Operation Manual

• Manage Hard Disks – clone disk (i.e. transfer the OS, applications and data from the

old disk to the new one) or mark out partitions on a new hard disk added for data

storage with the OS and applications kept on the old one

• Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager – activate the boot restoration

manager (F11 key)

• Manage System Restore – turn on/off Microsoft Windows System Restore tool and set

its options directly from Acronis True Image Home

• Create Bootable Rescue Media – run the bootable media creation procedure

Program menu

The program menu bar features the Operations, View, Tools and Help items.

The Operations menu contains a list of the available operations, including scheduling tasks.

The View menu contains items for managing the program window look:

• Toolbars – contains commands that control toolbar icons

• Common Task Bar – enables/disables the sidebar

• Status Bar – enables/disables the status bar

The Tools menu contains the following items:

• Manage Acronis Secure Zone – create, delete and resize a special hidden partition for

storing archives (Acronis Secure Zone)

• Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager – activate the boot restoration

manager (F11 key)

• Explore Backup Archive – explore file-level archives or mount disk/partition images as

virtual drives

• Validate Backup Archive – run the archive integrity-checking procedure

• Create Bootable Rescue Media – run the bootable media creation procedure

• Show Log – open the Log Viewer window

• Options – open a window for editing default backup/restore options, setting text

appearance (fonts), configuring e-mail/Winpopup notifications etc

The Help menu is used to invoke help and obtain information about Acronis True Image

Home.

Status bar

At the bottom of the main window, there is a status bar divided into two parts. The left side

briefly describes the selected operation; the right side indicates operation progress and

results. If you double-click on the operation results, you will see the logs window.

Taskbar notification area icon

During most of the operations, a special indicator icon appears in the Windows taskbar

notification area (the right portion of the status bar with the clock). If you mouse over the

icon, you will see a tool tip indicating the operation’s progress. This icon doesn’t depend on

the main program window being open. It is present for background execution of scheduled

tasks as well.