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Update 2 User's Guide

Table of contents 1

Introduction ..........................................................................................................................7 1.1

What is Acronis® True Image™ 2014? .......................................................................................7

1.2

What is Acronis True Image 2014 Premium? ............................................................................7

1.3

New in this version ....................................................................................................................8

1.4

System requirements and supported media .............................................................................8

1.4.1 1.4.2 1.4.3 1.4.4 1.4.5

Minimum system requirements .................................................................................................................... 8 Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................ 9 Supported file systems.................................................................................................................................... 9 Supported storage media ............................................................................................................................... 9 SSD support ................................................................................................................................................... 10

1.5

Installing Acronis True Image 2014..........................................................................................10

1.6

Activating Acronis True Image 2014 ........................................................................................12

1.7

Trial version information .........................................................................................................13

1.8

Upgrading Acronis True Image 2014 .......................................................................................14

1.8.1

1.9

Built-in store .................................................................................................................................................. 15

Installing Acronis Hotfixes .......................................................................................................16

1.10 Technical Support ....................................................................................................................17 2

Basic concepts ..................................................................................................................... 18 2.1

Acronis True Image 2014 basic concepts ................................................................................18

2.2

The difference between file backups and disk/partition images ............................................20

2.3

Full, incremental and differential backups ..............................................................................21

2.4

FAQ about backup, recovery and cloning ................................................................................23

2.5

Deciding where to store your backups ....................................................................................24

2.5.1 2.5.2

2.6 3

Backup file naming...................................................................................................................26

Program workspace ............................................................................................................. 28 3.1

Get started tab.........................................................................................................................28

3.2

Backup and recovery tab .........................................................................................................29

3.2.1

Backup and recovery toolbar ....................................................................................................................... 31

3.3

Synchronization tab .......................................................................