Operation Manual

• Validate backup archives wherever they reside, be it local, network or

removable media

Click Validate Backup Archive in the Tools group on the sidebar, then follow the wizard’s

instructions. You can also access this wizard via the Backup Archives category. See details

11.1 Validating backup archives

• Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager

Click Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager in the Tools group on the sidebar,

then follow the wizard’s instructions. See details in

3.4 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager

• Explore any archive’s contents and restore individual files from any archive

Click Explore and Validate Backup Archives in the Tools group or select the Backup

Archives category on the sidebar to navigate to the Manage Backup Archives window. Then

select Explore Backup Archive and follow the wizard’s instructions. See details in

12.1

Exploring an archive

• Mount partitions’ images to explore and modify their contents, or to restore

individual files

Click Explore and Validate Backup Archives in the Tools group or select the Backup

Archives category on the sidebar to navigate to the Manage Backup Archives window. Then

select Mount Image and follow the wizard’s instructions. See details in

12.2 Mounting an

image

• Unmount previously mounted partition images

Click Explore and Validate Backup Archives in the Tools group or select the Backup

Archives category on the sidebar to navigate to the Manage Backup Archives window. Then

select Unmount Image and follow the wizard’s instructions. See details in

12.3

Unmounting an image

• Transfer the system to a new hard disk

Click Manage Hard Disks in the Tools group or select the Hard Disks Management

category on the sidebar to navigate to the Manage Hard Disks window. Then select Clone

Disk and follow the wizard’s instructions. See

Chapter 13. T ansferring the system to a new

disk

• Format partitions on a new hard disk

Click Manage Hard Disks in the Tools group or select the Hard Disks Management

category on the sidebar to navigate to the Manage Hard Disks window. Then select Add

New Disk and follow the wizard’s instructions. See

Chapter 14. Adding a new hard disk

• Turn on/off Windows System Restore tool

Click Manage System Restore in the Tools group and follow the wizard’s instructions.See

11.4 Managing System Restore

• Create bootable rescue media or its ISO image

See

Chapter 10. Creating bootable media