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2 : Creating disk/partition images
2. Creating disk/partition images
2.1 Creating a disk/partition image on a hard disk
2.1.1 Welcome
page
Acronis TrueImage Deluxe software starts with the welcome page (Figure
2.1). It enumerates all the main software capabilities, described in the
Introduction.
Let
’
s shortly revise them once again. The software allows to create images of
hard disk partitions or the whole disks and store them in an archive file. This
file can be created on any hard disk or removable media (Acronis TrueImage
Deluxe software allows to create archive files using CD-R, CD-RW, Iomega
Zip, an other devices). Any partition can be further restored from an image,
stored in an archive file.
While working with whole partitions and hard disks, Acronis TrueImage
Deluxe software still allows to restore separate files from an image. For this
purpose Acronis TrueImage Deluxe has image contents viewing tools for
representing partition images as usual logical drives. You can work with this
connected drive with any file manager like with a usual hard disk. Acronis
TrueImage Deluxe allows to disconnect the disk after necessary files and/or
folders are restored from it by simple copying.
All above functions allow to organize data back-up copying and restoration
(or to revert a system back) on a PC or several PCs in a small office. Besides,
an archive file can be used for deploying systems on identical computers
(hard disk cloning), and also for replacing PC hard disks.