingpass:

1. Selectthecorrespondingline,andthenclickEdit.TheWipingPassAdjustmentwindowopens.Note:Whenyouselectseverallines,thenewsettingswillbeappliedtoalloftheselectedpasses.

2. Changethesettings,andthenclickOK.

SavingalgorithmtoafileTosavethecreatedalgorithmtoafileinordertousethisalgorithmafterwards:

1. OntheSavingcustomalgorithmstep,selectSavetoafile,andthenclickNext.2. Inthewindowthatopens,specifythefilenameandlocation,andthenclickOK.

7.2.1.3 Post-wiping actions InthePost-wipingactionswindow,youcanselectactionstobeperformedonthepartitionsselectedfordatadestruction.AcronisDriveCleanseroffersyouthreeoptions:

§ Noaction—justdestroydatausingthealgorithmselectedbelow § Deletepartition—destroydataanddeletepartition


§ Format—destroydataandformatpartition(default).

7.2.2 Hard Disk Wiping methods Whatistheproblem?Informationremovedfromaharddiskdrivebynon-securemeans(forexample,bysimpleWindowsdelete)caneasilyberecovered.Utilizingspecializedequipment,itispossibletorecoverevenrepeatedlyoverwritteninformation.

LeakagemechanismDataisstoredonaharddiskasabinarysequenceof1and0(onesandzeros),representedbydifferentlymagnetizedpartsofadisk.

Generallyspeaking,a1writtentoaharddiskisreadas1byitscontroller,and0isreadas0.However,ifyouwrite1over0,theresultisconditionally0.95andviceversa–if1iswrittenover1theresultis1.05.Thesedifferencesareirrelevantforthecontroller.However,usingspecialequipment,onecaneasilyreadthe«underlying»sequenceof1'sand0's.

InformationwipingmethodsusedbyAcronisThedetailedtheoryofguaranteedinformationwipingisdescribedinanarticlebyPeterGutmann.Pleasesee"SecureDeletionofDatafromMagneticandSolid-StateMemory"athttp://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/secure_del.html.

No. Algorithm(writingmethod) Passes Record

1. UnitedStatesDepartmentofDefense5220.22-M

4 1stpass–randomlyselectedsymbolstoeachbyteofeachsector,2–complementarytowrittenduringthe1stpass;3–randomsymbolsagain;4–writingverification.

2. UnitedStates:NAVSOP-5239-26(RLL)

4 1stpass–0x01toallsectors,2–0x27FFFFFF,3–randomsymbolsequences,4–verification.

3. UnitedStates:NAVSOP-5239-26(MFM)

4 1stpass–0x01toallsectors,2–0x7FFFFFFF,3–randomsymbolsequences,4–verification.


No. Algorithm(writingmethod) Passes Record

4. German:VSITR 7 1st–6th–alternatesequencesof:0x00and0xFF;7th–0xAA;i.e.0x00,0xFF,0x00,0xFF,0x00,0xFF,0xAA.

5. Russian:GOSTP50739-95 1 Logicalzeros(0x00numbers)toeachbyteofeachsectorfor6thto4thsecuritylevelsystems.

Randomlyselectedsymbols(numbers)toeachbyteofeachsectorfor3rdto1stsecuritylevelsystems.

6. PeterGutmann'smethod 35 PeterGutmann'smethodisverysophisticated.It'sbasedonhistheoryofharddiskinformationwiping(seeSecureDeletionofDatafromMagneticandSolid-StateMemory).

7. BruceSchneier'smethod 7 BruceSchneieroffersaseven-passoverwritingmethodinhisAppliedCryptographybook.1stpass–0xFF,2ndpass–0x00,andthenfivetimeswithacryptographicallysecurepseudo-randomsequence.

8. Fast 1 Logicalzeros(0x00numbers)toallsectorstowipe.

7.3 Adding a new hard disk Ifyoudonothaveenoughspaceforyourdata,youcaneitherreplacetheolddiskwithanewhigher-capacityone,oraddanewdiskonlytostoredata,leavingthesystemontheolddisk.

Toaddanewharddisk:

1. Shutdownyourcomputer,andtheninstallthenewdisk.2. Turnonyourcomputer.3. ClicktheStartbutton—>Acronis(productfolder)—>TrueImage—>ToolsandUtilities—>

AddNewDisk.4. Followthewizardsteps.5. OntheFinishstep,ensurethattheconfigureddisklayoutsuitsyourneeds,andthenclick

Proceed.

In this section Selectingaharddisk................................................................................80Selectinginitializationmethod................................................................81Creatingnewpartitions...........................................................................82

7.3.1 Selecting a hard disk Selectthediskthatyouhaveaddedtothecomputer.Ifyouhaveaddedseveraldisks,selectoneofthemandclickNexttocontinue.YoucanaddtheotherdiskslaterbyrestartingtheAddNewDiskWizard.


Ifthereareanypartitionsonthenewdisk,AcronisTrueImageHDwillwarnyouthatthesepartitionswillbedeleted.

7.3.2 Selecting initialization method AcronisTrueImageHDsupportsbothMBRandGPTpartitioning.GUIDPartitionTable(GPT)isanewharddiskpartitioningmethodprovidingadvantagesovertheoldMBRpartitioningmethod.IfyouroperatingsystemsupportsGPTdisks,youcanselectthenewdisktobeinitializedasaGPTdisk.

§ ToaddaGPTdisk,clickInitializediskinGPTlayout.


§ ToaddanMBRdisk,clickInitializediskinMBRlayout.Ifyouusea32-bitversionofWindowsXP,theGPTinitializationmethodwillbeunavailableandtheInitializationoptionsstepwillbeabsent.

AfterselectingtherequiredinitializationmethodclickNext.

7.3.3 Creating new partitions Tousethespaceonaharddisk,itmustbepartitioned.Partitioningistheprocessofdividingtheharddisk'sspaceintologicaldivisionswhicharecalledpartitions.Eachpartitionmayfunctionasaseparatediskwithanassigneddriveletter,itsownfilesystem,etc.

Tocreateanewpartition:

1. OnthePartitioncreationstepofthewizard,selecttheunallocatedspace,andthenclickCreatenewpartition.

2. Specifythefollowingsettingsforthepartitionbeingcreated:§ Sizeandposition§ Filesystem§ Partitiontype(availableonlyforMBRdisks)§ PartitionletterandlabelRefertoPartitionsettings(p.82)fordetails.

3. ClickAccept.

7.3.3.1 Partition settings SizeToresizethepartition,performoneofthefollowing:

§ Pointtothepartitionborder.Whenthepointerbecomesadouble-headedarrow,dragthepointertoenlargeorreducethepartitionsize.


§ TypethedesiredpartitionsizeinthePartitionSizefield.

Torelocatethepartition,performoneofthefollowing:

§ Dragthepartitiontoanewposition.§ TypethedesiredsizeineithertheFreespacebeforeorFreespaceafterfield.Whenyoucreatepartitions,theprogrammayreservesomeunallocatedspaceforsystemneedsinfrontofthecreatedpartitions.

FileSystemYoucaneitherleavethepartitionunformatted,orchoosebetweenthefollowingfilesystemtypes:

§ NTFSisaWindowsNT,Windows2000,WindowsXP,WindowsVista,andWindows7nativefilesystem.Chooseitifyouusetheseoperatingsystems.Note,thatWindows95/98/MeandDOScannotaccessNTFSpartitions.

§ FAT32isanimproved32-bitversionoftheFATfilesystemthatsupportsvolumesupto2TB. § FAT16isaDOSnativefilesystem.Mostoperatingsystemsrecognizeit.However,ifyourdisk

driveismorethan4GB,itisnotpossibletoformatitinFAT16. § Ext2isaLinuxnativefilesystem.Itisfastenough,butitisnotajournalingfilesystem. § Ext3–officiallyintroducedwithRedhatLinuxversion7.2,Ext3isaLinuxjournalingfilesystem.It

isforwardsandbackwardscompatiblewithLinuxExt2.Ithasmultiplejournalingmodes,aswellasbroad,crossplatformcompatibilityinboth32-bitand64-bitarchitectures.

§ Ext4isanewLinuxfilesystem.Ithasimprovementsincomparisontoext3.Itisfullybackwardcompatiblewithext2andext3.However,ext3hasonlypartialforwardcompatibilitywithext4.

§ ReiserFSisajournalingfilesystemforLinux.GenerallyitismorereliableandfasterthanExt2.ChooseitforyourLinuxdatapartition.

§ LinuxSwapisaswappartitionforLinux.ChooseitifyouwanttoaddmoreswapspaceusingLinux.

PartitionletterSelectalettertobeassignedtothepartition.IfyouselectAuto,theprogramassignsthefirstunuseddriveletterinalphabeticalorder.

PartitionlabelPartitionlabelisaname,assignedtoapartitionsothatyoucaneasilyrecognizeit.Forexample,apartitionwithanoperatingsystemcouldbecalledSystem,adatapartition—Data,etc.Partitionlabelisanoptionalattribute.

Partitiontype(thesesettingsareavailableonlyforMBRdisks)Youcandefinethenewpartitionasprimaryorlogical.

§ Primary-choosethisparameterifyouareplanningtobootfromthispartition.Otherwise,itisbettertocreateanewpartitionasalogicaldrive.Youcanhaveonlyfourprimarypartitionsperdrive,orthreeprimarypartitionsandoneextendedpartition.Note:Ifyouhaveseveralprimarypartitions,onlyonewillbeactiveatatime,theotherprimarypartitionswillbehiddenandwon’tbeseenbytheOS.§ Markthepartitionasactive-selectthischeckboxifyouareplanningtoinstallanoperating

systemonthispartition.


§ Logical-choosethisparameterifyoudon’tintendtoinstallandstartanoperatingsystemfromthepartition.Alogicaldriveispartofaphysicaldiskdrivethathasbeenpartitionedandallocatedasanindependentunit,butfunctionsasaseparatedrive.

7.4 Mounting an image Mountingimagesasvirtualdrivesletsyouaccessthemasthoughtheywerephysicaldrives.Suchabilitymeansthat:

§ Anewdiskappearsinyoursystem.§ YoucanviewtheimagecontentsinWindowsExplorerandotherfilemanagers.TheoperationsdescribedinthissectionaresupportedonlyfortheFATandNTFSfilesystems.

Youcannotmountadiskbackup,ifitisstoredonanFTPserver.

Howtomountanimage1. InWindowsExplorer,right-clicktheimagefilethatyouwanttomount,andthenclickMount

image.TheMountwizardopens.

2. Selectthebackupformountingbyitscreationdate/time.Thus,youcanexplorethedatastateatacertainmoment.Notethatyoucannotmountanimageoftheentirediskexceptinthecasewhenthediskconsistsofonepartition.

3. [optionalstep]OntheDriveletterstep,selectalettertobeassignedtothevirtualdiskfromtheMountletterdrop-downlist.Ifyoudonotwanttomountapartition,selectDonotmountinthelistorclearthepartition'scheckbox.

4. ClickProceed.5. Aftertheimageisconnected,theprogramwillrunWindowsExplorer,showingitscontents.


7.5 Unmounting an image Werecommendthatyouunmountthevirtualdiskafterallnecessaryoperationsarefinished,asmaintainingvirtualdiskstakesconsiderablesystemresources.

Tounmountanimage,performoneofthefollowing:

§ InWindowsExplorer,right-clickthediskiconandclickUnmount.§ Restartorshutdownyourcomputer.


8 Troubleshooting

In this section AcronisSystemReport............................................................................86Howtocollectcrashdumps....................................................................87AcronisCustomerExperienceProgram...................................................87

8.1 Acronis System Report Whenyoucontacttheproduct'ssupportteam,theyusuallyneedinformationaboutyoursysteminordertoresolveyourproblem.Sometimesgettingtheinformationisaninconvenientprocessandmaytakealongtime.TheGeneratesystemreporttoolsimplifiestheprocedure.Itgeneratesasystemreportcontainingallthenecessarytechnicalinformationandallowsyoutosavetheinformationtofile.Whenit’snecessary,youcanattachthecreatedfiletoyourproblemdescriptionandsendittotheproduct'ssupportteam.Thiswillsimplifyandspeedupthesearchforasolution.

Togenerateasystemreport,performoneofthefollowing:

§ Onthemainprogramwindowclickthequestionmarksymbol,andselectGeneratesystemreport.

§ OntheWindowsStartmenu,clickAllPrograms->Acronis->TrueImage->ToolsandUtilities->AcronisSystemReport.

§ PressCTRL+F7.NotethatyoucanusethekeycombinationevenwhenAcronisTrueImageHDisperforminganyotheroperation.

Afterthereportisgenerated:

§ Tosavethegeneratedsystemreporttofile,clickSaveandintheopenedwindowspecifyalocationforthecreatedfile.

§ Toexittothemainprogramwindowwithoutsavingthereport,clickCancel.§ Whenyoucreateyourbootablerescuemedia,theAcronisSystemReporttoolisautomatically

placedonthemediaasaseparatecomponent.Thiscomponentallowsyoutogenerateasystemreportwhenyourcomputercannotboot.Afteryoubootfromthemedia,youcangeneratethereportwithoutrunningAcronisTrueImageHD.SimplypluginaUSBflashdriveandclicktheAcronisSystemReporticon.ThegeneratedreportisbesavedontheUSBflashdrive.

Creatingasystemreportfromthecommandlineprompt

1. RunWindowsCommandProcessor(cmd.exe)asadministrator.2. ChangethecurrentdirectorytotheAcronisTrueImageHDinstallationfolder.Todoso,enter:

cdC:\ProgramFiles(x86)\Acronis\TrueImage

3. Tocreatethesystemreportfile,enter:SystemReport

FileSystemReport.zipwillbecreatedinthecurrentfolder.Ifyouwanttocreatethereportfilewithacustomname,typethenewnameinsteadof<filename>:SystemReport.exe/filename:<filename>


8.2 How to collect crash dumps BecauseacrashofAcronisTrueImageHDorWindowscanbecausedbydifferentreasons,eachcrashcasemustbeinvestigatedseparately.AcronisCustomerCentralwouldappreciateifyoucouldprovidethefollowinginformation:

IfAcronisTrueImageHDcrashes,pleaseprovidethefollowinginformation: 1. Adescriptionoftheexactsequenceofstepsperformedbeforeyouencounteredtheissue.2. Acrashdump.Forinformationonhowtocollectsuchadump,seetheAcronisSupport

KnowledgeBase(KB)articleathttp://kb.acronis.com/content/27931.

IfAcronisTrueImageHDcausesaWindowscrash:1. Adescriptionoftheexactsequenceofstepsperformedbeforeyouencounteredtheissue.2. AWindowsdumpfile.ForinformationonhowtocollectsuchadumpseetheAcronisSupportKB

articleathttp://kb.acronis.com/content/17639.

IfAcronisTrueImageHDhangs:1. Adescriptionoftheexactsequenceofstepsperformedbeforeyouencounteredtheissue.2. Auserdumpoftheprocess.SeetheAcronisSupportKBarticleat

http://kb.acronis.com/content/6265.3. TheProcmonlog.SeetheAcronisSupportKBarticleathttp://kb.acronis.com/content/2295.

Ifyoucannotaccesstheinformation,contactAcronisCustomerCentralforanFTPlinkforuploadingfiles.

Thisinformationwillspeeduptheprocessoffindingasolution.

8.3 Acronis Customer Experience Program AcronisCustomerExperienceProgram(CEP)isanewwaytoallowAcroniscustomerstocontributetothefeatures,designanddevelopmentofAcronisproducts.Thisprogramenablesourcustomerstoprovideuswithvariousinformation,includinginformationaboutthehardwareconfigurationofyourhostcomputerand/orvirtualmachines,thefeaturesyouusemost(andleast),andthenatureoftheproblemsyouface.Basedonthisinformation,wewillbeabletoimprovetheAcronisproductsandthefeaturesyouusemostoften.

Tomakeadecision:

1. Onthesidebar,clickHelp,andthenclickAboutAcronisTrueImage.2. Toleavetheprogram,turnofftheParticipateintheAcronisCustomerExperienceProgram

switcher.

Ifyouchoosetoparticipate,thetechnicalinformationwillbeautomaticallycollectedevery90days.Wewillnotcollectanypersonaldata,likeyourname,address,phonenumber,orkeyboardinput.ParticipationintheCEPisvoluntary,buttheendresultsintendedtoprovidesoftwareimprovementsandenhancedfunctionalitytobettermeettheneedsofourcustomers.


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9 Glossary of Terms B Backup 1. ThesameasBackupoperation(p.89).2. Asetofbackupversionscreatedand

managedbyusingbackupsettings.Abackupcancontainmultiplebackupversionscreatedusingfull(p.89)andincrementalbackupmethods.Backupversionsbelongingtothesamebackupareusuallystoredinthesamelocation.

Backup operation Anoperationthatcreatesacopyofthedatathatexistsonamachine'sharddiskforthepurposeofrecoveringorrevertingthedatatoaspecifieddateandtime.

Backup settings Asetofrulesconfiguredbyauserwhencreatinganewbackup.Therulescontrolthebackupprocess.Lateryoucaneditthebackupsettingstochangeoroptimizethebackupprocess.

Backup version Theresultofasinglebackupoperation(p.89).Physically,itisafileorasetoffilesthatcontainsacopyofthebackedupdataasofaspecificdateandtime.BackupversionfilescreatedbyAcronisTrueImageHDhaveaTIBextension.TheTIBfilesresultingfromconsolidationofbackupversionsarealsocalledbackupversions.

Backup version chain Sequenceofminimum2backupversions(p.89)thatconsistofthefirstfullbackupversionandthesubsequentoneormoreincrementalversions.Backupversionchaincontinuestillthenextfullbackupversion(ifany).

Bootable media Aphysicalmedia(CD,DVD,USBflashdriveorothermediasupportedbyamachineBIOSasabootdevice)thatcontainsstandaloneversionofAcronisTrueImageHD.

Bootablemediaismostoftenusedto:

§ recoveranoperatingsystemthatcannotstart

§ accessandbackupthedatathathassurvivedinacorruptedsystem

§ deployanoperatingsystemonbaremetal§ backupsector-by-sectoradiskthathasan

unsupportedfilesystem

D Disk backup (Image) Abackup(p.89)thatcontainsasector-basedcopyofadiskorapartitioninpackagedform.Normally,onlysectorsthatcontaindataarecopied.AcronisTrueImageHDprovidesanoptiontotakearawimage,thatis,copyallthedisksectors,whichenablesimagingofunsupportedfilesystems.

F Full backup 1. Abackupmethodthatisusedtosaveall

thedataselectedtobackup.2. Abackupprocessthatcreatesafull

backupversion(p.89).

Full backup version Aself-sufficientbackupversion(p.89)containingalldatachosenforbackup.Youdonotneedaccesstoanyotherbackupversiontorecoverthedatafromafullbackupversion.

I Image ThesameasDiskbackup(p.89).


R Recovery Recoveryisaprocessofreturningofacorrupteddatatoapreviousnormalstatefromabackup(p.89).

V Validation Anoperationthatcheckswhetheryouwillbeabletorecoverdatafromaparticularbackupversion(p.89).

Whenyouselectforvalidation…

§ afullbackupversion(p.89)-theprogramvalidatesthefullbackupversiononly.

§ anincrementalbackupversion-theprogramvalidatestheinitialfullbackupversion,theselectedincrementalbackupversion,andthewholechain(ifany)ofbackupversionstotheselectedincrementalbackupversion.

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