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6 Backing up to Acronis Online Storage ................................................................................. 107
6.1.1 Log in to the online storage ........................................................................................................................ 107
6.1.2 Computer selection ..................................................................................................................................... 108
6.1.3 Setting up Acronis True Image Online for a new computer .................................................................... 110
6.1.4 Online backup task creation ....................................................................................................................... 111
6.2 Acronis True Image Online settings .......................................................................................118
6.2.1 Connection attempts .................................................................................................................................. 118
6.2.2 Storage connection speed .......................................................................................................................... 119
6.2.3 Storage cleanup ........................................................................................................................................... 120
6.2.4 Proxy settings .............................................................................................................................................. 120
6.2.5 Backup priority ............................................................................................................................................ 122
6.2.6 E-mail notification ....................................................................................................................................... 122
6.2.7 Pre/Post commands .................................................................................................................................... 124
6.2.8 Acronis Customer Experience Program ..................................................................................................... 125
7 Recovery from Online Storage ............................................................................................ 126
7.1.1 Recovering data from Online Storage ....................................................................................................... 126
7.1.2 Selecting a version to recover .................................................................................................................... 127
7.1.3 Recovery operation progress ..................................................................................................................... 128
7.2 Removing data from Online Storage .....................................................................................129
7.3 Viewing Log ............................................................................................................................130
8 Useful information ............................................................................................................. 131
8.1 Protecting your system and data ...........................................................................................131
8.2 Preparing for backups ............................................................................................................134
8.2.1 Deciding where to store your backups ...................................................................................................... 134
8.2.2 Deciding what data to back up ................................................................................................................... 136
8.2.3 Deciding how often to back up .................................................................................................................. 137
8.3 Testing bootable rescue media .............................................................................................138
8.3.1 Selecting video mode when booting from the rescue media .................................................................. 139
8.4 Testing that your backups can be used for recovery .............................................................141
8.5 Trying system changes safely ................................................................................................142
8.5.1 What is Try&Decide .................................................................................................................................... 142
8.5.2 Starting the Try mode ................................................................................................................................. 145
8.5.3 Stopping the Try mode ............................................................................................................................... 145
8.5.4 Try&Decide options and notifications ....................................................................................................... 145
8.5.5 Try&Decide: typical use cases .................................................................................................................... 147
8.6 Scheduling ..............................................................................................................................149
8.6.1 Daily execution parameters........................................................................................................................ 150
8.6.2 Weekly execution parameters ................................................................................................................... 150
8.6.3 Monthly execution parameters ................................................................................................................. 150
8.6.4 Upon event execution parameters ............................................................................................................ 151
8.7 Searching backups and their content ....................................................................................151
8.7.1 Searching ...................................................................................................................................................... 151
8.7.2 Windows Search and Google Desktop integration ................................................................................... 153
8.8 Choosing columns for viewing in wizards ..............................................................................157
8.9 Backup information ...............................................................................................................157
8.10 Timeout settings ....................................................................................................................157