User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 What is Acronis® True Image™?
- 1.2 New in this version
- 1.3 Backups created in Acronis True Image 2020 or later
- 1.4 System requirements and supported media
- 1.5 Installing Acronis True Image 2021
- 1.6 Activating Acronis True Image 2021
- 1.7 Trial version information
- 1.8 Upgrading Acronis True Image 2021
- 1.9 Technical Support
- 2 Getting started
- 3 Basic concepts
- 3.1 Basic concepts
- 3.2 The difference between file backups and disk/partition images
- 3.3 Full, incremental and differential backups
- 3.4 Deciding where to store your backups
- 3.5 Using Acronis Nonstop Backup
- 3.6 Backup file naming
- 3.7 Integration with Windows
- 3.8 Wizards
- 3.9 FAQ about backup, recovery and cloning
- 4 Backing up data
- 4.1 Backing up disks and partitions
- 4.2 Backing up files and folders
- 4.3 Backing up mobile devices
- 4.4 Backing up Office 365 data
- 4.5 Backup options
- 4.5.1 Scheduling
- 4.5.2 Backup schemes
- 4.5.3 Notifications for backup operation
- 4.5.4 Excluding items from backup
- 4.5.5 Image creation mode
- 4.5.6 Backup protection
- 4.5.7 Pre/Post commands for backup
- 4.5.8 Backup splitting
- 4.5.9 Backup validation option
- 4.5.10 Backup reserve copy
- 4.5.11 Removable media settings
- 4.5.12 Error handling
- 4.5.13 File-level security settings for backup
- 4.5.14 Computer shutdown
- 4.5.15 Acronis Cloud cleanup
- 4.5.16 Online backup protection
- 4.5.17 Performance of backup operation
- 4.5.18 Selecting a data center for backup
- 4.5.19 Laptop power settings
- 4.5.20 Wi-Fi networks for backup to Acronis Cloud
- 4.6 Operations with backups
- 4.6.1 Backup operations menu
- 4.6.2 Backup activity and statistics
- 4.6.3 Sorting backups in the list
- 4.6.4 Replicating backups to Acronis Cloud
- 4.6.5 Validating backups
- 4.6.6 Backup to various places
- 4.6.7 Adding an existing backup to the list
- 4.6.8 Cleaning up backups, backup versions, and replicas
- 4.6.9 Removing data from Acronis Cloud
- 5 Recovering data
- 5.1 Recovering disks and partitions
- 5.2 Recovering files and folders
- 5.3 Searching backup content
- 5.4 Recovery from Acronis Cloud
- 5.5 Recovering Office 365 data
- 5.6 Recovery options
- 6 Archiving data
- 7 Protecting family data
- 8 Antivirus and antimalware protection
- 9 Synchronizing data
- 10 Disk cloning and migration
- 11 Tools
- 11.1 Acronis Media Builder
- 11.2 Making sure that your bootable media can be used when needed
- 11.3 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager
- 11.4 Try&Decide
- 11.5 Acronis Secure Zone
- 11.6 Adding a new hard disk
- 11.7 Security and Privacy Tools
- 11.8 Mounting an image
- 11.9 Unmounting an image
- 11.10 Working with .vhd(x) files
- 11.11 Importing and exporting backup settings
- 11.12 Acronis Universal Restore
- 12 Troubleshooting
- 13 Glossary of Terms
- Acronis Active Protection
- Acronis Drive
- Acronis Notary
- Acronis Secure Zone
- Acronis Startup Recovery Manager
- Archive
- Archiving operation
- Backup
- Backup operation
- Backup settings
- Backup version
- Backup version chain
- Bootable media
- Data synchronization
- Differential backup
- Differential backup version
- Disk backup (Image)
- Full backup
- Full backup version
- Image
- Incremental backup
- Incremental backup version
- Mobile backup
- Nonstop backup
- Nonstop protection
- Notarization
- Notarized backup
- Notarized file
- Online backup
- Recovery
- Suspicious process
- Sync
- Validation
- Version of synced file
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1.4.4 Supported Internet connection types
The table below shows which Internet connection types are supported by the product functions.
Internet connection type
Acronis Console in Windows
Acronis Bootable media
Any connection
established in
Windows
Proxy server
Ethernet
cable
Wi-Fi
Proxy server
Disk-level and file-level backup
to Acronis Cloud
+
-
-
-
-
Disk-level recovery from
Acronis Cloud
+
-
+
+
-
File-level recovery from Acronis
Cloud
+
-
-
-
-
Data synchronization
+
-
-
-
-
Product activation
+
- *
-
-
-
Product update
+
- **
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* - You can activate the product by using an activation code. Refer to the Activation from another
computer section in Activating Acronis True Image 2021 (p. 13) for details.
** - To update the product, download the newer product version from the Acronis website and
install it over your current one.
1.4.5 Supported storage media
Hard disk drives (HDD)
Solid state drives (SSD)
Networked storage devices
FTP servers
Note The FTP server must allow passive mode file transfers. Acronis True Image 2021 splits a backup into
files with a size of 2GB when backing up directly to an FTP server.
CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R (including double-layer DVD+R), DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, BD-R, BD-RE
USB 1.1 / 2.0 / 3.0, USB-C, eSATA, FireWire (IEEE-1394), SCSI, and PC card storage devices
Limitations on operations with dynamic disks
Creation of Acronis Secure Zone on dynamic disks is not supported.
Recovery of a dynamic volume as a dynamic volume with manual resizing is not supported.
Try&Decide® cannot be used for protecting dynamic disks.
"Clone disk" operation is not supported for dynamic disks.
The firewall settings of the source computer should have Ports 20 and 21 opened for the TCP and
UDP protocols to function. The Routing and Remote Access Windows service should be disabled.