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3.12 Deleting backups and backup versions ....................................................................................64
3.13 Backup options ........................................................................................................................65
3.13.1 Backup schemes ............................................................................................................................................ 66
3.13.2 Single version scheme ................................................................................................................................... 66
3.13.3 Version chain scheme ................................................................................................................................... 67
3.13.4 Custom schemes ........................................................................................................................................... 67
3.13.5 Image creation mode .................................................................................................................................... 71
3.13.6 Backup protection ......................................................................................................................................... 71
3.13.7 Pre/Post commands for backup ................................................................................................................... 72
3.13.8 Backup splitting ............................................................................................................................................. 73
3.13.9 Backup validation option .............................................................................................................................. 74
3.13.10 Backup reserve copy ..................................................................................................................................... 74
3.13.11 Removable media settings ........................................................................................................................... 75
3.13.12 Backup comment .......................................................................................................................................... 75
3.13.13 Screenshot settings ....................................................................................................................................... 76
3.13.14 Error handling ................................................................................................................................................ 76
3.13.15 Computer shutdown ..................................................................................................................................... 77
3.13.16 File-level security settings for backup .......................................................................................................... 77
3.13.17 Windows account .......................................................................................................................................... 77
3.13.18 Performance of backup operation ............................................................................................................... 78
3.13.19 Notifications for backup operation .............................................................................................................. 79
3.13.20 Excluding items from backup ....................................................................................................................... 80
3.14 Validating backups ...................................................................................................................82
3.15 Consolidating backup versions ................................................................................................82
3.15.1 Backup selection ............................................................................................................................................ 83
3.15.2 Result location ............................................................................................................................................... 83
3.16 Cloning backup settings ...........................................................................................................84
4 Recovering data ................................................................................................................... 85
4.1 Recovering your system after a crash......................................................................................85
4.1.1 Trying to determine the crash cause ........................................................................................................... 85
4.1.2 Preparing for recovery .................................................................................................................................. 86
4.1.3 Recovering your system ................................................................................................................................ 87
4.2 Recovering partitions and disks ...............................................................................................89
4.3 Recovering partitions protected with Acronis Nonstop Backup .............................................91
4.4 How to recover more than one partition at once ...................................................................91
4.5 Recovering a disk backup to a different disk under rescue media ..........................................95
4.5.1 Recovering a disk with a hidden partition ................................................................................................... 95
4.6 Recovering data from file-level backups ...............................................................................101
4.7 Recovering file versions .........................................................................................................102
4.8 Recovering to different hardware .........................................................................................103
4.8.1 Recovering your system with the help of Acronis Universal Restore ..................................................... 103
4.8.2 Recovering your system with the help of Acronis Universal Restore under rescue media ................... 104
4.9 Acronis Universal Restore ......................................................................................................107
4.9.1 Purpose of Acronis Universal Restore ....................................................................................................... 107
4.9.2 General principles of Acronis Universal Restore ....................................................................................... 108
4.10 About recovery of dynamic/GPT disks and volumes .............................................................108
4.11 Arranging boot order in BIOS.................................................................................................109
4.12 Recovery options ...................................................................................................................110
