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3.11.4 Custom schemes ........................................................................................................................................... 59
3.11.5 Image creation mode .................................................................................................................................... 62
3.11.6 Backup protection ......................................................................................................................................... 63
3.11.7 Pre/Post commands for backup ................................................................................................................... 63
3.11.8 Backup splitting ............................................................................................................................................. 64
3.11.9 Backup validation option .............................................................................................................................. 65
3.11.10 Backup reserve copy ..................................................................................................................................... 65
3.11.11 Removable media settings ........................................................................................................................... 66
3.11.12 Backup comment .......................................................................................................................................... 67
3.11.13 Screenshot settings ....................................................................................................................................... 67
3.11.14 Error handling ................................................................................................................................................ 67
3.11.15 Computer shutdown ..................................................................................................................................... 68
3.11.16 File-level security settings for backup .......................................................................................................... 68
3.11.17 Windows account .......................................................................................................................................... 68
3.11.18 Performance of backup operation ............................................................................................................... 69
3.11.19 Notifications for backup operation .............................................................................................................. 70
3.11.20 Excluding items from backup ....................................................................................................................... 71
3.12 Validating backups ...................................................................................................................72
3.13 Consolidating backup versions ................................................................................................73
3.13.1 Archive to consolidate protection ................................................................................................................ 73
3.13.2 Backup selection ............................................................................................................................................ 73
3.13.3 Result location ............................................................................................................................................... 73
3.13.4 Consolidation summary ................................................................................................................................ 74
3.14 Cloning backup settings ...........................................................................................................74
4 Recovering data ................................................................................................................... 75
4.1 Recovering your system after a crash......................................................................................75
4.1.1 Trying to determine the crash cause ........................................................................................................... 75
4.1.2 Preparing for recovery .................................................................................................................................. 76
4.1.3 Recovering your system ................................................................................................................................ 76
4.2 Recovering partitions and disks ...............................................................................................79
4.3 Recovering partitions protected with Acronis Nonstop Backup .............................................81
4.4 How to recover more than one partition at once ...................................................................81
4.5 Recovering a disk backup to a different disk under rescue media ..........................................85
4.5.1 Recovering a disk with a hidden partition ................................................................................................... 85
4.6 Recovering data from file-level backups .................................................................................91
4.7 Recovering file versions ...........................................................................................................92
4.8 Recovering to different hardware ...........................................................................................93
4.8.1 Recovering your system with the help of Acronis Universal Restore ....................................................... 93
4.8.2 Recovering your system with the help of Acronis Universal Restore under rescue media ..................... 94
4.9 Acronis Universal Restore ........................................................................................................97
4.9.1 Purpose of Acronis Universal Restore ......................................................................................................... 97
4.9.2 General principles of Acronis Universal Restore ......................................................................................... 98
4.10 How to use Acronis Startup Recovery Manager ......................................................................98
4.11 About recovery of dynamic/GPT disks and volumes ...............................................................99
4.12 Backup protection dialog box ................................................................................................100
4.13 Arranging boot order in BIOS.................................................................................................100
4.14 Recovery options ...................................................................................................................101
4.14.1 Pre/Post commands for recovery .............................................................................................................. 101
