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2. Decide on the media (p. 211) that you will send.
3. Attach the media to the machine you are going to back up. Alternatively, you can back up to a
local or network folder and then copy/move the backup to the media.
4. Start Acronis Backup & Recovery 11, click Create backup plan and create a backup plan on this
machine:
 Under What to back up, select disks, volumes or files/folders you want to back up.
 Under Where to back up, specify Online Backup Storage.
 In Backup scheme, select Initial seeding. Specify the said media as the backup destination.
 [Optional, but strongly recommended] Enable backup encryption in Backup options >
Archive protection.
The backup starts immediately after you click the final OK.
5. [Optional] If you want to add backups from another machine, attach the media to that machine
and perform the same steps. You need a separate Initial Seeding license for each machine that
you want to back up.
6. Package (p. 212) the media along with a prepaid return shipping label and send it to Acronis by
physical mail. The address is available on your account management Web page > Initial Seeding /
Recovery tab > Orders in process > Initial Seeding orders > Datacenter address.
7. On the same Web page, mark the order as "shipped" and track (p. 214) the order status.
8. Once you observe that the backup has been uploaded on the online storage, you can edit the
backup plan to do incremental backups:
 In Backup scheme, select Run now, Manual start for manual backups or Simple for
scheduled backups.
 For Simple, specify the schedule and (optionally) the retention rule.
 Click Save.
When started manually or on schedule, your backup plan will add incremental backups to the
initial backup stored in the online storage.
11.1.6.9 How to package a hard drive for shipment?
It is very important that your hard drive be packaged carefully. Careful packaging will protect your
drive from any damage during shipment.
Hard drive types
Acronis accepts hard disk drives of the following interface types: IDE, ATA, SATA, USB connected
drives.
SCSI drives are not accepted.
Packaging
If possible, use the original packaging. Otherwise, packaging materials can be obtained at any
shipping outlet or stationary store. You should also include all necessary cables or adapters to the
drive. Acronis will not be able to process your initial seeding request if there are no cables included.
The following are instructions about how to package your hard disk drive.