User guide

1.3 About the trial product version

Before buying an Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 license, you may want to try the software. The trial

key required at installation can be obtained on the Acronis Web site.

Limitations of the trial version

The Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 trial version has the following limitation:

 The Universal Restore functionality is disabled.

Additional limitations for bootable media:

 The disk management functionality is not available. You can try the user interface, but there is no

option to commit the changes.

 The recovery functionality is available, but the backup functionality is not. To try the backup

functionality, install the software in the operating system.

Upgrading from trial to full product version

To upgrade from the trial version to the standard product you do not need to re-download the

software. When the trial period is over, the product GUI displays a notification requesting you to

specify a standard license key.

To specify the standard license key, use the Change License (p. 209) window in the management

console. Specifying the standard key by running the setup program is not possible.

1.4 Supported file systems

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 can back up and recover the following file systems with the

following limitations:

 FAT16/32

 NTFS

 Ext2/Ext3/Ext4

 ReiserFS3 - particular files cannot be recovered from disk backups located on Acronis Backup &

Recovery 11.5 Storage Node

 ReiserFS4 - volume recovery without the volume resize capability; particular files cannot be

recovered from disk backups located on Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Storage Node

 XFS - volume recovery without the volume resize capability; particular files cannot be recovered

from disk backups located on Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Storage Node

 JFS - particular files cannot be recovered from disk backups located on Acronis Backup &

Recovery 11.5 Storage Node

 Linux SWAP

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 can back up and recover corrupted or non-supported file systems

using the sector-by-sector approach.

1.5 Technical Support

Maintenance and Support Program

If you need assistance with your Acronis product, please go to http://www.acronis.eu/support/