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Table of contents
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Introduction ..........................................................................................................................6
1.1 What is Acronis® True Image WD Edition? ................................................................................ 61.2 Acronis True Image WD Edition basic concepts ........................................................................ 61.3 System requirements and supported media ............................................................................. 8
1.3.1
Minimum system requirements .................................................................................................................... 8
1.3.2
Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................ 8
1.3.3
Supported file systems .................................................................................................................................... 9
1.3.4
Supported storage media ............................................................................................................................... 9
2
Acronis True Image WD Edition installation and startup ........................................................ 10
2.1 Installing Acronis True Image WD Edition ...............................................................................102.2 Running Acronis True Image WD Edition .................................................................................102.3 Removing Acronis True Image WD Edition ..............................................................................11
3
General information and proprietary Acronis technologies ................................................... 12
3.1 Disk/partition images...............................................................................................................123.2 Full backup ...............................................................................................................................123.3 Backup file naming conventions ..............................................................................................123.4 Viewing disk and partition information ...................................................................................133.5 Acronis DriveCleanser ..............................................................................................................133.6 Booting from system image tib files ........................................................................................14
4
Preparing for disaster recovery ............................................................................................ 15
4.1 How to best prepare for a disaster ..........................................................................................15
4.1.1
Recommendations for testing that your backups can be used for recovery............................................ 15
4.1.2
Additional recommendations....................................................................................................................... 16
4.2 Testing bootable rescue media ...............................................................................................164.3 Creating a custom rescue CD ...................................................................................................18
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Getting to know Acronis True Image WD Edition ................................................................... 20
5.1 Program workspace .................................................................................................................205.2 Main screens ............................................................................................................................215.3 Options screen .........................................................................................................................24
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Creating backup archives ..................................................................................................... 26
6.1 Preparing for your first backup ................................................................................................266.2 Deciding what data to back up ................................................................................................266.3 Some typical backup scenarios ................................................................................................27
6.3.1
Backing up a system partition ...................................................................................................................... 27
6.3.2
Backing up an entire system disk ................................................................................................................. 27
6.3.3
Backing up a data partition or disk .............................................................................................................. 29
6.3.4
Backing up to a network share ..................................................................................................................... 29
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Additional backup features .................................................................................................. 31
7.1 Backup Wizard – detailed information ....................................................................................31
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