Operation Manual

Online backup

Data archiving

Feature purpose

Data protection from operating system

corruption, hardware failures, and loss

of separate files.

Cleanup of local storage device and

moving data to Acronis Cloud.

Data protection

 Overall protection of all data on a

computer, especially an operating

system.

 Protection of frequently used files.

Protection of rarely used and old files,

mostly your personal documents,

photographs, and so on.

Source data selection

Manual selection.

Source data handling

The source data is kept in the original

location.

The source data is deleted from the

original location. This gives you a

guarantee that your data will not get into

the wrong hands if your hard drive or

laptop is stolen.

Data change frequency

The data to back up is changed

frequently. Usually a backup has many

versions updated from time to time.

The data to archive is changed rarely. The

files have few versions.

6.3 Archiving your data

Data archiving helps you free up your storage space by moving your old or rarely used files to Acronis

Cloud. Refer to What is data archiving for details.

To archive your data:

1. Start Acronis True Image 2016, and then go to the Archive section.

2. [Optional step] To learn basics of the data archiving feature, view the Getting Started slides.

3. To select files to archive, do one of the following:

 Drag the files to the Archive screen (for example, from Finder).