User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 What is Acronis® True Image™?
- 1.2 New in this version
- 1.3 Backups created in Acronis True Image 2020 or later
- 1.4 System requirements and supported media
- 1.5 Installing Acronis True Image 2021
- 1.6 Activating Acronis True Image 2021
- 1.7 Trial version information
- 1.8 Upgrading Acronis True Image 2021
- 1.9 Technical Support
- 2 Getting started
- 3 Basic concepts
- 3.1 Basic concepts
- 3.2 The difference between file backups and disk/partition images
- 3.3 Full, incremental and differential backups
- 3.4 Deciding where to store your backups
- 3.5 Using Acronis Nonstop Backup
- 3.6 Backup file naming
- 3.7 Integration with Windows
- 3.8 Wizards
- 3.9 FAQ about backup, recovery and cloning
- 4 Backing up data
- 4.1 Backing up disks and partitions
- 4.2 Backing up files and folders
- 4.3 Backing up mobile devices
- 4.4 Backing up Office 365 data
- 4.5 Backup options
- 4.5.1 Scheduling
- 4.5.2 Backup schemes
- 4.5.3 Notifications for backup operation
- 4.5.4 Excluding items from backup
- 4.5.5 Image creation mode
- 4.5.6 Backup protection
- 4.5.7 Pre/Post commands for backup
- 4.5.8 Backup splitting
- 4.5.9 Backup validation option
- 4.5.10 Backup reserve copy
- 4.5.11 Removable media settings
- 4.5.12 Error handling
- 4.5.13 File-level security settings for backup
- 4.5.14 Computer shutdown
- 4.5.15 Acronis Cloud cleanup
- 4.5.16 Online backup protection
- 4.5.17 Performance of backup operation
- 4.5.18 Selecting a data center for backup
- 4.5.19 Laptop power settings
- 4.5.20 Wi-Fi networks for backup to Acronis Cloud
- 4.6 Operations with backups
- 4.6.1 Backup operations menu
- 4.6.2 Backup activity and statistics
- 4.6.3 Sorting backups in the list
- 4.6.4 Replicating backups to Acronis Cloud
- 4.6.5 Validating backups
- 4.6.6 Backup to various places
- 4.6.7 Adding an existing backup to the list
- 4.6.8 Cleaning up backups, backup versions, and replicas
- 4.6.9 Removing data from Acronis Cloud
- 5 Recovering data
- 5.1 Recovering disks and partitions
- 5.2 Recovering files and folders
- 5.3 Searching backup content
- 5.4 Recovery from Acronis Cloud
- 5.5 Recovering Office 365 data
- 5.6 Recovery options
- 6 Archiving data
- 7 Protecting family data
- 8 Antivirus and antimalware protection
- 9 Synchronizing data
- 10 Disk cloning and migration
- 11 Tools
- 11.1 Acronis Media Builder
- 11.2 Making sure that your bootable media can be used when needed
- 11.3 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager
- 11.4 Try&Decide
- 11.5 Acronis Secure Zone
- 11.6 Adding a new hard disk
- 11.7 Security and Privacy Tools
- 11.8 Mounting an image
- 11.9 Unmounting an image
- 11.10 Working with .vhd(x) files
- 11.11 Importing and exporting backup settings
- 11.12 Acronis Universal Restore
- 12 Troubleshooting
- 13 Glossary of Terms
- Acronis Active Protection
- Acronis Drive
- Acronis Notary
- Acronis Secure Zone
- Acronis Startup Recovery Manager
- Archive
- Archiving operation
- Backup
- Backup operation
- Backup settings
- Backup version
- Backup version chain
- Bootable media
- Data synchronization
- Differential backup
- Differential backup version
- Disk backup (Image)
- Full backup
- Full backup version
- Image
- Incremental backup
- Incremental backup version
- Mobile backup
- Nonstop backup
- Nonstop protection
- Notarization
- Notarized backup
- Notarized file
- Online backup
- Recovery
- Suspicious process
- Sync
- Validation
- Version of synced file
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12. When recovery is complete, exit the standalone version of Acronis True Image 2021, remove the
bootable media. Boot from the recovered system partition. After you check that you have
recovered Windows to the state you need, restore the original boot order (p. 100).
5.5 Recovering Office 365 data
Acronis True Image 2021 allows you to protect your personal Office 365 account from losing your
e-mail messages, files and folders, profile information, and other data. When you have a cloud
backup of your account data, you can browse it and recover specific items.
What items can be recovered?
The following items can be recovered from a mailbox backup:
Entire mailbox
E-mail messages
Attachments
The following items can be recovered from a OneDrive backup:
Entire OneDrive
Any files and folders that were backed up
Recovering Office 365 data
To browse and recover your data:
1. Open Online Dashboard by doing one of the following:
Follow the link: https://cloud.acronis.com.
On the sidebar of Acronis True Image 2021, click Account, and then click Open Online
Dashboard.
2. Sign in to your Acronis account.
3. On the sidebar, click Resources, find the Office 365 backup box, and then click Recover.
4. Browse a list of your backups. If needed, use the filter to find a backup by content.
5. After selecting a backup, click Recover..., and choose the data that you want to restore:
Entire OneDrive or specific files and folders.
Entire mailbox or specific messages.
When you choose to recover specific items, the Online Dashboard opens the list of the
backed-up items. You can browse them, view their contents, and use search to find a specific
item (not available for some data types).
After selecting items, you can choose an operation to perform (depending on data type, some
operations may be unavailable):
Show content—click to view the item details or open it in full size.
Send as email—click to send the message to selected recipients.
Show versions—click to view the versions of the item.
Recover—click to specify a location for the items that you recover. You can also recover
sharing permissions for some items.
Download—click to download the selected file.
6. Click Start recovery.










