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7.2.1 FTP connection ............................................................................................................................................ 141
7.2.2 Authentication settings ............................................................................................................................... 141
7.3 Making sure that your rescue media can be used when needed ..........................................142
7.3.1 Selecting video mode when booting from the rescue media .................................................................. 145
7.4 Testing that your backups can be used for recovery .............................................................146
7.5 Migrating your system from an HDD to an SSD .....................................................................146
7.5.1 Preparing for migration .............................................................................................................................. 147
7.5.2 What to do if True Image 2013 does not recognize your SSD ................................................................. 147
7.5.3 Checking SSD partition alignment .............................................................................................................. 149
7.5.4 Fixing SSD partition alignment ................................................................................................................... 149
7.5.5 Migrating to an SSD using the backup and recovery method ................................................................. 150
7.5.6 What to do if your SSD does not have enough space for all HDD content ............................................. 151
7.6 Trying system changes safely ................................................................................................151
7.6.1 What is Try&Decide .................................................................................................................................... 152
7.6.2 Starting the Try mode ................................................................................................................................. 154
7.6.3 Stopping the Try mode ............................................................................................................................... 154
7.6.4 Try&Decide options and notifications ....................................................................................................... 155
7.6.5 Try&Decide: typical use cases .................................................................................................................... 156
7.7 Scheduling ..............................................................................................................................157
7.7.1 Daily execution parameters........................................................................................................................ 159
7.7.2 Weekly execution parameters ................................................................................................................... 159
7.7.3 Monthly execution parameters ................................................................................................................. 160
7.7.4 Upon event execution parameters ............................................................................................................ 160
7.8 Searching backups and their content ....................................................................................160
7.8.1 Searching ...................................................................................................................................................... 160
7.8.2 Using Windows Search with True Image 2013 ...................................................................................... 161
7.9 Choosing columns for viewing in wizards ..............................................................................166
7.10 Backup information ...............................................................................................................166
7.11 Timeout settings ....................................................................................................................166
8 Tools and utilities .............................................................................................................. 167
8.1 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager .......................................................................................168
8.1.1 How it works ................................................................................................................................................ 168
8.1.2 How to use ................................................................................................................................................... 168
8.2 Creating bootable rescue media ............................................................................................169
8.2.1 Acronis Media Builder ................................................................................................................................. 169
8.2.2 Creating BartPE disc with True Image 2013 ........................................................................................... 174
8.2.3 Creating WinPE-based rescue media ......................................................................................................... 176
8.2.4 How to prepare a USB flash drive for Acronis Media Builder .................................................................. 181
8.3 Creating factory bootable media ...........................................................................................182
8.4 Working with Acronis Secure Zone ........................................................................................182
8.4.1 Acronis Secure Zone .................................................................................................................................... 183
8.4.2 Acronis Secure Zone location ..................................................................................................................... 184
8.4.3 Selecting partitions ...................................................................................................................................... 185
8.4.4 Size of Acronis Secure Zone ........................................................................................................................ 185
8.4.5 Managing Acronis Secure Zone .................................................................................................................. 186
8.4.6 Acronis Secure Zone summary ................................................................................................................... 188
8.5 Cloning a hard disk .................................................................................................................188
8.5.1 General information .................................................................................................................................... 189
8.5.2 Security......................................................................................................................................................... 189