Operation Manual

3.11.12 Backup comment

This option allows you to add comments to the backup. Backup comments may help you to find the

necessary backup later.

If a backup does not have comments, type your comment in the comments area. When a comment

already exists, you can edit it after clicking Edit.

Note that by default the comment will be assigned to all versions of the backup. You can edit the

comment of a specific backup version in Backup Explorer.

3.11.13 Screenshot settings

Along with backup comments, screenshots help you to recognize a previous data state you need to

recover. Acronis True Image Home 2012 allows you to take screenshots at the moment of starting a

disk or partition backup. To enable the option, select the Take screenshot upon a disk backup start

check box. The screenshots will be shown in Backup Explorer on the Disks and partitions tab. Every

screenshot corresponds to its own disk backup version. Thus, switching between the backup versions

on the time line, you will see different screenshots and will be able to find the required backup

version faster.

3.11.14 Error handling

When the program encountered an error while performing backup, it stops the backup process and

displays a message, waiting for a response on how to handle the error. If you set an error handling

policy, the program will not stop the backup process and warn you about an error with a message,

but will simply handle the error according to the set rules and continue working.

You can set the following error handling policy:

 Do not show messages and dialogs while processing (silent mode) (the preset is disabled) - You

can enable this setting to ignore errors during backup operations. This feature was mainly

designed for unattended backups when you cannot control the backup process. In this mode no

notifications will be displayed to you if errors occur during backup. Instead you can view the

detailed log of all operations after the backup process finishes.

 Ignore bad sectors (the preset is disabled) - This option is present only for disk and partition

backups. It lets you run a backup even if there are bad sectors on the hard disk. Although most

disks do not have bad sectors, the possibility that they might occur increases during the course of

the hard disk's lifetime. If your hard drive has started making strange noises (for example, it

starts making quite loud clicking or grinding noises during operation), such noises may mean that

the hard drive is failing. When the hard drive completely fails, you can lose important data, so it

is high time to back up the drive as soon as possible. There may be a problem though – the failing

hard drive might already have bad sectors. If the Ignore bad sectors check box is left unselected,

a backup is aborted in case of read and/or write errors that could occur on the bad sectors.

Selecting this box lets you run a backup even if there are bad sectors on the hard disk ensuring

that you save as much information from the hard drive as possible.

 When not enough space in ASZ, delete the oldest backup (the preset is enabled) - When this

setting is disabled and there is not enough space in the Acronis Secure Zone for the backup file

being created, the program will display a dialog warning you that the zone is full and will require

your action. The backup is suspended until you take a desired action and this makes unattended