Introduction
Introduction
What is Acronis TrueImage
Acronis TrueImage is your ultimate data insurance policy! It takes an exact
image of your hard disk drive or separate partitions for complete backup, and
allows you to restore all of their contents, including operating systems,
programs, personal data and settings. In the event of fatal software or
hardware failure Acronis TrueImage protects your data, even when ordinary
file backup software does not work.
Acronis TrueImage stores disk images on hard and floppy disks, any
recordable CD/DVD media, ZIP®, Jaz® and other removable storage
devices, allowing to protect archives by a password with an extremely easy
Windows XP-like wizard-driven interface.
Acronis' exclusive innovative technology allows to create and restore
complete disk images online in Windows, so you don't have to deal with
annoying reboots to DOS or other systems, even when backing up system
partitions.
Archive File
Acronis TrueImage creates archive files, that is files containing images of
partitions and disks. The images contain both data of partitions and/or disks
and information, allowing you to restore a partition (disk) from the image.
Partition images include all its files and folders, irrespective of their attributes
(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.
The .tib file can contain images of several partitions and/or disks.
An archive file of large disk partitions or several partitions (and disks) can
become quite large. In this case Acronis TrueImage will split the image into
more than one archive volume or archive volume files. Splitting an archive
into separate volumes may also be required for writing to removable media
Create an image of your hard disk in an archive file on any media, be it
another hard disk or CD-R, CD-RW. Install a new disk, boot with a CD (or
diskette) containing Acronis TrueImage, and restore the old disk contents from
the image to a new disk. You can also change disk partition size and location
along with their type and operating system if needed.
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