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Acronis True Image Home
Original author(s)Acronis
Stable release
2013 build 6514 / April 4, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-04-04)[1]
Operating systemWindows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7[2]
PlatformIA-32 and x86-64
Available inEnglish, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Korean, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Polish, Czech, Dutch[3]
TypeDisk cloning and backup software
LicenseProprietary commercial software
Websitewww.acronis.com/products/trueimage/

Template:Infobox image Acronis True Image (or simply True Image) is a brand name for a line of backup and disk imaging software for Microsoft operating systems, produced by Acronis. As disk imaging software, True Image can restore the previously captured image to another disk, replicating the structure and contents to the new disk, also allowing disk cloning and partition resizing, even if the new disk is of different capacity. The backups are in a proprietary and undocumented file format which uses a .tib filename extension.

Overview

Editions

Several editions of Acronis True Image are available. Acronis True Image Home is the full-featured edition of the product and the only edition available at retail outlets. Four other editions of True Image are available to original equipment manufacturers under the umbrella title of True Image OEM but each has only a subset of True Image Home features.[4] Finally, Acronis True Image Online is a subscription-based software plus service offering that allows backups to be stored off the user's computers for a monthly fee.[5] It has a Windows software agent of its own but is also integrated with Acronis True Image Home.[6]

Operation

True Image can make two types of backup: file backup and disk backup. Apart from being able to back up select groups of files on a disk, it can create system images, exact backups of a disk drive sector by sector. The program can back up a system hard drive while the OS is running.

Backups can be stored on:

True Image can browse the contents of backups and restore them partially or entirely. It can also mount a disk backup as a virtual disk, thus allowing the user to access them as he would normally do from a real read-only disk.

Although backups can be restored when the system is running, a major purpose of backup is to restore the system when it fails to start. Therefore, True Image can install Acronis Startup Recovery Manager (ASRM), a computer program that helps restore backups at boot time. Additionally, True Image can create a copy of Acronis Rescue Media, a bootable disk that contains a copy of True Image and can restore backups to a computer when the contents of the entire computer are lost.

Supported file systems

True Image supports multiple file systems including[2] NTFS, FAT16, FAT32, ext2, ext3, ext4 (since version 2011),[7] ReiserFS, Reiser4,[8] and Linux Swap.

In addition to the officially supported filesystems, True Image also provides raw sector backup and restore options for all other filesystems. 'Raw' mode provides support for a file system that is corrupt, or that isn't officially supported, by capturing a complete image of all sectors on the disk. This method results in a larger image file as it isn't able to compress, resize, or selectively restore files on the unrecognized filesystem.

History

Version Year Notes
6.0 2002 Supports creation of disk images on recordable DVD media and external USB drives.
7.0 2003 Includes a wizard-driven interface. Supports disk cloning that directly duplicates the contents of a hard drive to another.
8.0 2004 Supports backing up to a network location and restoring individual files from a disk image.
9.0 2005 The last version to supports Windows 98 and Windows ME. Secure Zone allows backing up to a hidden drive partition. Startup Recovery Manager helps restore during boot time without a separate boot disk.
10.0 2006 Backs up and restores directly from network shares and FTP servers. Can save archives of Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express as well as Windows Address Book.
11.0 2007 File Shredder helps permanently destroy files. Try&Decide helps set up a sandbox in which untrusted programs can safely run without the risk of permanently changing or damaging the system.
2009 2009 One-click Backup backs up a computer using default settings, without asking any question other than backup destination.
2010 2010 Supports Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) and Windows 7. Nonstop Backup provides continuous data protection. Online Backup backs up data to an off-site location on the Internet.
2011 2010 Supports USB 3.0, integration with Windows 7 and predefined backup schemes.
2012 2011 Supports File synchronization, Network-attached storage, Nonstop Backup over network and integrated online backup.[9]
2013 2012 Adds mobile access and Windows 8 support (except UEFI Secure Boot)[10]

File format

According to Acronis, True Image provides backward compatibility for image files (with the .tib extension) created with a single previous version, that is, images created with an immediate previous version can be successfully restored. Backups are compatible between different editions of True Image; e.g., between True Image Echo Workstation and True Image Echo Enterprise Server, or between Linux and Windows versions.[11] Third-party support includes software by VMware, VMware Converter, which can convert .tib files into files to use in a Virtual Machine.[12][13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Acronis Website: Product Updates". Acronis, Inc. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Acronis True Image 2010 Home Datasheet" (PDF).
  3. ^ Acronis True Image Home
  4. ^ OEM comparison
  5. ^ "Acronis® True Image™ Online". Acronis. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Acronis True Image Online User Guide" (PDF). Acronis. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  7. ^ FAQ: Linux file systems and Linux operating system support
  8. ^ FAQ: Linux file systems and Linux operating system support
  9. ^ "Release Notes for Acronis True Image Home 2012". Acronis, Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  10. ^ Collins, Barry (2013-01-15). "Windows 8 Secure Boot snags Acronis True Image". Dennis Publishing. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
  11. ^ http://www.acronis.co.uk/enterprise/support/kb/?aid=477
  12. ^ "Acronis native file format supported by VMware Converter: VMware Converter Supports Acronis .TIB Format". Acronis.com. 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  13. ^ "VMware vCenter Converter FAQs, Virtual Machine Conversions" (in Template:Nl icon). Vmware.com. Retrieved 2012-03-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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