Operation Manual

backup, the program copies both used and unused hard disk sectors and the backup file will

usually be significantly larger.

 Will my system disk backup include drivers, documents, pictures, etc.? - Yes, such a backup will

contain the drivers, as well as the contents of the My documents folder and its subfolders, if you

kept the default location of the My documents folder. If you have just a single hard disk in your

PC, such a backup will contain all of the operating system, applications and data.

 I have an old hard disk drive which is almost full in my notebook. I purchased a new bigger

HDD. How can I transfer Windows, programs and data to the new disk? - You can either clone

the old hard disk on the new one or back up the old hard disk and then recover the backup to a

new one. The optimum method usually depends on your old hard disk partitions layout.

 I want to migrate my old system hard disk to an SSD. Can this be done with Acronis True Image

2016? - Yes, Acronis True Image 2016 provides such a function. For procedure details, see

Migrating your system from an HDD to an SSD

 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. It could be your data

saver if something goes wrong with your original hard disk during cloning. For example, there

were cases when users chose the wrong disk as the target and thus wiped their system disk. In

addition, you can make more than one backup to create redundancy and increase security.

 What should I back up: a partition or the whole disk? - In most cases, it is better to back up the

whole disk. However, there may be some cases when a partition backup is advisable. For

example, your notebook has a single hard disk with two partitions: system (disk letter C) and the

data (disk letter D). The system partition stores your working documents in the My documents

folder with subfolders. The data partition stores your videos, pictures, and music files. Such files

are already compressed and backing them up using Acronis True Image 2016 would not give you

significant reduction of the backup file size. In this case, it may be better to use a local sync for

the data partition files and a separate backup for the system partition. However, we also

recommend creating at least one whole disk backup if your backup storage has enough space.

 Could you tell me how to clone: in Windows or after booting from the rescue media? Even

when you start cloning in Windows, the computer will reboot into the Linux environment the

same as when booting from the rescue media. Because of this, it is better to clone under rescue

media. For example, there may be a case when your hard disk drives are detected in Windows

and not detected in Linux. If this is the case, the cloning operation will fail after reboot. When

booting from the rescue media, you can make sure that Acronis True Image 2016 detects both

the source and target disks before starting the cloning operation.

 Can I clone or back up and recover a dual boot machine? Yes, this is possible in most cases. If

your systems are installed in separate partitions of the same physical hard disk drive, cloning or

recovery usually proceeds without any problems. If the systems are on different physical hard

disk drives, there may be some problems with bootability after recovery.

 Does Acronis True Image 2016 support RAID? - Acronis True Image 2016 supports hardware

RAID arrays of all popular types. Support of software RAID configurations on dynamic disks is also

provided. Acronis Bootable Rescue Media supports most of the popular hardware RAID

controllers. If the standard Acronis rescue media does not "see" the RAID as a single volume, the

media does not have the appropriate drivers. In this case you can try to create WinPE-based

rescue media. This media may provide the necessary drivers.