Archive Protection; Source Files Exclusion; Pre/Post Commands - ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE 9.1 - WORKSTATION User Manual

6.3.1 Archive protection

The default setting – no password.
An archive can be protected with a password. To protect the archive from being restored by
anybody except you, enter a password and its confirmation into the text fields. A password
should consist of at least eight symbols and contain both letters (in the upper and lower
cases preferably) and numbers to make it more difficult to guess.
If you try to restore data from a password-protected archive, or append an
incremental/differential backup to such an archive, Acronis True Image Workstation will ask
for the password in a special window, allowing access only to authorized users.

6.3.2 Source files exclusion

The default setting – all files from the selected folders will be included into the
archive.
You can set the default filters for not to back up files of specific types. For example, you may
want hidden and system files and folders, as well as files with .~, .tmp and .bak
extensions, not to be stored in the archive.
You can also apply custom filters, using the common Windows masking rules. For example,
to exclude all files with extension .exe, add *.exe mask. My???.exe mask will reject all .exe
files with names, consisting of five symbols and starting with "my".
This option is effective for file/folders backup only. When creating a disk/partition image, you
cannot filter out any files.

6.3.3 Pre/post commands

You can specify commands or batch files to be automatically executed before and after the
backup procedure
. For example, you may want to remove some tmp files from the disk
before starting backup or configure a third-party antivirus product to be started each time
before the backup starts. Click Edit to open the Edit Command window where you can
easily input the command, its arguments and working directory or browse folders to find a
batch file.
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