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1 Getting started
1.1 Introduction
In this section
What is Acronis True Image Home 2012? .................................................. 8
What is Acronis True Image Home 2012 Plus Pack? .................................. 9
Acronis True Image Home 2012 basic concepts ........................................ 9
New in Acronis True Image Home 2012 .................................................. 11
System requirements and supported media ........................................... 12
Technical Support .................................................................................... 14
Trial version information .......................................................................... 14
1.1.1 What is Acronis True Image Home 2012?
Acronis True Image Home 2012 is an integrated software suite that ensures the security of all of the
information on your PC. It can back up the operating system, applications, settings and all of your
data, while also securely destroying any confidential data you no longer need. With this software,
you can back up selected files and folders, settings and messages of Microsoft e-mail clients — or
even the entire disk drive or selected partitions. Online backup will allow you to store your most
important files on a remote storage. Your data will be protected even if your computer is lost, stolen
or destroyed. Acronis Nonstop Backup continuously saves changes in your system and files, as often
as every five minutes, so you can rollback easily to any point in time if needed.
Acronis True Image Home 2012 provides you with all the essential tools to recover your computer
system should a disaster occur, such as losing data, accidentally deleting critical files or folders, or
suffering a complete hard disk crash.
With the unique technology developed by Acronis and implemented in Acronis True Image Home
2012 you can perform exact, sector-by-sector disk backups. Such backups include all operating
systems, applications and configuration files, personal settings, and data.
Acronis True Image Home 2012 helps you protect your identity as well. Simply deleting old data will
not remove it permanently from your computer. Acronis True Image Home 2012 includes Acronis
DriveCleanser that permanently destroys files and wipes personal information from partitions and/or
entire disks, as well as the System Clean-up tool that cleans up your Windows system of all traces of
user activity.
When performing scheduled backups, Acronis True Image Home 2012 automatically selects a backup
mode (full, incremental, differential), in accordance with the backup scheme set by the user.
You can store backups on almost any PC storage device.
Windows-style interface and wizards will make your work easier. Just perform a few simple steps and
let Acronis True Image Home 2012 take care of everything else! When a system problem occurs, the
software will get you up and running in no time.
