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The program will ask for the password at any operation relating to the Acronis Secure Zone such as
data backup and recovery, mounting images or validating backups in the Acronis Secure Zone,
resizing and deleting the Acronis Secure Zone.

To set a password for the Acronis Secure Zone:

1. Select Set password.
2. Type the password in the Password field.
3. Retype the previously entered password in the Confirm field.
4. [Optional step] You can also select a secret question that will be asked in case you forget the

password. Select a secret question from the list and enter an answer to it.

5. Click Next to continue.

Acronis True Image 2015 repair or update will not affect the password. However, if the program is removed and
then installed again while keeping the Acronis Secure Zone on the disk, the password to the Acronis Secure Zone
will be reset.

8.3.6 Removing Acronis Secure Zone

Acronis Secure Zone deletion will automatically destroy all backups stored in the zone.

Select the partitions to which you want to add the space freed up from Acronis Secure Zone. If you
select several partitions, the space will be distributed proportionally to each partition’s size.

Also, you can choose to remove the Acronis Secure Zone while uninstalling the program.

8.4 Adding a new hard disk

If you do not have enough space for your data, you can either replace the old disk with a new
higher-capacity one, or add a new disk only to store data, leaving the system on the old disk.