User`s guide

3.4 Backing up files and folders

To back up files and/or folders, click File backup on the main screen. This will open the File Backup

window.

Let's consider how to use this backup type for backing up a folder.

1. Select the folder on the directory tree in the What to back up area. The right side will show the

folder contents with all the files and subfolders selected. There you can unselect the files you do

not need to back up, if any.

2. Select a destination for backup (you can leave the default destination or browse for a destination

after clicking the down arrow to the right of the current destination and selecting Browse...).

When the backup destination is any removable media (USB, BD, DVD...), the Make this media

bootable check box appears. Leaving the check box selected will result in creating a bootable

recovery environment on the removable media and adding a standalone Acronis True Image

Home 2011 Netbook Edition version. You will be able to run Acronis True Image Home 2011

Netbook Edition from the removable media and recover the backed up data even on a crashed

computer that cannot boot.

3. By default the program will assign the name of the folder to be backed up to the backup, but if

you would like to assign another name, type the name in the Backup name field.

You can also add useful information to the backup name. To do so, click the down arrow to the

right of the destination and click Browse.... Select the items you want to add in the right field of

the File name line:

 add date - the backup creation date will be added

 add time - the backup creation time will be added

 add user name - the current user name will be added

 add machine name - the computer name will be added