This is useful when you have important but rarely used files: pictures, documents, etc. Unlike backup, archiving moves files to another destination, thus after it more free disk space appears. To convert TIB file to VHD, go to Backup section, click arrow-down icon on the disk image, select Convert to VHD option, and follow the instructions. If a disk image contains Windows 7/8/10 system partition, a PC can boot from it, however any changes will only be saved on that image. Images of disks/partitions can be converted to VHD file format ( virtual hard disk). It conveniently displays a history previous backups so a user can select the one to recover. Recovery tab serves to restore files/folders or an entire backup copy. Scheduler allows to do daily, weekly, monthly backups, as well as nonstop (starts in 5 minutes after modifying the data), do not schedule, upon event (user logon/logoff, connection of external device, shutdown/restart).īackup lists can be sorted by various parameters such as name, date, update date, size, source type, destination type, newest/oldest. There is an interesting option called Delayed archiving: click Additional options from the Back up now button dropdown, select to perform a backup in 1, 2, 4, 6 hours or later.Įach backup can be set up via the following options: schedule, notifications, exclusions (file, folder, file extension), and a few extra settings.

Backups can be password protected (encrypted), though note that a password can not be restored in case of loss.

Mobile devices - to backup files from a smartphone, tablet, etc.īackup storage options include Acronis cloud, external drive, local drive, FTP server, SMB/NFS share, NAS/NDAS, network share.

Files to notarize - similar to the previous one, only one can protect files from unauthorized modification (premium feature).

Files and folders - to specify exact files and folders.

Disk and partitions - to specify drives for backup.

Entire PC - to backup all drives, a full copy of computer/laptop.

As sources for backups the possibilities are: The window consists of two parts: list of backups and action area, the latter being a section to specify what, where to and what settings. The first and most significant feature of Acronis is Backup menu for actual file backups and recovery.

The menu consists of multiple features and settings, so let’s begin Acronis True Image review with features overview. The interface is plain (bright colors, 17 languages) is divided into two areas: left sidebar menu and central action area. Minimum system requirements are as follows: 1 GHz processor, 1 GB RAM, 3.5 GB disk space, 1024x768 screen resolution, user role - administrator.įor this review we used a trial version (some functionality blocked) on a Windows PC with 8 GB RAM and two logical disks. True Image is available for Windows OS, Apple MacOS, iOS and Android.

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