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those values with the stored ones. If all compared values match, the backup file is not corrupted and
there is a high probability that the backup can be successfully used for data recovery.
Consolidation
Consolidation allows you to delete backups which you no longer need from a backup chain.
A chain to be consolidated can consist of a full backup and one or more incremental backups.
If necessary, you can delete the base full backup from the chain. The program will create a new full
backup in place of the oldest remaining backup. Consolidation keeps whichever backups you choose
and deletes any backups that are not selected.
Because consolidation may require significant time and system resources (including disk space), we
recommend using it sparingly. In many cases, starting a new backup chain and then deleting the old
one will be a better choice.
Acronis Nonstop Backup uses a different consolidation mechanism. The program consolidates the
metadata it uses for managing the backed up data. Because the metadata information volume is
significantly less than the backed up data volume, consolidation requires much less time and system
resources.
Disaster recovery
Recovering from a disaster usually requires a rescue media and a backup of the system partition.
True Image 2013 provides for recovery from a disaster caused by system data corruption, viruses,
malware, or other causes.
If the operating system fails to boot, True Image 2013 will recover the system partition. The boxed
product comes with a rescue CD. Other legal owners of the program can create a rescue media by
using the Media Builder tool.
Scheduling
For your backups to be really helpful, they must be as "up-to-date" as possible. This means that you
should run backups on a regular basis, say once a day. Although creating an True Image 2013 backup
is quite easy, on occasion, you may forget to do a backup.
With the scheduler, you do not have to remember. You can schedule automatic backups ahead of
time. Your data will be backed up as long as there is sufficient storage space.
Understanding these terms and concepts will be helpful when using the program's features.
1.1.4 New in True Image 2013 by Acronis
Windows 8 support - True Image 2013 supports the next version of the operating system
released by Microsoft, namely Windows 8. You can safely buy and install Windows 8 without
worrying whether you will be able to restore your system if need arises.
New backup naming rules - The new automatic backup naming is more flexible and convenient.
By default, True Image 2013 creates for each backup task a folder with a backup task name and
keeps in this folder all related backups. A backup filename always contains a task name, a backup
method, a backup number, and a sequential file number (if the backup is split into several files,
the suffixes will be v1, v2, etc.). Optionally you may add to the name date, time, etc. by adding
the appropriate macros.
