Operation Manual

6 Using online backup

In this section

What is Acronis True Image Online? ...................................................... 123

Subscription information ....................................................................... 123

Backing up to Acronis Online Storage .................................................... 124

Managing online backups ...................................................................... 126

Online backup options ........................................................................... 127

Recovery from Online storage ............................................................... 132

Removing data from Online storage ...................................................... 134

6.1 What is Acronis True Image Online?

Acronis True Image Online is a service for safeguarding your most important files.

With Acronis True Image Online you can save important files to a secure remote location and recover

them when the need arises. Because files are stored on a remote storage, they are protected even if

your computer gets stolen or your house burns down. So the risk of data loss as a result of fire, theft,

or other natural disasters is practically eliminated. If something happens to your backup image, PC,

or external storage device, you can get your most important files back. If your computer crashes, you

can recover your files back to your PC or another system that has Acronis True Image Online

application or Acronis True Image Home 2012 installed on it.

You can also recover the data backed up to Acronis Online Storage by Acronis True Image Home 2010

and previous versions of Acronis True Image Online.

In addition, you can recover your data from Acronis Online Storage on any computer with a Web

browser without the necessity of installing Acronis True Image Online or Acronis True Image Home

2012. Simply go to the Acronis True Image Online Web site using this link

https://www.acronis.com/my/online-backup/ and log in to your account. When your subscription

information page opens, click Recover my data now. After the Acronis Online Storage page opens,

select the backup that contains the files you need to recover and then download the files to your

current computer.

You can save documents, photos, music, and more from up to five PCs on one account. If a computer

crashes, no problem... Just log in from another computer and retrieve your files.

6.2 Subscription information

Performing backups in Acronis Online Storage requires subscription to the Acronis True Image Online

service. To subscribe, start Acronis True Image Home 2012 and click the Subscribe to Acronis True

Image Online service link on the login window. This will open your Web browser and take you to the

main Acronis Web site to continue registration.

If you already have an Acronis account, type the e-mail address and password for that account under

"Log in to Your Account" to the right. You will be taken to your account page where you will be able

to subscribe to the Acronis True Image Online service.