Preparing for recovery

a) scan the computer for viruses if you suspect that the crash occurred due to a virus or malware attack.

b) test Acronis bootable rescue media (if you have not done this yet). For more information see Testing bootable rescue media.

c) boot from the rescue media and validate the backup you want to use for recovery. This is necessary, because there have been user reports that a backup that has been successfully validated in Windows is declared corrupted when being validated in the recovery environment. This may be due to the fact that Acronis True Image Home 2011 uses different device drivers in Windows and in the recovery environment. If Acronis True Image Home 2011 considers the backup corrupted, it will not proceed with recovery.

Preparing for recovery