User's Manual

6. Creating backup archives ........................................................................................ 35
6.1. Preparing for your first backup ......................................................................................... 35
6.2. Deciding what data to back up .......................................................................................... 35
6.3. Some typical backup scenarios ......................................................................................... 36
6.3.1. Backing up a system partition ................................................................................................................ 36
6.3.2. Backing up an entire system disk ........................................................................................................... 37
6.3.3. Backing up a data partition or disk ........................................................................................................ 39
6.3.4. Backing up files/folders .......................................................................................................................... 40
6.3.5. Backing up to a network share .............................................................................................................. 41
7. Online backup ......................................................................................................... 43
7.1. Creating an Online backup account .................................................................................. 43
7.2. Recommendations on selecting data for storing online ................................................... 43
7.3. Backing up to Acronis Online Storage ............................................................................... 44
7.4. Recovering data from Online Storage ............................................................................... 46
7.5. Managing Online Storage .................................................................................................. 48
7.6. Setting online backup options ........................................................................................... 49
7.6.1. Connection attempts ............................................................................................................................. 49
7.6.2. Storage connection speed ..................................................................................................................... 50
7.6.3. Storage cleanup ...................................................................................................................................... 50
7.6.4. Proxy settings ......................................................................................................................................... 51
8. Additional backup features ..................................................................................... 52
8.1. Making reserve copies of your backups ............................................................................ 52
8.2. Archive to various places .................................................................................................. 54
8.3. Backup Wizard – detailed information ............................................................................. 57
8.3.1. Selecting what data to back up.............................................................................................................. 57
8.3.2. Selecting archive location ...................................................................................................................... 59
8.3.3. Scheduling .............................................................................................................................................. 61
8.3.4. Backup method ...................................................................................................................................... 61
8.3.5. Selecting what to exclude ...................................................................................................................... 63
8.3.6. Selecting the backup options ................................................................................................................. 64
8.3.7. Setting automatic consolidation ............................................................................................................ 64
8.3.8. Providing a comment ............................................................................................................................. 65
8.3.9. The backup process ................................................................................................................................ 66
8.4. Fine-tuning your backups .................................................................................................. 66
8.4.1. Backup options ....................................................................................................................................... 66
8.4.2. Local storage settings ............................................................................................................................. 70
8.4.3. Creating a custom data category for backups....................................................................................... 72
9. Data recovery with Acronis True Image Home 2010 Netbook Edition ...................... 74
9.1. Recovering your system partition ..................................................................................... 74
9.2. Recovering a disk backup to a different capacity hard disk .............................................. 75
9.2.1. Recovering a disk without a hidden partition ....................................................................................... 76
9.2.2. Recovering a disk with a hidden partition ............................................................................................. 77
9.3. Recovering a data partition or disk ................................................................................... 79
9.4. Recovering files and folders .............................................................................................. 80
9.4.1. Recovering files and folders from file archives ..................................................................................... 80
9.4.2. Recovering files and folders from image archives ................................................................................ 82