| Overview: | | | | saving an image to a special hidden partition on your |
| Acronis True Image Home 2009 is easy backup and | | | | hard disk where it can be retrieved after a disaster. |
| restore solution for home users. One-click Protection | | | | - Zip archive format support. In addition to Acronis |
| option allows you secure hard disk in seconds, you | | | | powerful .tib data compression backup format you |
| choose what, where and when to back up. After | | | | can save your data in .zip format and recover it |
| that, backups occur automatically or with just one | | | | without Acronis True Image program. |
| click. With Acronis True Image Home 2009 you can: | | | | - Windows Vista style interface. |
| - Create full hard drive backup (the same as image of | | | | - Automatic computer shutdown after backup or |
| the system) of entire PC and restore it in case | | | | restoration finishes. |
| system crashes. E.g. You create full hard drive backup | | | | - Archive to various places. You can save full, |
| and save it on external drive, then your computer | | | | incremental and differential backups almost anywhere. |
| refuse to boot at all. What to do next? You boot | | | | You now you have ultimate flexibility in choosing a |
| from Acronis bootable disc (you can create it within | | | | place to store from the same data series: on a |
| the program using Media Builder Option, see Acronis | | | | network share, CD/DVD, USB stick, FTP-server, any |
| True Image Home 2009 manual) -> Choose | | | | local internal or external hard drive. You can now also |
| Restore option -> Select backup of the system | | | | give meaningful names to incremental and differential |
| you previously created (it’s a single large file with | | | | backups, for example, "C-drive-before-repartitioning". |
| .tib extension) -> and that’s all, just wait till | | | | -Making reserve copies of your backups. You can |
| restore process is finished. Your system with all | | | | make reserve copies of your backups and save |
| applications, settings, e-mails and data will be brought | | | | them on a network drive, or a USB storage device. |
| to the time backup was created. | | | | You have a choice of making a reserve copy as |
| - Create file/folder backup, apart from full hard drive | | | | regular (flat) files, a .zip compressed file, and a .tib file. |
| backup you can backup separate files and folders, | | | | - Consolidation. You can define rules for consolidating |
| the advantage between simple copy/paste is | | | | your archives to reduce storage space. Merge an |
| compression level within backup archive. The size of | | | | older full backup with several incremental backups to |
| normal compression is about 50% | | | | quickly create a new full backup; subsequent backups |
| - Clone disk option allows transfer all data from | | | | are based on the newly-created full backup. |
| source hard disk to destination hard disk. E.g. you | | | | - Exclude Files and Folders. Back up only the data you |
| want to use bigger drive, you attach new drive to | | | | want to keep and save disk space. You can exclude |
| computer -> choose Clone Disk option -> wait | | | | files by their extensions or providing path. |
| till process is finished. The destination hard disk drive | | | | - Security, performance and privacy tools. When you |
| will be bootable and become an exact copy of the | | | | replace a hard drive on your PC, Acronis ensures you |
| source drive. All you have to do is to change source | | | | don't inadvertently give personal or organizational |
| drive with destination drive. Note that source drive | | | | data to cyber thieves. Acronis Drive Cleanser, a $50 |
| will not be erased, so you can keep using it. Vendor, | | | | value is included at no charge. It protects sensitive |
| model and size of new hard disk can differ from | | | | data from view by wiping a disk clean of all data. If |
| source one. | | | | you don't need to erase the entire disk, File Shredder |
| - Backup application settings, e-mails and system | | | | safely destroys individual files so they can't be |
| state. Application settings backup allows you back up | | | | resurrected. A System clean-up utility restores |
| settings of certain application and incase it malfunction | | | | system efficiency. |
| restore them in seconds. E-mail backup protect your | | | | Supported OS: |
| e-mail address book, accounts and settings. System | | | | - Windows Vista (all versions and including x64 |
| state backup save current Windows settings. | | | | edition) |
| Features: | | | | - Windows XP SP1, SP2, SP3 |
| - Try&Decide Try new software and browse | | | | - Windows XP Professional x64 edition. |
| the web without endangering your computer from | | | | Note: Using Acronis bootable disc you can backup and |
| malware or unknown software. After testing, you | | | | restore Linux partitions (Linux Ext2, Ext3, ReiserFS, |
| can decide whether to keep or discard changes to | | | | and Linux SWAP) as well as Windows FAT16/32, |
| your system. | | | | NTFS. |
| - Acronis Startup Recovery Manager. Boot your | | | | Minimum system requirements: |
| computer after a failure to start the recovery | | | | - Pentium processor or higher |
| process simply by selecting the F11 key, even if your | | | | - 256 MB RAM |
| operating system has failed. | | | | - CD-RW or DVD-RW drive for bootable media |
| - Incremental and Differential Backups. Save disk | | | | creation |
| space and time by performing differential and | | | | Supported backup storage: |
| incremental backups. | | | | - Internal and external hard disks, |
| - Live Backups. Backup from Windows while running | | | | - Networked storage devices (NAS devices) |
| other applications. | | | | - CD-R(W), DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, BD-R |
| - Backup Scheduling. Run backups automatically at | | | | (Blu-ray) |
| preset or elapsed time when user is idle, on user log | | | | - ZIP Jazz and other removable media (flash drives) |
| logout, on system startup/shutdown, and in | | | | - P-ATA (IDE), S-ATA, SCSI, IEEE1394 (Firewire) and |
| coordination with other events. | | | | USB 1.0 / 2. |
| - Acronis Secure Zone. Protect your system by | | | | |