User`s guide

Table of contents
1 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................6
1.1 What is Acronis® True Image OEM Quick Backup? ................................................................... 6
1.2 Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup basic concepts ............................................................ 6
1.3 New in Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup ........................................................................ 8
1.4 System requirements and supported media ............................................................................. 8
1.4.1 Minimum system requirements .................................................................................................................... 8
1.4.2 Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................ 9
1.4.3 Supported file systems .................................................................................................................................... 9
1.4.4 Supported storage media ............................................................................................................................... 9
2 Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup installation and startup ............................................ 10
2.1 Installing Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup ...................................................................10
2.2 Running Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup ....................................................................10
2.3 Activating Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup .................................................................11
2.4 Upgrading Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup .................................................................11
2.5 Removing Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup .................................................................12
3 General information and proprietary Acronis technologies ................................................... 13
3.1 Disk/partition images...............................................................................................................13
3.2 Full and incremental backups ..................................................................................................13
3.3 Backup file naming conventions ..............................................................................................14
3.4 Viewing disk and partition information ...................................................................................15
3.5 Booting from system image tib files ........................................................................................15
4 Preparing for disaster recovery ............................................................................................ 16
4.1 How to best prepare for a disaster ..........................................................................................16
4.1.1 Recommendations for testing that your backups can be used for recovery............................................ 16
4.1.2 Additional recommendations....................................................................................................................... 17
4.2 Testing bootable rescue media ...............................................................................................17
4.3 Creating a custom rescue CD ...................................................................................................19
5 Getting to know Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup ....................................................... 21
5.1 Program workspace .................................................................................................................21
5.2 Main screens ............................................................................................................................22
5.3 Options screen .........................................................................................................................25
6 Creating backup archives ..................................................................................................... 27
6.1 Preparing for your first backup ................................................................................................27
6.2 Deciding what data to back up ................................................................................................27
6.3 Some typical backup scenarios ................................................................................................28
6.3.1 Backing up a system partition ...................................................................................................................... 28
6.3.2 Backing up an entire system disk ................................................................................................................. 28
6.3.3 Backing up a data partition or disk .............................................................................................................. 30
6.3.4 Backing up to a network share ..................................................................................................................... 30