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Table of contents
1 Getting started ......................................................................................................................8
1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 8
1.1.1 What is Acronis True Image Home 2012? ..................................................................................................... 8
1.1.2 What is Acronis True Image Home 2012 Plus Pack? .................................................................................... 9
1.1.3 Acronis True Image Home 2012 basic concepts ........................................................................................... 9
1.1.4 New in Acronis True Image Home 2012 ...................................................................................................... 11
1.1.5 System requirements and supported media .............................................................................................. 12
1.1.6 Technical Support .......................................................................................................................................... 14
1.1.7 Trial version information .............................................................................................................................. 14
1.2 Acronis True Image Home 2012 installation ...........................................................................14
1.3 Acronis True Image Home 2012 activation .............................................................................16
1.4 Program workspace .................................................................................................................18
1.4.1 Get started tab .............................................................................................................................................. 18
1.4.2 Backup and recovery tab .............................................................................................................................. 19
1.4.3 Synchronization tab ...................................................................................................................................... 23
1.4.4 Tools and utilities tab .................................................................................................................................... 25
1.4.5 Wizards and notification area icons ............................................................................................................. 25
1.4.6 Acronis Backup Explorer ............................................................................................................................... 26
1.4.7 Integration with Windows ............................................................................................................................ 32
1.4.8 Settings menu ................................................................................................................................................ 34
1.4.9 Help menu ..................................................................................................................................................... 35
1.4.10 Installing Acronis Hotfixes............................................................................................................................. 35
2 How to ................................................................................................................................ 37
3 Backing up data ................................................................................................................... 38
3.1 The difference between file backups and disk/partition images ............................................38
3.2 Full, incremental and differential backups ..............................................................................38
3.3 Backing up partitions and disks ...............................................................................................40
3.4 Backing up files and folders .....................................................................................................42
3.4.1 Data categories .............................................................................................................................................. 43
3.4.2 Support for Zip format .................................................................................................................................. 44
3.5 Backing up e-mail .....................................................................................................................45
3.6 Using Acronis Nonstop Backup ................................................................................................46
3.6.1 Protecting your data continuously ............................................................................................................... 48
3.6.2 Protecting your system continuously .......................................................................................................... 49
3.6.3 Acronis Nonstop Backup data storage ........................................................................................................ 50
3.6.4 Nonstop Backup - Frequently asked questions........................................................................................... 51
3.7 Making reserve copies of your backups ..................................................................................52
3.8 Backup to various places .........................................................................................................54
3.9 Adding an existing backup to the list .......................................................................................55
3.10 Deleting backups and backup versions ....................................................................................55
3.11 Backup options ........................................................................................................................56
3.11.1 Backup schemes ............................................................................................................................................ 57
3.11.2 Single version scheme ................................................................................................................................... 58
3.11.3 Version chain scheme ................................................................................................................................... 58
