User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Installing Acronis TrueImage and Getting Started
- Creating Disk/Partition Images
- Restoring a Disk/Partition from an Image
- Selecting an Archive File
- Selecting a Partition to Be Restored
- Selecting a Destination Partition
- Selecting the Restored Partition Type and File System
- Resizing a Partition
- Selecting a Partition Letter
- Selecting the Next Partition to Be Restored
- Partition Restoration Script Window
- Partition Restoration Peculiarities
- Peculiarities of Restoration from Removable Media
- Restoring Individual Files
- Appendix A. Partitions and File Systems
Chapter 1. Installing Acronis TrueImage
and Getting Started
1.1 Acronis TrueImage System Package
Acronis TrueImage system package includes:
• an installation disc,
• this guide,
• license agreement,
• registration card,
• advertising materials.
1.2 System Requirements
To take full advantage of Acronis TrueImage one should have:
• a PC-compatible computer with a Pentium CPU or similar,
• 32 MB RAM,
• a floppy or a CD-RW drive,
• VGA monitor,
• a mouse (recommended),
• free disk space for archive files.
1.3 Installation
To install the Acronis TrueImage:
1. Insert the Acronis TrueImage installation CD into CD-ROM drive and
start the installation procedure.
2. Carefully follow the installation program instructions on the screen.
3. After making your installation choices and copying of Acronis
TrueImage files onto your hard disk, you will be offered to create a
bootable diskette or CD-R/W (you may omit this step if you have
purchased the boxed product that contains a bootable CD). While
TrueImage creates disk images in Windows, it might be necessary to
run restoration procedure from a bootable diskette or CD-R/W.
Therefore it is strongly recommended you create either of them. You
can also create the bootable diskette or CD-R/W when the set-up
process is finished.
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