User`s guide

case validation of a system disk backup is best performed in the recovery environment, as you

will use the recovery environment when recovering the system partition or disk.

9. If you wish, provide comments to the backup. You will also be able to add comments later.

10. Click Proceed to start the backup.

It is extremely important to validate the system disk backup before trying to recover, because

Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup deletes the original partition(s) on the disk before starting

recovery and if it finds a problem with the backup file during recovery, you are left with nothing. It is

even better to try system disk recovery to a spare hard drive, if you have one.

6.3.3 Backing up a data partition or disk

Your personal data (MS Office documents, financial documents, pictures, music, videos, etc.) require

protection in no less degree than your operating system. Such data is better kept separately from

your operating system and applications on a dedicated partition or disk. This speeds up data partition

or disk image backup, as well as recovery. It is recommended to perform data disk backup in

Windows, because in most cases Windows drivers for storage devices operate better and faster than

the respective Linux drivers used in the recovery environment. In addition, recovery of data disks and

partitions usually occurs in Windows. Let's create a data disk backup task in Windows.

Attach the external drive if it is to be used as the backup destination and make sure that the drive is powered

on. This must be done before starting Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup.

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

2. Select the box of your data partition or disk on the What to back up screen.

3. Choose a target archive for the backup task 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. Data_disk.tib. When you store

different backup archives in the same location, e.g. on an external drive, you may want to create

a new folder when creating a new backup archive. To do this, click Create new folder in the

toolbar, then assign a meaningful name to the folder.

4. 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.

5. Choose a backup method. For a more detailed explanation of the methods see Full and

incremental backups (p. 13). Let's reiterate that selection of the backup method may depend on

the desired backup strategy.

6. Set the options for the backup task being created. For example, you can choose to validate the

backup right immediately after its creation, though it can be done later.

7. If you wish, provide comments to the backup. You will also be able to add comments later.

8. Click Proceed when you are satisfied with the backup task settings.

If you have not included validation into the backup task settings, it is strongly recommended to

validate the backup later – by performing the validation task manually. You should get into the habit

of validating your backups.

6.3.4 Backing up to a network share

With Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup you can back up your data to a network share. This may

be desirable, for example, when you have a file server and want to use it for backing up data from

PCs in your home network. Depending on your backup strategy, you may want to back up just files