Operation Manual

Having provided the required information, click Connect.

7.3 Making sure that your rescue media can be used

when needed

To maximize the chances of your computer's recovery, you must test that your computer can boot

from the rescue media. In addition, you must check that the rescue media recognizes all your

computer's devices, such as the hard drives, the mouse, the keyboard and network adapter.

If you purchased a boxed version of the product that has a bootable CD, please test this CD.

To test the rescue media

If you use external drives for storing your backups, you must attach the drives before booting from the rescue

CD. Otherwise, the program might not detect them.

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 Acronis True Image Home (Full version).

If your wireless mouse does not work, try to replace it with a wired one. The same recommendation applies

to the keyboard.

If you do not have a spare mouse or keyboard, contact Acronis Support. They will build a custom rescue CD

that will have drivers for your models of the mouse and keyboard. Please be aware that finding the

appropriate drivers and making the custom rescue CD may take some time. Furthermore, this may be

impossible for some models.

4. When the program starts, we recommend you try recovering some files from your backup. A test

recovery allows you to make sure that your rescue CD can be used for recovery. In addition, you

will check that the program detects all the hard drives you have in your system.