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1.Acronis True Image - step-by-step instuctions for disk-to-disk cloning & disk imaging

Anna wrote:
> Step-by-Step Instructions for Using the Acronis True Image Program to Backup 
> & Restore One's Hard Drive...
> 
> Using the Acronis True Image program there are two different approaches one 
> can take to back up the entire contents of one's day-to-day working HDD, 
> i.e., the operating system, all programs & applications, and user-created 
> data - in short, *everything* that's on one's HDD...
> 
> 1. Direct disk-to-disk cloning, or,
> 2. Creating disk images
> 
> By using either of these strategies the user can restore his or her system 
> should their day-to-day working HDD become inoperable because of 
> mechanical/electronic failure of the disk or corruption of the system 
> resulting in a dysfunctional operating system.
> 
> In undertaking either of these two backup & recovery processes you're 
> dealing with two hard drives - the so-called source & destination disks - 
> the source disk being the HDD you're backing up and the destination disk 
> being the HDD that will be the recipient of the cloned contents of the 
> source disk or the recipient of the disk image you will be creating.
> 
> When using either process it's usually best for most users to use an 
> external HDD as the destination drive, i.e., the recipient of the cloned 
> contents of the source disk or the recipient of the created disk image. This 
> can be either a USB or Firewire or SATA external HDD. While another internal 
> HDD can also serve as the destination disk there's an additional element of 
> safety in using an external HDD since that drive will be ordinarily 
> disconnected from the system except during the disk cloning or recovery 
> process.
> 
> One other suggestion. After you install the Acronis program on your computer 
> it's a good idea to create what Acronis calls their "Bootable Rescue Media"
> (CD). In most cases the recovery process (described below) will utilize that 
> Acronis bootable CD to restore your system. This "rescue" CD is easily 
> created from the program by clicking on the "Create Bootable Rescue Media" 
> icon on the opening Acronis screen and simply going through the screens to 
> create the bootable CD. The following are step-by-step instructions for 
> using the Acronis True Image 9 program to clone the contents of one HDD to 
> an external HDD. (The steps are essentially the same using the newer ATI 10 
> version):
> 
> 1.  With both hard drives (source & destination disks) connected, boot up. 
> Ensure that no other storage devices, e.g., flash drives, ZIP drives, etc., 
> are connected. It's also probably a good idea to shut down any programs you 
> may have working in the background - including any anti-virus anti-spyware 
> programs - before undertaking this disk-to-disk cloning operation.
> 
> 2.  Access the Acronis True Image 9 program and under "Pick a Task", click 
> on "Clone Disk". (In the ATI 10 version click on "Manage Hard Disks" in the 
> "Pick a Tool" area and on the next screen click on "Clone Disk").
> 
> 3.  On the next "Welcome to the Disk Clone Wizard!" window, click Next.
> 
> 4.  On the next "Clone Mode" window select the Automatic option (it should 
> be the default option selected) and click Next.
> 
> 5.  On the next "Source Hard Disk" window, ensure that the correct source 
> HDD (the disk you're cloning from) has been selected (click to highlight). 
> Click Next.
> 
> 6.  On the next "Destination Hard Disk" window, ensure that the correct 
> destination HDD (the disk you're cloning to) has been selected (again, click 
> to highlight). Click Next.
> 
> 7.  On the next window, select the option "Delete partitions on the 
> destination hard disk". Understand that all data presently on the disk that 
> will be the recipient of the clone will be deleted prior to the disk cloning 
> operation. Click Next.
> 
> 8.  The next window will reflect the source and destination disks. Again, 
> confirm that the correct drives have been selected. Click Next. 9. On the 
> next window click on the Proceed button. A message box will display 
> indicating that a reboot will be required to undertake the disk cloning 
> operation. Click Reboot.
> 
> 10. The cloning operation will proceed during the reboot. With modern 
> components and a medium to high-powered processor, data transfer rate will 
> be somewhere in the range of about 450 MB/min to 800 MB/min when cloning to 
> a USB external HDD; considerably faster when cloning to another internal 
> HDD.
> 
> 11. When the disk cloning operation has been completed, a message will
> (usually) appear indicating the disk cloning process has been successful and 
> instructs you to shut down the computer by pressing any key. Do so and 
> disconnect your USB external HDD. If, however, the destination drive (the 
> recipient of the clone) has been another *internal* HDD, see the NOTE below.
> 
> 12. Note that the cloned contents now residing on the USB external HDD take 
> on the file system of the source drive. For example, if prior to the 
> disk-cloning operation your USB external HDD had been FAT32-formatted and 
> your XP OS was NTFS-formatted, the cloned contents will be NTFS-formatted. 
> There is no need to format the USB external HDD prior to the disk-cloning 
> operation. Similarly, there is no need prior to the disk-cloning operation 
> to format an internal HDD should you be using an internal HDD as the 
> destination drive .
> 
> 13. Restoration of the system can be achieved by cloning the contents of the 
> data residing on the external HDD to an internal HDD through the normal 
> disk-cloning process as described above.
> 
> NOTE: Just one other point that should be emphasized with respect to the 
> disk cloning operation should the recipient of the clone be another internal 
> HDD and not a USB or Firewire external HDD. Immediately following the disk 
> cloning operation the machine should be shutdown and the source HDD should 
> be disconnected. Boot ONLY to the newly-cloned drive. DO NOT BOOT 
> IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CLONING OPERATION WITH BOTH DRIVES CONNECTED. 
> There's a strong possibility that by doing so it is likely to cause future 
> boot problems with the cloned drive. Obviously there is no problem in this 
> area should a USB or Firewire EHD be the recipient of the clone since that 
> device is not ordinarily bootable in an XP environment.
> 
> 
> Disk Imaging: The following are step-by-step instructions for using the 
> Acronis True Image 9 Program to create disk images for backup purposes and 
> using those disk images for recovery of the system. (The steps are 
> essentially the same using the newer ATI 10 version):
> 
> Note: The recipient of the disk image, presumably a USB external HDD or an 
> internal HDD, ordinarily must be a formatted drive and have a drive letter 
> assigned to it. Recall that in the case of a disk-to-disk cloning operation 
> as previously described, an unformatted or "virgin" HDD can be used as the 
> destination disk.
> 
> Before undertaking this disk imaging process it's probably best to close all 
> programs running in the background including your anti-virus and other 
> anti-malware programs.
> 
> 1. With both your source and destination hard drives connected, access the 
> Acronis program and click "Backup" on main menu.
> 
> 2. The "Create Backup Wizard" screen opens. Click Next.
> 
> 3. The "Select Backup Type" screen opens with two options: a. The entire 
> disk contents or individual partitions. b. Files and folders. Select a. and 
> click Next.
> 
> (In the ATI 10 version four options will be listed: My Computer, My Data, My 
> Application Settings, and My E-mail. Select the My Computer option and click 
> Next.)
> 
> 4. The "Partitions Selection" screen opens. Disk 1 and Disk 2 are listed 
> with their drive letter designations. Check the disk to be backed up - 
> presumably Disk 1 - and click Next.
> 
> 5. An informational message appears recommending an incremental or 
> differential backup if an original full backup had previously been 
> created.Since this will be the first backup we will be selecting, just click 
> OK to close the message box. (You can check the box not to show that 
> informational message in the future).
> 
> 6. Next screen is the "Backup Archive Location". In the "File name:" text 
> box, (in ATI 10 version it's the "Folder:" text box) enter your backup drive 
> letter and enter a file name for the backup file, e.g., "F:\Backup 1-25". 
> The Acronis program will automatically append the ".tib" file extension to 
> the filename. Click Next.
> 
> 7. "Select Backup Mode" screen opens. Select "Create a new full backup 
> archive" option and click Next.
> 
> 8. "Choose Backup Options" screen opens with two options: a. Use default 
> options b. Set the options manually
> 
> If you select the b. option, you can select various options listed on the 
> next screen. Two of them are of interest to us:
> 
> Compression level - Four options - None, Normal (the default), High, 
> Maximum. There's a "Description" area that shows the estimated size of the 
> backup archive depending upon the option chosen, and the estimated "creation 
> time" for each option.
> 
> Backup priority - Three options - Low, Normal, or High Low - "backup 
> processed more slowly, but it will not influence other processes running on 
> computer."
> (Default) Normal - "normal speed but backup process will influence other 
> processes running on computer." High - "normal speed but backup process will 
> strongly influence other processes running on computer."
> 
> With respect to the compression levels, we've found that when using the 
> Normal option the original data is compressed by about 20% - 25% and that 
> the High and Maximum options will result in a compressed backup file only 
> slightly higher than that. However, the amount of time to create the backup 
> files when using the High or Maximum compression level is substantially 
> greater than when using the Normal compression level. So unless disk space 
> is very tight on the destination drive, i.e., the drive where the backup 
> file will be saved, we recommend using the Normal compression level (at 
> least initially).
> 
> NOTE: You can set the Compression level and Backup priority defaults from 
> the Acronis Tools > Options > Default backup options menu items.
> 
> 9. "Archive comments" screen opens allowing you to add comments to the 
> backup archive which you can review during the Recovery process. Click Next.
> 
> 10. The next screen summarizes the backup operation to be performed. Review 
> the information for correctness and click the Proceed button.
> 
> 11. The next screen will display status bars reflecting the progress of the 
> backup operation. After the backup operation finishes, an informational 
> message will appear indicting the operation was successfully completed.
> 
> 
> Incremental Backups (Disk Images)
> 1. After the initial backup archive has been created you can create 
> incremental backups reflecting any data changes since the previous backup 
> operation. This incremental backup process proceeds considerably faster than 
> the initial backup operation. This, of course, is a major advantage of 
> creating disk images rather than undertaking the disk-to-disk cloning 
> process. Then too, since these created disk images are compressed files they 
> are reasonable in size. And because the incremental disk images can usually 
> be created very quickly (as compared with the direct disk-to-disk cloning 
> process), there's an incentive for the user to keep his/her system 
> up-to-date backup-wise by using this disk imaging process on a more frequent 
> basis than the disk-cloning process.
> 
> Note that you must create the incremental backup files on the same HDD where 
> you stored the original backup archive and any subsequent incremental backup 
> files.
> 
> 2. Access the Acronis program as detailed above and move through the 
> screens. When you arrive at the "Backup Archive Location" screen, click on 
> the original backup archive file, or if one or more incremental backup files 
> were previously created, click on the last incremental backup file and 
> verify that the correct drive letter and file name are shown in the "File 
> name:" text box. After clicking Next, the program will automatically create 
> a file name for the incremental backup archive file, using the original file 
> name and appending a consecutive number - starting at 2 - at the end of the 
> file name. For example, say you named the original backup archive file 
> "Backup 1-25". The first incremental backup file will be automatically named 
> "Backup 1-252" and the next incremental file "Backup 1-253", etc.
> 
> NOTE THAT ALL YOUR INCREMENTAL BACKUP FILES MUST BE PRESENT FOR RECOVERY 
> PURPOSES. DO NOT DELETE ANY OF YOUR PREVIOUSLY-CREATED INCREMENTAL BACKUP 
> FILES FOLLOWING THE CREATION OF A CURRENT INCREMENTAL BACKUP FILE. YOU CAN 
> DELETE THE INCREMENTAL FILES ONLY AFTER CREATING A FULL BACKUP ARCHIVE AS 
> DESCRIBED IN THE PREVIOUS SECTION.
> 
> 3. On the following "Select Backup Mode" screen, select the "Create 
> incremental Backup" option, click Next, and proceed through the screens as 
> you did in creating the initial backup archive.
> 
> 
> Recovery Process (Disk images): We'll assume the recovery will be to either 
> a non-defective HDD that has become unbootable for one reason or another, or 
> to a new HDD. The HDD to be restored need not be partitioned/formatted since 
> the recovery process will take care of that function.
> 
> Note that in most cases you will be using the Acronis "bootable rescue 
> media" (CD) that you created when you originally installed the Acronis 
> program. If you didn't create that bootable CD at that time, you can create 
> it now from the Acronis program (assuming You can access the program at this 
> time) by clicking on the "Create Bootable Rescue Media" icon on the opening 
> Acronis screen and simply going through the screens to create the bootable 
> CD.
> 
> Note: If the recovery will be made to a HDD that is still bootable and 
> you're able to access the Acronis program on that drive, then you can 
> undertake the recovery process without the need for using the "bootable 
> rescue" CD.
> 
> 1. With both the drive containing the backup disk images and the drive you 
> want to restore connected and with the bootable rescue CD inserted, boot up.
> 
> 2. At the opening screen, click on "Acronis True Image Home (Full Version)".
> 
> 3. The program will open after some moments. On the "Pick a Task" screen 
> that opens, click on "Recovery".
> 
> 4. The "Welcome to the Restore Data Wizard!" screen opens. Click on Next.
> 
> 5. The "Archive Selection" screen opens. Navigate to the drive containing 
> the backup archive file(s) and select the last incremental backup file or 
> the original full backup file if no incremental backup files were 
> subsequently created. Ensure that the correct drive letter and filename are 
> entered in the "File name:" text box. Click Next.
> 
> 6. In the Acronis version 9 program, the "Archive Date Selection" screen 
> opens. Select (highlight) the last incremental backup file from the listing 
> and click Next. This screen does not appear in version 10.
> 
> 7. The "Restoration Type Selection" screen opens. Select the option, 
> "Restore disks or partitions" and click Next.
> 
> 8. The "Partition or Disk to Restore" will open. Click on "Disk 1" and click 
> Next.
> 
> 9. After some moments the "Restored Hard Disk Drive Location" screen opens. 
> Select (highlight) the HDD to be restored and click Next.
> 
> 10. On the next screen select the "Yes" option to delete all current 
> partitions on the destination HDD. Click Next.
> 
> 11. On the next screen select the "No" option and click Next.
> 
> 12. On the next screen you have the option to validate the backup archive 
> before restoration. Click Next.
> 
> 13. The final screen before the restoration operation begins will open. 
> Confirm that the information as shown is correct. Click Proceed.
> 
> 14. Click OK when following completion of the recovery operation a message 
> appears indicating a successful recovery operation.
> 
> 15. Remove the Acronis bootable rescue CD and close the Acronis program. The 
> system will reboot. A Windows "Found New Hardware" message followed by the 
> "System Settings Change" message box may appear on the Desktop. If they do, 
> click Yes for a reboot.
> 
> Note: While the Acronis program is not designed to clone individual 
> partitions - it can clone only the entire contents of one HDD to another 
> HDD - you can backup & recover individual partitions through the disk 
> imaging process as described above.
> Anna 
> 
> 

Thank you, Anna, I have saved this post and printed it :-)

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