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- Page 1 User's Guide TrueImage 6.0 Compute with confidence www.acronis.com...
- Page 2 Copyright © SWsoft, 2000-2002. All rights reserved. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. OS/2 is a registered trademarks of IBM Corporation. Windows and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their respective owners.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
NDIVIDUAL ILES A. P ..........36 PPENDIX ARTITIONS AND YSTEMS ..............36 ARTITIONS ................36 YSTEMS A.2.1 FAT16......................37 A.2.2 FAT32......................37 A.2.3 NTFS......................38 A.2.4 L 2 .....................38 INUX A.2.5 L 3 .....................38 INUX A.2.6 L FS ..................38 INUX EISER Acronis TrueImage... -
Page 4: Introduction
(hidden, system, etc.), Master Boot Record (MBR), File Allocation Table (FAT), and a root directory (Root). Acronis TrueImage software stores only the data sectors of a hard disk in its partition image. Acronis TrueImage software creates an archive file with a ’.tib’ extension. - Page 5 The conditions for Acronis TrueImage software usage are described in the «License agreement», included with this package. The supplied registration card is the confirmation of your legal purchase and usage of Acronis TrueImage on your system. Each registration card has its own unique registration number.
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Page 6: Chapter 1. Installing Acronis Trueimage And Getting Started
• free disk space for archive files. Installation To install the Acronis TrueImage: 1. Insert the Acronis TrueImage installation CD into CD-ROM drive and start the installation procedure. 2. Carefully follow the installation program instructions on the screen. 3. After making your installation choices and copying of Acronis... -
Page 7: Repairing/Upgrading Acronis Trueimage
After installation of Acronis TrueImage is completed, you should restart your computer. Repairing/Upgrading Acronis TrueImage In order to upgrade or repair your software, start the TrueImage installation program again. It will determine that TrueImage was already installed on your computer and will ask you if you want to restore (update) the program or completely remove it from disk. -
Page 8: Starting Work With Acronis Trueimage
Almost all Acronis TrueImage windows are Wizard pages. Starting Work with Acronis TrueImage Acronis TrueImage software runs in different modes during disk/partition image creation or restoration, in case of a serious system malfunction or disk filing structure damage. -
Page 9: Chapter 2. Creating Disk/Partition Images
Acronis TrueImage software starts with the welcome page. The next wizard window will offer you to select an action to perform with the help of Acronis TrueImage. There are three actions available: • create an image of a disk partition and/or the whole hard disk drive (a group of partitions, several partitions);... -
Page 10: Selecting Partitions To Image
Selecting Partitions to Image In the next Selecting Partitions to Image window you will see the structure of the disks connected to your PC. Click a rectangle representing a partition to select it. As a result this rectangle will become underlined red. You’ll be able to consequently select several hard disk partitions and/or different disks. -
Page 11: Image Archive Location
Image Archive Location In the next Image Archive Location window you’ll need to select a type of a device to create a disk/partition image. Acronis TrueImage supports three device types: • hard disks, • network disks, • removable media – CD-R/RW, DVD+RW, Iomega Zip, Iomega Jaz, magneto-optical, and other drives. - Page 12 If an archive file with the entered filename already exists in the chosen folder, you’ll be prompted about it by Acronis TrueImage with a question if you want to create a new file with the same name, that is to delete an old archive file and create a new one instead.
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Page 13: Compression Level
Certainly, the optimal compression level depends on the type of files, stored on a disk/partition, and can only be determined empirically. Image’s data compression level Acronis TrueImage... -
Page 14: Image Archive Splitting
20 GB, 40 GB, and higher capacities! Hence the maximal file size can be easily exceeded at creating an archive file. In this case Acronis TrueImage will automatically split an archive file into separate volumes. -
Page 15: Protecting An Archive File With A Password
When you try to restore a password protected partition (disk) from an image, stored in an archive file, Acronis TrueImage will prompt you to enter it into the appropriate window and won’t allow restoring it by a person without this password. -
Page 16: Image Archive Comments
Image Archive Comments In the next window you’ll be able to provide an archive file with any comment that may include any information on the PC and its user, the hard disk, partition data, image creation time, and any peculiarities and conditions. -
Page 17: An Archive File Creation Script
Acronis TrueImage. A partition (disk) image creation script is created first, and then it’s executed. Now Acronis TrueImage software is ready to perform a procedure of image creation in an archive file. If you click , you’ll be able to select other Back partitions and/or disks for image creation, other compression level, etc. -
Page 18: Chapter 3. Restoring A Disk/Partition From An Image
(on a hard disk or removable media). After you ran the software from a diskette or a CD and got to Acronis TrueImage welcome window, the further steps should not be of any difficulty to you. -
Page 19: Selecting An Archive File
Selection window. Selecting an action: restore a partition In the next window Acronis TrueImage will show you the complete list of storage devices connected to your PC, including hard disks as well as any other storage drives. You’ll be able to navigate the files and folders tree, using standard Windows controls, to find the archive file with the image of a partition to be restored and select it by clicking. - Page 20 Next So, if an archive file is protected with a password, Acronis TrueImage will prompt you for it in the next window. You won’t be able to move to the next wizard page, i.e. to continue the restoration without entering a password, as key will be disabled.
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Page 21: Selecting A Partition To Be Restored
Selecting a partition to be restored from an archive file You can select several partitions and/or disks for restoration during a session of Acronis TrueImage, but you’ll have to do it in turns, i.e. select one partition (disk) and set restoration parameters for it first, and then repeat this for all other. -
Page 22: Selecting A Destination Partition
D: data in an archive file. You would like this data to be restored to the logical drive E: on a new hard disk. Acronis TrueImage software allows to do this as well. In the Restored Partition Location window click a partition, to which you’d like to restore the data to. -
Page 23: Selecting The Restored Partition Type And File System
In case you are restoring a system partition, you should select either the active or primary type for it. Selecting the restored partition type Acronis TrueImage software allows to similarly change a partition file system at restoration. Let’s assume you are restoring a partition from a low capacity disk with the FAT16 file system to a new higher capacity hard disk. - Page 24 Acronis TrueImage software is flexible enough to let you do this. You’ll be able to change the size and disk location of a partition to be restored in the following window.
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Page 25: Resizing A Partition
(not smaller than the space occupied with its data.) Resizing a partition Having changed partition size and location if needed, click to continue. Next Having restored a partition, Acronis TrueImage will «map» its contents, stored in an archive file, to a logical drive. Acronis TrueImage... -
Page 26: Selecting A Partition Letter
Windows operating system uses Roman alphabet letters for disk and partition identification. Letters are automatically assigned during OS boot process. Acronis TrueImage software lets you assign any unoccupied letter to a partition (logical drive) to be restored under Windows NT/2000/XP. To do this, set the switch to Yes, I want to assign a logical drive letter to the restored partition on the following page and select a letter from the drop-down list. -
Page 27: Selecting The Next Partition To Be Restored
This time the upper right corner of a rectangle representing the partition, which you have already worked with, will be ticked off. You’ll be able to select the next partition to be restored and to perform actions, described above. Acronis TrueImage... -
Page 28: Partition Restoration Script Window
So, you’ll finally get a script again, but this time for restoring a partition from an image instead of creating an image in an archive file. Partition restoration script window Now Acronis TrueImage software is ready for partition restoration. If you click , you’ll be able to select other partitions and/or disks for restoration, Back rethink partition size changes, its type and file system selection, in other words to change any restoration parameters. -
Page 29: Partition Restoration Peculiarities
This means the following. Operating system blocks logical drives for some low-level operations that Acronis TrueImage tries to perform to restore a partition. In particular, some application might work with this partition data. Therefore, it is necessary to close all applications before restoring a partition. -
Page 30: Peculiarities Of Restoration From Removable Media
3.10 Peculiarities of Restoration from Removable Media Restoring a partition (disk) from removable media is as easy as restoring it from a hard disk. However please pay close attention to the procedure outlined below. If your partition (hard disk) image has been split into several volumes written on CD-R/RW, DVD+RW or other removable discs, you should first insert the last disc you created (this is called the Master volume). -
Page 31: Chapter 4. Restoring Individual Files
Chapter 4. Restoring Individual Files As it has been said before, Acronis TrueImage software works with both hard disk partitions, and the whole disks. In particular, you can store images of several partitions or even disks in an archive file. However, if you have only one or several files damaged (or accidentally deleted!) on the partition, it would be inefficient to entirely restore it. - Page 32 As in case of the whole disk partition (disk) restoration, the next window of Acronis TrueImage will offer you the full list of storage devices, connected to your PC, which you will have to browse for the archive file with the necessary partition image.
- Page 33 (Drive letter for the selected partition drop-down list). If you want to change the letter assigned by default, you should select a partition first by clicking it and then select a letter. (You can then select another partition and letter if needed, etc.) Acronis TrueImage...
- Page 34 In the next window you’ll see the temporary logical drive connection script. The drive connection script window If you do not have any doubts regarding the selected partitions (and its letter), click to continue. Proceed You’ll find out a Windows window opened right after the message window, with the contents of the connected drive (partition, stored in an archive file): The Windows window with the temporary connected logical drive Now you can easily copy any file (or file folder) from the connected logical...
- Page 35 Windows window. As a result this disk will disappear. Additionally, having run Acronis TrueImage, you’ll find out another button in the operation selection window – Unplug temporary logical drives. A new operation in the Action Selection window After selecting this operation and clicking , you’ll see the list of...
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Page 36: Appendix A. Partitions And File Systems
However, this does not mean that you can install only 4 different operating systems. Modern software disk managers allow the installation of many more operating systems. For example, the Acronis OS Selector 5.0 Deluxe disk manager to install up to 100 operating systems on one hard disk! -
Page 37: Fat16
FAT32 is the necessity to support large (larger than 8 gigabytes) hard disks and the inability to build any more complex file system into MS-DOS, which is still in the core of Windows 95/98/ME. Maximum FAT32 file system size is 2 terabytes. Acronis TrueImage... -
Page 38: Ntfs
A.2.3 NTFS NTFS file system is the main file system for Windows NT/2000/XP. Its structure is closed, so no other operating system fully supports. Main structure of NTFS is the MFT (Master File Table). NTFS stores a copy of the critical part of the MFT to reduce the possibility of data damage and loss.