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10. Data recovery with Acronis True Image Home
The ultimate purpose of data backup is recovery of the backed up data when the original is lost due
to hardware failure, fire, theft or just erroneous deletion of some important files.
to hardware failure, fire, theft or just erroneous deletion of some important files.
There may be various reasons for recovering your system - from unstable operation after installing a
new application, driver or Windows update to complete failure of the system hard drive or
replacement of the old hard drive by a new larger one. In addition, it may be necessary to recover
either only the system partition or the entire system disk comprising several partitions including
hidden ones. Acronis True Image Home provides for all these cases, though details of recovery may
differ. In any case, it is better to perform system recovery when booting from the rescue media.
new application, driver or Windows update to complete failure of the system hard drive or
replacement of the old hard drive by a new larger one. In addition, it may be necessary to recover
either only the system partition or the entire system disk comprising several partitions including
hidden ones. Acronis True Image Home provides for all these cases, though details of recovery may
differ. In any case, it is better to perform system recovery when booting from the rescue media.
On the other hand, recovery of a data disk/partition or files and folders is usually performed in
Windows.
Windows.
10.1.
Recovering your system partition
Let's first consider the simplest case - recovery of the system partition to the original location on the
original hard disk drive.
original hard disk drive.
As recovery of the system partition is one of the most important operations, it requires careful
preparation even when you just want to recover a previous "known good" Windows state. While
preparing for recovery you need to:
preparation even when you just want to recover a previous "known good" Windows state. While
preparing for recovery you need to:
a) create and test Acronis bootable rescue media. For more information on testing media see Testing
bootable rescue media (p. 28);
bootable rescue media (p. 28);
b) boot from the rescue media and validate the backup you want to use for recovery. Such validation
is very important because Acronis True Image Home deletes the target partition (the system partition
in this case) when starting partition recovery, so you may find yourself without your system and
applications if the backup file is corrupted. In addition, there were reports from users that a backup
archive that has been successfully validated in Windows is declared corrupted when being validated
in the recovery environment. This may be due to the fact that Acronis True Image Home uses
different device drivers in Windows and the recovery environment.
is very important because Acronis True Image Home deletes the target partition (the system partition
in this case) when starting partition recovery, so you may find yourself without your system and
applications if the backup file is corrupted. In addition, there were reports from users that a backup
archive that has been successfully validated in Windows is declared corrupted when being validated
in the recovery environment. This may be due to the fact that Acronis True Image Home uses
different device drivers in Windows and the recovery environment.
c) assign unique names to the disks and partitions used on your computer. This is strongly
recommended because the drive lettering in Windows and in the recovery environment may differ. If
you have not done this before making the backup, you can assign names now. The names will help
you in finding the drive containing your backups as well as the target system partition.
recommended because the drive lettering in Windows and in the recovery environment may differ. If
you have not done this before making the backup, you can assign names now. The names will help
you in finding the drive containing your backups as well as the target system partition.
d) optionally check the system hard drive for errors using Microsoft's Chkdsk utility, which is part of
Windows.
Windows.
Assuming that you have carried out the above, let's proceed with recovery.
Attach the external drive if it contains the backup archive to be used for recovery and make sure that the drive is
powered on. This must be done before booting from Acronis rescue media.
powered on. This must be done before booting from Acronis rescue media.
1. Arrange the boot sequence in BIOS so as to make your rescue media device (CD, DVD or USB
stick) the first boot device. See Arranging boot sequence in BIOS (p. 192).
2. Boot from the rescue media and select Acronis True Image Home (Full version).