6 Introduction
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Convenient tools for
restoration of separate files and folders
from an archive
file: you can
connect a logical drive
from an archived image and simply
copying files.
Connecting a logical drive from an image file means that you will be able
to browse stored and encoded partition contents like any real disk
partition in Windows or in a Windows Explorer window. (see Figure 3.24
below).
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Unlike per-file back-up software, Acronis TrueImage Deluxe allows you to
restore partitions even if they were deleted, formatted, had its Partition
Table erased, or its disk bootsector infected by a virus!
The software combines a convenient graphical user interface with
exceptional simplicity and user availability. Back-up and restoration
operations can be performed in several easy steps!
Archive file
An archive file is a file containing images of partitions and disks. The images
contain both data of partitions and/or disks and information, allowing you to
restore a partition (disk) from the image.
Partition images include all its files and folders, irrespective of their attributes
(hidden, system, etc.), Master Boot Record (MBR), File Allocation Table
(FAT), and a root directory (Root).
Acronis TrueImage Deluxe software stores only the data sectors of a hard
disk in its partition image.
Acronis TrueImage Deluxe software creates an archive file with a
’
.tib
’
extension. The .tib file can contain images of several partitions and/or disks.
An archive file of large disk partitions or several partitions (and disks) can
become quite large. In this case Acronis TrueImage Deluxe will split the
image into more than one archive volume or archive volume files. Splitting an
archive into separate volumes may also be required for writing to removable
media.
Computer errors
Unfortunately personal computers are not 100% reliable or foolproof –
operating systems (OS) are subject to failures; application and hardware
drivers can cause errors as well. The Internet brings additional information
security problems such as the threat of virus infection and the computer
’
s
future inoperability. A hard disk also accumulates various «garbage» as a
result of installing and removing software as well as decreases in the
perfomance of your PC from continuous Internet access.
PC hard disks can encounter critical errors when executable files and
applications can
not
be run and operating system can
not
be loaded. In many
