5 Getting to know Acronis True Image Home .......................................................................... 32
5.1 Program workspace ................................................................................................................ 32
5.2 Acronis One-click Backup ........................................................................................................ 33
5.3 Main screens ........................................................................................................................... 35
5.4 Options screen ........................................................................................................................ 37
6 Creating backup archives ..................................................................................................... 39
6.1 Preparing for your first backup ............................................................................................... 39
6.2 Deciding what data to back up ............................................................................................... 39
6.3 Some typical backup scenarios ............................................................................................... 40
6.3.1 Backing up a system partition ....................................................................................................................... 40
6.3.2 Backing up an entire system disk ................................................................................................................. 41
6.3.3 Backing up a data partition or disk ............................................................................................................... 43
6.3.4 Backing up files/folders ................................................................................................................................. 44
6.3.5 Backing up to a network share ..................................................................................................................... 45
7 Acronis Nonstop Backup ...................................................................................................... 47
7.1 What is Acronis Nonstop Backup ............................................................................................ 47
7.2 Enabling and setting up Acronis Nonstop Backup .................................................................. 47
7.3 Using Acronis Nonstop Backup ............................................................................................... 49
7.4 Recovering partitions protected with Acronis Nonstop Backup ............................................. 50
7.5 Recovering files protected with Acronis Nonstop Backup ...................................................... 51
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 ........................................................................................................ 57
8.5 Setting online backup options................................................................................................. 58
8.5.1 Connection attempts ..................................................................................................................................... 59
8.5.2 Storage connection speed ............................................................................................................................ 59
8.5.3 Storage cleanup ............................................................................................................................................. 60
8.5.4 Proxy settings ................................................................................................................................................. 61
8.6 Recommendations on selecting data for storing online ......................................................... 61
9 Additional backup features.................................................................................................. 63
9.1 Making reserve copies of your backups .................................................................................. 63
9.2 Archive to various places ........................................................................................................ 65
9.3 Backup Wizard – detailed information ................................................................................... 68
9.3.1 Selecting what data to back up..................................................................................................................... 68
9.3.2 Selecting archive location ............................................................................................................................. 70
9.3.3 Scheduling ...................................................................................................................................................... 71
9.3.4 Backup method .............................................................................................................................................. 71
9.3.5 Selecting what to exclude ............................................................................................................................. 74
9.3.6 Selecting the backup options ........................................................................................................................ 75
9.3.7 Setting automatic consolidation ................................................................................................................... 75
9.3.8 Providing a comment .................................................................................................................................... 76