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• Getting started
  • Introduction
    • What is Acronis® True Image Home 2011™?
    • What is Acronis True Image Home 2011 Plus Pack?
    • Acronis True Image Home 2011 basic concepts
    • New in Acronis True Image Home 2011
    • System requirements and supported media
      • Minimum system requirements
      • Supported operating systems
      • Supported file systems
      • Supported storage media
    • Technical Support
    • Trial version information
  • Acronis True Image Home 2011 installation
  • Getting to know Acronis True Image Home 2011
    • Welcome screen
      • Acronis One-Click Backup
        • What personal data is protected by One-Click Backup
      • Backup assistant
    • Main screen
    • Tools & Utilities screen
    • Wizards and notification area icons
    • Acronis Backup Explorer
      • Disks and partitions tab
      • Files and folders tab
      • Time line
    • Integration with Windows 7
      • Integration settings
• How to
• Backing up data
  • The difference between file backups and disk/partition images
  • Full, incremental and differential backups
  • Backing up partitions and disks
  • Backing up files and folders
    • Data categories
    • Support for Zip format
  • Backing up e-mail
  • Using Acronis Nonstop Backup
    • Protecting your data continuously
    • Protecting your system continuously
    • Acronis Nonstop Backup data storage
    • Nonstop Backup - Frequently asked questions
  • Making reserve copies of your backups
  • Backup to various places
  • Adding an existing backup to the list
  • Excluding items from backup
  • Backup options
    • Backup schemes
      • Single version scheme
      • Version chain scheme
      • Custom scheme
        • Automatic version consolidation
        • Examples of custom schemes
    • Image creation mode
    • Backup protection
    • Pre/Post commands for backup
      • Edit user command for backup
    • Backup splitting
    • Backup validation option
    • Backup reserve copy
    • Removable media settings
    • Screenshot settings
    • Error handling
    • Computer shutdown
    • File-level security settings for backup
    • Virus scan
    • Performance of backup operation
    • Notifications for backup operation
  • Validating backups
  • Consolidating backup versions
    • Archive to consolidate protection
    • Backup selection
    • Result location
    • Consolidation summary
  • Cloning backup settings
• Recovering data
  • Recovering your system after a crash
    • Trying to determine the crash cause
    • Preparing for recovery
    • Recovering your system
  • Recovering partitions and disks
  • Recovering partitions protected with Acronis Nonstop Backup
  • Recovering more than one partition at once
  • Recovering a disk backup to a different disk under rescue media
    • Recovering a disk without a hidden partition
    • Recovering a disk with a hidden partition
  • Recovering data from file-level backups
  • Recovering file versions
  • Recovering to different hardware
  • Acronis Universal Restore
    • Purpose of Acronis Universal Restore
      • Limitations in using Acronis Universal Restore
    • General principles of Acronis Universal Restore
  • How to use Acronis Startup Recovery Manager
  • About recovery of dynamic/GPT disks and volumes
  • Backup protection dialog box
  • Arranging boot order in BIOS
  • Recovery options
    • Pre/Post commands for recovery
      • Edit user command for recovery
    • Validation option
    • Computer restart
    • File recovery options
    • Overwrite file options
    • Performance of recovery operation
    • Notifications for recovery operation
• Useful information
  • Protecting your system and data
  • Preparing for backups
    • Deciding where to store your backups
      • FTP connection
      • Authentication settings
    • Deciding what data to back up
    • Deciding how often to back up
  • Testing bootable rescue media
    • Selecting video mode when booting from the rescue media
  • Testing that your backups can be used for recovery
  • Trying system changes safely
    • What is Try&Decide
    • Starting the Try mode
    • Stopping the Try mode
    • Try&Decide options and notifications
      • Protected partitions
      • Storage for virtual changes
      • Alert settings
    • Try&Decide: typical use cases
  • Scheduling
    • Daily execution parameters
    • Weekly execution parameters
    • Monthly execution parameters
    • Upon event execution parameters
  • Searching backups and their content
    • Searching
    • Windows Search and Google Desktop integration
      • Using Google Desktop with Acronis True Image Home 2011
      • Using Windows Search with Acronis True Image Home 2011
  • Choosing columns for viewing in wizards
  • Backup information
  • Timeout settings
• Tools & Utilities
  • Acronis Startup Recovery Manager
    • How it works
    • How to use
  • Creating bootable rescue media
    • Acronis Media Builder
      • Rescue media contents selection
      • Bootable media startup parameters
      • Bootable media selection
      • Destination file selection
      • Bootable media creation summary
    • Creating BartPE disc with Acronis True Image Home 2011
    • Creating WinPE-based rescue media
      • Creating a new Win PE 2.x or PE 3.0 ISO with the Acronis Plug-in
      • Adding the Acronis Plug-in to the existing WinPE 2.x or 3.0 ISO
      • Adding the Acronis Plug-in to WinPE 2.x or 3.0 WIM
  • Working with Acronis Secure Zone®
    • Acronis Secure Zone
    • Acronis Secure Zone location
    • Selecting partitions
    • Size of Acronis Secure Zone
    • Managing Acronis Secure Zone
      • Increase size
      • Decrease size
      • Acronis Secure Zone protection
      • Convert file system to NTFS
      • Removing Acronis Secure Zone
    • Acronis Secure Zone summary
  • Cloning a hard disk
    • General information
    • Security
    • Selecting clone mode
    • Selecting a source disk
    • Selecting a destination disk
    • Move method
    • Manual partitioning
    • Cloning summary
  • Adding a new hard disk
    • Selecting a hard disk
    • Creating new partitions
      • Partition settings
    • Add new disk summary
  • Security and Privacy Tools
    • Acronis DriveCleanser
      • Data selection
      • Algorithm selection
        • Algorithm definition
          • Wiping pass adjustment
        • Saving custom algorithm
      • Post-wiping actions
      • Disk wiping summary
      • Disk Editor (read-only mode)
        • Hard disk content search
        • Go to sector
    • File shredder
      • Select files/folders
      • Data destruction method selection
      • Shredding summary
        • Shredding operation progress
    • System Clean-up
      • Clean-up settings
      • Default clean-up options
        • General
        • Clean-up options
      • Specific clean-up options
        • Data destruction method
        • Files
        • Drive free space
        • Computers
        • "Commands" setting
        • Network places filter
      • Preview
      • Clean-up progress
    • Hard Disk Wiping methods
      • Functioning principles of Information wiping methods
      • Information wiping methods used by Acronis
  • Mounting an image
  • Unmounting an image
  • Working with vhd files
    • Converting tib images into vhd virtual disks and vice versa
      • Converting Acronis backup
      • Converting Windows backup
    • Recovery using vhd files created by Windows Backup
    • Booting from a tib image of your Windows 7 system partition
    • Acronis Boot Sequence Manager
  • Importing and exporting backup settings
• Troubleshooting
  • General recommendations
  • Acronis System Report
  • Acronis Smart Error Reporting
  • Creating a custom rescue CD
  • Viewing Log
  • Acronis Customer Experience Program
• Glossary of Terms