Operation Manual

1 Introduction

In this section

What is Acronis® True Image™ 2016? ....................................................... 6

New in this version ..................................................................................... 6

System requirements and supported media ............................................. 7

Installing Acronis True Image 2016 .......................................................... 10

Activating Acronis True Image 2016 ........................................................ 10

Trial version information .......................................................................... 12

Upgrading Acronis True Image 2016 ........................................................ 12

Technical Support .................................................................................... 13

1.1 What is Acronis

True Image™ 2016?

Acronis True Image 2016 is an integrated software suite that ensures the security of all of the

information on your PC. It can back up your documents, photos, email, and selected partitions, and

even the entire disk drive, including operating system, applications, settings, and all of your data.

Backups allow you to recover your computer system should a disaster occur, such as losing data,

accidentally deleting critical files or folders, or suffering a complete hard disk crash.

Online Backup allows you to store your files and disks on Acronis Cloud. Your data will be protected

even if your computer is lost, stolen, or destroyed, and your data can be entirely recovered onto a

new device, if needed.

Key features:

 Disk backup to a local storage and to Acronis Cloud (p. 38)

 File backup to a local storage and to Acronis Cloud (p. 39)

 Rescue bootable media (p. 115)

 Hard disk cloning (p. 106)

 Data archivhing (p. 91)

 Family data protection (p. 94)

 File synchronization (p. 96)

 Security and privacy tools (p. 114)

Getting started

Learn how to protect your computer with two simple steps: "Protecting your system (p. 14)".

1.2 New in this version

 Family data protection—A modern family often has more than one computer (PC, Mac) and

several tablets and smartphones. And usually there is a family member who is more experienced

in technology than the others. With the new web application, your family IT administrator can:

 Control the current statuses of all backups and synchronizations on all family devices.

 Manually start any backup on any computer.