User`s guide

5 Using Acronis Online Backup

In this section

What is Acronis True Image Home 2011 Online Backup? ....................... 83

Subscription information ......................................................................... 83

Backing up to Acronis Online Storage ...................................................... 84

Recovery from Online Storage ............................................................... 105

Removing data from Online Storage ...................................................... 108

Viewing Log ............................................................................................ 109

5.1 What is Acronis True Image Home 2011 Online

Backup?

Acronis True Image Home 2011 Online Backup is an application that allows you to use Acronis Online

Backup service for safeguarding your most important files.

Acronis True Image Home 2011 Online Backup allows you to save important files to a secure remote

location and recover them when the need arises. Because files are stored on a remote storage, they

are protected even if your computer gets stolen or your house burns down. So the risk of data loss as

a result of fire, theft, or other natural disasters is practically eliminated. If something happens to your

backup image, PC, or external storage device, you can get your most important files back. If your

computer crashes, you can recover your files back to your PC or another system that has Acronis

True Image Home 2011 Online Backup or Acronis True Image Home 2011 Netbook Edition installed

on it.

In addition, you can recover your data from Acronis Online Storage on any computer with a Web

browser without the necessity of installing True Image Home 2011 Online Backup or Acronis True

Image Home 2011 Netbook Edition. Simply go to the Acronis Online Backup Web site using this link

https://www.acronis.com/my/online-backup/ and log in to your account. When your subscription

information page opens, click Recover my data now. After the Acronis Online Storage page opens,

select the computer from which you backed up the files you need to recover and then download the

files to your current computer.

You can save documents, photos, music, and more from up to five PCs on one account. If a computer

crashes, no problem... Just log in from another computer and retrieve your files.

5.2 Subscription information

Performing backups in Acronis Online Storage requires subscription to the Online Backup service. To

subscribe, start Acronis True Image Home 2011 Online Backup and click the Subscribe to Online

Backup service link on the login window. This will open your Web browser and take you to the main

Acronis Web site to continue registration.

If you already have an Acronis account, type the e-mail address and password for that account under

"Log in to Your Account" to the right. You will be taken to your account page where you will be able

to subscribe to the Online Backup service.