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Table of contents
1 Getting started ......................................................................................................................7
1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 7
1.1.1 What is Acronis® True Image™ 2014? ........................................................................................................... 7
1.1.2 What is Acronis True Image 2014 Premium? ................................................................................................ 8
1.1.3 Acronis True Image 2014 basic concepts ...................................................................................................... 8
1.1.4 New in Acronis True Image 2014 ................................................................................................................. 10
1.1.5 FAQ about backup, recovery and cloning ................................................................................................... 11
1.1.6 System requirements and supported media .............................................................................................. 13
1.1.7 Installing Acronis True Image 2014 .............................................................................................................. 14
1.1.8 Activating Acronis True Image 2014 ............................................................................................................ 16
1.1.9 Trial version information .............................................................................................................................. 17
1.1.10 Upgrading Acronis True Image 2014 ........................................................................................................... 18
1.1.11 Installing Acronis Hotfixes............................................................................................................................. 19
1.1.12 Technical Support .......................................................................................................................................... 19
1.2 Program workspace .................................................................................................................20
1.2.1 Get started tab .............................................................................................................................................. 20
1.2.2 Backup and recovery tab .............................................................................................................................. 21
1.2.3 Synchronization tab ...................................................................................................................................... 25
1.2.4 Tools and utilities tab .................................................................................................................................... 28
1.2.5 Wizards and notification area icons ............................................................................................................. 28
1.2.6 Acronis Backup Explorer ............................................................................................................................... 30
1.2.7 Integration with Windows ............................................................................................................................ 37
1.2.8 Login menu .................................................................................................................................................... 38
1.2.9 Settings menu ................................................................................................................................................ 39
1.2.10 Help menu ..................................................................................................................................................... 39
2 How to ................................................................................................................................ 41
3 Backing up data ................................................................................................................... 42
3.1 The difference between file backups and disk/partition images ............................................42
3.2 Full, incremental and differential backups ..............................................................................43
3.3 Backup file naming ...................................................................................................................45
3.4 Backing up partitions and disks ...............................................................................................47
3.5 Backing up files and folders .....................................................................................................50
3.5.1 Data categories .............................................................................................................................................. 51
3.5.2 Support for Zip format .................................................................................................................................. 52
3.6 Backing up e-mail .....................................................................................................................53
3.7 Using Acronis Nonstop Backup ................................................................................................55
3.7.1 Protecting your data continuously ............................................................................................................... 56
3.7.2 Protecting your system continuously .......................................................................................................... 57
3.7.3 Acronis Nonstop Backup data storage ........................................................................................................ 58
3.7.4 What to do when Nonstop Backup storage is full? .................................................................................... 58
3.7.5 Nonstop Backup - Frequently asked questions ........................................................................................... 59
3.8 Making reserve copies of your backups ..................................................................................60
3.9 How to make bootable removable media with a backup........................................................61
3.10 Backup to various places .........................................................................................................62
3.11 Adding an existing backup to the list .......................................................................................63
