Se7Ven
08.04.09, 20:48
at my opinion is Acronis one of the best pogramms to save your system and make backups
Creating a Hard Drive Image using Acronis True Image
For the sake of this review of Acronis True Image, lets say that I have just spent hours loading Windows XP on a new computer. I used Windows Update to install all 93 security updates, loaded and tweaked all of my applications to get them just the way I need them to be able to have my computer function exactly the way I like it. I do not want to do that job again any time soon. Another scenario would be that you are about to try something that you are not sure will work, like trying the latest and greatest video driver, and it has the possibility of crashing your computer. If you need to upgrade your hard drive without reinstalling Windows, this is the easiest way to get the job done.
The first thing that needs to be done is to take an exact image of the hard drive just in case it crashes or you accidentally step in some scumware and do not feel like taking the two hours it probably would take to remove it. The tool for the job is Acronis True Image. Here is the step-by-step tutorial or walkthrough of Acronis True Image in action.
Although there are many different ways to image a hard drive, the easiest way to image a computer hard drive is to use the Acronis True Image hard drive cloning utility. The installation is a snap. The defaults work just fine. When you open the program, you will see the user interface below with a lot of options to manage and protect all of those megabytes and gigabytes.
http://i44.tinypic.com/2lkegx2.jpg
We want to take an exact image of the hard drive. For that task, click on the Backup option on the program interface
http://i42.tinypic.com/v5eomh.jpg
Then choose the "My Computer" option on the folowing screen.
http://i39.tinypic.com/10citmt.jpg
Acronis True Image will analyze the configuration and have you choose which partition to make a backup image of. Choose your main partition to image.
http://i43.tinypic.com/2jcdbeq.jpg
Then you will be asked where you want to store the image. In this case, there are two hard drives installed in the computer so I will choose the Data drive to store the image
http://i40.tinypic.com/xvw48.jpg
Then we will have it create a full backup archive.
http://i44.tinypic.com/n14jh5.jpg
You can just use the defaults on the next few screens and then you will come to the following screen. True Image is basically telling you what it is going to do. Double check this screen to make sure that all the backup options are correct and then click proceed.
http://i40.tinypic.com/nyblty.jpg
You then will see a progress indicator for a short time. The following screenshot is the operation in progress. You notice that you can still be working at your computer while the image is being taken.
http://i41.tinypic.com/25yuq0x.jpg
When the image has been successfully created, you will see the following prompt.
http://i40.tinypic.com/2qvrzx2.jpg
Go to the location where the image was created to see the image file.
http://i42.tinypic.com/25gf600.jpg
i create on_time_every_month a backup for security
ENJOY IT!:top:
Complete hard disk recovery solution, backup, drive copy, clone and image computer software (http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/)
Creating a Hard Drive Image using Acronis True Image
For the sake of this review of Acronis True Image, lets say that I have just spent hours loading Windows XP on a new computer. I used Windows Update to install all 93 security updates, loaded and tweaked all of my applications to get them just the way I need them to be able to have my computer function exactly the way I like it. I do not want to do that job again any time soon. Another scenario would be that you are about to try something that you are not sure will work, like trying the latest and greatest video driver, and it has the possibility of crashing your computer. If you need to upgrade your hard drive without reinstalling Windows, this is the easiest way to get the job done.
The first thing that needs to be done is to take an exact image of the hard drive just in case it crashes or you accidentally step in some scumware and do not feel like taking the two hours it probably would take to remove it. The tool for the job is Acronis True Image. Here is the step-by-step tutorial or walkthrough of Acronis True Image in action.
Although there are many different ways to image a hard drive, the easiest way to image a computer hard drive is to use the Acronis True Image hard drive cloning utility. The installation is a snap. The defaults work just fine. When you open the program, you will see the user interface below with a lot of options to manage and protect all of those megabytes and gigabytes.
http://i44.tinypic.com/2lkegx2.jpg
We want to take an exact image of the hard drive. For that task, click on the Backup option on the program interface
http://i42.tinypic.com/v5eomh.jpg
Then choose the "My Computer" option on the folowing screen.
http://i39.tinypic.com/10citmt.jpg
Acronis True Image will analyze the configuration and have you choose which partition to make a backup image of. Choose your main partition to image.
http://i43.tinypic.com/2jcdbeq.jpg
Then you will be asked where you want to store the image. In this case, there are two hard drives installed in the computer so I will choose the Data drive to store the image
http://i40.tinypic.com/xvw48.jpg
Then we will have it create a full backup archive.
http://i44.tinypic.com/n14jh5.jpg
You can just use the defaults on the next few screens and then you will come to the following screen. True Image is basically telling you what it is going to do. Double check this screen to make sure that all the backup options are correct and then click proceed.
http://i40.tinypic.com/nyblty.jpg
You then will see a progress indicator for a short time. The following screenshot is the operation in progress. You notice that you can still be working at your computer while the image is being taken.
http://i41.tinypic.com/25yuq0x.jpg
When the image has been successfully created, you will see the following prompt.
http://i40.tinypic.com/2qvrzx2.jpg
Go to the location where the image was created to see the image file.
http://i42.tinypic.com/25gf600.jpg
i create on_time_every_month a backup for security
ENJOY IT!:top:
Complete hard disk recovery solution, backup, drive copy, clone and image computer software (http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/)