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When performing scheduled backups, Acronis True Image Home 2011 automatically selects a backup
mode (full, incremental, differential), in accordance with the backup scheme set by the user.
You can store backups on almost any PC storage device.
Windows-style interface and wizards will make your work easier. Just perform a few simple steps and
let Acronis True Image Home 2011 take care of everything else! When a system problem occurs, the
software will get you up and running in no time.
1.1.2 What is Acronis True Image Home 2011 Plus Pack?
Acronis True Image Home 2011 Plus Pack is an add-on to Acronis True Image Home 2011. It is
purchased separately, has a separate license, and is installed from its own setup file. Acronis True
Image Home 2011 must be installed on your computer before the Acronis True Image Home 2011
Plus Pack can be installed. Acronis True Image Home 2011 Plus Pack adds the Acronis Universal
Restore option for use during recovery. Acronis True Image Home 2011 Plus Pack also installs Acronis
WinPE ISO builder and provides support for dynamic/GPT disks.
Here are the features of Acronis True Image Home 2011 Plus Pack in more details:
Support of dynamic/GPT disks – operations with dynamic/GPT disks expand the range of hard
drive configurations supported by Acronis True Image Home 2011. Dynamic disks offer greater
flexibility for volume management and may provide benefits in computers with more than one
hard drive. GUID Partition Table (GPT) is a new hard disk partitioning scheme providing
advantages over the old MBR partitioning scheme. It was introduced as a part of the Extensible
Firmware Interface (EFI) initiative.
Users of Acronis True Image Home 2011 Plus Pack have the Universal Restore feature available to
them. Acronis Universal Restore lets you restore an image of a Windows operating system to a
different hardware environment. You can restore information on independent computers
regardless of the hardware used on the independent computer. This may come in handy, for
example, after replacing a damaged motherboard or when deciding to migrate your system from
a desktop to a laptop. For more information see Acronis Universal Restore (p. 94).
Acronis WinPE ISO builder – This program adds Acronis True Image Home 2011 plug-in to WinPE
(Windows Preinstallation Environment) distributions based on any of the following kernels:
WinPE 1.5, 2.x, 3.0. To be able to create or modify PE 2.x and 3.0 images, you must have
Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) installed. Running Acronis True Image Home 2011 in
the preinstallation environment may provide better compatibility with your computer’s
hardware because the preinstallation environment uses Windows drivers. For more information
see Creating WinPE-based rescue media (p. 167).
1.1.3 Acronis True Image Home 2011 basic concepts
This section provides general information about basic concepts which could be useful for
understanding how the program works.
Backup and recovery
Backup refers to the making copies of data so that these additional copies may be used to recover
the original after a data loss event.
