User's Manual

Table Of Contents

1. Open Disk Management. To do this, go to Control Panel -> System and Security ->

Administrative Tool, start Computer Management, and then click Disk Management.

2. Find the disk marked as Offline. Right-click the disk and then click Online.

3. The disk status will be changed to Online. After that, you will be able to initialize the disk.

To initialize a disk:

1. Open Disk Management. To do this, go to Control Panel -> System and Security ->

Administrative Tool, start Computer Management, and then click Disk Management.

2. Find the disk marked as Not Initialized. Right-click the disk and then click Initialize Disk.

3. Select a partition table for the disk - MBR or GPT, and then click OK.

4. [optional step] To create a volume on the disk, right-click the disk, click New Simple Volume, and

then follow the wizard's steps to configure the new volume. To create one more volume, repeat

this operation.

3.4.2 FTP connection

Acronis True Image 2021 allows you to store your backups on FTP servers.

To create a new FTP connection, when selecting a backup storage click FTP connection, and in the

opened window provide:

 Path to the FTP server, for example: my.server.com

 Port

 User name

 Password

To check your settings, click the Test connection button. The computer will try to connect to the

specified FTP server. If the test connection has been established, click the Connect button to add the

FTP connection.

The created FTP connection will appear in the folder tree. Select the connection and browse for the

backup storage that you want to use.

Please, be aware that the mere opening of an FTP server's root folder does not bring you to your home

directory.

Acronis True Image 2021 splits a backup into files with a size of 2GB when backing up directly to an FTP server.

If you back up to a hard disk with the aim of transferring the backup to an FTP later, split the backup into files of

2GB each by setting the desired file size in the backup options. Otherwise, the recovery will not be possible.

An FTP server must allow passive mode file transfers.

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.

3.4.3 Authentication settings

If you are connecting to a networked computer, in most cases you will need to provide the necessary

credentials for accessing the network share. For example, this is possible when you select a backup

storage. The Authentication Settings window appears automatically when you select a networked

computer name.

If necessary, specify the user name and password, and then click Test connection. When the test is

successfully passed, click Connect.