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for the locations of previous backups during data recovery, in the case when the selected backup

archive does not contain the files you want to recover (or contains only a part of them).

9.3 Backup Wizard – detailed information

Here we give detailed information on all steps of the Backup Wizard. Let's go through all the steps:

1. Start Acronis True Image Home.

Click Backup on the sidebar, then select Disk and Partition Backup or File Backup in the right pane

depending on what you want to back up.

Backup Wizard allows you to perform the following backups:

Disk and Partition Backup (image backup of any set of disks/partitions)

My Data (file-level backup of any set of files, folders, or entire file categories)

System State (file-level backup of the boot files, registry, protected Windows files, and COM+ CLASS

registration database). Backing up the System state allows you to recover the system files, drivers,

etc., but not the data files and folders you use in your work. For more information on the System

State backup see Microsoft TechNet article Backing Up and Restoring Data.

My E-mail (file-level backup of Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, and Windows Mail

settings and messages).

My Application Settings (file-level backup of Windows applications settings)

File-level backup operations are supported only for the FAT and NTFS file systems.

Selecting a backup type starts the Backup Wizard, which will guide you through the steps of creating

a backup task. Depending on the backup type chosen, the number of steps in the Backup Wizard may

change. For example, in case of backing up the System State, the program backs up predefined data

and requires the minimum number of settings for configuring a backup task.

After you finish configuring a backup task, it can be started immediately if you do not unselect the

Run task now box prior to clicking Proceed.

9.3.1 Selecting what data to back up

When the Backup Wizard screen appears, select what data to back up (in case of choosing the

System State, this step will be omitted).

Disk and Partition Backup - select the disks or partitions to back up. You can select a random set of

disks and partitions. The wizard's right pane shows the hard drives of your computer. Selecting a

hard drive results in selecting all partitions on that drive. If a hard drive has more than one partition,

you may want to select individual partitions for backing up. To do so, click on the Down arrow at the

right of the drive's line. Select the desired partition(s) in the displayed partition list. By default the

program copies only the hard disk sectors that contain data. However, sometimes it might be useful

to make a full sector-by-sector backup. For example, perhaps you deleted some files by mistake and

want to make a disk image before trying to undelete them because sometimes un-deleting may

create havoc in the file system. To make a sector-by-sector backup, select the Back up sector-by-

sector (requires more storage space) box. Please note that this mode increases processing time and

usually results in a larger image file because it copies both used and unused hard disk sectors. In

addition, when configuring a sector-by-sector backup of a complete hard disk you can include in the