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A series of articles and videos walking through the steps to backup - and restore - your computer.

Creating Bootable Rescue Media using Acronis TrueImage Home
After installing the application there's a critical step you need to take first, before even thinking about backing up. (Continue reading...)

Installing Backup Software
The first installment in our backing up series is to install backup software. We'll install Acronis TrueImage Home 2009. (Continue reading...)

Making a Full Backup using Acronis TrueImage
Our first step after installing Acronis and creating rescue media is to create a full backup. (Continue reading...)

Restoring A File Using Acronis TrueImage Home
We have our backup program running, now it's time to try restoring a file from that backup. (Continue reading...)

Restoring An Image Using Acronis TrueImage Home
Your machine has crashed, and the hard disk reformatted or replaced - it's time to restore your entire machine from an image. (Continue reading...)

Scheduling Automatic Backups with Acronis TrueImage
Now that we've created our first full backup, it's time to let Acronis do it's job automatically - we'll schedule an automatic backup task. (Continue reading...)

What do I do with incremental backups when restoring?
If you've been backing up regularly you'll probably have a full backup and a collection of incremental's. We'll look at how they're used. (Continue reading...)