User`s guide

Suppose you have a full backup of your PC on an external hard disk, but want to make one more

backup copy of the system to keep it in a different location from the first one for added security.

However, you do not have one more external hard disk, and a USB stick would not accommodate

such a large backup. Using Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup you can make a reserve backup

copy on blank DVD-R/DVD+R discs, which are very cheap nowadays. The program can split large

backups into several files that together form the original backup. If you have enough space on your

PC's hard disk, you can first create a backup archive consisting of multiple files with a specified size

on the hard disk and burn the archive to DVD+R discs later on. To specify the split file size, select

Fixed size mode for Archive splitting and enter the desired file size or select it from the drop-down

list.

If you do not have enough space to store the backup on your hard disk, select Automatic and create

the backup directly on DVD-R discs. Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup will split the backup

archive automatically and will ask you to insert a new disc when the previous one is full.

Creating backups directly on CD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW might take considerably more time than it

would on a hard disk.

8.3.2.3 Archive validation

Validate backup archive when it is created

The preset is disabled.

When enabled, the program will check the integrity of the just created or supplemented archive

immediately after backup. When setting up a backup of critical data or a disk/partition backup, we

strongly recommend you to enable the option to ensure that the backup can be used to recover lost

data.