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 Online backup protection
- 4.5.16 Performance of backup operation
- 4.5.17 Selecting a data center for backup
- 4.5.18 Laptop power settings
- 4.5.19 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 Notarized backup
- 4.6.9 Cleaning up backups, backup versions, and replicas
- 4.6.10 Cleaning up space on Acronis Cloud
- 4.6.11 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 Recovering Office 365 data
- 5.5 Recovery options
- 6 Archiving data
- 7 Sharing data
- 8 Protecting family data
- 9 Antivirus and antimalware protection
- 10 Vulnerability assessment
- 11 Synchronizing data
- 12 Disk cloning and migration
- 13 Tools
- 13.1 Acronis Media Builder
- 13.2 Making sure that your bootable media can be used when needed
- 13.3 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager
- 13.4 Try&Decide
- 13.5 Acronis Secure Zone
- 13.6 Adding a new hard disk
- 13.7 Security and Privacy Tools
- 13.8 Mounting an image
- 13.9 Unmounting an image
- 13.10 Working with .vhd(x) files
- 13.11 Importing and exporting backup settings
- 13.12 Acronis Universal Restore
- 14 Troubleshooting
- 15 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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Full and quick
Scheduled and manual run
Quarantine. Configure the automatic or manual moving of suspicious files to a safe location from
which they cannot harm your data.
Web filtering protects you from potentially harmful websites and untrusted web resources by
blocking the access to them, based on your list of trusted or untrusted URLs.
Videoconference protection prevents injection attacks on Zoom, Cisco Webex, and Microsoft
Teams.
A redesigned Web Restore page that makes the Anywhere Access to cloud data faster, more
secure, and convenient.
.tibx archives can now be mounted, moved, renamed, and converted to the .vhd format.
Added quick validation for backups – an option to validate only the latest backup version to
speed up the standard validation process.
Improved replication of backups to Acronis Cloud to support replicating via unstable internet
connections. In case of a connection issue, the replication of backups to Acronis Cloud stops.
When the connection is restored, the already replicated data is not replicated again and the
replication continues from the point where it stopped.
Integration with Windows Security Center
1.3 Backups created in Acronis True Image 2020 or later
Acronis True Image 2020 introduced a new backup format - TIBX, which is even more reliable and
convenient. The TIBX format is used for disk backups created to internal drives, external drives,
network storage.
Backup file naming
With .tibx files, the file name has only the backup name and an incremental counter. It does not
contain any additional information such as backup method, backup chain number, backup version
number, or volume number, which were used with the TIB format.
A backup name may look like:
1. my_archive.tibx
2. my_archive_0001.tibx
3. my_archive_0002.tibx
4. my_archive_0003.tibx
Backup schemes
Backing up in the TIBX format supports all backup schemes. As opposed to the TIB format, which
saves every backup version as a separate file, the TIBX format saves full and differential backup
versions as separate files, while incremental backup versions are automatically merged into their
base backups (full or differential).
Cleaning up TIBX format backups
If you’d like to clean up backup versions you do not need anymore, use automatic and manual
cleanup methods.