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Acronis True Image WD Edition - User Manual

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2. If you do not have enough space to store the image on your hard disk the program will warn you and wait for your decision as to how you plan to fix the problem You can try to free some additional space and continue or click Back and select another disk When backing up to a diskette CD R RW or DVD R RW Acronis True Image WD Edition Will ask you to insert a new disk when the previous one is full Or you can select Fixed size and enter the desired file size or select it from the drop down list The backup will then be split into multiple files of the specified size That comes in handy when backing up to a hard disk with a view to burning the archive to CD R RW or DVD R RW later on Creating images directly on CD R RW or DVD R RW might take considerably more time than it would on a hard disk 5 2 4 Media components The preset is disabled When backing up to removable media you can make this media bootable and will not need a separate bootable disk If you want more functionality during restoration write a full standalone version of Acronis True Image WD Edition to the bootable media As a result you will be able to configure the restore task using Restore Data Wizard Under Advanced tab you can select Acronis True Image WD Edition full version and a standalone version of the Acronis DriveCleanser utility that will allow you to destroy confidential data on your PC disks easily and permanently even if you uninstall Acronis Tru
3. Below we describe the general principles of initial hard disk configuration Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 Large PC manufacturers like Dell and Hewlett Packard produce motherboards themselves and develop their own BIOS versions You should always refer to the documentation that came with your computer for instructions on proper BIOS configuration Standard CMOS setup menu Parameters in the standard CMOS setup menu usually define the geometry of the hard disk The following parameters and values are available for each hard disk installed in your PC Parameter Value Type 1 47 Not Installed Auto Cylinder Cyl 1 65535 Heads Hd 1 16 Sectors Sec 1 63 Size Capacity MBytes Mode Normal Translation LBA Method Large Auto Purpose Type 0 or Not Installed is used when there is no hard disk installed to uninstall it Type 47 is reserved for user defined parameters or for parameters detected by the IDE Auto detection utility Auto value allows for automatic detection of IDE disk parameters during the boot sequence The number of cylinders on a hard disk For IDE disks a logical number of cylinders is specified The number of heads on a hard disk For IDE disks a logical number of heads is specified The number of sectors per track of a hard disk For IDE disks a logical number of sectors is specified The capacity of the disk in megabytes It is calculated according to the following formu
4. e Notifications 10 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 2 5 Removing Acronis True Image WD Edition Select Start gt Settings gt Control panel gt Add or remove programs gt Acronis True Image WD Edition gt Remove Then follow instructions on the screen You may have to reboot your computer afterwards to complete the task If you use Windows Vista select Start gt Control panel gt Programs and Features gt Acronis True Image WD Edition gt Remove Then follow instructions on the screen You may have to reboot your computer afterwards to complete the task Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 11 Chapter 3 General information and proprietary Acronis technologies 3 1 What is a disk partition image Backing up disks and partitions is performed in the following way Acronis True Image WD Edition stores a sector by sector snapshot of the disk which includes the operating system registry drivers software applications and data files as well as system areas hidden from the user This procedure is called creating a disk image and the resulting backup archive is often called a disk partition image By default Acronis True Image WD Edition stores only those hard disk parts that contain data for supported file systems Further it does not back up swap file information pagefile sys under Windows NT 2000 XP Vista and hiberfil sys a file that keeps RAM contents when the computer goes into hiberna
5. 18 Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 Create Backup Wizard Data to Back Up Selection You can select type of data you want to backup Select what you want to back up Q System skate Description Select this item if you want to back up Ehe entire syskem disk creating a disk image ar jusk the selected partitions This takes significant disk space but enables you to restore the system in minutes in case of severe data damage or hardware Failure By default the program copies only the hard disk sectors that contain data However sometimes it might be useful to make a full sector by sector backup For example perhaps you deleted some files by mistake and want to make a disk image before trying to undelete them because sometimes un deleting may create havoc in the file system To make a sector by sector backup check the Create an image using the sector by sector approach box Please note that this mode increases processing time and usually results in a larger image file because it copies used and unused hard disk sectors Create Backup Wizard Partitions Selection E i You can create an image of selected partitions or an entire hard disk drive n Please select the partitions or entire hard disk drives Partition Capacity Used Space Type Disk 1 fp FAT 32 E Pri Act 7 987 GB 16 02 MB FAT32 LEA C Disk 3 eFAT32iF Pri Act 5 988 GB 2 853 GB EAT 32 Create an image using the sector by sector appr
6. 8 38 09 amp 1 maa 2009 r 9 04 55 1 Information 100 2 0x640002 01 05 amp 1 maa 2009 r 12 29 29 2 Information 11 1 026 0xB0402 01 05 3 Information 504 0x101F8 01 05 4 Information 100 6 0x640006 01 05 lt lili 1 W Information 1 maa 2009 r 8 37 43 Details The Current check operation operation started 47 No operation started The left pane can contain up to 50 log entries If there are more you can browse the list using the buttons with the left and right arrows To delete a log entry select it and click the Delete icon To delete all log entries click the Delete all log entries icon You can also save a log entry to file by clicking the appropriate icon If any step was terminated by an error the corresponding log will be marked with a red circle with a white cross inside The right window features the list of steps contained in the selected log The three buttons to the right control message filters the white cross in the red circle filters error messages the exclamation sign in a yellow triangle filters warnings and the i in the blue circle filters information messages To select columns step parameters to display right click the headers line or left click the Choose Columns button Then check the desired parameters To sort messages by a particular parameter click its header click again to reverse order or the Arrange Icons by button the second from the
7. Installed Parameters of hard disks can be set manually with the help of information provided by the hard disk manufacturer on its case but it is easier to use the IDE autodetection utility that is usually included in modern BIOS versions The utility is sometimes a separate BIOS menu item and sometimes is included in the standard CMOS setup menu Please note that in Appendix B Hard disks and BIOS setup we have described the general details of physical hard disk structure Built in IDE hard disk controls mask the physical disk structure As a result the BIOS of the motherboard sees logical cylinders heads and sectors We are not going to elaborate on this issue here but knowing about this can sometimes be useful Arranging boot sequence advanced CMOS setup menu Aside from standard CMOS setup BIOS menu usually has an advanced CMOS setup item Here you can adjust the boot sequence C A CD ROM Please note that boot sequence management differs for various BIOS versions e g for AMI BIOS AWARDBIOS and brand name hardware manufacturers Several years ago the operating system boot sequence was hard coded into the BIOS An operating system could be booted either from a diskette drive A or from the hard disk C That was the sequence in which the BIOS queried external drives if drive A was ready BIOS attempted to boot an operating system from a diskette If the drive was not ready or there was no system area on diskette
8. Make sure that you place the cable in the connector correctly Many cables also are keyed so that they can only go in one way 5 Turn your computer on and enter BIOS setup by pressing the keys that are displayed on the screen while the computer is booting 6 Configure the installed hard disk by setting the parameters type cylinder heads sectors and mode or translation mode these parameters are written on the hard disk case or by using the IDE autodetection BIOS utility to configure the disk automatically 7 Set the boot sequence to A C CD ROM or some other depending on where your copy of Acronis True Image WD Edition is located If you have a boot diskette set the diskette to be the first if it is on a CD make the boot sequence start with CD ROM 8 Quit BIOS setup and save changes Acronis True Image WD Edition will automatically start after reboot 9 Use Acronis True Image WD Edition to configure hard disks by answering the wizard s questions 10 After finishing the work turn off the computer set the jumper on the disk to the master position if you want to make the disk bootable or leave it in slave position if the disk is installed as additional data storage Motherboard sockets IDE cable power cable There are two slots on the motherboard to which the hard disks can be connected primary IDE and secondary IDE Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 Hard disks with an IDE Integrated Drive Elec
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10. The DriveCleanser application included in Acronis True Image WD Edition used to be sold as a standalone product from Acronis It provides for the destruction of confidential information on hard disk drives and or partitions with the help of techniques that meet or exceed most national and state standards You can select an appropriate data destruction method depending on the importance of your confidential information Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 13 Chapter 4 Using Acronis True Image WD Edition 4 1 Program workspace The main program window contains a menu toolbar a browser like toolbar a main area and a status bar The main area contains the Category icons Acronis True Image WD Edition H Operations wiew Tools Help 999 EF Tools 2 Select Task F Create Bootable Media You can perform the below tasks on your hard drive s Begin by selecting the appropriate task ra Validate Backup Archive d Explore Backup Archive Mount Image E Clone Disk a ey isk drive A titions ther ha isk Unmounk Image Clone your hard disk drive by copying partitions to another hard disk H Add New Disk Contents E Add a new hard disk drive to your computer 7 How to clone my hard disk 7 How to add new disks A Restore Restore your hard disk A Backup Backup your hard disk i Acronis DriveCleanser XA Secure data destruction on your hard disk G Help Ready 47 No operation started The Category i
11. disk it will disappear after your computer is turned off To disconnect the virtual disk click Unmount Image and select the disk to unmount You can also do this in Windows Explorer by right clicking on the disk icon and selecting Unmount Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 39 Chapter 10 Transferring the system to a new disk 10 1 General information Sooner or later most computer users find that their hard disk is too small If you just dont have space for more data you can add another disk just for data storage as described in the following chapter However you might find that your hard disk does not have enough space for the operating system and installed applications preventing you from updating your software or installing new applications In this case you have to transfer the system to a higher capacity hard disk To transfer the system you must first install the disk in the computer see details in the Appendix B Hard disks and BIOS setup If your computer doesnt have a bay for another hard disk you can temporarily install it in place of your CD drive or use a USB 2 0 connection to the external target disk If that is not possible you can clone a hard disk by creating a disk image and restoring it to a new hard disk with larger partitions Important You can clone the system only to a Western Digital HDD There are two transfer modes available automatic and manual In the automatic mode you will only have
12. knows about its existence and its main parameters However it is still not enough for an operating system to work with the hard disk In addition you have to create partitions on the new disk and format the partitions using Acronis True Image WD Edition See Chapter 11 Adding a new hard disk B 2 4 Hard disk initialization errors Devices are usually initialized successfully but sometimes errors can happen Typical errors related to hard disks are reported by the following messages PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT This error message is not directly related to errors during hard disk initialization However it appears for example when the boot program finds no operating system on the hard disk or when the primary partition of the hard disk is not set as active DISK BOOT FAILURE INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER This message appears when the boot program finds no available boot device be it a floppy or a hard disk or a CD ROM C DRIVE ERROR C DRIVE FAILURE ERROR ENCOUNTERED INITIALIZING HARD DRIVE This message appears when it is not possible to access the C disk If the disk is known to be functional the reason for this error message is probably incorrect settings connections of e hard disk parameters in BIOS setup e jumpers on the controller master slave e interface cables It is also possible that the device is out of order or the hard disk is not formatted Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 61 Appendix C S
13. BIOS tried to boot an operating system from hard disk C At present BIOS allows booting operating systems not only from diskettes or hard disks but also from CD ROMs DVDs and other devices If there are several hard disks installed in your computer labeled as C D E and F you can adjust the boot sequence so that an operating system is booted from for example disk E In this case you have to set the boot sequence to look like E CD ROM A C D This does not mean that booting is done from the first disk in this list it only means that the first attempt to boot an operating system is to boot it from this disk There may be no operating system on disk E or it may be inactive In this case BIOS queries the next drive in the list Errors can happen during booting see B 2 4 Hard disk initialization errors Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 The BIOS numbers disks according to the order in which they are connected to IDE controllers primary master primary slave secondary master secondary slave next go the SCSI hard disks This order is broken if you change the boot sequence in BIOS setup If for example you specify that booting has to be done from hard disk E numbering starts with the hard disk that would be the third in usual circumstances it is usually the secondary master After you have installed the hard disk in your computer and have configured it in BIOS one can say that the PC or the motherboard
14. Edition gt Acronis True Image WD Edition or clicking on the appropriate shortcut on the desktop If your disk data is totally corrupted and the operating system cannot boot load the standalone Acronis True Image WD Edition version from the bootable media supplied with the retail box or created by you using Bootable Media Builder This boot disk will allow you to restore your disk from a previously created image 2 4 Upgrading and updating Acronis True Image WD Edition If you already have Acronis True Image WD Edition installed the new version will simply update it there is no need to remove the old version and reinstall the software Please keep in mind that the backups created by the later program version may be incompatible with the previous program versions so if you roll back Acronis True Image WD Edition to an older version you likely will have to re create the archives using the older version We strongly recommend that you create new bootable media after each Acronis True Image WD Edition upgrade Also you can upgrade Acronis True Image WD Edition to Acronis True Image Home 2009 from the Acronis web site The following features will be available only after upgrading to Acronis True Image Home 2009 e Acronis Try amp Decide e Application backup e Data backup selected files folders e Scheduling e Archive protection e Cleanup utilities e Disk utilities e Consolidating backups e Incremental and differential backups
15. IDE H 0000 IDE U Primary Slave lt Disk 3 6 000 GB VMware virtual IDE H 000g IDE O Secondary Slave Primary I3 Logical F3 Unallocated m up B Unsupported OMe rer The previously selected source becomes grayed out and disabled for selection fm If any disk is unpartitioned the program will automatically recognize it as the destination and bypass this step 42 Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 10 3 4 Partitioned destination disk At this point the program checks to see if the destination disk is free If not you will be prompted by the Nonempty Destination Hard Disk window stating that the destination disk contains partitions perhaps with data Disk Clone Wizard Nonempty Deskinatinn Hard Disk d You hawe chosen a destination hard disk that already conkains some partitions L The destination drive vau have chosen contains same partitions thak might have useful data The operation is possible onl if the destination hard disk is empty In order to proceed with the operation you should either allow Acronis True Image Home to delete all the partitions an the destination hard disk or click Back and choose another destination hard disk E Delete partitions on Ehe destination hard disk Description Keep the destination hard disk partitions and data You should choose another destination hard disk RR J next gt You will have to select between e Delete partitions on the destination hard disk a
16. Tools gt Options gt Default backup options or Default restoration options and make settings See details in 5 2 Setting backup options and 6 3 Setting restore options e Validate backup archives wherever they reside be it on a local or network drive or on removable media Select Operations gt Validate Backup Archive and follow the wizard s instructions See details in 8 1 Validating backup archives You can also launch the wizard from Windows Explorer by right clicking the archive and selecting Validate Backup Archive in the context menu e Explore any archive s contents and restore individual files from any archive Select Operations gt Explore Backup Archive and then select an archive for exploring on the directory tree in the left pane You can also explore archives by right clicking the archive and selecting Explore in the context menu of Windows Explorer e Mount partitions images to explore and modify their contents or to restore individual files Select Operations gt Mount Image and follow the wizard s instructions See details in 9 7 Mounting an image Images can also be mounted through the Windows Explorer by right clicking on an image archive and selecting Mount in the context menu e Unmount previously mounted partition images Select Operations gt Unmount Image and follow the wizard s instructions See details in 92 Unmounting an image You can also do this in Windows Explorer by right clicking on the virt
17. a hard disk general scheme o eiie eese eee na hahahaha ah ah ee 56 B 1 2 Motherboard sockets IDE cable power cable eee eee 56 B 1 3 Configuring hard disk drives jumpers i ec ece eee 57 b2 BOS sa aah eigen iu MU LL I I E MM M LU M LI 58 B21 SUD UOV e P 58 B22 Standard CMOS Setup INCU T 59 B 2 3 Arranging boot sequence advanced CMOS setup menu eee ee ee e e eee 60 4 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 B24 Hard ei e Ie EE lere le eITOls sie v nua Yan REA ERR ERR DEREN iene 61 Appendix C Startup Parameters sss esse sss esse sss anges s anges nanang Renan nan 62 Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 What is Acronis True Image WD Edition Acronis True Image WD Edition is an integrated software suite that ensures security of all information on your PC It can backup the operating system applications settings and all of your data while also securely destroying any confidential data you no longer need With this software you can back the entire disk drive or selected partitions Should your disk drive become damaged or your system attacked by a virus or malware you can restore the back up data quickly and easily eliminating hours or days of work trying to rebuild your disk drive s data and applications from scratch Acronis True Image WD Edition provides you with all the essential tools you need to recover y
18. another click will switch the messages to the opposite order or Arrange Icons by button and select the column To select columns to view right click the headers line or left click the Choose Columns button Then flag the columns you want to display When left clicking the Choose Columns button you can also change the order of columns display using Move Up and Move Down buttons 12 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 If you click the i Display the properties of the selected item button you will see the selected partition or disk properties window This window contains two panels The left panel contains the properties tree and the right describes the selected property in detail The disk information includes its physical parameters connection type device type size etc partition information includes both physical sectors location etc and logical file system free space assigned letter etc parameters You can change the width of a column by dragging its borders with the mouse 3 4 Drive Cleanser Acronis True Image WD Edition contains utilities for secure destruction of data on an entire hard disk drive individual partitions as well as for erasing individual files and eliminating user system activity traces When replacing your old hard drive with a new higher capacity one you may unwittingly leave on the old disk lots of important and confidential information that can be recovered even if you have reformatted it
19. archive type image ES E My Documents The selected backup sequence number 1 E 3 My Computer ES A 344 Floppy B 7 Te Local Disk C2 Date Tuesday January 09 2007 12 52 26 PM E DWD CD RW Drive Di Size 2 709 GB Se Local Disk E 1 s Local Disk F I Mo description is available For this backup archive Ead MyBackup sd MyBackupe S Shared Documents E a My Network Places Folder Files af type Backup Archives itib bul Q e 3 Clicking Proceed in the summary window will launch the validation procedure After the validation is complete you will see the results window You can cancel validation by clicking Cancel 8 2 Viewing logs Acronis True Image WD Edition allows you to view its working logs They can provide information about backup task results including reasons for failure if any To open the log window select Show Log from the Tools menu or click Show Log on the sidebar The log browsing window contains two panes the left one features the log list while the right one shows selected log contents Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 35 Acronis True Image WD Edition BS H Operations View Tools Help 9 Acronis T QO 9 Back Help Web Support Toni Event Log E8 Create Bootable Media View list of events happened on this computer Help SIC we Contents Sfi maa 2009r 8 38 09 Type Module Error Code Date gt How to use logs E 1 maa 2009 r 9 03 15 1 mas 2009 r
20. disk you must first install it in your computer 11 1 Selecting a hard disk Select the disk that you ve added to the computer Add New Disk Wizard Destination Hard Disk Select your new hard disk From Ehe list below Select the destination new hard disk From the list of available drives then press Next Drive Capacity Madel Interface da Disk 1 4 000 GB VMWare virtual IDE H 0000 IDE D Primary Master ae Disk 2 B aB YMware virtual IDE H 0000 IDE O Primary Slawe 6 000 GB VMware virtual IDE H 0000 IDE O Secondary Slawe E 6 000 GE 5 888 GE FATS Primary 3 Logical 3 Unallocated j piss BE Unsupported alume Q tee This window might be bypassed if the program detects the new disk itself In this case you will immediately proceed to the new partition creation If there are any partitions on the new disk they must be deleted first Select Delete partitions on the destination hard disk and click Next to continue 11 2 Creating new partitions Next you will see the current partition layout Initially all disk space will be unallocated This will change after you add new partitions To create a partition select Create new partition in unallocated space and click Next to perform steps required by the partition creation wizard You will be prompted to set the new partition location and size You can do this both by entering values to Unallocated space before Partition size Unallocated space after fields and b
21. disks partitions or files from images To restore a partition disk from an image Acronis True Image WD Edition must obtain exclusive access to the target partition disk This means no other applications can access it at that time If you receive a message stating that the partition disk cannot be locked close applications that use this partition disk and start over If you cannot determine which applications use the partition disk close them all 6 2 1 Starting the Restore Data Wizard Launch the Restore Data Wizard by selecting Operations gt Recovery in the main program menu 6 2 2 Archive selection 1 Select the archive If the archive is located in a backup location select it to choose the archive at the next step Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 25 Restore Data Wizard Backup Archive Selection Select backup archive that contains data you want to restore MyBackup a Backup Locations Ka 3 Backup archive name MyBackup tib ee Fi Backup archive type image J3 FTF Connections The selected backup sequence number 1 ES E My Documents E rd My Computer EAL a Floppy A Date Tuesday January 09 2007 12 52 26 PM No description is available For this backup archive E Sa Local Disk Cz Size 2 709 GB Elo DYDICD RW Drive D E Se Local Disk E Se Local Disk Fs sa MyEiackup t2 My Backup 1 Folder F MyBackup tib he Files af type Backup Archives tib 2 O tee ETT emm If
22. especially the older ones for which incorrect S connection damaged the electronics of the drive We will not describe all the types of hard disks Currently the most widespread are those with IDE or SCSI interfaces Unlike IDE hard disks there can be from six to 14 SCSI hard disks installed in your PC However you need a special SCSI controller called a host adapter to connect them SCSI hard disks are not usually used in personal computers workstations but are found mostly in servers Aside from an IDE cable a four thread power cable must be connected to the hard disks There is only one way to plug in this cable B 1 3 Configuring hard disk drives jumpers A hard disk drive can be configured in a computer as master or as slave The configuring is done using special connectors called jumpers on the hard disk drive The jumpers are either located on the electronic board of the hard disk or a special socket that provides for the connection of the hard disk and the motherboard There is usually a sticker on the drive that explains the markings Typical markings are DS SP CS and PK Each jumper position corresponds to one hard disk s installation mode e DS master factory default e SP slave or no jumper required e CS cable select for master slave the purpose of the hard disk is determined by its physical position with respect to the motherboard e PK jumper parking position the position where one can put the jumpe
23. if Windows does not load The boot CD from which you loaded the program does not keep you from using other CDs with backups Acronis True Image WD Edition is loaded entirely into RAM so you can remove the bootable CD to insert the archive disk Be careful When you use the Acronis True Image WD Edition bootable disk the product creates disk drive letters that might differ from the way Windows identifies drives For example the D drive identified in the standalone Acronis True Image WD Edition might correspond to the E drive in Windows This is not an error with the software If a backup image is located on bootable media you might have the choice of using Acronis One Click Restore This operation always restores the entire physical disk Therefore if your disk consists of several partitions all of them must be included in the image Any partitions missing from the image will be lost Please make sure that the image contains a disk data you plan to restore For more information on Acronis One Click Restore see 5 2 4 Media components 6 1 1 Network settings in rescue mode When booted from removable media Acronis True Image WD Edition might not detect the network That can happen if there is no DHCP server in your network or your computer address was not identified automatically To enable the network connection specify network settings manually in the window available at Tools gt Options gt Network adapters 6 2 Restoring
24. restoring a system partition to the new or the same disk and want to load the operating system from it you will select Active Acronis True Image WD Edition automatically corrects boot information during restore of the system partition to make it bootable even if it was restored to other than original partition or disk If you restore a system partition to another hard disk with its own partitions and OS most likely you will need only the data In this case you can restore the partition as Logical to access the data only Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 29 By default the original partition type is selected Selecting Active for a partition without an installed operating system could prevent your computer from booting 6 2 7 Changing the restored partition file system Though seldom required you can change the partition file system during its restoration Acronis True Image WD Edition can make the following file system conversions FAT 16 gt FAT 32 Ext2 Ext3 For partitions with other native file systems this option is not available Let s say you want to restore a partition from an old low capacity FAT16 disk to a newer disk FAT16 would not be effective and might not even be available for the high capacity hard disk That s because FAT16 supports partitions up to 4GB so you will not be able to restore a 4GB FAT16 partition to a partition that exceeds that limit without changing the file system It would make
25. right and select the desired parameter You can also change column width by dragging the borders with a mouse 36 Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 Chapter 9 Exploring archives and mounting images Acronis True Image WD Edition offers two kinds of archive contents management mounting for images and exploring for both images and file level archives Exploring images and file level archives lets you view their contents and copy the selected files to the hard disk Mounting images as virtual drives lets you access them as though they were physical drives This means that e anew disk with its own letter will appear in the drives list e using Windows Explorer and other file managers you can view the image contents as if they were located on a physical disk or partition e you will be able to use the virtual disk in the same way as the real one open save copy move create delete files or folders If necessary the image can be mounted in read only mode The operations described in this Chapter are supported only for the FAT and NTFS file systems Please keep in mind that though both file archives and disk partition images have a default tib extension only images can be mounted If you want to view file archive contents use the Explore operation Images residing in backup locations cannot be mounted if the Mount Image Wizard is launched from the main menu However such images can be mounted through the Windows Ex
26. sense here to change the file system from FAT16 to FAT32 However keep in mind that not all operating systems support FAT32 MS DOS Windows 95 and Windows NT 3 x 4 x do not support it and will not be operable after you restore a partition and change its file system These can be normally restored on a FAT16 partition only 6 2 8 Changing the restored partition size and location You can resize and relocate a partition by dragging it or its borders with a mouse on the horizontal bar on the screen or by entering corresponding values into the appropriate fields Using this feature you can redistribute the disk space among partitions being restored In this case you will have to restore the partition to be reduced first Restore Data Wizard Restored Partition Size Soeciy Ehe size and location of the restored partition Please specify the size and location You can change ik with Ehe mouse in the graphical view or enter the exact values in the text Bowes E 3 034 GB FATa3z LB Minimum partition size 39 19 MB Maximum partition size 7 997 GB Free space before 2 428 GB 2 s Partition size 3 034 GB E E Free space after 2 536 GB E These changes might be useful if you are to copy your hard disk to a new high capacity one by creating its image and restoring it to a new disk with larger partitions 30 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 6 2 9 Assigning a letter to the restored partition Acronis
27. some partitions The destination drive vau have chosen contains some partitions that might have useful data The operation is possible only if the destination hard disk is empty In order to proceed with the operation veu should either allow Acronis True Image WD Edition to delete all the partitions an the destination hard disk ar click Back and choose another destination hard disk P Np Ido not want to delete partitions Description Delete all partitions on the destination hard disk Will destroy all your data on the destination hard disk Make sure vou have chosen the right destination disk 12 2 Destroying parameters In this step choose data destroying parameters The more passes you choose the more secure data will be destroyed Acronis True Image WD Edition provides two methods e Quick choose this method for fast data wiping The sectors will be zeroed in one pass e Normal choose this method for normal data wiping Please note that increasing the number of passes results in slower destruction processing Drive Cleanser Wizard Destroying Parameters Choose data destroying parameters The mare passes vau choose the more secure the data destroying procedure is Please note that increasing the number of passes results in slower destruction processing Acronis True Image WD Edition does not affer the mask secure methods for data wiping available From Acronis You should use Ehe Acronis Drivecleanser Far advance
28. survive even if all your local hard disks are damaged See notes and recommendations for supporting FTP server in 2 3 4 Supported storage media 5 1 3 Selecting the backup options Select the backup options that is backup file splitting compression level password protection etc You can Use default options or Set the options manually If the latter is the case the settings will be applied only to the current backup task Or you can edit the default options from the current screen Then your settings will be saved as the defaults See 5 2 Setting backup options for more information 5 1 4 Providing a comment Provide a comment for the archive This can help identify the backup and prevent you from restoring the wrong data However you can choose not to make any notes The backup file size and creation date are automatically appended to the description so you do not need to enter this information 5 1 5 The operation summary and the backup process At the final step the backup task summary is displayed Up to this point you can click Back to make changes in the created task Clicking Proceed will launch the task execution The task progress will be shown in a special window You can stop the procedure by clicking Cancel 20 Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 You can also close the progress window by clicking Hide The backup creation will continue but you will be able to start another operation or close the main pro
29. 0000 IDE O Primary Slave Zu Disk 3 6 000 GB YMware virtual IDE H 0000 IDE O Secondary Slave E 7 987 GB FATZ LBA Primary 3 Logical E Unallocated PR it B Unsupported alume Q es If there are partitions on the target disk you will be prompted by the Nonempty Destination Hard Disk Drive window stating that the destination disk contains partitions perhaps with data You will have to select between e Yes I want to delete all the partitions on the destination hard disk before restoring all existing partitions will be deleted and all their data will be lost e No I do not want to delete partitions no existing partition will be deleted discontinuing the recovery operation You will then have to cancel the operation or return to select another disk Note that no real changes or data destruction will be performed at this time For now the program will just map out the procedure All changes will be implemented only when you click Proceed in the wizard s final window To continue select the first choice and click Next You will be taken directly to step 6 2 10 Restoring several disks or partitions at once 6 2 6 Changing the restored partition type When restoring a partition you can change its type though it is not required in most cases To illustrate why you might need to do this let s imagine that both the operating system and data were stored on the same primary partition on a damaged disk If you are
30. DRE ONE EDU Se dRICodE E 35 Chapter 9 Exploring archives and mounting images eere 37 9L MOUMNCIG Gel PIN AGC sta tsxccrsatee chee stand oli dunsed seecdautedtexeu si ESL DILE DU ieee aadsnene IC EDI reu ric DUAE 37 9 2 Urirmounirngd an ane eT TT 39 Chapter 10 Transferring the system to a new disk 40 10 1 General ATOR TALON sees eder Gast a RESO Rd ebur edet eade aha s luta 6a Or ese Sua Leu SR RR eet Ue 40 ole ru 41 10 3 Executing CRANSTON cueste ma Ert a DAI E reX P ee DU IM o I Nc lesa o PLI G 41 TOI ANC plea E Boe MOJE PER 41 10 3 2 SCICCUAG SOUCO GISK i atop TS ra i Evaa a ER Pbi t a EO E Pru REL PR CREER eee 41 1033 See tiq gesti idllO SK sss ieu a EEEE EERE KIE ER A a Ee DEDI WERL EEUU DRE RR RRERR 42 103 4 Falmonedg Qestiglel UISK usi stis iE aari vERSA vU PER UNE RE vA FER GUB debo eee 43 I0 3 5 OIG ana new USK Damon eT 43 10 3 6 Selecting partition transfer method iiie eee eoe ee aene ann panneau haha ohh paa opea aaa au 43 1037 PaQUONIHIO E OA OISK irera ERECEEERUPES TERRE QUA et a ORTEY Ia eed 44 10 3 8 Old and new disk partition e iei eee eoe eese ee naa ENIN EENEN hahahaha ON TRER 45 20 3 9 CIODIHIOSSUBIEHBL Vaio p Epiat bass uia Ca Lo EE Poi hb Eme RAD S EE e BEC rx 45 10 4 Cloning with manual partitioning 1eeseeeeeee nennen nemen nnne nnn 46 10 4 1 Old and new disk p
31. During this step you will see the current disk partition layout Initially the disk has unallocated space only This will change when you create new partitions Having completed the required steps you will add a new partition To create another one simply repeat those steps If you make a mistake click Back to redo After you create the necessary partitions uncheck the Create new partition in unallocated space box and click Next QO Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 10 3 8 Old and new disk partition layouts In the next window you will see rectangles indicating the source hard disk including its partitions and unallocated space as well as the new disk layout Disk Clone Wizard Hard Disk Drives structure TOU can see your source hard disk layout beFore cloning and the destination hard disk lav aut after cloning Please review the source hard disk layout before cloning and Ehe destination hard disk layout that will be created during the cloning procedure Before cloning Primary I3 Logical EZ Unallocated j vba B Unsupported volume Ta continue with the hard disk cloning press the Next button O Hep Along with the hard disk number you will see disk capacity label partition and file system information Different partition types including primary logical and unallocated space are marked with different colors Tf you selected manual partition creation earlier the partition layout will look d
32. ER and Track 0 C Disk 3 C derara2 te Pri Ack 5 998 GB 4 6533 GB FAT32 MER and Track 0 ER and Track Disk and partition images contain a copy of track 0 along with MBR master boot record It appears in this window in a separate line You can choose whether to restore MBR and track 0 by checking the respective box Restore MBR if it is critical to your system boot 6 2 5 Selecting a target disk partition 1 Select a target disk or partition where you want to restore the selected image You can restore data only to Western Digital HDD The target partition should be at least the same size as the uncompressed image data z All the data stored on the target partition will be replaced by the image data so be careful z and watch for non backed up data that you might need rnr MR nm LL 2 When restoring an entire disk the program will analyze the target disk structure to see whether the disk is free 28 Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 Restore Data Wizard Restored Hard Disk Drive Location You should select a hard disk drive For Ehe restore Please select a destination hard disk drive to restore the hard disk drive image The hard disk drives already restored are disabled The destination hard disk drives without enough space For restoring an image are disabled as yell Drive Capacity Model Interface Ze Disk 1 4 000 GB VMware virtual IDE H 0000 IDE 0 Primary Master B GB VMware virtual IDE H
33. SP 4 Windows XP SP 2 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Windows Vista all editions Acronis True Image WD Edition also enables the creation of a bootable diskette or CD R W that can back up and restore a disk partition on a computer running any Intel or AMD based PC operating system The only exception is the Intel based Apple Macintosh which is not supported in native mode at this time 1 3 3 Supported file systems FAT16 32 Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 7 e NTFS If a file system is not supported or is corrupted Acronis True Image WD Edition can copy data using a sector by sector approach 1 3 4 Supported storage media e Hard disk drives e Networked storage devices e FTP servers e CD R RW DVD R RW DVD R including double layer DVD R DVD RW DVD RAM e USB 1 0 2 0 FireWire IEEE 1394 and PC card storage devices e Floppy disks ZIP Jaz and other removable media An FTP server must allow for passive mode file transfers Data recovery directly from FTP server requires the archive to consist of files of no more than 2GB each It is recommended that you change the source computer firewall settings to open Ports 20 and 21 for both TCP and UDP protocols and disable the Routing and Remote Access Windows service Burned write once discs cannot be read in Windows NT 4 without third party software 1 4 Technical support Users of legally downloaded and registered copies of Acronis True Image WD Editio
34. True Image WD Edition will assign an unused letter to a restored partition You can select the desired letter from a drop down list If you set the switch to No no letters will be assigned to the restored partition hiding it from OS You should not assign letters to partitions inaccessible to Windows such as to those other than FAT and NTFS 6 2 10 Restoring several disks or partitions at once During a single session you can restore several partitions or disks one by one by selecting one disk and setting its parameters first and then repeating these actions for every partition or disk to be restored If you want to restore another disk partition select Yes I want to restore another partition or hard disk drive Then you will return to the partition selection window 6 3 4 and will have to repeat the above steps Otherwise don t set this switch 6 2 11 Setting restore options Select the options for the restoration process that is restoration process priority etc You can Use default options or Set the options manually If the latter is the case the settings will be applied only to the current restore task Or you can edit the default options from the current screen Then your settings will be saved as defaults See 6 3 Setting restore options for more information 6 2 12 Restoration summary and executing restoration At the final step the restoration summary is displayed Up to this point you can click Back to make change
35. WD Edition Operation 1 of 2 Clearing disk Hard disk Operation 2 of z Creating partition Hard disk 2 Drive letter D File system NTFS vnlume label Size 232 9 GB Please click Proceed to start Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 49 After you click Proceed Acronis True Image WD Edition will start creating new partitions indicating the progress in a special window You can stop this procedure by clicking Cancel You will then have to repartition and format the new disk or repeat the disk add procedure 50 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 Chapter 12 Acronis DriveCleanser Acronis True Image WD Edition includes a utility for secure destruction of data on an entire hard disk drive individual partitions Many operating systems do not provide users with secure data destruction tools so deleted files can be restored easily by using simple applications Even a complete disk reformat can t guarantee permanent confidential data destruction Acronis DriveCleanser solves this problem with guaranteed and permanent data destruction on selected hard disks and or partitions It allows you to select from a number of data destruction methods depending on the importance of your confidential information To launch Acronis DriveCleanser select the Disk Utilities category in the main program window then click Acronis DriveCleanser Acronis DriveCleanser allows you to perform the following e clean up selected hard disks or pa
36. Western Acronis Digital COMPUTE WITH CONFIDENCE WWW ACRONIS COM Acronis True Image WD Edition User s Guide Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 All rights reserved Acronis Acronis Compute with Confidence Acronis Active Restore Acronis Recovery Manager Acronis Secure Zone and the Acronis logo are trademarks of Acronis Inc Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their respective owners Distribution of substantively modified versions of this document is prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright holder Distribution of this work or derivative work in any standard paper book form for commercial purposes is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright holder DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED AS IS AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON INFRINGEMENT ARE DISCLAIMED EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH DISCLAIMERS ARE HELD TO BE LEGALLY INVALID 2 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 Table of Contents Chapter 1 IntroductioHsisiesenoon ocior nnnc a inni RR PR RR 6 1 1 What is Acronis True Image WD Edition eeseeeeeeeeeenennenen nmm nnne 6 1 2 New in Acronis True Image WD Edition
37. ady have a bootable CD because the installation CD itself is bootable in addition to serving as the program installation disk If you purchased Acronis True Image WD Edition on the Web or as a download from a retailer you can create bootable media using the Bootable Media Builder For this you will need a CD R RW blank DVD R RW blank several formatted diskettes the wizard will tell you the exact number or any other media from which your computer can boot such as a Zip drive Acronis True Image WD Edition also provides the ability to create an ISO image of a bootable disk on the hard disk If you have other Acronis products installed on your computer such as Acronis Disk Director Suite you can include standalone versions of these programs on the same bootable disk as If you have chosen not to install the Bootable Media Builder during Acronis True Image WD Edition installation you will not be able to use this feature 1 Click Create Bootable Media on the sidebar or select Create Bootable Media from the Tools menu You can also run the Bootable Rescue Media Builder without loading Acronis True Image WD Edition by selecting Programs gt Acronis gt Acronis True Image WD Edition gt Bootable Media Builder from the Start menu 2 Select which components of Acronis programs you want to place on the bootable media s Acronis Media Builder mn a Rescue Media Contents Selection Select the Acronis components to be place
38. artition layOUEs iae e eee oe eese pe nane nna aha pha hn ha nha hao h a aaa paa 46 Chapter 11 Adding a new hard disk Leere erre een 48 11 1 SeleChING al nard disk asses vp tc SED PIS pisei ddr deba vetu ee o ie a a PLE Drs opti 48 11 2 e reatrig NEW DarLLIOLIS sacrae mta acu ida a bove ciere oa Seo trs c t odia de cudNi uds 48 11 5 DISK add Surmiiebys er xa OR Ens xe iH vane ura eae ie TT 49 Chapter 12 Acronis DriveCleanser 1e oe oeeee eara e eene nnn n annu nuu un unus 51 12 1 Selecting destination hard disk ici sio os pra iod xA A OX EE eats Rua ERE x a x MUN XE PEENR E 51 12 2 Destroying parameters irs errn Fed ed Eta Pi sack eaes odas UM ER UR En SS REP Aara 52 12 5 Driveciesnser SUmpmakV us acest iex Eae vrs ar T 53 Appendix A Partitions and file systems eee eere eere rennen nnn nnn 54 A Hard disk lt a 15 Tel cem ie e e ke ba ite E EXE EUR A NEX SEM ORE Rex EUER vex Me Reed aV tase Div Seats bc eut 54 PED Je SUSellSsism ibus ieu A conor A xu In A conn EpL M CES cM LEE 54 AzA ATT Oasis tas rea os nai m n ME Uis uic t d UM 54 NL M o D AME 55 PAZ FD NTE dota a LEM ETA ed uma us ko ns dota e ED ee a LO M LACE 2d 55 Appendix B Hard disks and BIOS setup 1 eeeeeeee eene nnn 56 Bil Installing harddisks mM e s e lt ua cenas pi s len Ek QUSE ERR ARRA bi Dux REX ei ODORE EXE VY EUN EA S DUUM E 56 B 1 1 Installing
39. cations for restoration e Management gt Manage Tasks Create edit delete tasks manually e Clone Disk Transfer the system to a new hard disk e Add New Disk Create partitions on an additional hard disk installed in the computer e Acronis DriveCleanser Securely wipe personal data from a hard disk drive e Show Log Open the Log Viewer window e Options Open a window for editing default backup restore options setting text appearance fonts and other capabilities The Help menu is used to display help and obtain information about Acronis True Image WD Edition Toolbar The toolbar contains the following buttons e Back and Forward for easier navigating e Help opens a Help page with information concerning Acronis True Image WD Edition e Support directs to the Technical support web page e Download a newer version allows updating the program to a newer version e Buy a full version upgrade Acronis True Image WD Edition to Acronis True Image Home 2009 Status bar At the bottom of the main window there is a status bar that is divided into two parts The left side briefly describes the selected operation the right side indicates operation progress and results Tf you double click on the operation results you will see the logs window Taskbar notification area icon During most of the operations a special indicator icon appears in the Windows taskbar notification area the right portion of the status bar with t
40. cons are as follows e Clone Disk Clone your hard disk drives by copying partitions to a Western Digital hard disk e Add New Disk Add a new hard disk drive to your computer e Restore Restore data from a previously created archive e Backup Backup your hard disk e Acronis DriveCleanser Secure data destruction on your hard disk Program menu The program menu bar features the Operations View Tools and Help items The Tools menu contains a list of the available operations e Backup Backup the desired data e Recovery Restore the desired data e Validate backup archive Validate a backup archive of your choice e Explore backup archive Explore a backup archive of your choice e Mount image Create a virtual disk by mounting an image archive 14 Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 e Unmount image Unmount the image you mounted e Exit Exit Acronis True Image WD Edition The View menu contains items for managing the program window look e Toolbars Contains commands that control toolbar icons size enable disable the Navigation and Help toolbars as well as enable disable text labels of the toolbar icons e Status Bar Enables disables the status bar The Operations menu contains the following items e Create Bootable Media Run the bootable media creation procedure e Management gt Manage Backup locations and Archives Create edit delete and explore backup locations search files in backup lo
41. d it will automatically recognize the partitioned disk as the source disk and the unpartitioned disk as the destination disk In such a case the next two steps will be bypassed 10 3 2 Selecting source disk If the program finds several partitioned disks it will ask you which one is the source i e the older data disk Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 41 Disk Clone Wizard Source Hard Disk Select your old hard disk From the list below Select the source old hard disk From the list of available drives then press Next Model 0 Interfaces 4 000 GB VMware Virtual IDE H 0000 IDE O Primary Master Se Disk 2 B GB VMware virtual IDE H 0000 ICED Primary Slave Ze Disk 3 6 000 GB VMware Virtual IDE H 0000 IDE O Secondary Slave Capacity jx B Eos GB NTFS Primary B Logical E Unallocated E cir B Unsupported olume d tee You can determine the source and destination using the information provided in this window disk number capacity label partition and file system information 10 3 3 Selecting destination disk After you select the source disk you have to select the destination where the disk information will be copied Disk Clone Wizard Destination Hard Disk Select your new hard disk From Ehe list below Select the destination mew hard disk From the list of available drives then press Next Drive Capacity Madel Interface 3 000 GB vmware virtual IDE H 0000 IDEO Pri amp GB VMware virtual
42. d data wiping There are Ewa methods available in Acronis True Image WD Edition Select the appropriate method Quick Lj Normal Description Choose this method For quick data wiping The sectors will be zeroed in one pass 52 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 12 3 DriveCleanser summary The DriveCleanser summary contains a list of disks to be wiped and a number of passes Drive Cleanser Wizard Acronis Acronis True Image WD Edition is ready to perform operations Drive with physical data Here is the lisk of these operations Cleanser Operation 1 of 1 Wiping disk Number of passes Hard disk Po Please click Proceed to start wwWw acronls com After you click Proceed Acronis True Image WD Edition will start wiping hard disks indicating the progress in a special window You can stop this procedure by clicking Cancel Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 53 Appendix A Partitions and file systems A 1 A 2 A 2 1 54 Hard disk partitions The mechanism that allows you to install several operating systems on a single PC or to carve up a single physical disk drive into multiple logical disk drives is called partitioning Partitioning is performed by special applications In MS DOS and Windows these are FDISK and Disk Administrator Partitioning programs perform the following e create a primary partition e create an extended partition that can be split into several l
43. d on the boot media Once the boot media is created you will Mi be able to use it to boot a computer and run the selected components from the media m Acronis True Image WD Edition T Acronis True Image WD Editio X Acronis True Image WD Edition Version 11 0 8280 Language English s _ L Space required 42 22 MB te Acronis True Image WD Edition offers the following components e Acronis True Image WD Edition full version Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 33 Includes support of USB PC Card formerly PCMCIA and SCSI interfaces along with the storage devices connected via them and therefore is strongly recommended In the next window you can set Bootable Media Startup Parameters in order to configure bootable media boot options for better compatibility with different hardware Several options are available nousb nomouse noapic etc All the available startup parameters are listed in Appendix C Startup Parameters These parameters are provided for advanced users If you encounter any hardware compatibility problem while testing boot from the bootable media it may be the best to contact Acronis Technical Support By the way you can also download an Acronis True Image WD Edition plug in for the well known Bart PE utility that is used for booting into a Windows like environment from CD Applications are installed into Bart PE in the form of plug ins Downloading the plug in pro
44. e Image WD Edition If you have other Acronis products installed on your computer such as Acronis Disk Director Suite the bootable versions of these programs components will be offered under Advanced tab as well 5 2 5 Additional settings 1 Validate backup archive upon operation completion The preset is disabled When enabled the program will check integrity of the just created or supplemented archive immediately after backup When setting up a backup of critical data or a disk partition backup we strongly recommend you to enable the option to ensure that the backup can be used to recover lost data 2 Ask for first media while creating backup archives on removable media Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 23 The preset is enabled You can choose whether to display the Insert First Media prompt when backing up to removable media With the default setting backing up to removable media may be not possible if the user is away because the program will wait for someone to press OK in the prompt box 24 Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 Chapter 6 Restoring the backup data 6 1 Restore under Windows or boot from CD As mentioned above see 2 3 Running Acronis True Image WD Edition Acronis True Image WD Edition can be run in several ways We recommend that you first try to restore data running Acronis True Image WD Edition under Windows because this method provides more functionality Boot from the bootable media only
45. e system is widely used by DOS DR DOS MS DOS PC DOS PTS DOS and other Windows 98 Me and Windows NT 2000 XP Vista operating systems and is supported by most other systems Main features of FAT16 are the file allocation table FAT and clusters FAT is the core of the file system To increase data safety it is possible to have several copies of the FAT there are usually two of them on a single disk A cluster is a minimum data storage unit in FAT16 file system One cluster contains a fixed number of sectors FAT stores information about what clusters are free what clusters are bad and also defines in which clusters files are stored Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 A 2 2 A 2 3 The FAT16 file system has a 2GB limit that permits a maximum 65 507 clusters that are 32KB in size Windows NT 2000 XP Vista support partitions up to 4GB with up to 64KB clusters Usually the smallest cluster size is used to make the total cluster amount within the 65 507 range The larger a partition is the larger its clusters are Usually the larger the cluster size the more disk space is wasted A single byte of data could use up one cluster whether the cluster size is 32KB or 64KB Like many other file systems the FAT16 file system has a root folder Unlike others however its root folder is stored in a special place and is limited in size standard formatting produces a 512 item root folder Initially FAT16 had limitations on file na
46. e the following if the power goes out or you accidentally press RESET during the transfer the procedure will be incomplete and you will have to partition and format or clone the hard disk again No data will be lost because the original disk is only being read no partitions are changed or resized until data transfer is completed Nevertheless we do not recommend that you delete data from the old disk until you are sure it is correctly transferred to the new disk the computer boots up from it and all applications work 10 3 Executing transfers 10 3 1 Selecting Clone mode You will see the Clone mode window just after the welcome window Disk Clone Wizard Clone Mode You can choose between either Fully automated or manual clone made s Select the hard disk clone made You can Find the description of your selection below Press Next when ready to proceed E Manual Description Automatic mode is used For hard disk cloning Al your partitions From the old hard disk will be copied to the new one in Few simple steps and make your new hard disk bootable All your partitions will be automatically resized to Fit the new hard disk Mate that vou have to remove the old hard disk when data moving is completed Suitable For mast users We recommend using automatic mode in most cases The manual mode can be useful if you need to change the disk partition layout If the program finds two disks one partitioned and another unpartitione
47. ecting Operations gt Backup in the main program menu and then select My computer Create Backup Wizard Select Backup Type You can select type of data you want to back up Select what you want to back up Description When you select this option you can create an image of the entire disk or its partitions or back up system state only Backing up the entire system disk creating a disk image takes significant disk space but enables you to restore Ehe system in minutes in case of severe data damage or hardware Failure Creating a backup of a system state only allows vau to restore system Files folders drivers and so on rather than veur working Files and Folders ter m You can also launch the wizard directly from the Windows Explorer window To do so right click on a disk icon and select Backup in the context menu In this case the program will automatically set My Computer mode 2 Select the data to backup in the next window You can backup either disks and partitions or the system state that comprises the boot files registry protected Windows files and COM CLASS registration database Backing up the System state allows you to restore the system files drivers etc but not the data files and folders you use in your work To be able to restore the data files and folders select the Disks and partitions If such is the case select disks or partitions to back up You can select a random set of disks and partitions
48. evices 1 Backup process priority The preset is Low The priority of any process running in a system determines the amount of CPU usage and system resources allocated to that process Decreasing the backup priority will free more resources for other CPU tasks Increasing the backup priority might speed up the backup process due to taking resources from the other currently running processes The effect will depend on total CPU usage and other factors 5 2 3 Archive splitting Sizeable backups can be split into several files that together make the original backup A backup file can be split for burning to removable media or saving on an FTP server data recovery directly from an FTP server requires the archive to be split into files of no more than 2GB 22 Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 The preset is Automatic With this setting Acronis True Image WD Edition will act as follows When backing up to a hard disk If the selected disk has enough space and its file system allows the estimated file size the program will create a single archive file If the storage disk has enough space but its file system does not allow the estimated file size Acronis True Image WD Edition will automatically split the backup into several files FAT16 and FAT32 file systems have a 4GB file size limit but a hard drive s capacity is limited to 2TB Therefore an archive file might easily exceed this limit if you are going to back up the entire disk
49. finished click Proceed After you create a boot disk mark it and keep it in a safe place Please keep in mind that the backups created by the later program version may be incompatible with the previous program versions Due to this reason we strongly recommend that you create a new bootable media after each Acronis True Image WD Edition upgrade 34 Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 Chapter 8 Other operations 8 1 Validating backup archives You can check the integrity of your backup images to be certain that your archives are not damaged You may perform such validations by launching the Backup Archive Validation Wizard 1 To launch the Backup Archive Validation Wizard select Operations gt Validate Backup Archive from the main program menu 2 Select the archive to validate Backup locations can be selected only as a whole because all their contents are viewed by the program as a single archive You can validate individual archives in backup locations using Windows Explorer To do so open a backup location as a common folder then select the archive to validate right click the archive and select Validate Backup Archive in the context menu The Backup Archive Validation Wizard will be launched with this archive selected Click Next to continue Backup Archive Validation Wizard Backup Archive Selection Select backup archive vou want to verify Desktop a MyBackup k gne a Backup archive name MyBackup tib E Backup
50. gram window In the latter case the program will continue working in the background and will automatically close once the backup archive is ready If you prepare some more backup operations they will be queued after the current one Operation Progress Acronis Create Full Backup Archive Fram Disk 1 True Image To File DAMyBackup tib WD Edition Compression Normal Operation 1 of 2 Creating partition image Hard disk 1 Drive letter C File system NTFS volume label Size 232 9 GB Current operation progress Total progress 4 seconds remaining J Acronis Compute with confidence ELL www aCronig com Cancel gt You may want to adjust the backup process priority To do so click on the process icon in the System Tray and select Low Normal or High priority from the menu that appears For information on how to set the default priority see 5 2 2 Backup performance a If you burn an archive to several removable media be sure to number them since you will have to insert them in order during restoration You might want to see the log when the task is completed To view the log select Tools gt Show Log in the main program menu 5 2 Setting backup options To view or edit the default backup options select Tools gt Options gt Default Backup Options from the main program menu You can edit the default or set the temporary backup options while creating a backup task as well Copyr
51. h Bootable Media Builder you can create bootable rescue disks see details in Chapter 7 Creating bootable media You might not need this tool if you purchased a boxed product that contains a bootable CD Installing the Bootable Media Builder will allow you to create bootable media or its ISO image at any time from the main program window or running Bootable Media Builder on its own When installed Acronis True Image WD Edition creates a new device in the Device Manager list Control Panel gt System gt Hardware gt Device Manager gt Acronis Devices gt Acronis TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer Do not disable or uninstall this device as it is necessary for connecting image archives as virtual disks see Chapter 9 Exploring archives and mounting images On T EN a M Mi Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 9 2 2 Extracting Acronis True Image WD Edition When installing Acronis True Image WD Edition you can save the setup msi file on a local or network drive This will help when modifying or recovering the existing component installation To save the setup file e Run the Acronis True Image WD Edition setup file e Inthe Install Menu right click on the program name and select Extract e Select a location for the setup file and click Save 2 3 Running Acronis True Image WD Edition You can run Acronis True Image WD Edition in Windows by selecting Start gt Programs gt Acronis gt Acronis True Image WD
52. he clock If you mouse over the icon you will see a tool tip indicating the operation s progress Right clicking on the icon invokes a context menu where you can change process priority or cancel the operation if necessary This icon doesn t depend on the main program window being open You can change the appearance of text fonts and their size in the program s user interface and menu items To do so select Tools gt Options gt Appearance gt Fonts Click the led button to preview the results of text appearance changes Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 15 4 2 Available operations You can perform the following operations on the computer e Back up data including system disks partitions Select Operations gt Backup category in the main window select Backup in the Backup and Restore window then follow the wizard s instructions See details in Chapter 5 Creating backup archives e Restore data including system disks partitions Select Operations gt Recovery category in the main window select Restore in the Backup and Restore window then follow the wizard s instructions See details in Chapter 6 Restoring the backup data e Browse logs of Acronis True Image WD Edition operation Select Tools gt Show Log or select Show Log on the sidebar to navigate to the Event Log window See details in 8 2 Viewing logs e Set up backup restore options such as backup process priority or files overwriting mode Select
53. ib My Computer Backup archive type image E H 315 Floppy A The selected backup sequence number 2 E Se Local Disk C HS DWD CD RW Drive D e Local Disk E Date Tuesday January 09 2007 12 52 26 PM Ze Local Disk F Size 2 709 GB ca MyBackup E My Backup v MyBackup 1 L Shared Documents E XJ My Network Places K My Computer File name FAMyBackup 2 tib K Files af type Backup Archives Etib hi d If you added a comment to the archive it will be displayed to the right of the drives tree Tf the archive was protected with a password Acronis True Image WD Edition will ask for it Neither the partitions layout nor the Next button will be enabled until you enter the correct password 3 Select a partition to mount as a virtual disk Note that you cannot mount an image of the entire disk except in the case when the disk consists of one partition You can also select a letter to be assigned to the virtual disk from the Drive letter drop down list If you do not want to mount the virtual drive select Do not mount in the list No description is available For this backup archive Mount Image Wizard Assigning Logical Drive Letters You can assign logical drive letters to the partitions From Ehe backup archive you gt have chosen The partitions From Ehe backup archive you have chosen will have temporary logical drive letters shown in the hard disk graphical layout below To change the drive letter se
54. ifferent This RT c partitioning method is described below 10 3 9 Cloning summary In the next window you will see a list of briefly described operations to be performed on the disks Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 45 Disk Clone Wizard Acronis Acronis True Image WD Edition is ready to perform operations With physical data Here is the list of these operations True Image WD Edition Operation 1 of 3 i Clearing disk Hard disk 2 Operation 2 of 3 Reboot required Copying partition Hard disk 1 3 p gt trr Drive letter C File system NTFS e volume label M Size 232 9 GB d Operation 3 of 3 Copying BR Hard disk Please click Proceed to start www acronis com Cloning a disk containing the currently active operating system will require a reboot In that case after clicking Proceed you will be asked to confirm the reboot Canceling the reboot will cancel the entire procedure After the clone process finishes you will be offered an option to shut down the computer by pressing any key This enables you to change the position of master slave jumpers and remove one of the hard drives Cloning a non system disk or a disk containing an operating system but one that is not currently active will proceed without reboot After you click Proceed Acronis True Image WD Edition will start cloning the old disk to the new disk indicating the progress in a special window You can stop this procedure b
55. ight O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 21 ptions You can view and set the options For the selected items Appearance ey zE Default backup options Default backup options Compression level Backup You can set up Ehe options to be used by default For backups S P uM d creation When configured these options are applied to the backup gb Archive splitting creation wizard Freeing you From configuring the corresponding al Media components Wizard s steps each time you create backup e Additional settings ES iA Default restoration options 5 2 1 Compression level The preset is Normal If you select None the data will be copied without any compression which may significantly increase the backup file size However if you select Maximum compression the backup operation will take significantly longer The optimal data compression level depends on the type of files stored in the archive For example even maximum compression will not significantly reduce the archive size if the archive contains essentially compressed files like jpg pdf or mp3 Generally it is recommended that you use the default Normal compression level You might want to select Maximum compression for removable media to reduce the number of blank disks required 5 2 2 Backup performance The three options below might have a more or less noticeable effect on the backup process speed This depends on overall system configuration and physical characteristics of d
56. ill proceed to the cloning summary window Be careful Clicking Back in this window will reset all size and location changes that you ve selected so you will have to specify them again First select a partition to resize It will be underlined in red Resize and relocate it on the next step You can do this by entering values to Unallocated space before Partition size Unallocated space after fields by dragging partition borders or the partition itself If the cursor turns into two vertical lines with left and right arrows it is pointed at the partition border and you can drag it to enlarge or reduce the partition s size If the cursor turns into four arrows it is pointed at the partition so you can move it to the left or right if there s unallocated space near it Having provided the new location and size click Next You will be taken two steps back to the partition layout You might have to perform some more resizing and relocation before you get the layout you need Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 47 Chapter 11 Adding a new hard disk If you don t have enough space for your data you can either replace the old disk with a new higher capacity one data transfers to new disks are described in the previous chapter or add a new disk only to store data leaving the system on the old disk If the computer has a bay for another disk it would be easier to add a data disk drive than to clone a system one To add a new
57. instance this parameter may be used if you experience crashes upon boot up probably caused by the BIOS e pci biosirq Uses PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt routing table These calls are known to be buggy on several machines and they hang the machine when used but on other computers it is the only way to get the interrupt routing table Try this option if the kernel is unable to allocate IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your motherboard Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 63
58. l SCICCUON HM 25 0 2 2 Restoration Ype Selection sie vae Eo E Resp sau lus pav a Ea ees Ae ROM RRERRKNE 26 6 2 4 Selecting a disk partition to restore sss sese scoe eaea eaea aeaee 27 0 2 5 Dele ctiliu a terget disk Dass s tote ER bna a DD Rot t RR DERE ERE EE 28 6 2 6 Changing the restored partition type sese sc eiie esee eee eee paran ha pha haha opu arae pa opea ae ona paa 29 6 2 7 Changing the restored partition file system cce e eee ee eee eee 30 6 2 8 Changing the restored partition size and location i iiie eese naa 30 6 2 9 Assigning a letter to the restored partition ecce ee eee 31 6 2 10 Restoring several disks or partitions at ONICC sessiceccucnenenucnensnecnsneneneeneneneensnanenesnenanesanges 31 Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 3 6 2 11 SUING RS lele leiel iiic medii te UM DEED ERE Eua ee 31 6 2 12 Restoration summary and executing restoration iei eese annua hh ahhh aaa nana 31 625 SEUNG restore ODLIOTIS sto beet cove erences hd ane Uo beoe Lesud a E D e DERE 31 OE NV IM CU vo Ia e elea LT 32 D 2 FAI OM SOUS aa as ia PM C ML MU QM MM M E MAI 32 Chapter 7 Creating bootable media eere er eere 33 Chapter 8 Other oDeratiohns in eirca cR Ran R RR RV Rak RR Rc ERR 35 o T Valiaauntg Daekup akchiVes sscsussbudessen aed rx OE hRE tnd ne Dada Dido ca asap Satu e uL Donau O odit e EUN ET ARE 35 BZ VIC WING MOOS everest toD E Stier OE Sed MN M DLP NI PIOSI S
59. la Size Cyl x Hds x Sec x 512 1024 1024 Method of translation of sector addresses For example to demonstrate the main features of Acronis True Image WD Edition we used a Quantum Fireball TM1700A hard disk as one of the disks in our examples Its parameters have the following values Parameter Type Cylinder Cyl Heads Hd Sectors Sec Mode CHS Maximum LBA Capacity Auto 827 64 63 Auto 1707 MB 1707 MB Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 Value 59 B 2 3 60 In BIOS setup you can set the Type parameter to User Type HDD user defined type In this case you also have to specify the value of the translation mode parameter which can be Auto Normal LBA Large Translation mode is how sector addresses are translated This parameter appeared because in BIOS versions there were limitations to the maximum address capacity of disks which is 504 MB 1024 cylinders x 16 heads x 63 sectors x 512 bytes There are two ways to bypass this limitation 1 switch from physical to logical sector addresses LBA 2 use mathematics to reduce the number of addressed sectors cylinders and increase the number of heads this method is called Large Disk Large The simplest decision is to set the value of this parameter to Auto If there are several hard disks connected to your motherboard but you do not want to use some of them at the moment you have to set the Type of these disks to Not
60. lect a partition then choose another drive letter in che combo box below the hard disk graphical layouk Choose Do nat mount in the combo box if you do not wank to assign a drive letter Eo Ehe selected partition To select a partition place the mouse pointer aver it and then click the left mause bukton 30 S 9 Partition Flags Capacity Free Space Type Disk 1 NTFS a Pri Act 3 991 GB 1 847 GB NTFS eFAT32 T Pri Act 5 998 GB 4 533 GB EAT 32 Drive letter For the selected partition Q9 isp 4 Select whether you want to mount image in Read only or Read Write mode 38 Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 5 If you select Read Write mode the program assumes that the connected image will be modified It is strongly recommended that you list the forthcoming changes in the Comment section to this file 6 The program displays a summary containing a single operation Click Proceed to connect the selected partition image as a virtual disk 7 After the image is connected the program will run Windows Explorer showing its contents Now you can work with files or folders as if they were located on a real disk You can connect multiple partition images If you want to connect another partition image repeat the procedure 9 2 Unmounting an image We recommend that you unmount the virtual disk after all necessary operations are finished as keeping up virtual disks takes considerable system resources If you do not unmount the
61. ll existing partitions will be deleted during cloning and all their data will be lost e No I do not want to delete partitions no existing partition will be deleted discontinuing the cloning operation You will have to cancel this operation and return to select another disk To continue select the first choice and click Next Note that no real changes or data destruction will be performed at this time For now the program will just map out cloning All changes will be implemented only when you click Proceed 10 3 5 Old and new disk partition layout If you selected the automatic mode the program will not ask you anything else You will see the window graphically illustrating information as rectangles about the source disk partitions and unallocated space and the destination disk layout Along with the disk number some additional information is provided disk capacity label partition and file system information Partition types primary logical and unallocated space are marked with different colors Next you will see the cloning summary 10 3 6 Selecting partition transfer method Acronis True Image WD Edition will offer you the following data transfer methods e Asis Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 43 e Proportional the new disk space will be proportionally distributed among cloned partitions e Manual you will specify the new size and other parameters yourself Disk Clone Wizard Moving Me
62. mes They could only be eight characters long plus a dot plus three characters of name extension However long name support in Windows 95 and Windows NT bypassed this limitation The OS 2 operating system also supports long names but does so in a different way FAT32 The FAT32 file system was introduced in Windows 95 OSR2 It is also supported by Windows 98 Me 2000 XP Vista FAT32 is an evolved version of FAT16 Its main differences from FAT16 are 28 bit cluster numbers and a more flexible root whose size is unlimited The reasons FAT32 appeared are the support of large hard disks over 8GB in capacity and the impossibility of implementing any more complex file system into MS DOS which is still the basis for Windows 98 Me The maximum FAT32 disk size is 2 terabytes 1 terabyte or TB is equal to 1024 gigabytes or GB NTFS NTFS is the main file system for Windows NT 2000 XP Vista Its structure is closed so no other operating system is fully supported The main structure of NTFS is the MFT master file table NTFS stores a copy of the critical part of the MFT to reduce the possibility of data damage and loss All other NTFS data structures are special files NTFS stands for NT File System Like FAT NTFS uses clusters to store files but cluster size does not depend on partition size NTFS is a 64 bit file system It uses unicode to store file names It is also a journaling failure protected file system and supports compression a
63. n are entitled to free technical support If you experience problems installing or using our product that you can t solve yourself by using this guide you can visit Western Digital Knowledge Base Frequently Asked Questions at http support wdc com Here you can search for a solution by entering keywords phrases or even by an answer ID in the Contact us Answers tab or describe the problem and ask questions by filling in the form in the Ask a Question tab at http support wdc com email To download updates to the product or a user s guide please go to http support wdc com downloads retail drive kit 8 Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 Chapter 2 Acronis True Image WD Edition installation and startup 2 1 Installing Acronis True Image WD Edition To install Acronis True Image WD Edition e Run the Acronis True Image WD Edition setup file e Inthe Install Menu select the program to install Acronis True Image WD Edition e Follow the install wizard instructions on the screen hi Install T Acronis True Image WD Edition V Acronis True Image WD Edition P User s Guide Acronis True Image WD Edition M Customer Support Lp p ACRONIS CCM Install Acronis True Image WD Edition to back up and restore data on this computer Typical Custom and Complete installation is available Having pressed Custom you can choose to install besides Acronis True Image WD Edition Bootable Media Builder Wit
64. ncluding operating systems applications documents and personal settings After migrating to the new hard disk you can destroy all confidential information on the old one securely This is the recommended procedure if you intend to donate throw away or sell the old hard disk drive Wizards and a Windows XP style interface will make your work easier Just answer a few simple questions and let Acronis True Image WD Edition take care of everything else The Traffic Light bar makes it easier monitoring the system backup state When a system problem occurs the software will get you up and running in no time Acronis True Image WD Edition is available for installing and launching only when a Western Digital HDD is connected Acronis True Image WD Edition does not support dynamic and GPT drives as sources and targets for backup recovery migration and cloning 6 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 1 2 New in Acronis True Image WD Edition DriveCleanser Securely wipe data stored on an entire hard disk individual partitions or in individual files and eliminate traces of user system activities You have the option to delete files or erase a whole disk using any of eight standardized data destruction methods or custom user defined methods This capability comes from the inclusion of Acronis DriveCleanser a former stand alone product that also was a component of the Acronis Privacy Expert Suite As a stand alone product Acronis DriveCleanse
65. nd encryption Files in folders are indexed to speed up file search Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 55 Appendix B Hard disks and BIOS setup B 1 B 1 1 B 1 2 56 The appendices below provide you with extra information on the hard disk organization how information is stored on disks how disks should be installed in the computer and plugged into the motherboard configuring disks with BIOS partitions and file systems and how operating systems interact with disks Installing hard disks in computers Installing a hard disk general scheme To install a new IDE hard disk you should do the following we will assume you have powered OFF your PC before you start 1 Configure the new hard disk as slave by properly installing jumpers on the board of its controller Disk drives generally have a picture on the drive that shows the correct jumper settings 2 Open your computer and insert the new hard disk into a 3 5 or 5 25 slot with special holders Fasten down the disk with screws 3 Plug the power cable into the hard disk four threaded two black yellow and red there is only one way you can plug in this cable 4 Plug the 40 or 80 thread flat data cable into sockets on the hard disk and on the motherboard plugging rules are described below The disk drive will have a designation on the connector or next to it that identifies Pin 1 The cable will have one red wire on an end that is designated for Pin 1
66. oach Total size 1 9 GB Q Her 3 Go to 5 1 2 Selecting the backup destination 5 1 2 Selecting the backup destination Select the destination location for the backup Specify the archive name Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 19 If you are going to create a new archive i e perform a full backup enter the new file name in the Folder line or use the file name generator a button to the right of the line If you select an existing full backup file it will be overwritten through a prompt Overwriting a full backup means that you will discard the entire old archive and create a new one Create Backup Wizard Backup Archive Location Choose an existing backup File to back up only changes that took place since the backup creation or enter a File name Far a new Full backup z Local Disk D Desktop Lacal Disk gh FTF Connections ES E My Documents Free space 228 6 GB g G My Computer Total Size 232 9 GB HE Sw Local Disk C Se Local Disk D HL Documents and Setting HL Intel D iy MVIDIA HE Program Files Hi WINDOWS X l H mel rr U 1 File name p AMyBackup tib 7 Files of type Backup Archives tib K d bet The farther you store the archive from the original folders the safer it will be in case of disaster For example saving the archive to another hard disk will protect your data if the primary disk is damaged Data saved to a network disk FTP server or removable media will
67. ogical disks e Set an active partition applied to a single primary partition only Information about partitions on a hard disk is stored in a special disk area in the 1 sector of cylinder 0 head 0 which is called the partition table This sector is called the master boot record or MBR A physical hard disk might contain up to four partitions This limit is forced by the partition table that is suitable for four strings only However this does not mean you can have only four operating systems on your PC Applications called disk managers support far more operating systems on disks For example Acronis OS Selector a component of Acronis Disk Director Suite enables you to install up to 100 operating systems File systems An operating system gives user the ability to work with data by supporting some type of file system on a partition All file systems are made of structures that are necessary to store and manage data These structures are usually composed of operating system boot sectors folders and files File systems perform the following basic functions e track occupied and free disk space and bad sectors if any e Support folders and file names e track physical location of files on disks Different operating systems use different file systems Some operating systems are able to work with only one file system while others can use several of them Here are some of the most widely used file systems FAT16 The FAT16 fil
68. ons The program will restore both used and unused sectors of disks or partitions Restore specified files or folders Finally if you are not going to recover the system but only want to repair damaged files select Restore specified files or folders With this selection you will be further asked to select where to restore selected folders files original or new location choose files folders to be restored and so on These steps look like those in file archive restore However watch your selection if you are to restore files instead of a disk partition uncheck the unnecessary folders Otherwise you will restore a lot of excess files Then you will be taken directly to Restoration Summary screen 6 2 12 Restoration summary and executing restoration You can restore files from disk partition images only if they have the FAT or NTFS file systems 6 2 4 Selecting a disk partition to restore The selected archive file can contain images of several partitions or even disks Select which disk partition to restore Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 27 Restore Data Wizard Partition or Disk to Restore Select a partition or a hard disk drive to restore Please select a partition or a whole hard disk drive to restore Partition Flags Capacity Free Space Type ee NTFS Cu Pri Ack 3 901 GB 1 847 GB NTFS ww MBR and Track 0 MER and Track Disk 2 C ee FATS Es Pri Ack 7 997 GB 7 982 GB FAT32 LBA C SMBR and Track 0 M
69. our computer system should a disaster occur such as losing data accidentally deleting critical files or folders or a complete hard disk crash If failures occur that block access to information or affect system operation you will be able to restore the system and the lost data easily The unique technology developed by Acronis and implemented in Acronis True Image WD Edition allows you to perform exact sector by sector disk backups including all operating systems applications and configuration files software updates personal settings and data Acronis True Image WD Edition now helps you protect your identity as well Simply deleting old data will not remove it permanently from your computer Acronis True Image now includes Acronis Drive Cleanser an application that permanently destroys files and wipes personal information from partitions and or entire disks You can store backups on almost any PC storage device internal or external hard drives network drives or a variety of IDE SCSI FireWire IEEE 1394 USB 1 0 1 1 and 2 0 and PC Card formerly called PCMCIA removable media drives as well as CD R RW DVD R RW DVD R RW magneto optical Iomega Zip and Jaz drives Acronis True Image WD Edition allows selecting only Western digital HDD as a restore location and for Cloning operation If you are going to install a new hard disk drive Acronis True Image WD Edition will help you to transfer information from the old one in minutes i
70. plorer by right clicking on an image archive and selecting the Mount item in the context menu The following is a brief summary of the Explore vs Mount operation Explore Mount Archive type File level disk or partition image Partition image Assigning a letter No Yes Archive modification No Yes in R W mode Files extraction Yes Yes The current version of Acronis True Image WD Edition can mount or explore an image archive only if all its volumes reside in the same directory If your archive spans several CD R RW discs and you wish to mount the image you should copy all volumes to a hard disk drive or network drive 9 1 Mounting an image 1 Launch the Mount Image Wizard by selecting Operations gt Mount Image in the main program menu or by right clicking on an image archive and selecting Mount in the Windows Explorer s context menu 2 Select the archive from the drives tree The mount operation does not support backup locations so they are not displayed in the tree However if an image is stored in a backup location you can select this location in the tree as a normal folder and then select the image for mounting Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 37 Mount Image Wizard Image 5election Please select an image File you would like to mount in Ehe tree below wou will be able to assign temporary drive letters to partition backup From the archive File a n sa MyBackup2 tj My Documents g F Backup archive name MyBackup t
71. r if it is not necessary in the existing configuration Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 57 B 2 B 2 1 58 The hard disk with the jumper in master position is treated by the basic input output system BIOS as bootable The jumpers on hard disks that are connected to the same cable can be in the cable select for master slave position In this case BIOS will deem as master the disk that is connected to the IDE cable closer to the motherboard than the other one Unfortunately hard disk markings were never standardized You might well find that markings on your hard disk differ from the ones described above Moreover for the old types of hard disks their purpose could be defined by two jumpers instead of one You should study the markings carefully before installing your hard disk in the computer It is not enough to physically connect the hard disk to the motherboard and set the jumpers properly for the hard disk to function hard disks have to be properly configured with the motherboard BIOS BIOS When you turn on your computer you often see a number of short text messages before you see the splash screen of your operating system These messages are from the POST power on self test program that belongs to BIOS and is executed by the processor BIOS or the basic input output system is a program that resides in the permanent memory chip ROM or flash BIOS on the motherboard of your computer and is its key elemen
72. r won several Editors Choice Awards More user friendly Many interface improvements and usability enhancements make Acronis True Image WD Edition easier to use than ever before Acronis True Image WD Edition is packaged as a suite of smaller simpler independent utilities working together and it is ready to protect the computer right after installation no reboot is necessary Sector by sector images You can create an exact sector by sector disk image This feature is very useful when you need to backup corrupted disk drives or to make an image of a partition on which an important file has been deleted This option lets you copy used and unused hard disk sectors Restoring files and folders without restoring absolute path You can select an option of restoring files without restoring the absolute path so the restored items will be saved to the destination folder without creating multiple additional folders Shell extension for archive validation You can easily validate any archive right from the Windows Explorer context menu Simply find a backup archive right click on it and select Validate Backup Archive 1 3 System requirements and supported media 1 3 1 Minimum system requirements Acronis True Image WD Edition requires the following hardware Pentium processor or higher 128 MB RAM FDD or CD RW drive for bootable media creation Mouse recommended 1 3 2 Supported operating systems Windows 2000 Professional
73. ree more resources for other CPU tasks Raising restoration priority may speed up the restore process as it takes resources from other currently running processes The effect will depend on total CPU usage and other factors 6 3 2 Additional settings 1 You can choose whether to restore file date and time from the archive or assign the files the current date and time By default the current date and time will be assigned 2 Before data is restored from the archive Acronis True Image WD Edition can check its integrity If you suspect that the archive might have been corrupted select Validate backup archive before restoration 3 Having restored a disk partition from an image Acronis True Image WD Edition can check the integrity of the file system To do so select Check file system after restoration Verification of the file system is available only when restoring disk partitions using FAT16 32 and NTFS file systems 32 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 Chapter 7 Creating bootable media You can run Acronis True Image WD Edition from an emergency boot disk on a bare metal system or a crashed computer that cannot boot You can even back up disks on a non Windows computer copying all its data into the backup archive by imaging the disk one sector at a time To do so you will need bootable media that has a copy of the standalone Acronis True Image WD Edition version installed on it If you purchased the boxed product you alre
74. rtitions using preset methods e create and execute custom user methods of hard disk clean up Acronis DriveCleanser is based on a wizard that scripts all hard disk operations so no data destruction is performed until you click Proceed in the wizard s final window At any moment you can return to the previous steps to select other disks partitions or data destruction methods 12 1 Selecting destination hard disk First you must select the hard disk where you want to destroy data Drive Cleanser Wizard Destination Hard Disk Select the destination hard disk From the list below Select the hard disk where you wank to destroy data From the list of available drives then press Next Drive Capacity Model InterFace s Disk 1 298 1 GB WOC WD32004 46 00134 01 0 IDE O Secondary Master Ze Disk 3 232 9 GB 5T3250310A5 3 44 IDE 2 Secondary Master LInallacated 298 1 GB 298 1 GB Primary 3 Logical E Unallocated m vu S Unsupported alume d tev The destroying operation is possible only if the destination hard disk is empty If the selected hard disk contains several partitions that might have useful data Acronis True Image WD Edition will ask whether you want to delete those partitions or cancel the operation Click Back to choose another destination hard disk Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 51 Drive Cleanser Wizard Nonempty Destination Hard Disk You have chosen a destination hard disk that already contains
75. s in the created task If you click Cancel no changes will be made to disk s Clicking Proceed will launch the task execution The task progress will be shown in a special window You can stop the procedure by clicking Cancel However it is critical to note that the target partition will be deleted and its space unallocated the same result you will get if the restoration is unsuccessful To recover the lost partition you will have to restore it from the image again 6 3 Setting restore options To view or edit the default restore options select Tools gt Options gt Default Restoration Options from the main program menu You can edit the default or set the temporary restore options while creating a restore task as well Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 31 ptions You can view and set the options For the selected items Appearance ES E Default backup options Default restoration options Default restoration options You can set the options En be used by default For data restoration When configured these options are applied to the restore data wizard Freeing you From configuring the corresponding wizard s steps each time you restore data ZR Restoration priority e Additional settings 6 3 1 Restoration priority The preset is Low The priority of any process running in a system determines the amount of CPU usage and system resources allocated to that process Decreasing the restoration priority will f
76. t The version of BIOS that you use knows all the peculiarities of all the components of the motherboard processor memory integrated devices BIOS versions are provided by the manufacturers of motherboards Main BIOS functions are e POST checking of processor memory and I O devices e initial configuring of all software manageable parts of the motherboard e initialization of operating system OS booting process Among numerous components of the computer initial configuration is necessary for the external memory subsystem that controls hard disk drives floppy disk drives CD ROM drives DVDs and other devices Setup utility BIOS has a built in setup utility for initial computer configuration To enter it you have to press a certain combination of keys Del F1 Ctri Alt Esc Ctrl Esc or some other depending on your BIOS during the POST sequence that starts right after you turn your computer on Usually the message with the required combination of keys is displayed during the startup testing Pressing this combination takes you to the menu of the setup utility that is included in your BIOS The menu can differ in appearance and sets of items and their names depending on the BIOS manufacturer The most widely known BIOS makers for PC motherboards are Award Phoenix and AMI Moreover while items in the standard setup menu are mostly the same for various BIOSes items of the extended setup heavily depend on computer and BIOS version
77. tartup Parameters Additional parameters that can be applied prior to booting Linux kernel Description The following parameters can be used to load Linux kernel in a special mode 62 acpi off Disables ACPI and may help with a particular hardware configuration noapic Disables APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller and may help with a particular hardware configuration nousb Disables USB modules loading nousb2 Disables USB 2 0 support USB 1 1 devices still work with this option This option allows using some USB drives in USB 1 1 mode if they do not work in USB 2 0 mode quiet This parameter is enabled by default and the startup messages are not displayed Deleting it will result in the startup messages being displayed as the Linux kernel is loaded and the command shell being offered prior to running the very Acronis program nodma Disables DMA for all IDE disk drives Prevents kernel from freezing on some hardware nofw Disables FireWire IEEE1394 support nopcmcia Disables PCMCIA hardware detection nomouse Disables mouse support module name off Disables the module e g sata sis off pci bios Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 Forces to use PCI BIOS not access the hardware device directly For instance this parameter may be used if the machine has a non standard PCI host bridge e pci nobios Disallows use of PCI BIOS only direct hardware access methods are allowed For
78. the archive is located on removable media e g CD first insert the last CD and then insert s disks in reverse order when the Restore Data Wizard prompts you Data recovery directly from an FTP server requires the archive to consist of files of no more AES than 2GB each If you suspect that some of the files are larger first copy the entire archive along with the initial full backup to a local hard disk or network share disk See notes and recommendations for supporting FTP servers in 1 3 4 Supported storage media If you added a comment to the archive it will be displayed to the right of the drives tree If the archive was protected with a password Acronis True Image WD Edition will ask for it The partitions layout the comment and the Next button will be unavailable until you enter the correct password 6 2 3 Restoration type selection Select what you want to restore 26 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 Restore Data Wizard Restoration Type Selection You can select type of backup archive restoration Select ane of the Following restoration types P Sector by sector restoration of disks or partitions E 1 Restore specified Files or Folders Description Select this option if you want to restore a disk or partition entirely Restore disks or partitions Having chosen a disks or partition recovery type you will now select the settings described below Sector by sector restoration of disks or partiti
79. thod Choose the method of data moving From your old drive to the new one Select data moving method O As is Q Manual Description The original partition sizes will be scaled according to the new drive size IF the new drive is smaller im size Ehe partitions will shrink accordingly iF the new drive is larger the partitions will be enlarged proportionally If you elect to transfer information as is a new partition will be created for every old one with the same size and type file system and label The unused space will become unallocated Afterwards you will be able to use the unallocated space to create new partitions or to enlarge the existing partitions with special tools such as Acronis Disk Director Suite As a rule as is transfers are not recommended as they leave much unallocated space on the new disk Using the as is method Acronis True Image WD Edition transfers unsupported and damaged file systems If you transfer data proportionally each partition will be enlarged according to the proportion of the old and new disk capacities FAT16 partitions are enlarged less than others as they have a 4 GB size limit Depending on the selected combination you will proceed to either the old disk partitioning window or the disk partition layout window see below 10 3 7 Partitioning the old disk If you selected Create a new partition layout earlier in the process it is now time to repartition your old disk
80. tion This reduces image size and speeds up image creation and restoration However you might use the Create an image using the sector by sector approach option that lets you include all of the sectors of a hard disk in an image A partition image includes all files and folders This includes all attributes including hidden and system files boot record and FAT file allocation table as well as files in the root directory and the zero track of the hard disk with master boot record MBR A disk image includes images of all disk partitions as well as the zero track with master boot record MBR By default files in all Acronis True Image WD Edition archives have a tib extension Do not change this file extension It is important to note that you can restore files and folders from disk partition images too To do so mount the image as a virtual disk see Chapter 9 Exploring archives and mounting images or start the image restoration and select Restore specified files or folders 3 2 Full backups Acronis True Image WD Edition can create full backups 3 3 Viewing disk and partition information You can change the way data is represented in all schemes you see in various wizards To the right are three icons Arrange Icons by Choose Details and 1 Display the properties of the selected item the last duplicated in the context menu opened by right clicking objects To sort messages by a particular column click the header
81. to take a few simple actions to transfer all the data including partitions folders and files to a new disk making it bootable if the original disk was bootable There will be only one difference between these disks partitions on the newer disk will be larger Everything else including the installed operating systems data disk labels settings software and everything else on the disk will remain the same This is the only result available in the automatic mode The program can only duplicate the original disk layout to the new one To obtain a different result you will have to answer additional questions about cloning parameters The manual mode will provide more data transfer flexibility 1 You will be able to select the method of partition and data transfer e asis e new disk space is proportionally distributed between the old disk partitions e new disk space is distributed manually 2 You will also be able to select operations to perform on the old disk e leave partitions and data on the old disk e remove all information from the old disk e create new partitions on the old disk and remove all the old information 40 Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 On program screens damaged partitions are marked with a red circle and a white cross inside in the upper left corner Before you start cloning you should check such disks for errors using the appropriate operating system tools 10 2 Security Please not
82. tronics interface are connected to the motherboard via a 40 or 80 thread flat marked cable one of the threads of the cable is red Two IDE hard disks can be connected to each of the sockets i e there can be up to four hard disks of this type installed in the PC There are three plugs on each IDE cable two for hard disks and one for the motherboard socket As noted IDE cable plugs are usually designed so that there is only one way to connect them to the sockets Usually one of the pinholes is filled on the cable plug and one of the pins facing the filled hole is removed from the motherboard socket so it becomes impossible to plug the cable in the wrong way In other cases there is a jut on the plug on the cable and an indentation in the socket of the hard disk and of the motherboard This also ensures that there only one way to connect the hard disk and the motherboard In the past this design of plug did not exist so there was an empirical rule the IDE cable is connected to the hard disk socket so that the marked thread is the closest to the power cable i e the marked thread connected to pin 1 of the socket A similar rule was used for connecting cables with the motherboard Incorrect connection of the cable with either the hard disk or the motherboard does not necessarily damage the electronics of the disk or the motherboard The hard disk is simply not detected or initialized by BIOS K There are some models of hard disks
83. ual disk icon and selecting Unmount e Transfer the system to a new hard disk Select Tools gt Clone Disk or select Disk Utilities category in the main window and click Clone Disk in the Hard Disk Utilities group then follow the wizard s instructions See Chapter 10 Transferring the system to a new disk e Format partitions on a new hard disk 16 Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 Select Tools gt Add New Disk or select Disk Utilities category in the main window and click Add New Disk in the Hard Disk Utilities group then follow the wizard s instructions See Chapter 11 Adding a new hard disk e Securely destroy personal information on partitions and disks Select Tools gt Acronis DriveCleanser category in the main window and click Acronis DriveCleanser then follow the wizard s instructions See Chapter 12 Security and Privacy Tool e Create bootable media or its ISO image Select Tools gt Create Bootable Media and then follow the wizard s instructions See Chapter 7 Creating bootable media Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 17 Chapter 5 Creating backup archives To be able to restore lost data or roll back your system to a certain known good state you should first create an entire system backup file 5 1 The backup procedure 5 1 1 My Computer backup Create a backup image of any set of your computer s hard disks and partitions or back up the system state 1 Invoke the Create Backup Wizard by sel
84. vides ability to include Acronis True Image WD Edition into a Bart PE plug in tab 3 Select the type of bootable media CD R RW DVD R RW or 3 5 diskettes to create If your BIOS has this feature you can create other bootable media such as removable USB flash drives You can also choose to create a bootable disk ISO image When using 3 5 diskettes you will be able to write on a diskette or a set of diskettes only one component at a time for example Acronis True Image WD Edition To write another component start Bootable Media Builder again Ta Acronis Media Builder Bootable Media Selection Selec a drive bo be used Ec create bookable meda Choose a media type Fom the list below The list contains all available devices that could ba used to create media that stores data required For booting including flopsy disk drives CD drives and Flash memory devices You can store bootable data in isn Files Mame Details JA CD RW Drive D MEC CORWIDYD CB1 1004 TEDI TB T50 image 150 image file d Removable Drive Removable Disk Drive 4 If you are creating a CD DVD or any removable media insert a blank disk so the program can determine its capacity If you choose to create a bootable disk ISO image specify the ISO file name and the folder in which to place it 5 Next the program will estimate how many blank disks are required in case you have not chosen ISO or CD and give you time to prepare them When you are
85. y clicking Cancel In that case you will have to repartition and format the new disk or repeat the cloning procedure After the cloning operation is complete you will see the results message 10 4 Cloning with manual partitioning 10 4 1 Old and new disk partition layouts The manual transfer method enables you to resize partitions on the new disk By default the program resizes them proportionally In the next window you will see rectangles indicating the source hard disk including its partitions and unallocated space as well as the new disk layout Along with the hard disk number you will see disk capacity label partition and file system information Different partition types including primary logical and unallocated space are marked with different colors 46 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2009 Disk Clone Wizard Hard Disk Drives Structure You can see your source hard disk layout before cloning and the destination hard disk lay out after cloning Please review the source hard disk layout before cloning and the destination hard disk layout that will be created during the cloning procedure Before cloning Primary I3 Logical EZ Unallocated Z vide BE Unsupported volume Ta continue with the hard disk cloning press the Next button Hep sek J me To resize any partition check the Proceed relayout box If you are satisfied with the partition layout shown uncheck this box if checked Clicking Next you w
86. y dragging partition borders or the partition itself If the cursor turns into two vertical lines with left and right arrows it is pointed at the partition border and you can drag it to enlarge or reduce the partition size If the cursor turns into four arrows it is pointed at the partition so you can move it to the left or right if 48 Copyright O Acronis Inc 2000 2009 there is unallocated space near it Having provided the new partition location and size you can input a label for the new partition If you make a mistake at partitioning click Back to redo the process Add New Disk Wizard New Partition TOU can create new partitions in unallacated space IF vou have unallocated space on your hard disk you can create partitions Check the Create new partition box then press Mex a Unallocated emea 228 GB Primary E Logical F3 Unallocated E UH BE Unsupported volume Create new partition in unallocated space Finally you will be taken back to the partition layout screen Check the resulting partitions layout and start creating another partition or move on by unchecking Create new partition in unallocated space and clicking Next 11 3 Disk add summary The disk add summary contains a list of operations to be performed on disks Add New Disk Wizard Acronis Acronis True Image WD Edition is ready to perform operations with physical data Here is the lisk of these operations True Image

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