Acronis True Image Home 2011 installation

Installing Acronis True Image Home 2011

To install Acronis True Image Home 2011:

  1. Run the setup file. Before starting the setup process, Acronis True Image Home 2011 will check for the newer build on the Web site. If there is one, the newer version will be offered for installation.
  2. In the install menu, click on the Install Acronis True Image Home 2011 to launch the installation procedure.
  3. Read and accept the terms of the license agreement in the License Agreement window.
  4. Read the participation terms and decide whether you want to participate in the Acronis Customer Experience Program.
  5. In the Serial Number window:
    • Enter the serial number – Type, or copy and paste the serial number in the text box.

      You can also install a trial version of the product, that will work for a limited time. To obtain a trial serial number, go to http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/ and click Free Trial button. Then login to your account and receive a download link and a trial serial number by e-mail.

  6. In the Setup Type window, choose the setup type:
    • Typical – installs most common program features (recommended for most users).
    • Custom – allows users to choose program components to install (Rescue Media Builder) and select the setup location (recommended for advanced users).

      With Rescue Media Builder you can create bootable rescue disks. You might not need this tool if you purchased a boxed product that contains a bootable CD. Installing the Bootable Rescue Media Builder will allow you to create bootable media or its ISO image at any time from the main program window or running Bootable Rescue Media Builder on its own.

    • Complete – all program features will be installed (requires the most disk space).
  7. In the Select Administrators Options window, choose the program availability: Install for all users that share this computer or Install for the current user only.
  8. Click Proceed to begin installation. To make changes in the setup, use the Back and Next buttons.

Note

  • If you purchased a boxed product, the installation CD contains an installation file for installing Acronis True Image Home 2011 safe version and an Acronis True Image Home 2011 plug-in for the BartPE utility. The safe version does not include USB, PC Card, or SCSI drivers (recommended for use on rare occasions where problems running the full version occur). After installation, Acronis True Image Home 2011 safe version will appear as one of the components to be offered by Acronis Media Builder for placing on the bootable media and you will be able to add Acronis True Image Home 2011 safe version when creating your bootable rescue media.
  • BartPE (Bart Preinstalled Environment) is a bootable Windows CD/DVD created from the original Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation/setup CD. Applications are installed into BartPE in the form of plug-ins and the Acronis True Image Home 2011 plug-in can be included into the BartPE plug-in tab. Booting from the BartPE CD/DVD with the included Acronis True Image Home 2011 plug-in will allow you to work in a well-known Windows environment and use practically all Acronis True Image Home 2011 functionality for recovering your system from a disaster. For more information on the BartPE visit the BartPE homepage at http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/.
  • You can also download that installation file from the Acronis Web site.

Recovering from an Acronis True Image Home 2011 error

If Acronis True Image Home 2011 ceased running or produces errors, its files might be corrupted. To repair this problem, you first have to recover the program. To do this, run Acronis True Image Home 2011 installer again. It will detect Acronis True Image Home 2011 on your computer and will ask you if you want to repair or remove it.

Removing Acronis True Image Home 2011

Select Start -> Settings -> Control panel -> Add or remove programs -> Acronis True Image Home 2011 -> Remove. Then follow the instructions on the screen.

If you use Windows Vista, select Start -> Control panel -> Programs and Features -> Acronis True Image Home 2011 -> Remove. Then follow the instructions on the screen. You may have to reboot your computer afterwards to complete the task.

If you use Windows 7, select Start -> Control Panel -> Uninstall a program -> Acronis True Image Home 2011 -> Uninstall. Then follow the instructions on the screen. You may have to reboot your computer afterwards to complete the task.

Extracting Acronis True Image Home 2011

When installing Acronis True Image Home 2011, you can save the setup (.msi) file on a local or network drive. This will help when modifying or recovering the existing component installation.

To save the setup file:

  1. In the install menu, right click on Install Acronis True Image Home 2011 and select Extract.
  2. Select the location where you want to save the setup file and click the Save button.

The following .msi file will be extracted: AcronisTrueImage.msi.

Installing, recovering and removing Acronis True Image Home 2011 using msiexec.exe utility

Recovering or updating the existing Acronis True Image Home 2011 installation with use of the .msi file must be done from the command line as follows:

  1. Choose Start -> Run.
  2. Type cmd.
  3. When the command-line interpreter window opens, type the following command:

    msiexec /i path_to_msi_file\msi_file_name.msi REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus.

  4. After the install wizard window opens, choose Typical, Custom or Complete installati
    on for repairing or changing the program’s components.

Upgrading from old versions of Acronis True Image Home

If you already have Acronis True Image Home installed, the new version will simply update it; there is no need to remove the old version and reinstall the software.

Please keep in mind that the backups created by the later program version may be incompatible with the previous program versions, so if you roll back Acronis True Image Home 2011 to an older version, you likely will have to re-create the archives using the older version. We strongly recommend that you create new bootable media after each Acronis True Image Home upgrade.

Acronis True Image Home 2011 installation