Acronis True Image HD Table of contents 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................4 1.1 What is Acronis True Image HD? ............................................................................................... 4 1.2 System requirements and supported media ............................................................................. 4 1.2.1 Minimum system requirements .................................................................................................................... 4 1.2.2 Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................ 4 1.2.3 Supported file systems .................................................................................................................................... 5 1.2.4 Supported storage media ............................................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Installing Acronis True Image HD ............................................................................................... 5 1.4 Activating Acronis True Image HD ............................................................................................. 6 1.5 Upgrading Acronis True Image HD ............................................................................................ 7 1.5.1 Acronis True Image full version features ....................................................................................................... 8 1.6 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............................................................................................................21 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 ............................................................................................................................................ 25 4.2.2 Notifications for backup operation .............................................................................................................. 27 4.2.3 Image creation mode .................................................................................................................................... 28 4.2.4 Pre/Post commands for backup ................................................................................................................... 28 4.2.5 Backup splitting ............................................................................................................................................. 29 4.2.6 Backup validation option .............................................................................................................................. 30 4.2.7 Backup reserve copy ..................................................................................................................................... 30 4.2.8 Removable media settings ........................................................................................................................... 30 4.2.9 Backup comment .......................................................................................................................................... 31 4.2.10 Error handling ................................................................................................................................................ 31 2 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2016 4.2.11 File-level security settings for backup .......................................................................................................... 32 4.2.12 Computer shutdown ..................................................................................................................................... 32 4.2.13 Performance of backup operation ............................................................................................................... 32 4.3 Operations with backups .........................................................................................................33 4.3.1 Backup operations menu .............................................................................................................................. 34 4.3.2 Backup list icons ............................................................................................................................................ 35 4.3.3 Validating backups ........................................................................................................................................ 35 4.3.4 Backup to various places .............................................................................................................................. 36 4.3.5 Adding an existing backup to the list ........................................................................................................... 37 4.3.6 Deleting backups and backup versions........................................................................................................ 38 5 Recovering data ............................................................................................................. 39 5.1 Recovering disks and partitions ...............................................................................................39 5.1.1 Recovering your system after a crash .......................................................................................................... 39 5.1.2 Recovering partitions and disks ................................................................................................................... 47 5.1.3 About recovery of dynamic/GPT disks and volumes .................................................................................. 51 5.1.4 Arranging boot order in BIOS ....................................................................................................................... 54 5.2 Recovery options .....................................................................................................................55 5.2.1 Disk recovery mode ...................................................................................................................................... 55 5.2.2 Pre/Post commands for recovery ................................................................................................................ 55 5.2.3 Validation option ........................................................................................................................................... 56 5.2.4 Computer restart ........................................................................................................................................... 56 5.2.5 File recovery options ..................................................................................................................................... 56 5.2.6 Overwrite file options ..................................................................................................................................