Challenge Ghost:acronis True Image

In the system backup and restore software, classic Ghost is of course the first choice, it's so many years in the hearts of computer users can not be subversive, but many friends like the use of branded computers to the backup of the system image files in a dedicated hidden partition, so as to prevent all kinds of virus to the image file damage , but also facilitate day-to-day management.

Only this kind of operation in Ghost seems more difficult to achieve, but I recommend to everyone is called "Acronis True Image Enterprise Server" (hereinafter referred to as aties) software can easily meet the requirements of everyone.

Create hidden partitions and back up systems

Aties uses the full wizard to start the Aties, first click the Create Image button in the main interface to open the Operation Wizard for the backup system. What we need to do next is to step into the backup system by clicking the Next button (Figure 1).

Fig. 1 The main interface of Aties

In particular, I would like to remind you that during the backup system operation, you can see a default option called "Acronis Secure Zone", which is the biggest feature of the software and will create a hidden partition (Figure 2). In the next operation, you can specify how much disk space is occupied by the hidden partitions, how to compress the mirrored files, and whether you need to set a password.

Fig. 2 Main features of Aties

Tip: If you use the default check to create a hidden partition "Acronis Secure Zone" option, the process of creating a hidden partition needs to be sustained for a certain amount of time and you need to be patient.

Because the hidden partition created is not visible, even if we perform a format operation on the partition or C disk where the software is located, the hidden partition and the mirrored file in the hidden partition are not deleted. So we have to go through the "Control Panel/Add Remove program" To uninstall the software, because only in this way, we create hidden partitions and hidden partitions in the image files can be deleted together clean!

Set "One-click Restore"

When there are serious problems in the system, we can use the system image files to quickly restore the computer to the initial state of backup, but the software also has a "extraordinary" ability to support the use of shortcut keys F11 Implementation of the "one-click Restore" System.

The ability to turn on the software also needs to be done in the Create Image Wizard described above: After the software creates a hidden partition and completes a full backup of the system, select "Activate Acronis Start Recovery" in the next pop-up operation window Manager (turn on Restore manager) option (Figure 3), which is the toggle switch that turns on the shortcut key F11 "One-click Restore" function.

Figure 3 Opening the Aties restore Manager

C-Disk Restore C

In Aties, there are two common forms of rapid restore system, if we feel the system of various "garbage" files too many or have been harassed by some mischievous virus, you can use a direct restore system, because Aties and Windows fully compatible, all the work can be done in Windows environment, You do not need to switch to DOS command line execution status. To do this: Open the Software main interface, click the "Restore Image" button, whether to restore C or D disk, as long as the Pop-up Software Restore Wizard instructions, all the way to click "NEXT" can be very convenient to complete the System Restore.

If you are experiencing a very serious system problem and you are unable to enter the Windows environment, you can press the software default shortcut key F11 after the power-on moment, and the software will automatically open a System Restore interface, click the "Acronis True image" button (Figure 4), Then it is not difficult to perform a system restore operation on the pop-up Restore Wizard.

Figure 4 Another way to restore aties

Other Featured features

Other features of the software include creating boot disks, incremental backups, hard disk pairs, performing scheduled tasks, and quickly extracting individual files from mirrored files, such as the "Explore image" button in the main interface of the software, We click on it to quickly extract or delete files from the mirrored file as we did in Windows Explorer. There is also the "Schedule task" button in the main interface, which allows users to customize the time of automated system backups and some details of backups, such as whether to make incremental backups or overwrite backups.

For multiple mirrored files created by the software, the software also provides a mirrored file Manager (Figure 5), where users can remove unnecessary file mirrors or selectively select a mirrored file to quickly recover the system.

Figure 5 aites The option to restore some files