Rescue key F11 and Acronis True Image recovery environment when loading Windows. Backing up data with Acronis

Click "OK".

Specify the storage location for the backup copy.

Double click Left-click on “This Computer”.

In the drop-down list we must select the location to save the backup. Select the disk (E:) with the left mouse and click “OK”.

Click the “Create a copy” button

The process of backing up the drive (C:) with Win 10 begins.

The backup has been created.

Spare Windows backup 10 is located on disk (E:) and weighs only 8 GB. From this backup you can restore the OS even in the most difficult case, if the system does not boot.

Restoring Windows 10 using Acronis True Image 2017

Recovery process It also looks very simple.

"Repair disks"

Check the hard drive with the partition (C:) and Windows 10 installed (t The hidden partition Reserved by the system, with OS boot files, will also be automatically restored).

"Restore"

When you restore, all your files on the drive (C:) will be overwritten with the data from the backup.

"Yes"

To restore, click on the “Restart” button

The computer restarts.

The recovery takes place in the Windows Preinstallation Environment.

After recovery, the computer restarts.

That's all. Windows 10 restored from backup.

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Backup data, disks and files (backup, backup) using probably the best program helps to recover data that may be lost as a result of an operating system failure or failure hard drive, virus attack and for other reasons.

Having a backup copy will allow you to get rid of many problems with your computer that can inopportune moment drop from the clouds. It is much easier to recover a Windows system after a failure than to reinstall it. Moreover, with the help backup copies You can move the system partition to another computer.

The program window looks like this:

To determine the location of the backup to be created, click Select storage

Selecting the desired destination

We go to the previous window and select Entire computer

Disks and partitions

Uncheck unnecessary drives

And again we are in a familiar place. Click Create a copy

Data recovery

Select the backup copy on the left side of the window and click Restore disks

Restore

Creating bootable media

Often the system crashes in a completely unpredictable way, making it impossible to log into Windows. In this case, you will need bootable media to restore from the backup.

Select Bootable Media Builder

Acronis bootable media

Select target media. From experience: creating bootable media on a DVD is the most trouble-free option. Don't forget to insert the disc into the DVD drive

Insert the bootable media (DVD) into the DVD drive and reboot the system. We select the DVD drive as priority when booting the system, usually by pressing the F11 key when starting the computer or another button, depending on the model motherboard. You may have to make some manipulations in the BIOS, or not press anything at all.

A window will open in which you should select “Acronis True Image”, and then click “Recovery” and select a backup copy. Please note that when working from bootable media, the names of the drives may be different (drive “D” may appear as drive “E”).

Published on September 13, 2016 a new version backup program Acronis True Image 2017, which allows you to back up disks and files in operating systems Windows systems, Mac, iOS and Android.

Paying attention to backup is very important these days, but most users believe that the problem of data loss will never affect them. Even though I have redundancy configured through RAID-1 at home, a confluence of circumstances can still occur that results in both hard drives failing.

Therefore, I would like to tell you about how to set up data backup in Windows through the True Image 2017 program, which will maximize the protection of your files and operating system from various failures.

When you first launch True Image 2017, you will be asked to register or log in account Acronis. By registering, we will have access to cloud storage Acronis, it is the storage of copies of files and systems in the cloud that is main feature latest versions programs. Fill in the required fields and click “Create an account”\Start trial version. After which, we receive a 30-day trial version of the program, as well as a 30-day subscription to the cloud for 1000 GB. It is worth considering that after completion trial period all information in the cloud will be read-only. And 30 days after the end of the trial period, everything will be deleted from the cloud!

Well, let's start studying the main functions of the program:

Backup - by default, we create a backup task, which we will need to configure. By default, Acronis True Image 2017 offers to make a copy of the entire computer, i.e. everyone hard drives. Personally, I set up a reservation system disk so that if the operating system fails, you can quickly restore functionality. And I create a separate task for backing up files and folders, since there may be a bunch of different junk on the computer that makes no sense to save.

Therefore, we will select as the source only the partition on which the operating system is installed (Change source\Disks and partitions\System\Create\Later). And as the destination we will leave Acronis Cloud, i.e. cloud storage.

Now go to the “Options” tab. Personally, I configure it as follows (Schedule: Every Friday at 12 o'clock) All other settings can be left as default. Now in the task properties we can see the date of creation of the next hard disk backup. If you want to create it immediately, then click on the “Create a copy” button.

Personally, I create two jobs, one for cloud storage and one for local storage. If necessary, I will restore with local computer, because this process will be much faster than restoring from the cloud. But, in a situation where the file is damaged, deleted or encrypted, I will be able to resuscitate the system from the cloud.

Therefore, we will create a second task (+ \ Change source \ Disks and partitions \ System \ Destination \ Browse \ This computer \ Disk D \ Create folder \ Storage) You can also save in network folder or on an FTP server.

As you can see, when saving a copy to your hard drive, an additional “Scheme” tab appears in the settings. This setting is critical for efficient backup. Let’s select the “Custom” scheme to fine-tune the backup and storage of files.

We have three methods: full, incremental and differential. What is the difference between these methods:

Complete - this is when a file is created each time with a complete a copy of the hard disk.

When incremental or sequential, incremental copies are created that contain changes relative to the previous version.

With differential or parallel, after creating a full copy, differential ones are created that contain changes that have occurred since the last full version was created.

I prefer to set up the reservation as follows. So that I have system images for the last 2 months, I create the following task (Incremental; Create full version after 3 incremental ones and store no more than 2 latest version chains). There are quite a few rules for cleaning up old versions, so you can choose a rule to suit your conditions: by storage time, by the number of chains or by storage volume!

In the next video we'll look at various methods recovery.

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Hello, dear readers of the blog site :) This article will be a logical continuation of my previous one - about backing up the entire operating system (on Windows example) along with programs and files, using very useful program– Acronis True Image

Now I will tell you how you can easily restore your system from a previously created backup and return it to the state when you created this backup. Also in this article I will explain how to restore individual files and folders from the corresponding backup.

Restoration may be necessary if the system suddenly begins to work unstably, slows down significantly for reasons unknown to you, some other problems appear with its loading, and so on. In this case, you can simply restore it from the backup you created earlier. The process is simple and after recovery you will receive your system ready for use: all programs will be installed on it, all the files you worked with will be there, everything is configured as it was before creating the copy.

The latest versions of Acronis True Image allow you to restore your system from an archive even to other computers with different hardware. This opportunity can be very necessary.

So, let's take a step-by-step look at what needs to be done to restore the system from a backup.

Restoring the system along with previously installed programs and files using Acronis True Image

First of all, we need to have on hand the media (for example: an external HDD, flash drive) or remote online storage where our archive with a backup copy of the entire system was saved. If you are reading this article first and still don’t know how to create a backup copy at all, then I recommend reading the previous article where I talked about this by clicking on the link above.

The process of restoring their archive system is very simple. Let's look at it:

Let's launch installed program Acronis True Image from a desktop shortcut or from the Start menu.

When Acronis starts, go straight to the “Backup and Restore” tab. And on this tab, click the “Restore” button at the top:

A small window will open showing a list of previously created backups.

But even those copies that are stored on removable media (flash drives, external HDDs), will still be displayed in the list, but if you try to recover from them without connecting the required media to the computer, you will receive an error. In my example from the previous article, I made a backup copy onto a flash drive and at the moment did not connect it to the computer. Therefore, when you click the “Restore” button, the following message will appear:

In this case, you need to connect to the computer the removable media on which the backup archive is stored and click the “Browse” button, then select the location where the required backup copy is stored:

You could find a backup copy by immediately clicking the “Search for backup…” button after going to the “Restore” section:

In this case, you would be taken to the same Explorer window, where you can find the desired backup copy on your computer, external media or online.

When the archive with the required backup copy is selected, click the “Add list of backup copies” button located at the bottom of the window.

If the archive was protected with a password, a window will immediately appear where you must enter this password:

Now the main window for restoring the system from the archive will appear. In the window, you need to select the partitions from those that we archived - those that you want to restore. If you want to restore exactly everything that you previously backed up along with the system, then simply select all the partitions from the list by ticking them.

If you backed up, in addition to system partitions, you also separate sections with some of your data and want to restore only the system without these data partitions, then just check the boxes only on system partitions(For Windows 7, this is usually Drive “C:” and the “System Reserved” partition).

In this case, the system, along with its settings and programs, will be completely restored, but partitions with data that you have not marked will not be restored.

In addition to selecting partitions to recover, you can also select the location to which they will be restored. For example, you can make sure that the partition with the system from the archive is restored to another location or to another disk. To do this, click on the arrow to the right of the partition name and a list of available locations or disks where you can restore the partition will open:

As you can see from my example (image above), I only have one location available where I can restore the selected partition. 2 more places are marked in red and this means that restoration there is impossible. Typically, this is due to insufficient space to recover more volume.

Also, for each of the restored partitions with the system or data, it is possible to change their additional properties. I advise beginners not to delve into this and not even go into these properties, because by default Acronis performs recovery as efficiently as possible without changes to disk structures.

More experienced users can go to the additional properties section by clicking on the link at the bottom of the restored “Partition Properties” section:




1. The last step before restoring the partition is to specify if necessary additional parameters the recovery stage itself. Let's go over them.

   In the window we will see tabs already familiar from the stage of creating a backup copy: “Advanced”, “Performance”, “Notifications”. Let's look at the settings on each tab.

   Now we have everything set up for recovery and we can start this process by clicking the “Restore Now” button at the bottom of the window:

   Since the recovery occurs directly from Windows, in my experience, Acronis always requires a system reboot at the very beginning of the recovery. If you checked the “If necessary, automatically restart the computer during recovery” checkbox in the settings above, then the computer will restart itself without prompting.

   If this option was not enabled, you will receive this warning:

   And to continue the reboot, you need to confirm this yourself by clicking the “Restart” button.

   You can activate automatic shutdown computer immediately after completing the system recovery process by checking the appropriate box in the window (see image above).

After the restore is complete, you will be able to boot your system with all the programs and all the files saved at the time you created the backup. You no longer have to install with scratch Windows, install all programs and make settings. Now you can simply download your ready-to-use system. Comfortable? :) I think that few people will say “No” for some reason :)

The most important thing is that there is nothing particularly complicated... The manual is large only because it is detailed, and the steps themselves are very simple.

Let us now consider the process of restoring individual files/folders from the corresponding backup.

Restoring individual files/folders from the corresponding backup

Do not forget that different backup copies are used to restore partitions and individual files/folders. I talked about the process of creating each of them in my previous article.

To restore individual files, you need the appropriate type of backup copy.

So, let's assume that we have lost some important documents and need to restore them. We have a backup copy.

We begin the recovery process. It’s still much simpler than partition recovery, so it shouldn’t leave any questions at all.

Well, we have looked at all the possibilities of restoring from backups, namely, from entire partitions with the system and data and individual files/folders.

All this just seems complicated, you just need to go through these steps once and everything will become clear :)

On this this article I’m finishing, and in the next one I’ll talk about another important function - creating a boot disk with Acronis and the ability to restore the system, even if the system itself does not boot for any reason. In this case, since the system has “broken,” you will no longer be able to launch the Acronis program from it. For such purposes, you need a recovery disk with Acronis program True Image, from which you can boot and restore everything.

I will be waiting for your questions in the comments and will be happy to answer everyone! :) Bye;)