RTM User's Guide
Table of contents 1 Getting started ......................................................................................................................7 1.1 Introduction ...............................................................................................................................7 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.3 1.1.4 1.1.5 1.1.6 1.1.7 1.1.8 1.1.9 1.1.10 1.1.11 1.1.12 1.2 What is Acronis® True Image™ 2014? ...........................................................................................
.12 Deleting backups and backup versions....................................................................................64 3.13 Backup options ........................................................................................................................65 3.13.1 3.13.2 3.13.3 3.13.4 3.13.5 3.13.6 3.13.7 3.13.8 3.13.9 3.13.10 3.13.11 3.13.12 3.13.13 3.13.14 3.13.15 3.13.16 3.13.17 3.13.18 3.13.19 3.13.20 Backup schemes ..........................................................................
.12.1 4.12.2 4.12.3 4.12.4 4.12.5 4.12.6 4.12.7 4.12.8 Disk recovery mode .................................................................................................................................... 110 Pre/Post commands for recovery .............................................................................................................. 111 Validation option .......................................................................................................................................
6.6.5 6.6.6 6.6.7 6.7 Recovery from Acronis Cloud ................................................................................................143 6.7.1 6.7.2 6.7.3 6.8 7 Useful information ............................................................................................................. 150 7.1 Protecting your system ..........................................................................................................150 7.2 Deciding where to store your backups ...................
8.6 Cloning a hard disk.................................................................................................................201 8.6.1 8.6.2 8.6.3 8.6.4 8.6.5 8.6.6 8.6.7 8.6.8 8.6.9 8.6.10 8.7 Adding a new hard disk..........................................................................................................210 8.7.1 8.7.2 8.7.3 8.7.4 8.8 Selecting a hard disk.......................................................................................................................
1 Getting started 1.1 Introduction In this section What is Acronis® True Image™ 2014? ....................................................... 7 What is Acronis True Image 2014 Premium?............................................. 8 Acronis True Image 2014 basic concepts ................................................... 8 New in Acronis True Image 2014 .............................................................10 FAQ about backup, recovery and cloning ................................................
1.1.2 What is Acronis True Image 2014 Premium? Acronis True Image 2014 Premium is an ultimate version of Acronis True Image 2014. In addition to the features of Acronis True Image 2014, the Premium version provides: Support of dynamic disks Operations with dynamic disks expand the range of hard drive configurations supported by Acronis True Image 2014. Dynamic disks offer greater flexibility for volume management and may provide benefits in computers with more than one hard drive.
So, a version represents a point in time to which the system or data can be restored. To put it another way, backup versions represent full, incremental and differential backups - see Full, incremental and differential backups (p. 43). The backup versions are similar to file versions. The file versions concept is familiar to those who use a Windows Vista and Windows 7 feature called "Previous versions of files". This feature allows you to restore a file as it existed on a particular date and time.
Backup validation The backup validation feature allows you to confirm that your data can be recovered. As mentioned above, the program adds checksum values to the data blocks being backed up. During backup validation, Acronis True Image 2014 opens the backup file, recalculates the checksum values and compares 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.
Incremental recovery from Acronis Cloud - When you recover a disk from Acronis Cloud, Acronis True Image 2014 does not download the entire disk space to your computer. It scans your disk searching for data changes and recovers only those files that are different from files in the image. This technology significantly reduces the amount of data you need to download in order to recover your disk.
I want to migrate my old system hard disk to an SSD. Can this be done with Acronis True Image 2014? - Yes, Acronis True Image 2014 provides such a function. For procedure details, see Migrating your system from an HDD to an SSD (p. 158) What is the best way to migrate the system to a new disk: cloning or backup and recovery? The backup and recovery method provides more flexibility. In any case, we strongly recommend to make a backup of your old hard disk even if you decide to use cloning.
1.1.6 System requirements and supported media 1.1.6.1 Minimum system requirements Acronis True Image 2014 has minimum hardware requirements corresponding to that of the operating system installed on the computer to be used for running Acronis True Image 2014. In addition Acronis True Image 2014 requires the following hardware: CD-RW/DVD-RW drive for bootable media creation Mouse or other pointing device (recommended) Using Acronis Nonstop Backup requires at least 1 GB RAM.
1.1.6.4 Supported storage media Hard disk drives* Solid State Drives (SSD) Networked storage devices FTP servers** 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, FireWire (IEEE-1394) and PC card storage devices * Limitations on operations with dynamic and GPT disks: Operations with dynamic disks are available only in Acronis True Image 2014 Premium. Creation of Acronis Secure Zone on dynamic disks is not supported.
4. Read the participation terms and decide whether you want to participate in the Acronis Customer Experience Program. 5. In the Serial number window, enter a serial number for the full or trial version. Type or copy and paste the serial number in the text box. To get a serial number for the free trial version at Acronis Web site, click Get trial serial number. The serial number will be sent to a specified e-mail address. The trial version of Acronis True Image 2014 works for 30 days.
If you use Windows 8, click the Settings icon, then select Control Panel -> Uninstall a program -> Acronis True Image 2014 -> Uninstall. If you used the Acronis Secure Zone, Acronis Nonstop Backup or Acronis Extended Capacity Manager, select in the window that appears what to do with the zone, Nonstop Backup storages or extended capacity disks. Then click Next to proceed with the uninstallation procedure.
To activate the product from another computer: 1. 2. 3. 4. Install and start Acronis True Image 2014. On the main program screen, click Activate now on the information bar. In the opened window, select Activate from another computer. In the Acronis True Image 2014 Activation window, perform 3 simple steps: 1. Save your installation code to a file by clicking the Save to file button, and specify a removable media as the file location (for example, a USB flash drive).
Acronis Cloud You have 5 GB of free storage space during the trial period. You can use this space to store your online backups and versions of synced files. After the trial period is over, Acronis Cloud works in recovery-only mode for 30 days. After this period you won't be able to use the Acronis Cloud service and all your data on the Cloud will be deleted. When you start your first disk backup to Acronis Cloud, your storage quota is automatically increased to 50 GB for 30 days.
1.1.11 Installing Acronis Hotfixes What is an Acronis Hotfix? Acronis Hotfix is a small update for Acronis products. It makes changes to one or more application files or registry keys but does not change an application version. A hotfix targets only a specific Acronis True Image 2014 build, and cannot be applied to any other build. Advantages of installing Acronis Hotfixes: Hotfix installation does not require much time and resources.
Product Updates You can download the latest updates for all your registered Acronis software products from our website at any time after logging into your Account (http://www.acronis.com/my) and registering the product. See Registering Acronis Products at the Website (http://kb.acronis.com/content/4834) and Acronis Website User Guide (http://kb.acronis.com/content/8128). 1.2 Program workspace In this section Get started tab .................................................................................
The Get started tab will help you to begin using the main Acronis True Image 2014 features, namely backup, recovery and synchronization. The program leads you through the actions required for performing those operations. If you have not used previous versions of True Image, we recommend you become familiar with the above features by going through the steps required for completing backup, recovery and data synchronization.
Back up now - adds a new backup version to the existing backup or replaces the existing backup version, depending on the backup scheme being used. Start (available for a nonstop backup only) - starts nonstop backup protection. Stop (available for a nonstop backup only) - suspends nonstop backup protection. Recover - click to recover data. When a backup box is collapsed, the backup and recovery operations can be started by clicking the appropriate icons.
Start backup (available for online backup only) - allows you to bind a selected online backup to the current computer. To do this, click this item and reconfigure settings of the backup. Note that only one online backup can be active on one computer. Delete - depending on a backup type, this command completely deletes the backup from its location or allows you to choose whether you want to delete the backup completely or the backup box only.
Other backups Email backup This feature allows you to back up your email messages and settings. Nonstop Backup This feature continuously protects your partitions and files. Create bootable media Add backup If your computer cannot start, use bootable rescue media to run the standalone version of Acronis True Image 2014, and recover your system from a previously created system partition backup. Browse Click this item to browse for backups on your computer and add them to the backup list.
More features Total size This command sorts all backups by size, starting from the biggest down to the smallest. Scheduling type This command sorts all backups into two groups - backups with a schedule and backups without a schedule, which can be started only manually. Execution result This command sorts all backups by the result of the last execution - backups that were completed successfully, suspended, canceled, failed and not backed up yet.
Every created sync is represented by a box, similar to backup boxes. A sync box contains short information about the corresponding sync process and allows you to manage this process. Sync toolbar This area contains the following items: New sync - allows you to select a folder to synchronize and send an invitation to the computer you want to synchronize your data with. Sync local folders - allows you to select two local folders to synchronize.
Sync now - runs data synchronization process forcibly. If a sync process has been interrupted for some reason (for example, your Internet connection has failed) or it has completed with errors, you can manually restart the sync process. To do this, first try to resolve the issue and then click Sync now. Pause - allows you to pause and resume the sync process. Note that the action does not delete the sync itself and your data will not be lost.
1.2.4 Tools and utilities tab This tab allows you to select the tools and utilities provided by Acronis True Image 2014. Launch the required tool or utility by clicking the appropriate link. For more information see Tools and utilities (p. 172). 1.2.5 Wizards and notification area icons When you use the available Acronis True Image 2014 tools and utilities, the program will in many cases employ wizards to guide you through the operations.
For example, see the screen shot below. A wizard window usually consists of the following areas: 1. This is the list of steps to complete the operation. A green checkmark appears next to a complete step. The green arrow indicates the current step. When complete all the steps, the program displays the Summary screen in the Finish step. Check the summary and click Proceed to start the operation. 2. This toolbar contains buttons to manage objects you select in area 3.
1.2.5.1 Backup information The backup information window provides detailed information about the selected backup. This window is available to you in different wizards, such as Consolidation wizard, Mount wizard, Conversion wizard, etc. To open the window, select a backup version and click the Details button on the toolbar. The window contains the following items: Path - the location where the backup is stored.
1.2.6.1 Disks and partitions tab The Disks and partitions tab shows the backed up disks and partitions that the selected backup version contains. The tab shows the disks and partitions state of when the current backup version was created. You can switch between the backup versions by using the time line at the bottom of the screen. For more information see Time line (p. 34). To recover disks and/or partitions: 1.
Right-clicking on a backup version opens the shortcut menu with other available operations: Recover - select to recover the current backup version. Mount (for image backups) - select to mount the backup version as a disk. Validate - select to check the integrity of the backup version data. Convert to Windows backup (for image backups) - select to convert the backup version's TIB file to VHD file. Delete version - select to delete the backup version (the backup chain will not be corrupted).
The tab shows the files and folders states of when the current backup version was created. You can switch between the backup versions by using the time line at the bottom of the screen. For more information on using the time line see Time line. To recover files and/or folders: 1. On the time line, select the backup version, from which you want to recover your files/folders. The version's exact date and time will be displayed near the backup name.
The majority of user interface elements located on this tab are described in the Disks and partitions tab (p. 31) section. Here we describe the items specific for the tab. When you click an item, short information on this item is displayed under the browser area. The set of displayed parameters depends on the item's type. Clicking the View versions link opens the View Versions window with a list of all versions of the file in the backup. You can recover a desired version by its backup time.
The picture below shows various states of a time line. The states vary depending on the number of backups and the time interval through which you are navigating. The "Now" interval shows backup versions created during the last hour. When using Nonstop Backup, backup versions may be created as often as every five minutes The "Today" interval shows backup versions created from the beginning of the current day to the last hour. The "week" interval can be named either "Week ago" or "This week".
The "This year" interval shows backup versions created from the beginning of the current year to the “month” interval. The "Older" interval shows backup versions created from earlier than the beginning of the current year. Working with time intervals and backup versions Time intervals may be expanded (when the number of backup versions fits onto the time line) or folded into a square "block". When a time interval is expanded, the squares representing backup versions may contain a "warning" or "error" icon.
File backup version: Validate Delete version Nonstop backup version: Explore and recover Delete version Backup version packs and time blocks: Right-clicking on a folded version pack or time interval's block opens the shortcut menu with a single item: Expand Viewing additional information on the time line You can also set up the time line to show additional information. The appropriate commands are available in the View submenu.
Windows Start menu The Start menu displays Acronis commands, tools and utilities. They give you access to True Image functionality, without having to start the application. Acronis True Image 2014 button on the taskbar The Acronis True Image 2014 button on the Windows taskbar shows the progress and result of Acronis True Image 2014 operations. 1.2.7.1 Integration settings You can select the Acronis components that should be integrated into Windows.
Clicking the e-mail address of your account opens a menu with the following items: My account - click to go to the screen where you can view and change your account information. Upgrade account– click to start the procedure of upgrading to a paid subscription. Acronis Cloud – click to go to your account page on the Acronis Web site. The line below shows the percentage of your used space on Acronis Cloud. Log out – click to log out from the current account.
Activate - click to activate the product. Acronis website - takes you to the Acronis website. 40 Change serial number - click to change the serial number of the product. Upgrade to full version - click to buy the full version of the product if you are using the trial version. About True Image - shows information about Acronis True Image 2014 including the product's serial number and build number.
2 How to Due to the size of this User's Guide, it is sometimes not so easy to find how to perform a particular task. This section lists some frequently used tasks and provides links to the appropriate parts of the User's Guide. Click the corresponding page number (or the link, if you are viewing the Help), if you need information on how to: protect your entire system from a disaster (p. 150) synchronize two local folders (p.
3 Backing up data Acronis True Image 2014 includes a wealth of sophisticated backup capabilities that would please even an IT professional. They allow you to back up your disks (partitions), files, and e-mail. You can choose a backup feature that suits you most or use them all. The sections below describe the backup features in more detail. In this section The difference between file backups and disk/partition images ............42 Full, incremental and differential backups ................................
By default Acronis True Image 2014 stores only the hard disk sectors that contain data. Furthermore, Acronis True Image 2014 does not back up pagefile.sys under Windows XP and later and hiberfil.sys (a file that keeps RAM contents when the computer goes into hibernation). This reduces image size and speeds up image creation and recovery. You can change this default method by turning on the sector-by-sector mode.
1.tib - full backup version. 2.tib, 3.tib, 4.tib - incremental backup versions. Additional information Incremental method is the most useful when you need frequent backup versions and the ability to roll back to a specific point in time. As a rule, incremental backup versions are considerably smaller than full or differential versions. On the other hand, incremental versions require more work for the program to provide recovery. In the example above, to recover the entire work from 4.
Additional information Differential method is an intermediate between the first two approaches. It takes less time and space than "Full", but more than "Incremental". To recover data from a differential backup version, True Image needs only the differential version and the last full version. Therefore, recovery from a differential version is simpler and more reliable than recovery from an incremental one.
my_documents_full_b3_s1_v3.24.05.2012.tib my_documents_full_b3_s1_v4.24.05.2012.tib my_documents_inc_b3_s2_v1.26.05.2012.tib my_documents_inc_b3_s2_v2.26.05.2012.tib my_documents_inc_b3_s2_v3.26.05.2012.tib You may use numbers in the names of your backups, but this will not affect our internal numeration. If you use our way of naming, like adding "full_b3_s5" to a name of your backup, the program adds our attributes after your name, so the name would look as follows: my_documents_full_b3_s1_full_b3_s1.
backup_full_b2_s1.tib backup_inc_b2_s2.tib backup_inc_b2_s3.tib If you continue creating backups, the next chain will be named as follows: backup_full_b3_s1.tib backup_inc_b3_s2.tib backup_inc_b3_s3.tib 3.4 Backing up partitions and disks As opposed to file backups, disk and partition backups contain all the data stored on the disk or partition. This backup type is usually used to create an exact copy of a system partition of the whole system disk.
3. In the opened window, select a partition to back up by selecting the corresponding check box. If you want to back up more than one partition, select all their check boxes in the list. If the disk has several partitions and you want to back up the whole disk, click Switch to disk mode in the upper-right corner and then select the disk's check box. To return to the partition selection, click Switch to partition mode. To back up dynamic disks you can use only the partition mode.
If possible, avoid storing your system partition backups on dynamic disks, because the system partition is recovered in the Linux environment. Linux and Windows work with dynamic disks differently. This may result in problems during recovery. 5. [optional step] If you need the backup to run on a schedule, click the link to the right of Schedule, turn on scheduling and set the required schedule. For more information see Scheduling (p. 163). 6.
3.5 Backing up files and folders To back up files and/or folders, click Other backups on the Backup and recovery tab and then select File backup. This opens the File Backup window. Let's consider how to use this backup type for backing up a folder. 1. Select the folder on the directory tree in the Source area. The right side will show the folder contents with all the files and subfolders selected. There you can unselect the files you do not need to back up, if any. 2.
When you need to change the default backup options, click File backup options and set the options you require. You can also change the default backup scheme by clicking on the appropriate link. For more information see Backup schemes (p. 66). You cannot change the backup scheme when backing up to optical media such as a DVD/BD. In this case, Acronis True Image 2014 by default uses a custom scheme with only full backups. This is because the program cannot consolidate backups stored on optical media.
To add a custom data category, click Add category. To change the default name of a custom category, double-click the name and enter a new one. Select the data source (e.g. a folder) for the new category by clicking the Browse... button. By default the new category will contain Only the following file types, but you can apply filters to select the specific types of files that you wish or do not wish to back up.
your zip backup exceeds 4GB, you will not be able to recover files from that backup without using Acronis True Image 2014. The Zip format is available when backing up files, folders or when making reserve copies of your backups. Acronis True Image 2014 gives the zip format most of the functionality available for the tib format. You can schedule backups, validate zip backups, recover files and folders from zip backups, make incremental and differential backups, etc.
For Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013: Mail Folders Calendar Contacts Tasks Notes Signatures News Folders User Settings Address Book For Microsoft Outlook Express: Mail Folders Address Book (select Windows Address Book). Acronis True Image 2014 provides backup of IMAP (Internet Messages Access Protocol) mail folders for Microsoft Outlook. This means that you can back up folders stored on a mail server.
3.7 Using Acronis Nonstop Backup Acronis Nonstop Backup provides easy protection of your disks and files. It allows you to recover entire disks, individual files and their different versions. The main purpose of Acronis Nonstop Backup is continuous protection of your data (files, folders, contacts, etc.), though you can use it to protect partitions as well. If you choose to protect an entire partition, you will be able to recover the partition as a whole using the image recovery procedure.
3.7.1 Protecting your data continuously Let's consider how you can use Nonstop Backup for protecting your data. To protect your data continuously: 1. Click Other backups on the Backup and recovery tab and then select Nonstop Backup. This opens the Nonstop Backup window. 2. Select on the directory tree in the What to back up area an item to be protected by Nonstop Backup. The right side shows the item contents with all the files and subfolders selected.
3.7.2 Protecting your system continuously You can use Acronis Nonstop Backup for protecting entire system partition as well. If you have sufficient storage space, Acronis Nonstop Backup can simultaneously protect more than one partition. To protect the system partition continuously: 1. Click Other backups on the Backup and recovery tab and then select Nonstop Backup. This opens the Nonstop Backup window. 2. Click Switch to partition mode in the upper right-hand corner of the Nonstop Backup window.
3.7.3 Acronis Nonstop Backup data storage Acronis Nonstop Backup data storage can be created on local hard disk drives (both internal and external). In many cases an external hard disk will be the best choice for Nonstop Backup data storage. You can use an external disk with any of the following interfaces: USB (including USB 3.0), eSATA, FireWire, and SCSI. You can also use an NAS as the storage, but with one limitation - it must accessible with the SMB protocol.
Please note that this operation results in deleting the initial nonstop backup version. This means that if you deleted a file during the selected time frame, you will not be able to recover it. Deleting storage You can also completely clean up the Acronis Nonstop Backup storage by selecting Delete in the Operations menu of a nonstop backup box. If you select the active nonstop backup box, the deletion stops operation of Acronis Nonstop Backup. 3.7.
Why does Acronis Nonstop Backup sometimes cause a high CPU load? - This is the expected behavior of Acronis Nonstop Backup. This may happen on restart of a paused Acronis Nonstop Backup if a considerable amount of protected data has been modified during the pause. For example, if you manually pause the Acronis Nonstop Backup that you use for protecting your system partition and then install a new application. When you restart Acronis Nonstop Backup, it loads the CPU for some time.
3. Finish configuring your backup as usual. 4. Click Back up now. Please be aware that CD/DVDs are not supported as locations for reserve copies. 3.9 How to make bootable removable media with a backup While configuring a disk or partition backup on removable media, you can make the media bootable. Acronis True Image 2014 can make the following media bootable: DVD/BD USB flash drive formatted in FAT32 This may be a viable option if your backup is not very large.
If you select an internal or external hard disk as the destination, this option will be disabled. 5. Click Back up now. If the backup does not fit one disc (for example, DVD), the file will be split into several volumes. The first disc will be the bootable one. If you plan to perform this backup regularly, you can make the appropriate settings in the Disk backup options. See Removable media settings (p. 75).
You cannot use Acronis Secure Zone as one of the places for storing a part of backup versions belonging to the same backup "chain", because such backup versions may be automatically deleted during automatic backup consolidation in Acronis Secure Zone. As a result, the backup chain will be corrupted. In addition, the feature does not work with FTP servers. One more useful aspect of this feature is the ability to split backups "on-the-fly".
To add backups manually: 1. On the Backup and recovery tab, click Add backup and then click Browse. Program opens a window where you can browse for backups on your computer. 2. Select the backup and click Add to backup list. To add backups automatically: On the Backup and recovery tab, click Add backup and then click one of the following: To run the search, click Search now. Acronis True Image 2014 searches for backups on your computer and adds them to the list.
3.13 Backup options In the Disk Backup Options, File Backup Options, E-mail Backup Options, Nonstop Backup Options and Online Backup Options windows you can configure options for a disk/partition, file, e-mail, nonstop and online backup processes respectively. To open the options window, click the appropriate link. After you have installed the application, all options are set to the initial values. You can change them for your current backup operation only or for all backups that will be created in future.
File-level security settings for backup......................................................77 Windows account.....................................................................................77 Performance of backup operation ...........................................................78 Notifications for backup operation ..........................................................79 Excluding items from backup ...................................................................80 3.13.
The program creates a full backup version and overwrites it every time according to the specified schedule or when you run backup manually. Backup scheduler setting for disk backup: monthly. Backup scheduler setting for file backup: daily. Result: you have a single up-to-date full backup version. Required storage space: minimal. 3.13.3 Version chain scheme This backup scheme differs for disk backup and file backup types. Disk backup version chain At first the program creates the 1st full backup version.
You cannot overwrite existing pre-defined backup schemes. In addition, you can create custom schemes from scratch based on full, differential or incremental backup versions. So first of all select one of the backup methods in the appropriate box. Full (p. 43) Select this method if you want to create only full backup versions. Differential (p. 43) Select this method if you want to create backup chains containing only full and differential backup versions.
The first backup version option Often the first version of any backup is one of the most valuable versions. This is true because it stores the initial data state (for example, your system partition with recently installed Windows) or some other stable data state (for example, data after a successful virus check). Do not delete the first version of the backup - Select this check box to keep the initial data state. The program will create two initial full backup versions.
If limits are set, then after creating a backup version the program checks the backup for quota violations, such as exceeding a pre-set maximum number of gigabytes set aside for backup versions and, if any limitation is exceeded, consolidates the oldest backup versions. For example, if you've pre-set your backup to store 50GB of backup files and your backup versions reach 55GB, you have exceeded a quota and the system will respond automatically based on rules that you've already set.
2. In the Disk Backup window, select your system partition (usually C:), and specify the backup destination. For more information see Backing up partitions and disks. 3. Click Turn on for the Schedule item. In the Scheduler window click Monthly, and specify, for example, the 1st and 15th days of the month. This will result in a backup version in about every 2 weeks. Then specify a start time for the backup operation. 4.
To protect a backup: 1. Enter the password for the backup into the Password field. We recommend that you use a password longer than seven symbols and containing both letters (in upper and lower cases preferably) and numbers to make it more difficult to guess. A password cannot be retrieved. Please memorize the password that you specify for a backup protection. 2. Retype the previously entered password into the Confirm field. 3.
To specify commands (batch files): Select a command to be executed before the backup process starts in the Pre-command field. To create a new command or select a new batch file, click the Edit button. Select a command to be executed after the backup process ends in the Post-command field. To create a new command or select a new batch file, click the Edit button. Please do not try to execute interactive commands, i.e. commands that require user input (for example, "pause"). These are not supported.
Alternatively, you may select the desired file size from the drop-down list. The backup will then be split into multiple files of the specified size. This is useful when you store a backup to a hard disk in order to burn the backup to CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW or BD-R/RE later on. Creating images directly on CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, BD-R/RE might take considerably more time than it would on a hard disk. 3.13.
A reserve copy always contains all the files selected for backup, that is, when creating a reserve copy the program always makes a full backup of the source data. You cannot make a reserve copy in the form of an incremental or differential backup. Also remember that you will pay for the enhanced convenience and increased security of your data by the time required for performing the backup because normal backup and reserve copying are performed one at a time and not simultaneously.
If a backup does not have comments, type your comment in the comments area. When a comment already exists, you can edit it after clicking Edit. Note that by default the comment will be assigned to all versions of the backup. You can edit the comment of a specific backup version in Backup Explorer. 3.13.13 Screenshot settings Along with backup comments, screenshots help you to recognize a previous data state you need to recover.
Repeat attempt if a backup fails - This option allows you to automatically repeat a backup attempt if the backup fails for some reason. You can configure this option by specifying two settings - number of attempts and time interval between attempts. According to these settings, Acronis True Image 2014 will try to back up your data until the backup is successfully created. But if the error interrupting the backup persists, then the backup will not be created.
change this setting if the Windows account under which you are currently working is not yours. The program will back up only the data related to the specified account. Data of all other accounts will not be backed up. To change the current Windows account: 1. Select the Run backup as different Windows account check box. 2. Type the account name and password in the appropriate fields. 3.13.
3.13.19 Notifications for backup operation Sometimes a backup or recovery procedure can last an hour or longer. Acronis True Image 2014 can notify you when it is finished via email. The program can also duplicate messages issued during the operation or send you the full operation log after operation completion. By default all notifications are disabled. Free disk space threshold You may want to be notified when the free space on the backup storage becomes less than the specified threshold value.
Enter the e-mail sender address in the From field. If you are not sure what address to specify, then type any address you like in a standard format, for example aaa@bbb.com. Change the message subject in the Subject field, if necessary. Select the Log on to incoming mail server check box. Enter the incoming mail server (POP3) in the POP3 server field. Set the port of the incoming mail server. By default the port is set to 110. 3. Click the Send test message button again.
How to use the default exclusion settings After you have installed the application, all the exclusion settings are set to the initial values. You can change them for your current backup operation only or for all backups that will be created in future. Select the Save as default check box to apply the modified settings to all further backup operations by default.
3.14 Validating backups The validation procedure checks whether you will be able to recover data from a particular backup version, so when you select for validation on the time line… a full backup version, the program validates the full backup version only. an incremental backup version, the program validates the initial full backup, the selected incremental backup version, and the whole chain (if any) of backup versions to the selected incremental backup version.
4. On the Summary step of the wizard, check the list of operations to be performed, and click Proceed. Special notes and restrictions: When you consolidate a password-protected backup, you need to specify the previously entered password to obtain access to the backup. The current Acronis True Image 2014 version does not support consolidation of backups created in the zip format.
3.16 Cloning backup settings When you already have a backup and you need to create a new backup of the same type (disk, file or e-mail backup), there is no need to configure the backup process from scratch. The program allows you to copy all settings from an existing backup. After that, you only have to slightly correct the copied settings for your new backup and click Back up now. To create a new backup based on an existing backup: 1.
4 Recovering data The purpose of data backup is to recover backed up data when the original is lost due to hardware failure, fire, theft or accidental deletion of files. We hope that you backed up your system and data using the backup features provided by Acronis True Image 2014. If so, nothing will have been lost. The following sections describe how to recover disks, partitions, files and folders. In most cases, you will use Acronis Backup Explorer to recover files and folders.
takes you to the setup menu. Go to the hard disk autodetection utility which usually comes under "Standard CMOS Setup" or "Advanced CMOS setup". If the utility does not detect the system drive, it has failed and you need to replace the drive. If the utility correctly detects your system hard disk drive, then the cause of the crash is probably a virus, malware or corruption of a system file required for booting.
4.1.3 Recovering your system After you have performed the steps described in Preparing for recovery (p. 86), begin the system recovery procedure. Here we will explain how to recover a corrupted system to the same hard disk. System recovery to a replaced hard disk drive will be similar with some minor differences. You do not need to format the new disk, as this will be done in the process of recovery.
5. Select Recover whole disks and partitions at the Recovery method step. 6. Select the system partition (usually C) on the What to recover screen. If the system partition has a different letter, select the partition using the Flags column. It must have the Pri, Act flags. In case of Windows 7 the System Reserved partition will have the Pri, Act flags. You will need to select for recovery both the System Reserved partition and the System partition. 7.
before clicking Next. Changing the settings will be needed when recovering to the new hard disk of a different capacity. 8. Carefully read the summary of operations at the Finish step. If you have not resized the partition, the sizes in the Deleting partition and Recovering partition items must match. Having checked the summary click Proceed. 9. When the operation finishes, exit the standalone version of Acronis True Image 2014, remove the rescue media and boot from the recovered system partition.
You can also start recovering a partition or disk in Acronis Backup Explorer. To do this, on the backup box, click the gear icon and select Recover files. On the Disk and partitions tab of Acronis Backup Explorer, select the items you want to recover and then click Recover. See details in Disks and partitions tab (p. 31). 3. Select the corresponding check box of the partition to recover. If you backed up an entire disk, you can choose to recover the entire disk at once by clicking Switch to disk mode.
Acronis True Image 2014 creates scheduled backups using the signature of the source hard disk. If you recover the same disk signature, you don't need to re-create or edit the backups created previously. Some installed applications use a disk signature for licensing and other purposes. We recommend that you clear the Recover disk signature check box when: You use an image backup not for disaster recovery but for cloning your Windows hard drive to another one.
The following procedure is valid only for recovery to a basic disk. Recovery to a dynamic disk with partition resizing is impossible. 1. Click Recover on the backup box of a disk containing several partitions. The Disk Recovery window appears. 2. Click the down arrow next to Version: and then select the backup version you want to recover by its backup date and time. 3. Select a partition to recover. This opens the recovery destination field below the partition name (label). 4.
Partition properties link below the recovery destination field. The Partition Properties window appears. 5. You can resize the partition by dragging its right border with a mouse on the horizontal bar on the screen. To assign the partition a specific size, enter the appropriate number into the Total size field. Remember that you need to leave as much unallocated (free) space after having resized the partition as will be needed for the remaining partition. Select a disk letter and partition type.
7. Select the unallocated space on the destination hard disk. The program creates a partition occupying the entire unallocated space. 8. Click the Partition properties link and make the settings for the partition. Select a disk letter and partition type. When you finish the settings, click OK to confirm them and return to the main Disk Recovery window.
9. Click Recover now to recover the partitions to the destination hard disk. 4.5 Recovering a disk backup to a different disk under rescue media Recovery of a disk backup containing several partitions to a hard disk that has a different capacity is one of the most complicated operations. This is especially true when the original hard disk you have backed up has a hidden diagnostic or recovery partition. Complete the preparations described in Preparing for recovery (p. 86).
it is better to recover the hidden partition without resizing. Here we describe recovery of a system disk with Windows 7 and the hidden System Reserved partition. Attach the external drive if it contains the backup to be used for recovery and make sure that the drive is powered on. This must be done before booting from Acronis rescue media. 1. Arrange the boot order in BIOS so as to make your rescue media device (CD, DVD or USB stick) the first boot device. See Arranging boot order in BIOS (p. 109). 2.
5. At the What to recover step, select the boxes of the partitions to be recovered. Do not select the MBR and Track 0 box, because this will result in selecting the entire disk for recovery. Recovering the entire disk does not allow you to resize partitions manually. You will be able to recover the MBR later. Select the partitions and click Next. Selecting partitions leads to appearance of the relevant steps "Settings of partition ...".
6. You can specify the following partition settings: location, type, and size. You first need to specify the settings of the hidden partition (System Reserved partition in our case) as it usually does not have a disk letter. Because you are recovering to the new disk, click New location. Select the destination disk by either its assigned name or capacity. 7. Clicking Accept returns you to the "Settings of partition 1-1" screen. Check the partition type and change it, if necessary.
8. Proceed to specifying the partition size by clicking Change default in the Partition size area. By default the partition occupies the entire new disk. You need to keep the hidden partition size unchanged and place it in the same location on the disk (at the start or the end of disk space). To do this, resize and relocate the partition by dragging it or its borders with a mouse on the horizontal bar on the screen.
Click Accept, check the partition type (change, if necessary). The system partition must be primary. Specify the partition size which by default equals the original size. Usually there is no free space after the partition, so allocate all the unallocated space on the new disk to the second partition. Click Accept and then click Next. 9. Carefully read the summary of operations to be performed and then click Proceed.
4.6 Recovering data from file-level backups You usually start recovering files and folders from Acronis Backup Explorer. When recovering a specific file version, you will start recovery from the View Versions window. In either case, starting recovery opens the File Recovery window. To recover files and folders from the Backup Explorer: 1. Select in the Backup Explorer the files and folders you want to recover. For more information on selection in the Backup Explorer see Files and folders tab (p. 32).
1. Select a required backup version in the Acronis Backup Explorer and click Recover to start recovery. This will open the File Recovery window. 2. Such data can only be recovered to the original location. Therefore you can only change the recovery options. To change the recovery options, click the Recovery options link. The options you set here will be applied only to the current recovery operation. 3. To start the recovery process, click the Recover now button. 4.
To choose the correct version, you can open the version in the associated application and view the file contents. Choose the version by its backup time, and then click the Open button. Acronis True Image 2014 will recover the file version to a temporary folder. Then it will open the file using the associated application. 4.8 Recovering to different hardware Using Acronis Universal Restore (available in Acronis True Image 2014 Premium) will help you create a bootable system clone on different hardware.
7. When a warning appears that you need to reboot the computer to continue the operation, click Reboot to continue. During recovery, the program may be unable to find some driver in the specified sources and will display an error message. In this case, you can click Ignore to continue recovery or click Cancel to cancel the process and then try to find the required driver. You can then continue with the recovery process.
4. Choose Recover whole disks and partitions and select the Use Acronis Universal Restore check box.
5. If the target hardware has a specific mass storage controller (such as an SCSI, RAID, or Fibre Channel adapter) for the hard disks, specify where to find the driver or drivers for the specific hardware at the Drivers manager step. If the driver is stored on a diskette or CD, select the Search removable media for device drivers box. If some drivers are stored on a local hard disk or a network share, select the Search for device drivers in the following locations box (when it is not selected by default).
4.9 4.9.1 Acronis Universal Restore Purpose of Acronis Universal Restore Universal Restore is available in Acronis True Image 2014 Premium. The standard version of Acronis True Image 2014 does not include this utility. If you upgrade Acronis True Image 2014 to the Premium version, you need to re-create the rescue media in order to make the newly installed Universal Restore add-on operational in the bootable recovery environment.
4.9.2 General principles of Acronis Universal Restore 1. Automatic selection of HAL and mass storage drivers Acronis Universal Restore searches the Windows default driver storage folders (in the image being restored) for HAL and mass storage device drivers and installs drivers that best fit the target hardware. You can specify a custom driver repository (a folder or folders on a network drive or CD) which will also be used to search for drivers.
My source disk is MBR and my OS does not support UEFI My system is BIOS-booted (Windows or Acronis Bootable Media) My system is UEFI-booted (Windows or Acronis Bootable Media) The operation will not affect neither partition layout nor bootability of the disk: partition style will remain MBR, the destination disk will be bootable in BIOS.
Computer BIOS allows booting operating systems not only from hard disks, but also from CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, and other devices. Changing the boot order may be required, for example, to make your rescue media (CD, DVD or USB stick) device the first booting device. If there are several hard disks installed in your computer labeled as C:, D:, E:, and F:, you can change the boot order so that an operating system is booted from, for example, disk E:.
Recover sector-by-sector - select this check box if you want to recover both used and unused sectors of disks or partitions. This option will be effective only when you choose to recover a sector-by-sector backup. 4.12.2 Pre/Post commands for recovery You can specify commands (or even batch files) that will be automatically executed before and after the recovery procedure. For example, you may want to start/stop certain Windows processes, or check your data for viruses before recovery.
Limitations on use of this option: Check of the file system is available only when recovering partitions using FAT16/32 and NTFS file systems. The file system will not be checked if a reboot is required during recovery, for example, when recovering the system partition to its original place. 4.12.4 Computer restart The preset is Disabled.
While specifying the criteria, you can use the common Windows wildcard characters. For example, to preserve all files with extension .exe, you can add *.exe. Adding My???.exe will preserve all .exe files with names consisting of five symbols and starting with “my”. To delete a criterion, for example, added by mistake, click the Delete icon to the right of the criterion. 4.12.
In the Size box, type or select a threshold value and select a unit of measure Acronis True Image 2014 can monitor free space on the following storage devices: Local hard drives USB cards and drives Network shares (SMB/NFS) The message will not be displayed if the Do not show messages and dialogs while processing (silent mode) check box is selected in the Error handling settings. This option cannot be enabled for FTP servers and CD/DVD drives.
4.13 Restoring computer to factory settings If your brand new computer was bundled with a backup of the computer's factory configuration, Acronis True Image 2014 can recover this backup and restore the computer to its factory settings. The system will be reverted to the state it was in when the computer was received from the store. Caution: Restoration will erase all personal data and programs on the computer including all your backups in Acronis Secure Zone.
Restoring factory settings from factory bootable media These instructions apply to factory bootable media that you either created yourself or received from your hardware supplier together with your brand new computer. For instructions on how to create factory bootable media, see Creating factory bootable media (p. 188). To restore the computer to factory settings: 1. Boot up the computer using the factory bootable media. 2. Select Recover. 3. Confirm the operation by clicking Yes.
5 Synchronizing data In this section About the Sync feature ..........................................................................117 How we ensure security of your data ....................................................117 What you can and cannot synchronize ..................................................118 Does sync depend on the subscription to Acronis Cloud? .....................119 Signing in to your Acronis account.........................................................119 Sync icons ......
Furthermore, we store your data on our servers in encrypted form. Only you have access to your encrypted data. 5.3 What you can and cannot synchronize You can synchronize data stored in two or more folders. Let's consider where these folders may be located and what data they may contain. Storage types A synchronization process may be established between: Two local folders on the same computer (except a folder and its subfolder). Two folders on two storage devices.
5.4 Does sync depend on the subscription to Acronis Cloud? In most cases you do not need to have a subscription to the Acronis Cloud service to sync data. You do need the subscription only when you want to store versions of the synced files on Acronis Cloud. Please review the full list of requirements before creating a sync in Sync creation (p. 121). The following table shows when sync works and when it does not.
If you do not have Acronis account, click Create account and fill in the registration form. If you have forgotten your password, click Forgot your password? and follow the instructions on the opened webpage. A new password will be sent to you by email. After providing the required information, click Sign in. 5.6 Sync icons While working with syncs you will see special icons.
(static) All syncs are paused or each sync has only one participant. An error occurred during the last synchronization. 5.7 Default sync When you install Acronis True Image 2014, the installer creates the default sync. By default this sync is named Sync. This sync has the following main features: You can use it right after the installation finishes. If you signed in to your Acronis account, simply drag files you want to sync into the default sync folder.
If you use the default sync folder on both of your computers, the procedure is very simple. 1. Install Acronis True Image 2014 on both computers. 2. Sign in under your account on the computers. 3. Drag the files you want to synchronize into the Sync folder and they will be automatically synced across the computers. You can place both files and folders into the Sync folder. 5.8.2 How to sync with a local folder You can sync any two folders of your choice on one computer.
After the sync is created, you can add to it another computer or Acronis Cloud. Hint: If you want your USB drive to have a regularly updated copy of a local folder, create an empty folder on the USB drive in advance and select it afterwards as the sync folder. Hint: Keep your USB drive attached while working with the sync folder on your computer. Firstly, you will not forget to sync your files at the end of your work. Secondly, Acronis True Image 2014 will process data changes gradually and quickly. 5.
5. Type the e-mail address of the user or users who you want to invite. Use commas as separators if you invite several users. Optionally you can type a message to the invited person. 6. Select the I agree with the terms of use check box and click Send. Steps to perform by the invited person: 1. Find and open the e-mail message with invitation to sync. 2. To join the sync, click Accept invitation. You will be taken to the appropriate Web page for completing the acceptance. 3. Start Acronis True Image 2014.
Example of file renaming You and your friend work with file file_name.doc on the 15-th of April, 2011. You saved your changes at 10:04, and your friend saved his changes at 10:06. After synchronization your folders contain the following files: file_name.doc - the file with your friend's changes file_name your_computer_name 15.04.2011 10.04.
How much does the mobile app cost? True Image for mobile devices is available for free. 5.9.1 How to install True Image app on your mobile device To sync with your mobile device, you need to install the appropriate True Image app. Depending on your mobile device, go to App Store or Google Play and search for the Acronis True Image app. For example, to find and install True Image app for iOS: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. On your iPhone, open App Store. Tap the Search icon. Enter acronis in the search field.
If you use a trial version of Acronis True Image 2014, all stored versions, including the latest one, are deleted from the Cloud when the trial period expires. Each user turns the option on and manages file versions independently of other users. If you sync some data with a friend who uses a different Acronis account, you can decide for yourself whether to turn on the option or not. Version storages allocated on the Cloud are also separate. 5.10.
All versions. Versions older than 1 month. Versions older than 1 week. The program shows how much space will be freed up. Be careful! Deleted versions cannot be restored. 4. Clicking Advanced cleanup allows you to select more cleanup rules. You can apply the cleanup rules for: individual syncs and online backups all syncs and online backups you have on Acronis Cloud 5. Choose the desired rules and click Clean up now!.
To recover a deleted file: 1. Start Acronis True Image 2014. 2. Click the Acronis Cloud link on the box of the default sync. 3. Click the Files tab and then select the sync from which you deleted the file. 4. After you select the sync, a list of files and folders appears. 5. Select the Show deleted check box and then select the deleted file you want to recover. 6. Click the Recover button to recover the deleted file to its folder. 5.
5. Type the e-mail address of the person with whom you want to share a folder, and optionally type a message to the invited person. 6. Click Send invite to send the invitation e-mail message. To share your files and folders with unlimited number of people, you can use public links. For example, you can create a public link to your file and publish it on a forum. Anyone on the forum will be able to download or view the file.
2. Right-click the folder, point to True Image -> Publish and then select one of the following: Email link - select this item if you want to send the created link in an email message. Copy link - select this item if you want to copy the link into the Clipboard, for example, to paste it on a forum. This item is available for all files and folders. Public links to files you keep on Acronis Cloud always lead to the latest versions. 5.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Go to your Acronis account page at http://www.acronis.com/my/index.html. Log in to your account. Click Synchronization in the left-hand side of the screen. Click the Shared synchronizations tab in the Manage synchronization area. Click under the Mine heading the "+" icon next to the synchronization from which you want to remove a participant. This opens the list of the persons you invited to the sync. 6. Click Remove to the right of the name of the participant you want to remove.
4. Click the Shared synchronizations tab in the Manage synchronization area. 5. Select under the Joined heading the synchronization you want to leave and click Leave to the right of the sync name. 6. Click OK in the confirmation message.
6 Using online backup In this section What is Acronis Cloud? ..........................................................................134 Subscription information .......................................................................134 Backing up files to Acronis Cloud ...........................................................135 Backing up disks to Acronis Cloud..........................................................136 Changing source computer for an online backup ..................................
If you use the trial version of the product, the "5 GB/30 days" free trial subscription will be assigned to your account automatically. See details in Trial version information (p. 17). If you use the full version of the product, the "5 GB/1 year" free subscription will be assigned to your account automatically. Additionally, you can activate the "50 GB/30 days" free trial subscription to back up your disks and partitions to Acronis Cloud.
You can include both file categories and individual files and folders. For more information on categories see Data categories (p. 51). If you do not want to keep the custom contents of the current backup by creating a data category, simply select the files and folders. You can exclude from online backups hidden or system files, folders and files matching the criteria you specify. For more information see Excluding items from backup (p. 80). 5.
system disk. Such backup allows you to recover your computer when Windows works incorrectly or cannot start. To back up partitions and disks to Acronis Cloud: 1. Start Acronis True Image 2014. 2. On the Backup and recovery tab, click Disk and partition backup. 3. In the opened window, select a partition to back up by selecting the corresponding check box. If you want to back up more than one partition, select all the required check boxes in the list.
8. [optional step] Click Disk backup options to set the options for the backup being configured. For example, when your data disk contains sensitive information, you may want to protect the information by encryption. For more information see Online backup options (p. 138). 9. Click the Back up now button if you want to run backup immediately. You can also delay the backup start for up to six hours by clicking the down arrow to the right of this button and selecting a delay interval from the dropdown list.
Select the Store no more than … recent versions check box and enter a value that limits the maximum number of all versions in the storage. 6.6.2 Encryption key To protect your data on Acronis Cloud from unauthorized access, you can use encryption. In this case your data will be stored on Acronis Cloud in encrypted form. To encrypt and decrypt your data, the program needs the encryption key, that you should specify when you register your computer.
more resources for other CPU tasks. Increasing operation priority may speed up the backup process by taking resources from the other currently running processes. The effect will depend on total CPU usage and other factors.
Select the Limit transfer rate to check box and specify an optimal value and an appropriate measurement unit (kilobits or megabits per second) 6.6.6 Notifications You can specify an email account that will be used to send you email notifications. To configure the email notifications: 1. Select the Send e-mail notifications about the operation state check box. 2. Configure email settings: 141 Enter the email address in the To field.
3. To check whether your settings are correct, click the Send test message button. If the test message sending fails, then perform the following: 1. Click Show extended settings. 2. Configure additional email settings: Enter the e-mail sender address in the From field. If you are not sure what address to specify, then type any address you like in a standard format, for example aaa@bbb.com. Change the message subject in the Subject field, if necessary.
6.7 6.7.1 Recovery from Acronis Cloud Recovering data from online backups With Acronis True Image 2014 you can browse and recover data that was backed up on Acronis Cloud. If you have backed up data from several computers, select the online backup box for the computer from which you backed up the data you want to recover. To recover files and folders from Acronis Cloud: 1. Start Acronis True Image 2014. 2. Make sure you are signed in to your Acronis account.
6. After the File Download window opens, click Save to start download. By default the data will be downloaded to the Downloads folder. You may change the download path. After the download finishes, you may click Open folder to open the Downloads folder. 6.7.2 Selecting a version to recover By default Acronis True Image 2014 selects the latest versions with respect to the date you specified. However, for any file you can select a specific version of the file to recover.
How it works Your computer should be connected to the Internet by an Ethernet cable. Recovery from Acronis Cloud cannot be performed over Wi-Fi. Recovery to the original location When you recover a disk to the original location, Acronis True Image 2014 does not download the entire disk space to your computer. It scans your disk searching for data changes and recovers only those files that are different from files in the image.
2. Make sure you are signed in to your Acronis account. If not, click Sign in and enter the email address and password of your Acronis account. 3. On the Backup and recovery tab, find the backup which contains the partitions or disks you want to recover. On the corresponding box, click Recover. 4. In the Disk Recovery window, configure the recovery process and click Recover now. Please see the detailed description of this procedure in Recovering partitions and disks (p. 89). 6.7.3.
3. On the Home screen, select My disks below Recover. 4. To add the online backup of the system disk or system partition to the list of available backups, click Browse. 5. In the directory tree of the opened window, select Acronis Cloud and enter credentials of your Acronis account. 6. Select the backup you want to use for recovery, and click OK.
7. On the Archive selection step, select the online backup and click Next. 8. On the Recovery method step, select Recover whole disks and partitions. 9. Select the system partition (usually C) on the What to recover screen. If the system partition has a different letter, select the partition using the Flags column. It must have the Pri, Act flags. In case of Windows 7 the System Reserved partition will have the Pri, Act flags.
before clicking Next. You need to change settings when recovering to the new hard disk of a different capacity. 11. Carefully read the summary of operations at the Finish step. If you have not resized the partition, the sizes in the Deleting partition and Recovering partition items must match. Click Proceed. 12. When recovery is complete, exit the standalone version of Acronis True Image 2014, remove the rescue media. Boot from the recovered system partition.
7 Useful information In this section Protecting your system ..........................................................................150 Deciding where to store your backups ..................................................151 Making sure that your rescue media can be used when needed ..........153 Testing that your backups can be used for recovery .............................158 Migrating your system from an HDD to an SSD .....................................158 Scheduling ..............................
2. On the Backup and recovery tab, click Disk and partition backup. This opens the Disk Backup window with your system partition (usually C:) selected by default. 3. Select a destination for backup. 4. Click Back up now. Additional recommendations Many IT professionals recommend that you have at least two copies of your system backup (three are even better).
If you plan to use an external USB hard drive with your desktop PC, connecting the drive to a rear connector using a short cable will usually provide the most reliable operation. This reduces the chance of data transfer errors during backup/recovery. Home file server, NAS or NDAS If you have a Gigabit Ethernet home network and a dedicated file server or NAS, you can store backups on the file server or NAS practically like on an internal drive. If you decide to use an external hard drive, NAS, NDAS, etc.
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.
1. Configure your computer to enable booting from the rescue media. Then, make your rescue media device (CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive or USB stick) the first boot device. See Arranging boot order in BIOS. 2. If you have a rescue CD, press any key to start booting from the CD, when you see the prompt "Press any key to boot from CD". If you do not press a key within five seconds, you will need to restart the computer. 3. After the boot menu appears, choose True Image.
2. Select a backup at the Archive location step and then click Next. 3. When recovering files with the rescue CD you are able to select only a new location for the files to be recovered. Therefore just click Next at the Location selection step. 4. After the Destination window opens, check that all your drives are shown under My Computer. If you store your backups on the network, you should also check that you can access the network.
If the Computers Near Me icon is not available under My Computer, there may be problems either with your network card or with the card driver provided with Acronis True Image 2014. 5. Select the destination for the files and then click Next. 6. Select several files for recovery by selecting their check boxes and then click Next. 7. Click Proceed on the Summary window to start recovery. 8. After the recovery finishes, exit the standalone Acronis True Image 2014.
7.3.1 Selecting video mode when booting from the rescue media When booting from the rescue media the optimal video mode is selected automatically depending on the specifications of your video card and monitor. However, sometimes the program can select the wrong video mode, which is unsuitable for your hardware. In such case you can select a suitable video mode as follows: 1. Start booting from the rescue media. When the boot menu appears, hover the mouse over True Image item and press the F11 key. 2.
After you find the optimal video mode for your hardware, you can create a new bootable rescue media that will automatically select that video mode. To do this, start Acronis Media Builder, select the required media components, and type the mode number with the "0x" prefix (0x338 in our instance) in the command line at the "Bootable media startup parameters" step, then create the media as usual. 7.
First of all, make sure that Acronis True Image 2014 detects your new SSD both in Windows and under the Acronis rescue media. If there is a problem, see What to do if Acronis True Image 2014 does not recognize your SSD (p. 159). SSD size Because SSDs are still somewhat expensive, the size of your new SSD will usually be less than that of your old hard disk. This may cause a problem if your hard disk contains the operating system, programs and data.
For Windows Vista/Windows 7 type cmd in the Search field and press Enter. For Windows XP, type cmd in the Run field and press Enter. At the command line prompt type: diskpart list disk The screen will show the disks connected to your computer. Find out the disk number for your SSD. Use its size as the reference. select disk N Here N is the disk number of your SSD. clean This operation removes all information from the SSD and overwrites the MBR with the default one.
One more option is to request a custom rescue media from Acronis Support. For more information, see Creating a custom rescue CD (p. 249). Please be aware that finding the appropriate drivers and making the custom rescue media may take time. Furthermore, finding the appropriate drivers may not be possible in some cases. 7.5.1.2 What to do if your SSD does not have enough space for all HDD content Now let's see what can be done when the occupied space on your old hard disk exceeds the size of your SSD.
Windows XP In this case the procedure requires more commands: 1. Type cmd in the Run field and press Enter. 2. At the command line prompt type: diskpart list disk The screen will show the disks connected to your computer. Find out the disk number for your SSD using its size as reference select disk N Here N is the number of your SSD list partition The output will show the size of SSD partition(s) and offset value. If the SSD has an incorrect offset value, see Fixing SSD partition alignment (p. 162). 7.5.1.
11. Select the check box of the entire SSD disk and click Next. 12. Select the SSD as the destination and click Next. 13. When the confirmation window appears stating that the destination disk contains partitions, perhaps containing useful data, click OK. 14. Carefully read the summary of operations to check the settings you made and click Proceed. 15. After the recovery finishes, check the partition offset once more to make sure it is fixed. 7.5.
Here you can specify the backup and validation schedule settings. You can choose and set up one of the following backup or validation frequencies: Daily (p. 165) - the operation will be executed once a day or more frequently. Monthly (p. 166) - the operation will be executed once a month or several times a month on the selected dates. Upon event (p. 166) - the operation will be executed upon an event. Weekly (p.
Additionally, you can set a time delay to start backup after the system startup. For example, to start backup 20 minutes after system startup, type 20 in the appropriate box. If you schedule a backup to a USB flash drive or validation of a backup that is located on a USB flash drive, one more check box appears: Run when the current destination device is attached.
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Enter a search string into the Search field at the top right of the Acronis True Image 2014 window. You will be taken to the Acronis Backup Explorer screen. The program shows search results. By default Acronis True Image 2014 performs the search in all the sources where it can search information. That is, it searches files in all backups and their versions on all local storage devices.
If you do not have Windows Search installed, but would like to use it, you can download Windows Search 4.0 for free from Microsoft's Web site. To download, click http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=23. Double-click on the downloaded file and follow the instructions for installation. Acronis True Image 2014 has a plug-in for Windows Search. To speed up searches in your backups, you can install the plug-in for indexing the backups.
To open the Indexing Options window in Windows Vista or Windows 7, open the Control Panel and then double-click the Indexing Options icon. The Windows Vista and Windows 7 indexing options have some differences in content and appearance, though most of the following information is applicable to those operating systems as well. 3. Click Advanced, select the File Types tab and then make sure that the tib extension is selected and ".tib IFilter" is shown in the Filter Description field.
the backups will not be indexed. To include the disks, click Modify and select them in the window that appears. If you store backups on a network share, Windows Search can index them too. You just have to add the share to the Indexed Locations list by typing the appropriate UNC path after selecting the Add UNC Location tab of Advanced Options.
Give Windows Search some time for indexing Acronis backups on your computer's hard disks and adding the indexing information to its index database. The required time depends on the number of backups and the number of files they contain. After completing the indexing, the Windows Search will be able to search files in tib backups. The search engines in Windows Search and Windows Vista or Windows 7 have similar functionalities, though search results are presented somewhat differently.
8 Tools and utilities Acronis Tools and utilities include Try&Decide, protection tools, mounting tools, backup conversion tools, clone disk utility, security and privacy utilities, disk management utilities, and backup settings transfer tools. Try&Decide Try any unsafe operation in the Try mode and then decide whether to apply or discard it.
With the File Shredder you can quickly select unnecessary files and folders and destroy them permanently. System Clean-up With the System Clean-up utility, you can clean up components (folders, files, registry sections, etc.), related to general system tasks. These Windows components retain evidence of user PC activity, so they too should be thoroughly wiped to maintain confidentiality. Disk management Add new disk Add new disk wizard helps you to add a new hard disk drive to your computer.
3. In the opened window, click Activate. How to use If a failure occurs, turn on the computer and press F11 when you see the "Press F11 for Acronis Startup Recovery Manager" message. This will start a standalone version of Acronis True Image 2014 that differs only slightly from the complete version. Additional information Disk letters in standalone Acronis True Image 2014 might sometimes differ from the way Windows identifies drives.
Creating BartPE disc with Acronis True Image 2014 ..............................179 Creating WinPE-based rescue media .....................................................181 How to prepare a USB flash drive for Acronis Media Builder ................187 8.2.1 Acronis Media Builder You can run Acronis True Image 2014 from an emergency boot media on a bare-metal system or a crashed computer that cannot boot.
Acronis System Report - the component allows you to generate a system report that is used for collecting information about your system in case of any program problem. Report generation will be available before you start Acronis True Image 2014 from the bootable media. The generated system report can be saved to a USB flash drive. To select a component: Select the check box of the program you want to include into the bootable media.
Description The following parameters can be used to load Linux kernel in a special mode: acpi=off Disables ACPI and may help with a particular hardware configuration. noapic Disables APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) and may help with a particular hardware configuration. nousb Disables loading of USB modules. nousb2 Disables USB 2.0 support. USB 1.1 devices still work with this option. This option allows using some USB drives in USB 1.1 mode, if they do not work in USB 2.
Gets the list of the video modes available for your video card and allows selecting a video mode most suitable for the video card and monitor. Try this option, if the automatically selected video mode is unsuitable for your hardware. 8.2.1.3 Bootable media selection Select a destination for bootable media creation: CD-R/RW - if you are creating CD or DVD, insert a blank disc so that the program can determine its capacity.
Use the sidebar on the left to navigate through the wizard's steps for revision. To cancel operation and quit Acronis Media Builder, click Cancel. After you create a boot disc, mark it and keep it in a safe place. Please keep in mind that the backups created by the later program version may be incompatible with the previous program versions. Due to this reason, we strongly recommend that you create a new bootable media after each Acronis True Image 2014 upgrade.
To install the plug-in: 1. Double-click on the downloaded file to start installation. 2. Having finished the installation, you can proceed with creating a BartPE CD/DVD with Acronis True Image 2014 plug-in. Creating BartPE CD or DVD The below description is based on PE builder version 3.1.10a. To create a BartPE CD/DVD with the Acronis True Image 2014 plug-in: 1. Download the PE builder using link http://nu2.nu/pebuilder/download/ and install it. 2. Go to the Acronis True Image 2014 installation folder.
8. Make sure you have the Acronis True Image 2014 plug-in enabled on the Plugins screen. 9. Close the Plugins window and click the Build button to start the building process. If you want the image to be burned to CD, select the Burn to CD/DVD option and choose the necessary burner in the Device menu; 10. After the image is created, burn it to CD or DVD. (If you did not check the Burn to CD/DVD option at the previous step.
Windows Vista (PE 2.0) (also suitable for Windows XP SP2 with KB926044 or later) Windows Vista SP1 (PE 2.1) (also suitable for Windows XP SP2 with KB926044 or later) Windows 7 (PE 3.0) Windows 8 (PE 4.0) Installing Windows AIK and ADK To be able to create or modify PE 2.x and 3.0 images, you must have Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) installed. To create PE 4.0, you should install Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK). To install Windows AIK: 1.
Adding the Acronis Plug-in to the existing PE 2, PE 3 or PE 4 ISO. This comes in handy when you have to add the plug-in to the previously configured PE 2, PE 3 or PE 4 ISO that is already in use. Adding the Acronis Plug-in to a WIM file for any future purpose (manual ISO building, adding other tools to the image and so on).
In case you create Win PE 4.0 ISO, specify the path to the folder WinPE\media (for example c:\winpe_x86\media). 5. On the next screen choose the Add components and build an ISO option and click Next. 6. Specify the full path to the resulting image file including the filename or leave the default path and filename (AcronisMedia.iso).
7. Check your settings in the summary screen and click Proceed. 8. Burn the .ISO to a CD using a third-party tool (for example, Nero) and you will have a bootable Windows PE disc with Acronis True Image 2014. Once a machine boots into WinPE, Acronis True Image 2014 starts automatically. Be aware that startup may take a considerable amount of time. 8.2.3.2 Adding the Acronis Plug-in to the existing WinPE 2.x or 3.0 ISO To add the Acronis Plug-in to the existing WinPE 2.x, WinPE 3.0 or WinPE 4.0 ISO: 1.
8.2.3.3 Adding the Acronis Plug-in to WinPE 2.x or 3.0 WIM To add the Acronis Plug-in to WinPE WIM: 1. Select Acronis Acronis True Image 2014 Premium Acronis WinPE ISO Builder from the Start menu. 2. Specify the path to the source WINPE.WIM file. The standard path to this file for x86 hardware is \Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\X86\winpe.wim. In case of WinPE 4.0 the path is the following: \Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.
Attention! You can only add drivers which have the .inf filename extension. The following procedure is based on an MSDN article that can be found at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd799244(WS.10).aspx To create a custom Windows PE image, proceed as follows: 1. In the Start menu, click Microsoft Windows AIK, then right-click Deployment Tools Command Prompt and select Run as administrator. 2. Run the copype.cmd script to create a folder with Windows PE files.
3. Type diskpart to start Windows DiskPart utility. 4. Type list disk to list all disks attached to the machine: Based on the size, we can assume that in the above example the USB memory stick is disk 2. Take extreme care to get the disk number right. You don't want to wipe the wrong drive! 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Type select disk [number] to select your flash drive. Type clean to remove any formatting from the selected disk. Type create partition primary.
If you select to create an ISO image, you also need to specify its parameters: Split into - Choose whether the program should split the resulting ISO image into multiple .iso files of certain size. Save file(s) to - Specify the location of the resulting ISO image. Once you select the media, click Create to start creating the media. 8.4 Trying system changes safely In this section What is Try&Decide ...............................................................................
After starting the Try mode you can safely install any system updates, drivers and applications without worrying about what might happen to your system. If anything goes wrong, you can simply discard the changes made in the Try mode. One of the best features of Try&Decide is that it isolates your "real" operating system from changes to the temporary operating system duplicate made by updates. Because of this, you can safely install system updates when they appear.
When your computer reboots for whatever reason while working in the Try mode, before booting of the operating system starts, you will be shown a dialog offering you two choices – stop the mode and discard changes or continue working in the mode. This will allow you to discard the changes that have resulted in a system crash. On the other hand, if you reboot, for example, after installing an application, you can continue working in the Try mode after starting Windows.
When the Try mode is started, you won't be able to use the "Hibernate" power saving mode. GPT partitions cannot be protected by Try&Decide. 8.4.2 Starting the Try mode To start the Try mode: Click Try&Decide on the Tools and utilities tab. Set up the Try&Decide options: Protected partitions (p. 193) Storage for virtual changes (p. 193) Alert settings (p. 193) Start the Try mode by clicking the Try & Decide icon.
Protected partitions: specify the partitions you want to protect from unauthorized changes during a Try&Decide session. By default, Try&Decide protects the system partition (Disk C), though you may add other partitions or disks in your system. Storage for virtual changes: specify where Try&Decide will store information about virtual changes to your system. By default, Try&Decide saves the information to a free space on Disk C.
On time elapsed since Try&Decide started - using this option, the program will notify you if Try&Decide has been working for longer than the period of time you specified. Having specified the alert settings, click OK. 8.4.
guarantee complete uninstallation. The Try&Decide feature, however, will ensure complete and perfect uninstallation of any software quickly and easily. Here's how: Turn on the Try mode. Install the software application you want to evaluate. Try using the application. When you want to uninstall it, just discard all the changes made to your computer in the Try mode.
8.5.1 Acronis Secure Zone The Acronis Secure Zone is a secure partition that lets you keep backups on a managed machine disk space. This lets you recover a disk where the disk backup resides. When you create an Acronis Secure Zone, an icon appears under My Computer in the Other section. Double-clicking on the Acronis Secure Zone icon opens the Secure Zone and you can view all the backups it contains. You can also open the Secure Zone by right-clicking on its icon and choosing Open in the shortcut menu.
8.5.2 Acronis Secure Zone location If you are creating the Acronis Secure Zone, select a disk and its partition whose space will be used to create Acronis Secure Zone. You can also select free or unallocated space of other partitions, if these partitions are located on the selected disk. Note that the Acronis Secure Zone can be located on basic disks only; you cannot create it on dynamic disks and volumes.
8.5.4 Size of Acronis Secure Zone You can specify the size of the Acronis Secure Zone. The minimum size is about 50 MB, depending on the geometry of the hard disk. The maximum size is equal to the disk’s unallocated space plus the total free space on all partitions selected at the previous step. When creating/enlarging the Acronis Secure Zone, the program will first use the unallocated space.
Remove (p. 200) - choose this item if you want to remove the Acronis Secure Zone from your hard disk. Change password (p. 199) - choose this item if you want to change the password for accessing the Acronis Secure Zone. 8.5.5.1 Increase size Select the partitions from which space will be used to increase the size of Acronis Secure Zone. An unallocated space also might be selected. To select a partition: Select the appropriate partition's check box then, click Next. 8.5.5.
Click Next to continue. Acronis True Image 2014 repair or update will not affect the password. However, if the program is removed and then installed again while keeping the Acronis Secure Zone on the disk, the password to the Acronis Secure Zone will be reset. 8.5.5.4 Removing Acronis Secure Zone Select the partitions to which you want to add the space freed up from Acronis Secure Zone. If you select several partitions, the space will be distributed proportionally to each partition’s size.
8.5.6 Acronis Secure Zone summary The Acronis Secure Zone summary window displays a list of operations to be performed. Creating or managing the Acronis Secure Zone operations may require reboot. In that case, after clicking the Proceed button you will be asked to confirm the reboot. Click the Proceed button to start the listed operations. Click the Options button if you want to protect Acronis Secure Zone with a password. Click the Cancel button to exit the wizard without performing any operations. 8.
To transfer the system, you must first install the new disk in the computer. If your computer doesn't have a bay for another hard disk, you can temporarily install it in place of your CD drive. If that is not possible, you can clone a hard disk by creating a disk image and recovering it to a new hard disk with larger partitions. Warning! If you clone a disk with Windows to an external USB hard drive, you will not be able to boot from it. Windows does not support booting from external USB hard drives.
8.6.3 Selecting clone mode There are two transfer modes available: Automatic (recommended in most cases). In automatic mode, you will only have to take several simple actions to transfer all the data, including partitions, files and folders, to a newer disk, making it bootable if the original disk was bootable. Manual. Manual mode will provide more data transfer flexibility. Manual mode can be useful if you need to change the disk partition layout.
8.6.4 Selecting a source disk You can determine the source and destination using the information provided in this window (disk number, capacity, label, partition and file system information). If the program finds several partitioned disks, it will ask you which is the source (i.e. the older data disk). Acronis True Image 2014 does not support cloning of dynamic disks. Select the source disk and click Next to continue.
8.6.5 Selecting a destination disk After you select the source disk, you have to select the destination where the disk information will be copied to. The previously selected source becomes grayed-out and disabled for selection. Select the destination disk and click Next to continue. At this point, the program checks to see if the destination disk is free. If not, you will be prompted by the Conformation window stating that the destination disk contains partitions, perhaps with useful data.
Manual - you will specify a new size and other parameters yourself If you elect to transfer information "as is," a new partition will be created for every old one with the same size and type, file system and label. The unused space will become unallocated. Afterwards, you will be able to use the unallocated space to create new partitions or to enlarge the existing partitions with special tools, such as Acronis Disk Director Suite.
Along with the hard disk number, you can see disk capacity, the label, volume and file system information. Different volume types, including primary, logical and unallocated space are marked with different colors. To resize, change the volume type, change the label of the existing volume, right click on it, and select Edit in the shortcut menu. This will open the Partition Settings window.
If the cursor turns into two vertical lines with left and right arrows, it is pointed at the partition border and you can drag it to enlarge or reduce the partition's size. If the cursor turns into four arrows, it is pointed at the partition, so you can move it to the left or right (if there's unallocated space near it). Having provided the new location and size, click Accept. You will be taken back to the Change disk layout window.
Examples of exclusion criteria: You can enter explicit file names: C:\file.ext - the file.ext file on the C: disk will be excluded. You can use wildcard characters (* and ?): file.ext - all such files will be excluded from cloning. *.ext - all files with a .ext extension will be excluded. ??name.ext - all files with a .ext extension, having six letters in their names (starting with any two symbols (??) and ending with name), will be excluded.
will start cloning the old disk to the new disk, indicating the progress in a special window. You can stop this procedure by clicking Cancel. In that case, you will have to repartition and format the new disk or repeat the cloning procedure. After the cloning operation is complete, you will see the results message. 8.7 Adding a new hard disk If you do not have enough space for your data (e.g.
If there are any partitions on the new disk, they must be deleted first. If the added disk contains partitions, Acronis True Image 2014 will warn you by displaying the warning message. Click OK to delete the existing partitions on the added disk. You can also see the properties of all the hard disks installed in your system, for example, the name and the model of the selected disk drive, its capacity, file system and its interface.
8.7.2 Selecting initialization method Acronis True Image 2014 supports both MBR and GPT partitioning. GUID Partition Table (GPT) is a new hard disk partitioning method providing advantages over the old MBR partitioning method. If your operating system supports GPT disks, you can select the new disk to be initialized as a GPT disk. To add a GPT disk, click Initialize disk in GPT layout. To add an MBR disk, click Initialize disk in MBR layout.
partition letter and label. If you allocate all unallocated space on the disk to the new partition, the Create new partition button disappears. 8.7.3.1 Partition settings Specify the settings for the partition being created. Size You can resize and relocate the partition being created. If you want to resize the partition: Point the cursor at the partition border. If the cursor is pointed exactly at the partition border, it will change into two vertical lines with arrows on each side.
File System Choose the file system type for the partition being created. Different partitions may have different type of file system. You can either leave the partition unformatted, or choose between the following file system types: NTFS is a Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 native file system. Choose it if you use these operating systems. Note, that Windows 95/98/Me and DOS cannot access NTFS partitions.
When you finish to specify the settings for the partition being created, click Accept to continue. 8.7.4 Add new disk summary The Add new disk summary graphically (as rectangles) illustrates information about the new disk layout before and after partitioning. Click Proceed to start creating new partition(s). Click Cancel to cancel the procedure and quit to the main program window.
The space beyond 2 TB is displayed as Extended Capacity. You can enable Extended Capacity Disks, and once it is done, this space becomes visible to the operating system and ready for disk management operations. 1. To start Acronis Extended Capacity Manager, select the Tools and utilities tab and then click Acronis Extended Capacity Manager.
After allocating the space, you can temporarily switch off the Extended Capacity Disks by clicking Temporary switch off Extended Capacity Disks. This makes the Extended Capacity Disks invisible for disk management tools, though the disk space will remain allocated and you will be able to make these partitions visible again later. To do this, start the Acronis Extended Capacity Manager and then click Allocate space.
an exception and need to be erased before a new write operation can be performed. Due to hardware limitations, the erase operation on an SSD always affects a block of 512 KB. So, if you need to overwrite 60 KB of previously deleted data with another 60 KB, the contents of the entire block will be read from the SSD and stored in cache before the block is effectively erased. Then, the necessary data will be modified in the cached block. Finally, the entire block will be written back to the SSD.
other personal information that could be used to steal your identity if it fell into the wrong hands. This utility wipes them all completely away from the disk drive. The data destruction methods are described in detail in Hard Disk Wiping methods (p. 234) of this guide. In this section Acronis DriveCleanser ............................................................................219 File shredder ..........................................................................................
8.10.1.1 Data selection First, you must select the hard disk partitions where you want to destroy data. To select a partition, click the corresponding rectangle. You will see a red mark in the upper right corner indicating that the partition is selected. You can select an entire hard disk or several disks for data destruction. To do this, click the rectangle corresponding to the hard disk (with a device icon, disk number and capacity).
If the disks and/or partitions you have selected include the system disk or partition, you will see a warning window. Be careful, because clicking OK in this warning window and then Proceed in the Summary window will result in wiping the system partition containing your Windows operating system. 8.10.1.2 Algorithm selection Acronis DriveCleanser utilizes a number of the most popular data destruction algorithms. Select the desired algorithm from the drop-down list.
Acronis DriveCleanser offers you another useful capability — to estimate the results of executing a data destruction algorithm on a hard disk or partition. It features an integrated Disk Editor (hard disk browsing tool). The aforementioned algorithms offer various levels of confidential data destruction. Thus the picture you might see on a disk or partition depends on the data destruction algorithm. But what you actually see are disk sectors filled with either zeros or random symbols.
The window has the following legend: The first column of the list contains the type of operation on a disk (there are just two: to write a symbol to disk, "writing"; and to verify written, "verification"); the second column contains the pattern of data to be written to disk. The pattern to be written is always a hexadecimal value, for example, a value of this kind: 0x00, 0xAA, or 0xCD, etc. These values are 1 byte long, but they may be up to 512 bytes long.
In the same way, you can create any data destruction algorithm to match your security requirements. Saving custom algorithm In the next Saving Custom Algorithm window, you will be able to save the algorithm you have created. This will be useful if you are going to use it again. In order to save your algorithm, you need to give it a filename and define the path in the Select file field or locate an existing file on the disk. Each custom algorithm is stored in a separate file with its own name.
8.10.1.5 Disk Editor (read-only mode) Acronis DriveCleanser offers you another useful capability — to estimate the results of executing a data destruction method on a hard disk or partition. To view the state of your cleaned up disks or partitions, click the Tools & Utilities tab. Then click the View current state of your disks link and choose the partition whose cleaning results you wish to view. This opens an integrated Acronis Disk Editor (in read-only mode).
Go to sector You can go to the necessary sector according to its absolute offset by selecting the Go to… line in the Search menu (or by pressing the Alt+P key combination). Selecting this line opens the Go to… dialog window. The transition is performed by entering the absolute sector offset, or cylinder, head, and sector numbers.
Having selected the contents for shredding, click Next to continue. 8.10.2.2 Data destruction method selection File Shredder utilizes a number of the most popular data destruction methods. Here, you need to select the desired data destruction method. The data destruction methods are described in detail in Hard Disk Wiping Methods (p. 234) of this guide.
The progress bar indicates the level of completion of the selected operation. In some cases, the operation may take a long time to be completed. If this is the case, select the Shutdown the computer after completion check box. When the operation finishes, Acronis True Image 2014 will turn the computer off. 8.10.3 System Clean-up The System Clean-up wizard enables you to securely remove all traces of your PC actions stored by Windows.
After you start the wizard by selecting the Tools and utilities tab and then clicking System Clean-up, it will search for any traces of user actions stored by Windows. When the search is finished, its results will be available at the top of the wizard window. You can view the search results and manually select the items you wish to remove. If you want to change the default system clean-up settings, click the corresponding link in the first window of the System Clean-up wizard.
Find Computer list Find File list Recently Used Documents list Windows Run List Opened/saved files history User Credentials Windows Prefetch Directory 8.10.3.2 Default clean-up options The default clean-up options are available by clicking the Click to change this setting… link on the Data Destruction Method option page. To change the default clean-up options: Choose on the tree the component clean-up settings which you need to change.
Use common method - if you leave this parameter selected, the program will use the default method (the initial setting is Fast method). If you need another destruction method to be set as a default, click on the corresponding link. Use custom method for this component - selecting this parameter allows you to choose one of the preset data destruction methods from the drop-down list. The data destruction methods are described in detail in Hard Disk Wiping Methods (p. 234) of this guide.
Upon entering the Files setting value, you can browse the files matching the search strings. To do this, click Show Files. You will see a window with the names of the found files. These files will be cleaned. Drive free space Here you can manually specify physical and/or logical drives to clean up free space on. By default, System Clean-up cleans up free space on all available drives.
"Commands" setting Here you can select the commands to remove during Windows Run List clean-up. This template can contain any command names or their parts separated by semicolons, e.g.: *help; cmd; reg* This will result in removing commands with names corresponding to or containing any of the names or parts of names you entered. Network places filter Here you can enter (separated by semicolons) any hostnames or IP addresses of network places, servers, FTP servers, network shares, etc.
Expand the System Components item in the System Clean-up tree and make sure that the component you wish to clean up is selected. If you do not want to clean up a component, simply clear its check box. If required, you can dig deeper by expanding a component and selecting/unselecting its contents. Having specified the components for clean-up, click the Clean-up button to continue. Windows Vista and Windows 7 do not keep information on file and computer searches.
8.10.4.1 Functioning principles of Information wiping methods Physically, the complete wiping of information from a hard disk involves the switching of every elementary magnetic area of the recording material as many times as possible by writing specially selected sequences of logical 1's and 0's (also known as samples).
No. Algorithm (writing method) Passes Record nd 0xFF, 2 pass – 0x00, and then five times with a cryptographically secure pseudo-random sequence. 8. Fast 1 Logical zeros (0x00 numbers) to all sectors to wipe. 8.11 Mounting an image Acronis True Image 2014 offers mounting for images and exploring for both images and file-level backups. Exploring images and file-level backups lets you view their contents and copy the selected files to a hard disk.
2. Select the backup for mounting. If you selected a backup containing incremental images, you can select one of the successive incremental images (also called "backup versions") by its creation date/time. Thus, you can explore the data state at a certain moment. To mount an incremental image, you must have all previous backup versions and the initial full backup. If any of the successive backups are missing, mounting is not possible.
letters. If you would like to assign different drive letters to the partitions to be mounted, click Options. You can also select a letter to be assigned to the virtual disk from the Mount letter drop-down list. If you do not want to mount a partition, select Do not mount in the list or clear the partition's check box. 4.
8.12 Unmounting an image We recommend that you unmount the virtual disk after all necessary operations are finished, as maintaining virtual disks takes considerable system resources. If you do not unmount the disk, it will disappear after your computer is turned off. To disconnect the virtual disk, click Unmount image on the Tools and utilities tab, select the disk to unmount and click OK. If you have mounted several partitions, by default all of them will be selected for unmounting.
8.13.1.1 Converting Acronis backup Users of the Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Windows 7 can convert a tib image of the system partition into the vhd format if they want to use the converted vhd file for booting the operating system. Or, they may want to get the ability to mount images without using Acronis True Image 2014. To convert an Acronis disk image (tib file) to a vhd virtual disk: 1. Click Acronis backup conversion on the Tools and utilities tab. 2. Select the disk image to convert.
Do not move vhd files from the folder to where they were saved by Windows Backup (by default, the folder has the name "WindowsImageBackup"). Otherwise, the operating system may be unbootable after recovery of the system partition from the converted tib file. The virtual to physical conversion is done as follows: 1. Click Windows backup conversion on the Tools and utilities tab. 2. Select the vhd file to convert. 3. Specify the path to the tib file to be created.
3. After Acronis True Image 2014 starts, click the My Disks link under Recover on the Welcome screen. 4. Choose the vhd backup file to be used for recovery by its creation date. When the required vhd backup is not shown, click Browse, choose Windows Backup Archives (*.vhd) in the "Files of type" field and locate the backup for recovery.
maximum size. If the physical host partition of the .vhd file does not have enough free disk space for the maximum size of the dynamic VHD, the boot process will fail. Furthermore, you need to have additional space for the paging file (Pagefile.sys), as the paging file is created on the host partition outside the virtual one. Microsoft states that you should estimate approximately 5 GB of available space in addition to the maximum size of the .vhd file.
The settings content can be different depending on a backup type.
9 Troubleshooting In this section Acronis System Report ...........................................................................245 Acronis Smart Error Reporting ...............................................................246 How to collect crash dumps ...................................................................248 General recommendations ....................................................................248 Creating a custom rescue CD ..........................................................
3. To create the system report file, enter: SystemReport File SystemReport.zip will be created in the current folder. If you want to create the report file with a custom name, type the new name instead of : SystemReport.exe /filename: 9.2 Acronis Smart Error Reporting To help users with troubleshooting, the new releases of Acronis products employ the so called Acronis Smart Error Reporting.
This will open a confirmation window that lists the information to be sent via Internet to the Acronis Knowledge Base. Click OK to permit sending the information. If in future you would like to send such information without confirmation, select the Always send without confirmation check box. If you do not have Internet access when such an error message is shown (this may happen, for example, when booted from the rescue media), please write down the event code.
9.3 How to collect crash dumps Because a crash of Acronis True Image 2014 or Windows can be caused by different reasons, each crash case must be investigated separately. Acronis Customer Central would appreciate if you could provide the following information: If Acronis True Image 2014 crashes, please provide the following information: 1. A description of the exact sequence of steps performed before you encountered the issue. 2. Dr. Watson crash dump.
When your issue is an error encountered during Acronis True Image 2014 operation, the error message box will contain the Knowledge Base button. Clicking the button will take you to a Support KB article offering solution(s) for the issue that caused the error. The error message box will also have a link to the Acronis Support KB. This link may be useful when the KB does not have the appropriate article yet. Clicking the link will take you to a Web form.
After burning your custom rescue CD, test it to make sure that all your computer hardware is now detected in the recovery environment. 9.6 Viewing log Most Acronis True Image 2014 operations write their own entries in the logs. When issues with the operations occur, the log entries may provide information on their causes. The log can provide information, for example, about scheduled backup results, including causes for any failures.
interval on the calendar. To select, click the start date and then the end date while keeping the Shift key pressed. To view the logs for a specific event source, select the desired event source in the dropdown list below Event source:. You can select the following event sources: All - shows all logged events. All backups - shows logs for all your backups. All syncs - shows logs for all your synchronization. Backup validation - shows logs for the validation operation.
252 Choose Yes, I want to participate in the program if you want to join the program Choose No, I do not accept if you do not want to join the program Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2013
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10 Glossary of Terms A Acronis Secure Zone A secure partition for storing backups (p. 254) on a hard disk. Advantages: enables recovery of a disk to the same disk where the disk's backup resides offers a cost-effective and handy method for protecting data from software malfunction, virus attack, operator error eliminates the need for a separate media or network connection to back up or recover the data B Backup 1. The same as Backup operation (p. 254). 2.
Bootable media A physical media (CD, DVD, USB flash drive or other media supported by a machine BIOS as a boot device) that contains standalone version of Acronis True Image 2014.
Full backup version A self-sufficient backup version (p. 254) containing all data chosen for backup. You do not need access to any other backup version to recover the data from a full backup version. I Image The same as Disk backup (p. 255). Incremental backup 1. A backup method used for saving data changes that occurred since the last backup version (p. 254) (of any type) within a backup. 2. A backup process that creates an incremental backup version (p. 256).
version and the selected differential backup version. an incremental backup version (p. 256) the program validates the initial full backup version, the selected incremental backup version, and the whole chain (if any) of backup versions to the selected incremental backup version.
