Table of contents 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 What is Acronis® True Image™ 2015 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 2015 HD ...................................................................................... 5 1.4 Upgrading Acronis True Image 2015 HD ................................................................................... 6 1.5 Technical Support ...................................................................................................................... 7 2 Basic concepts ................................................................................................................... 8 2.1 Basic concepts ............................................................................................................................ 8 2.2 The difference between file backups and disk/partition images ............................................10 2.3 Full, incremental and differential backups ..............................................................................10 2.4 Deciding where to store your backups ....................................................................................12 2.4.1 Authentication settings ..............................................................................................................................13 2.5 Integration with Windows .......................................................................................................13 2.6 Wizards ....................................................................................................................................15 3 Backing up data ............................................................................................................... 16 3.1 Backing up partitions and disks ...............................................................................................16 3.2 Backup options ........................................................................................................................17 3.2.1 Scheduling ...................................................................................................................................................18 3.2.2 Backup schemes .........................................................................................................................................19 3.2.3 Notifications for backup operation ............................................................................................................21 3.2.4 Image creation mode .................................................................................................................................23 3.2.5 Backup protection ......................................................................................................................................23 3.2.6 Pre/Post commands for backup ................................................................................................................24 3.2.7 Backup splitting ..........................................................................................................................................24 3.2.8 Backup validation option ............................................................................................................................25 3.2.9 Backup reserve copy ..................................................................................................................................25 3.2.10 Removable media settings .........................................................................................................................26 3.2.11 Backup comment ........................................................................................................................................26 3.2.12 Error handling .............................................................................................................................................26 3.2.13 File‐level security settings for backup ........................................................................................................27 3.2.14 Computer shutdown ..................................................................................................................................27 3.2.15 Performance of backup operation .............................................................................................................27 3.3 Operations with backups .........................................................................................................28 3.3.1 Backup operations menu ...........................................................................................................................29 3.3.2 Validating backups ......................................................................................................................................30 3.3.3 Backup to various places ............................................................................................................................30 3.3.4 Adding an existing backup to the list .........................................................................................................31 4 Recovering data ............................................................................................................... 33 4.1 Recovering disks and partitions ...............................................................................................33 4.1.1 Recovering your system after a crash ........................................................................................................33 2 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2015 4.1.2 Recovering partitions and disks .................................................................................................................40 4.1.3 About recovery of dynamic/GPT disks and volumes ................................................................................41 4.1.4 Arranging boot order in BIOS .....................................................................................................................44 4.1.5 Recovering files and folders .......................................................................................................................44 4.2 Recovery options .....................................................................................................................45 4.2.1 Disk recovery mode ....................................................................................................................................46 4.2.2 Pre/Post commands for recovery ..............................................................................................................46 4.2.3 Validation option ........................................................................................................................................47 4.2.4 Computer restart ........................................................................................................................................47 4.2.5 File recovery options ..................................................................................................................................47 4.2.6 Overwrite file options .................................................................................................................................47 4.2.7 Performance of recovery operation ..........................................................................................................48 4.2.8 Notifications for recovery operation .........................................................................................................48 4.3 Restoring computer to factory settings ...................................................................................49 5 Disk cloning and migration .............................................................................................. 51 5.1 General information ................................................................................................................51 5.1.1 Clone Disk wizard........................................................................................................................................51 5.1.2 Manual partitioning ....................................................................................................................................54 5.1.3 Excluding items from cloning .....................................................................................................................55 5.2 Migrating your system from an HDD to an SSD .......................................................................56 5.2.1 Preparing for migration ..............................................................................................................................56