User`s guide

The subsequent description is made under the assumption that you boot from your bootable rescue

media and the program "sees" all your hard drives and other storage devices in the recovery

environment. See Testing bootable rescue media.

Attach the external drive if it is to be used for backup storage and make sure that the drive is powered on. This

must be done before booting from Acronis rescue media.

1. Arrange the boot sequence in BIOS so as to make your rescue media device (CD, DVD or USB

stick) the first boot device. See Arranging boot sequence in BIOS (p. 91).

2. Boot from the rescue media and select Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup (Full version).

3. Click the My Disks link under Back Up on the Welcome screen.

4. Select the system disk as the source for backup by checking the appropriate disk box (this will

select all partitions on the disk, including the hidden ones).

5. Choose a target archive for the backup being configured – you can either add a new backup to an

existing archive or create a new one. Choose the backup location and assign a name to the

backup to be created. It is better to use meaningful names, e.g. Disk1_full.tib.

6. Carefully read the Summary of actions to be performed during backup and click Proceed if you

are satisfied with the backup task settings, otherwise click Options on the Summary screen to

change the settings.

7. Select a backup method. For a more detailed explanation of the methods see Full and

incremental backups (p. 13). When performing backups in the recovery environment many users

prefer full backups, though you may choose another method depending on your needs.

8. Set the backup options. When backing up in the recovery environment you must set the options

manually for each backup task. You can encrypt the backup for data protection and select a

compression level (the program shows estimated backup sizes for each level). You can also

choose to validate the backup immediately after its creation, though it can be done later. In any