5 Getting to know Acronis True Image Home ........................................................................... 31
5.1 Program workspace .................................................................................................................31
5.2 Acronis One-click Backup .........................................................................................................32
5.3 Main screens ............................................................................................................................34
5.4 Options screen .........................................................................................................................36
6 Creating backup archives ..................................................................................................... 38
6.1 Preparing for your first backup ................................................................................................38
6.2 Deciding what data to back up ................................................................................................38
6.3 Some typical backup scenarios ................................................................................................39
6.3.1 Backing up a system partition ...................................................................................................................... 39
6.3.2 Backing up an entire system disk ................................................................................................................. 40
6.3.3 Backing up a data partition or disk .............................................................................................................. 42
6.3.4 Backing up files/folders ................................................................................................................................. 43
6.3.5 Backing up to a network share ..................................................................................................................... 44
7 Acronis Nonstop Backup ...................................................................................................... 46
7.1 What is Acronis Nonstop Backup .............................................................................................46
7.2 Enabling and setting up Acronis Nonstop Backup ...................................................................46
7.3 Using Acronis Nonstop Backup ................................................................................................48
7.4 Recovering partitions protected with Acronis Nonstop Backup .............................................49
7.5 Recovering files protected with Acronis Nonstop Backup ......................................................50
7.6 Managing Acronis Nonstop Backup storage ............................................................................52
8 Online backup ...................................................................................................................... 53
8.1 Creating an Online backup account .........................................................................................53
8.2 Backing up to Acronis Online Storage......................................................................................54
8.3 Recovering data from Online Storage .....................................................................................56
8.4 Managing Online Storage ........................................................................................................58
8.5 Setting online backup options .................................................................................................59
8.5.1 Connection attempts .................................................................................................................................... 59
8.5.2 Storage connection speed ............................................................................................................................ 60
8.5.3 Storage cleanup ............................................................................................................................................. 61
8.5.4 Proxy settings ................................................................................................................................................ 61
8.6 Recommendations on selecting data for storing online..........................................................62
9 Additional backup features .................................................................................................. 63
9.1 Making reserve copies of your backups ..................................................................................63
9.2 Archive to various places .........................................................................................................64
9.3 Backup Wizard – detailed information ....................................................................................67
9.3.1 Selecting what data to back up .................................................................................................................... 68
9.3.2 Selecting archive location ............................................................................................................................. 69
9.3.3 Scheduling ...................................................................................................................................................... 71
9.3.4 Backup method ............................................................................................................................................. 71
9.3.5 Selecting what to exclude ............................................................................................................................. 73
9.3.6 Selecting the backup options ....................................................................................................................... 74
9.3.7 Setting automatic consolidation .................................................................................................................. 74
9.3.8 Providing a comment .................................................................................................................................... 75
