Acronis True Image 2015 - User Guide User Manual

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Back up your old disk drive, and then recover it to the new one.

Backup file format

True Image usually saves backup data in the proprietary tib format using compression. The data from
.tib file backups can be recovered only through True Image, in Windows or in the recovery
environment.

Acronis Nonstop Backup uses a special hidden storage for data and metadata. The backed up data is
compressed and split into files of about 1 GB. These files also have a proprietary format and the data
they contain can be recovered only with the help of True Image.

Backup validation

The backup validation feature allows you to confirm that your data can be recovered. The program
adds checksum values to the data blocks being backed up. During backup validation, True Image
opens the backup file, recalculates the checksum values and compares those values with the stored
ones. If all compared values match, the backup file is not corrupted.

Scheduling

For your backups to be really helpful, they must be as "up-to-date" as possible. Schedule your
backups to run automatically and on a regular basis.

Deleting backups

When you want to delete backups and backup versions you no longer need, please do it by using the
tools provided by Acronis True Image 2015.

Acronis True Image 2015 stores information on the backups in a metadata information database.
Therefore, deleting unneeded backup files in Windows Explorer will not delete information about
these backups from the database. This will result in errors when the program tries to perform
operations on the backups that no longer exist.

3.2 The difference between file backups and

disk/partition images

When you back up files and folders, only the files and folder tree are compressed and stored.

Disk/partition backups are different from file and folder backups. Acronis True Image 2015 stores an
exact snapshot of the disk or partition. This procedure is called "creating a disk image" or "creating a
disk backup" and the resulting backup is often called "a disk/partition image" or "a disk/partition
backup".

What does a disk/partition backup contain?

A disk/partition backup contains all the data stored on the disk or partition:

1. Zero track of the hard disk with the master boot record (MBR) (applicable to MBR disk backups

only).

2. One or more partitions, including:

1. Boot code.
2. File system meta data, including service files, file allocation table (FAT), and partition boot

record.