Acronis True Image for Sabrent USER GUIDE Table of contents 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................5 1.1 What is Acronis True Image for Sabrent? .................................................................................. 5 1.2 System requirements and supported media ............................................................................. 5 1.2.1 Minimum system requirements .................................................................................................................... 5 1.2.2 Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................ 5 1.2.3 Supported file systems .................................................................................................................................... 6 1.2.4 Supported storage media ............................................................................................................................... 6 1.3 Installing Acronis True Image for Sabrent ................................................................................. 6 1.4 Upgrading Acronis True Image for Sabrent ............................................................................... 7 1.4.1 Acronis True Image advanced features ......................................................................................................... 7 1.5 Technical Support ...................................................................................................................... 9 2 Getting started .............................................................................................................. 10 2.1 User interface language ...........................................................................................................10 2.2 Protecting your system ............................................................................................................10 2.2.1 Step 1. Backing up your computer ............................................................................................................... 10 2.2.2 Step 2. Creating bootable rescue media ..................................................................................................... 11 2.3 Backing up all data on your PC ................................................................................................12 2.4 Cloning your hard drive ...........................................................................................................13 2.5 Recovering your computer ......................................................................................................14 3 Basic concepts ............................................................................................................... 16 3.1 Basic concepts ..........................................................................................................................16 3.2 The difference between file backups and disk/partition images ............................................18 3.3 Full, incremental and differential backups ..............................................................................18 3.4 FAQ about backup, recovery and cloning ................................................................................19 3.5 FTP connection ........................................................................................................................20 3.6 Authentication settings............................................................................................................20 3.7 Backup file naming ...................................................................................................................21 3.8 Wizards ....................................................................................................................................21 4 Backing up data ............................................................................................................. 23 4.1 Backing up disks and partitions ...............................................................................................23 4.2 Backup options ........................................................................................................................24 4.2.1 Backup schemes ............................................................................................................................................ 24 4.2.2 Notifications for backup operation .............................................................................................................. 26 4.2.3 Image creation mode .................................................................................................................................... 27 4.2.4 Pre/Post commands for backup ................................................................................................................... 27 4.2.5 Backup splitting ............................................................................................................................................. 28 4.2.6 Backup validation option .............................................................................................................................. 28 4.2.7 Backup reserve copy ..................................................................................................................................... 29 4.2.8 Removable media settings ........................................................................................................................... 29 4.2.9 Backup comment .......................................................................................................................................... 29 4.2.10 Error handling ................................................................................................................................................ 30 4.2.11 Computer shutdown ..................................................................................................................................... 30 2 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2003-2020 4.2.12 Performance of backup operation ............................................................................................................... 31 4.3 Operations with backups .........................................................................................................33 4.3.1 Backup operations menu .............................................................................................................................. 33 4.3.2 Validating backups ........................................................................................................................................ 34 4.3.3 Backing up to various places ........................................................................................................................ 34 4.3.4 Adding an existing backup to the list ........................................................................................................... 35 4.3.5 Deleting backups and backup versions........................................................................................................ 35 5 Recovering data ............................................................................................................. 36 5.1 Recovering disks and partitions ...............................................................................................36 5.1.1 Recovering your system after a crash .......................................................................................................... 36 5.1.2 Recovering partitions and disks ................................................................................................................... 44 5.1.3 About recovery of dynamic/GPT disks and volumes .................................................................................. 45 5.1.4 Arranging boot order in BIOS ....................................................................................................................... 47 5.1.5 Recovering files and folders ......................................................................................................................... 48 5.1.6 Searching backup content ............................................................................................................................ 49 5.2 Recovery options .....................................................................................................................49 5.2.1 Disk recovery mode ...................................................................................................................................... 50 5.2.2 Pre/Post commands for recovery ................................................................................................................ 50 5.2.3 Validation option ........................................................................................................................................... 51 5.2.4 Computer restart ........................................................................................................................................... 51 5.2.5 File recovery options ..................................................................................................................................... 51 5.2.6 Overwrite file options ................................................................................................................................... 51 5.2.7 Performance