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3.11.10 Error handling ................................................................................................................................................ 68
3.11.11 Computer shutdown ..................................................................................................................................... 69
3.11.12 File-level security settings for backup .......................................................................................................... 69
3.11.13 Virus scan ....................................................................................................................................................... 70
3.11.14 Performance of backup operation ............................................................................................................... 70
3.11.15 Notifications for backup operation .............................................................................................................. 71
3.12 Validating backups ...................................................................................................................72
3.13 Consolidating backup versions ................................................................................................73
3.13.1 Archive to consolidate protection ................................................................................................................ 73
3.13.2 Backup selection ............................................................................................................................................ 74
3.13.3 Result location ............................................................................................................................................... 74
3.13.4 Consolidation summary ................................................................................................................................ 74
3.14 Cloning backup settings ...........................................................................................................75
4 Recovering data ................................................................................................................... 76
4.1 Recovering your system after a crash......................................................................................76
4.1.1 Trying to determine the crash cause ........................................................................................................... 76
4.1.2 Preparing for recovery .................................................................................................................................. 77
4.1.3 Recovering your system ................................................................................................................................ 77
4.2 Recovering partitions and disks ...............................................................................................81
4.3 Recovering partitions protected with Acronis Nonstop Backup .............................................83
4.4 Recovering more than one partition at once ..........................................................................83
4.5 Recovering a disk backup to a different disk under rescue media ..........................................84
4.5.1 Recovering a disk without a hidden partition ............................................................................................. 85
4.5.2 Recovering a disk with a hidden partition ................................................................................................... 86
4.6 Recovering data from file-level backups .................................................................................88
4.7 Recovering file versions ...........................................................................................................89
4.8 Recovering to different hardware ...........................................................................................90
4.9 Acronis Universal Restore ........................................................................................................94
4.9.1 Purpose of Acronis Universal Restore ......................................................................................................... 94
4.9.2 General principles of Acronis Universal Restore ......................................................................................... 95
4.10 How to use Acronis Startup Recovery Manager ......................................................................95
4.11 About recovery of dynamic/GPT disks and volumes ...............................................................96
4.12 Backup protection dialog box ..................................................................................................97
4.13 Arranging boot order in BIOS...................................................................................................97
4.14 Recovery options .....................................................................................................................98
4.14.1 Pre/Post commands for recovery ................................................................................................................ 98
4.14.2 Validation option ........................................................................................................................................... 99
4.14.3 Computer restart ........................................................................................................................................... 99
4.14.4 File recovery options ..................................................................................................................................... 99
4.14.5 Overwrite file options ................................................................................................................................. 100
4.14.6 Performance of recovery operation .......................................................................................................... 100
4.14.7 Notifications for recovery operation ......................................................................................................... 101
5 Using Acronis Online Backup .............................................................................................. 103
5.1 What is Acronis True Image Home 2011 Online Backup? .....................................................103
5.2 Subscription information .......................................................................................................103
5.3 Main window .........................................................................................................................104