Friends, without reading the first article You will not understand what will happen now, so I strongly recommend that you first read the first article and then move on to this one.
In this article we will make things more difficult for ourselves. Let's imagine a situation where our Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 does not boot due to some problems, then how can we restore the system from a backup using Acronis True Image 2015?
Most users under such circumstances and simply reinstalls the operating system, but you and I have the Acronis True Image 2015 program and we can very easily restore our operating system from a previously created backup using the program’s boot disk.
How to do boot disk or a bootable USB flash drive of Acronis True Image 2015
- Note: You also need to create a boot disk or flash drive for Acronis True Image 2015 because in most cases you will install trial version Acronis program and after 30 days it will stop working, and the boot disk will always remain functional and you can always use it to restore your operating system from a backup copy.
- Not all new laptops with UEFI BIOS can be booted from such a flash drive; if you come across such a laptop, create one.
Launch the program and click on the button Tools. Choose Bootable Media Builder(create bootable media to recover your computer if it stops booting)
In this window you can choose which bootable media to create. You can create ISO image programs add it to or load from it.
You can also create a simple CD, DVD disc with the program.
I will choose Creation bootable flash drive with the program Acronis True Image 2015. The flash drive must already be connected to the computer.
Get started.
The process of creating a bootable Acronis flash drive begins.
Bootable media Acronis was successfully created on my flash drive.
In the computer boot menu I select the flash drive
Acronis True Image 2015
Recovery. Discs.
We find our backup on the New volume (M:) of the portable hard drive. Select it with the left mouse once and click OK.
Check all sections.
In this window we see three disks:
Disk 1 is our flash drive with Acronis program True Image 2015.
Disk 2 - portable hard drive USB disk, where the backup is saved operating system.
Disk 3 is our solid state SSD drive, to which you want to deploy the backup. So we choose it.
First, select the Section (Reserved by the system) (E:) with the left mouse and press the button Accept .
Select drive C: with the left mouse and click Accept.
Select the target disk for MBR recovery.
Choose our solid state drive SSD and select it with the left mouse, click Next.
Get started
The recovery process begins and ends successfully.
So. Another article on the Acronis topic. We have already installed a fresh Windows, configured everything, and everything works fine. But some trouble happened. A virus, prono banner, or simply ruined Windows... What should I do? Easily. We restore the image that we created with Acronis.
So. Windows has crashed, there are a lot of viruses on it, it’s just terribly stupid... What should I do?
We restart the computer and see a screen that asks you to press F11 to launch Acronisa. This is exactly how the security zone works.
Press F11 and Acronis starts loading. After downloading, a window will appear that will suggest actions. In my case, this is either launch Acronis True Image Home or Windows startup. Select Acronis True Image Home
The following screenshots are taken from Windows, but you will have to do everything in the Acronis security zone. The settings are no different. 🙂
Select System Restore
We will be greeted by the System Restore Wizard. Click next.
In the next step, select the location where the archive with the image is stored to restore the system. In our case, this is Acronis Secure Zone. Click next
Select: Recover disks or partitions and click next.
Specify the section or hard drive to restore the image. In my case this is drive C:
Select the disk partition on which we will burn the image. We select the C: drive, because the image was originally taken from the C: drive, and information can be stored on steel drives. And if you select another drive (for example D:), then all information on drive D: will be erased without the possibility of recovery.
Specify the type of partition to be restored. Drive C: must be Active. If you specify logical, there is a possibility that the hard drive itself will no longer be detected and will have to be hooked up to another computer for recovery.
In the next step, don’t touch anything and click next.
Use the default recovery options and click next.
After that, click start... And image restoration will begin.
When the system recovery is complete, a sign will appear. Click OK on it. Let's reboot. And we get a newly configured system, with all the programs and files that were on drive C: at the time
Hello, dear readers of the blog site :) This article will be a logical continuation of my previous one - about backing up the entire operating system (using Windows as an example) along with programs and files, using a very useful program - Acronis True Image
Now I will tell you how you can easily restore your system from a previously created backup and return it to the state when you created this backup. Also in this article I will explain how to restore individual files and folders from the corresponding backup.
Restoration may be necessary if the system suddenly begins to work unstably, slows down significantly for reasons unknown to you, some other problems appear with its loading, and so on. In this case, you can simply restore it from the backup you created earlier. The process is simple and after recovery you will receive your system ready for use: all programs will be installed on it, all the files you worked with will be there, everything is configured as it was before creating the copy.
The latest versions of Acronis True Image allow you to restore your system from an archive even to other computers with different hardware. This opportunity can be very necessary.
So, let's take a step-by-step look at what needs to be done to restore the system from a backup.
Restoring the system along with previously installed programs and files using Acronis True Image
First of all, we need to have on hand the media (for example: an external HDD, flash drive) or remote online storage where our archive with a backup copy of the entire system was saved. If you are reading this article first and still don’t know how to create a backup copy at all, then I recommend reading the previous article where I talked about this by clicking on the link above.
The process of restoring their archive system is very simple. Let's look at it:
The last step before restoring a partition is to specify, if necessary, additional parameters for the recovery stage itself. Let's go over them.
In the window we will see tabs already familiar from the stage of creating a backup copy: “Advanced”, “Performance”, “Notifications”. Let's look at the settings on each tab.
Now we have everything set up for recovery and we can start this process by clicking the “Restore Now” button at the bottom of the window:
Since the recovery occurs directly from Windows, in my experience, Acronis always requires a system reboot at the very beginning of the recovery. If you checked the “If necessary, automatically restart the computer during recovery” checkbox in the settings above, then the computer will restart itself without issuing a request.
If this option was not enabled, you will receive this warning:
And to continue the reboot, you need to confirm this yourself by clicking the “Restart” button.
You can activate automatic shutdown of the computer immediately after the system recovery process is completed by checking the appropriate box in the window (see image above).
Launch the installed Acronis True Image program from a shortcut on the desktop or from the Start menu.
When Acronis starts, go straight to the “Backup and Restore” tab. And on this tab, click the “Restore” button at the top:
A small window will open showing a list of previously created backups.
But even those copies that are stored on removable media (flash drives, external HDDs), will still be displayed in the list, but if you try to recover from them without connecting the required media to the computer, you will receive an error. Just in my example from the previous article I made a backup copy to a flash drive and at the moment I didn't connect it to the computer. Therefore, when you click the “Restore” button, the following message will appear:
In this case, you need to connect the removable media, where the archive with the backup copy is stored and click the “Browse” button, then select the location where the required backup copy is stored:
You could find a backup copy by immediately clicking the “Search for backup…” button after going to the “Restore” section:
In this case, you would be taken to the same Explorer window, where you can find the desired backup copy on your computer, external storage device, or on the network.
When the archive with the required backup copy is selected, click the “Add list of backup copies” button located at the bottom of the window.
If the archive was protected with a password, a window will immediately appear where you must enter this password:
Now the main window for restoring the system from the archive will appear. In the window, you need to select the partitions from those that we archived - those that you want to restore. If you want to restore exactly everything that you previously backed up along with the system, then simply select all the partitions from the list by ticking them.
If, in addition to the system partitions, you also backed up separate partitions with some of your data and want to restore only the system without these partitions with data, then simply check the boxes only on the system partitions (For Windows 7, this is usually Drive “C:” and the partition "Reserved by the system").
In this case, the system, along with its settings and programs, will be completely restored, but partitions with data that you have not marked will not be restored.
In addition to selecting partitions to recover, you can also select the location to which they will be restored. For example, you can make sure that the partition with the system from the archive is restored to another location or to another disk. To do this, click on the arrow to the right of the partition name and a list of available locations or disks where you can restore the partition will open:
As you can see from my example (image above), I only have one location available where I can restore the selected partition. 2 more places are marked in red and this means that restoration there is impossible. Typically, this is due to insufficient space to recover more volume.
Also, for each of the restored partitions with the system or data, it is possible to change their additional properties. I advise beginners not to delve into this and not even go into these properties, because by default Acronis performs recovery as efficiently as possible without changes to disk structures.
More experienced users can go to the additional properties section by clicking on the link at the bottom of the restored section “Partition Properties”:
After the restore is complete, you will be able to boot your system with all the programs and all the files saved at the time you created the backup. You no longer have to install Windows from scratch, install all the programs and make settings. Now you can simply download your ready-to-use system. Comfortable? :) I think that few people will say “No” for some reason :)
The most important thing is that there is nothing particularly complicated... The manual is large only because it is detailed, and the steps themselves are very simple.
Let us now consider the process of restoring individual files/folders from the corresponding backup.
Restoring individual files/folders from the corresponding backup
Do not forget that different backup copies are used to restore partitions and individual files/folders. I talked about the process of creating each of them in my previous article.
To restore individual files, you need the appropriate type of backup copy.
So, let's assume that we have lost some important documents and need to restore them. We have a backup copy.
We begin the recovery process. It’s still much simpler than partition recovery, so it shouldn’t leave any questions at all.
Well, we have looked at all the possibilities of restoring from backups, namely, from entire partitions with the system and data and individual files/folders.
All this just seems complicated, you just need to go through these steps once and everything will become clear :)
This is where I end this article, and in the next one I will tell you about another one. important function– creating a boot disk with Acronis and the ability to restore the system, even if the system itself does not boot for any reason. In this case, since the system has “broken,” you will no longer be able to launch the Acronis program from it. For such purposes, you need a recovery disk with Acronis True Image, from which you can boot and restore everything.
I will be waiting for your questions in the comments and will be happy to answer everyone! :) Bye;)
I am continuing a short series of articles about how to make a backup copy of your operating system, set up a backup plan, and if something happens, restore the system from this copy. There is probably no point in talking about the importance of these actions. But still, I want to once again remind everyone, especially novice IT specialists, about the importance of backup copies. This is especially true for servers. If you are starting to maintain a fleet of machines and servers, then first of all you should check the system redundancy. If this is not done, then be sure to configure it.
You can read about how to create a backup copy. I wrote about how to create a boot disk in the previous article, it is located. Now I will describe the process of restoring the system from a backup. This can be done both on new hardware and on old one.
How to restore your system using Acronis Backup
So boot image ready, now it's time to proceed directly to restoring the system from the created archive. To do this, boot from the previously created image and select the Acronis Backup item and the required version of the system 32/64.
In the next window, select Manage this machine locally.
Now click restore data from backup.
Indicates the path to the backup; the image can be uploaded to a flash drive in the cloud or local network in general, choose any option convenient for you, personally, I use a local network. By the way, you need to specify not the file but the folder in which it lies.
After Acronis finds the backup in the Backup Contents section, you need to select all volumes.
After which the system recovery process will begin. It will take some time, just wait a little.
After the recovery is complete, restart the computer. And you can look at the result, if you did everything correctly, then everything should work out. If you have any questions, write in the comments, I will try to answer and help everyone.
What does this give?
You can install Windows on your computer and make a backup copy of the entire disk, which will contain nothing but Windows, just clean Windows. Reinstalling the operating system takes at least 30 minutes of real time, and restoring the operating system using Acronis True Image will not take more than 5 minutes. The same can be said for a hard drive with already installed programs and all kinds of files, for example, game walkthroughs or thesis. With standard recovery, this data will definitely be lost. A diploma can take several months to complete, and then may not be restored.
Acronis True Image allows you to get rid of the fear for your data. You can copy your data to another drive, a hidden partition, or an FTP server. New version True Image has received full integration into the panel Windows management 7, which allows you to do archiving with virtually no effort. The program can be used for free in trial mode, and then you can purchase it. Learn how to backup and restore your Windows system. Perform cloning of the Windows operating system. By purchasing this video course you will be satisfied
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Acronis True Image is already a fairly popular application known to many people for system recovery, data backup and archiving. This program gives you confidence in the safety of your data and its easy recovery on the computer. You can make it happen backup only individual folders or files, any user data of your choice, and it is possible to copy entire sections and even hard drives fully.
What does this give? You can install Windows on your computer and make a backup copy of the entire disk, which will contain nothing but Windows, just clean Windows. Reinstalling the operating system takes at least 30 minutes of real time, and restoring the operating system using Acronis True Image will not take more than 5 minutes. The same can be said for a hard drive with already installed programs and all kinds of files, for example, walkthroughs of games or a thesis. With standard recovery, this data will definitely be lost. And a diploma can take several months to complete, which then may not be restored.
Acronis True Image allows you to get rid of the fear for your data. You can copy your data to another drive, a hidden partition, or an FTP server. The new version of True Image has received full integration into the Windows 7 control panel, which allows you to do archiving with virtually no effort. The program can be used for free in trial mode (Trial), and then it can be purchased for about $30 (at the time of writing Acronis True Image Home 2016
