User Guide

Acronis TrueImage Deluxe
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 5
1. INSTALLING AND STARTING WORK WITH ..................................................
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CRONIS TRUEIMAGE DELUXE ............................................................... 14
1.1 ACRONIS TRUEIMAGE DELUXE SYSTEM PACKAGE ................................... 14
1.2 INSTALLATION ........................................................................................... 14
1.3 REPAIRING ACRONIS TRUEIMAGE DELUXE .............................................. 23
1.4 REMOVING THE SOFTWARE ....................................................................... 24
1.5 USER INTERFACE ....................................................................................... 24
1.5.1 TERMINOLOGY ...................................................................................................24
1.5.2 USER INTERFACE BASICS ....................................................................................24
1.5.3 WINDOWS........................................................................................................... 25
1.5.4 DIALOGS AND CONTROLS...................................................................................27
1.5.5 INFORMATIVE ELEMENTS ...................................................................................33
1.5.6 SPECIAL DIALOG TYPES .....................................................................................34
1.6 RUNNING ACRONIS TRUEIMAGE DELUXE SOFTWARE .............................. 35
1.7 FINISHING THE WORK WITH ACRONIS TRUEIMAGE DELUXE SOFTWARE .. 35
2. CREATING DISK/PARTITION IMAGES ....................................................... 36
2.1 CREATING A DISK/PARTITION IMAGE ON A HARD DISK ............................. 36
2.1.1 WELCOME PAGE .................................................................................................36
2.1.2 SELECTING AN OPERATION .................................................................................37
2.1.3 SELECTING PARTITIONS FOR IMAGE CREATION ...................................................38
2.1.4 IMAGE DEVICE TYPE ...........................................................................................39
2.1.5 A PARTITION/DISK ARCHIVE FILE........................................................................40
2.1.6 IMAGE’S DATA COMPRESSION LEVEL ..................................................................43
2.1.7 CREATING ARCHIVE VOLUMES ...........................................................................43
2.1.8 PROTECTING AN ARCHIVE FILE WITH A PASSWORD.............................................45
2.1.9 COMMENTING AN ARCHIVE FILE ......................................................................... 46
2.1.10 IMAGE CREATION SCRIPT .................................................................................. 47
2.1.11 CREATING AN IMAGE ........................................................................................48
2.1.12 FINISHING IMAGE CREATION.............................................................................49
2.2 CREATING A DISK/PARTITION IMAGE ON REMOVABLE MEDIA................... 49
2.2.1 SELECTING A PARTITION AND AN OPERATION .....................................................49
2.2.2 SELECTING A REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE ............................................................... 49
2.2.3 THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS ..................................................................................50
2.2.4 THE SCRIPT WINDOW ..........................................................................................52
2.2.5 THE SCRIPT PROGRESS ........................................................................................52
3. RESTORING A DISK/PARTITION FROM AN IMAGE .................................... 54
3.1 RESTORING A PARTITION (DISK) ................................................................ 54
3.1.1 SELECTING AN ACTION: RESTORE A PARTITION/DISK..........................................54
3.1.2 SELECTING AN ARCHIVE FILE..............................................................................55
3.1.3 ENTERING A PASSWORD...................................................................................... 57
3.1.4 ARCHIVE FILE PARTITIONS..................................................................................57
3.1.5 DESTINATION PARTITION .................................................................................... 58
3.1.6 EXCLUSIVE PARTITION ACCESS...........................................................................59
3.1.7 PARTITION TYPE (PRIMARY/LOGICAL) ................................................................60
3.1.8 FILE SYSTEM.......................................................................................................61
3.1.9 CHANGING SIZE OF A PARTITION TO BE RESTORED..............................................62
3.1.10 SELECTING A LETTER FOR A PARTITION TO BE RESTORED .................................64
3.1.11 THE NEXT PARTITION/DISK TO BE RESTORED .................................................... 65