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You can activate True Image 2013 either on your computer or from another computer, if your
computer is not connected to the Internet.
Activation on a computer connected to the Internet
If your computer is connected to the Internet, you can activate the product either automatically or
from within the program.
To activate the product automatically:
1. Start the installation procedure. See details in True Image 2013 installation.
2. At the Serial number step, select the Activate True Image 2013 automatically check box. In this
case True Image 2013 will try to perform activation during the first start after installation.
To activate the product from the main screen:
1. Start True Image 2013.
2. On the main program screen, click Activate now on the information bar.
If the computer where you install True Image 2013 does not have Internet connection or if the
program cannot connect to Acronis Activation Server, you may select one of the following actions:
Try again - select this option to try to connect to the Acronis Activation Server again;
Retry automatically later - True Image 2013 will try to connect to the Acronis Activation
Server every hour without the user interaction;
Activate from another computer - you can activate the program manually from another
machine that is connected to the Internet (see below).
Activation from another computer
If your computer is not connected to the Internet, you may activate True Image 2013 by using
another computer which has connection to the Internet.
To activate the product from another computer:
1. Install and start True Image 2013.
2. On the main program screen, click Activate now on the information bar.
3. In the opened window, select Activate from another computer.
4. In the True Image 2013 Activation window, perform 3 simple steps:
1. Save your installation code to a file by clicking the Save to file button, and specify a
removable media as the file location (for example, a USB flash drive). You may also simply
write down this code on a piece of paper.
2. On another computer which has the Internet connection, go to
http://www.acronis.com/activation/. The instructions on the screen will help you to get your
activation code by using the installation code. Save the obtained activation code to a file on a
removable media, or write it down on paper.
3. On your computer, click the Load from file button and specify a path to the file with the
activation code; or, simply type it into the box from the piece of paper.
5. Click Activate.
Moving license between computers
One serial number allows you to install True Image 2013 on a limited number of computers. The
Standard edition of the product can be activated on 1 computer only. For the Family Pack edition the
limit is 3 computers. If during activation True Image 2013 detects that the limit is exceeded, it
