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those values with the stored ones. If all compared values match, the backup file is not corrupted and

there is a high probability that the backup can be successfully used for data recovery.

Consolidation

Consolidation allows you to delete backups which you no longer need from a backup chain.

A chain to be consolidated can consist of a full backup and one or more incremental backups.

If necessary, you can delete the base full backup from the chain. The program will create a new full

backup in place of the oldest remaining backup. Consolidation keeps whichever backups you choose

and deletes any backups that are not selected.

Because consolidation may require significant time and system resources (including disk space), we

recommend using it sparingly. In many cases, starting a new backup chain and then deleting the old

one will be a better choice.

Acronis Nonstop Backup uses a different consolidation mechanism. The program consolidates the

metadata it uses for managing the backed up data. Because the metadata information volume is

significantly less than the backed up data volume, consolidation requires much less time and system

resources.

Disaster recovery

Recovering from a disaster usually requires a rescue media and a backup of the system partition.

True Image 2013 provides for recovery from a disaster caused by system data corruption, viruses,

malware, or other causes.

If the operating system fails to boot, True Image 2013 will recover the system partition. The boxed

product comes with a rescue CD. Other legal owners of the program can create a rescue media by

using the Media Builder tool.

Scheduling

For your backups to be really helpful, they must be as "up-to-date" as possible. This means that you

should run backups on a regular basis, say once a day. Although creating an True Image 2013 backup

is quite easy, on occasion, you may forget to do a backup.

With the scheduler, you do not have to remember. You can schedule automatic backups ahead of

time. Your data will be backed up as long as there is sufficient storage space.

Understanding these terms and concepts will be helpful when using the program's features.

1.1.4 New in True Image 2013 by Acronis

 Windows 8 support - True Image 2013 supports the next version of the operating system

released by Microsoft, namely Windows 8. You can safely buy and install Windows 8 without

worrying whether you will be able to restore your system if need arises.

 New backup naming rules - The new automatic backup naming is more flexible and convenient.

By default, True Image 2013 creates for each backup task a folder with a backup task name and

keeps in this folder all related backups. A backup filename always contains a task name, a backup

method, a backup number, and a sequential file number (if the backup is split into several files,

the suffixes will be v1, v2, etc.). Optionally you may add to the name date, time, etc. by adding

the appropriate macros.