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Chapter 12. Mounting an image as a virtual
drive
Acronis True Image Enterprise Server can
mount partition images as virtual drives
,
thus letting you access them as though they were physical drives. This means that:
•
A new disk with its own letter will appear in the drives list
•
Using Windows Explorer and other file managers, you can view the image contents as if
they were located on a physical disk or partition
•
You will be able to use the virtual disk in the same way as the real one: open, save,
copy, move, create, delete files or folders. If necessary, the image can be mounted in
read-only mode.
This feature is available in Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version only. Mounting
images using Acronis True Image Management Console is not possible.
Please keep in mind that, though both file archives and disk/partition images have a default
“.tib” extension, only
partition images
can be mounted. If you want to view file archive
contents, use the Restore Data Wizard (see
7.2 Restoring files and folders from file
archives, steps 1-9).
The current version of Acronis True Image Enterprise Server can mount an image archive
only if all its volumes reside in the same directory. If your archive spans several CD-R/RW
discs and you wish to mount the image, you should copy all volumes to a hard disk drive or
network drive.
12.1 Mounting an image
1. Invoke the
Mount Image Wizard
by clicking on the
Mount Image
operation icon in
the main program window.
2. Click
Next
.
3. Select the archive from the drives tree. If the archive is located in Acronis Secure Zone,
select it to choose the archive at the next step.
