If for some reason the operating system has stopped loading, then " Boot recovery" will allow you to start Acronis True ImageHome 2011 without booting the operating system.
You can launch Acronis True Image Home 2011 standalone version and restore corrupted partitions by pressing the key F11 during download. Unlike booting from bootable media created by Acronis, you do not need separate media or a network connection to run Acronis True Image Home 2011.
To activate "Startup Repair" , on the toolbar, click "Tools and Utilities" and select "Startup Repair".
You can also run Acronis True Image Home 2011 from bootable media: from a CD or from a USB flash drive.
Some motherboards have a boot selector that can be opened by pressing a specific key or key combination, such as F11 ( F8, F10, F12) , depends on BIOS version.The boot menu allows you to select a device to boot from a list of bootable devices without changing the BIOS settings. You can determine the keyboard shortcut at boot time when the hardware is being tested.
If there is no boot selector, then the BIOS of the computer has a built-in Setup utility, which is designed for the initial setup of the computer. The Setup utility is entered immediately after the computer is turned on while the computer is booting up by pressing a certain key or key combination - this can be Del, F1, Ctrl+Alt+Esc, Ctrl+Esc, there may be other key combinations. It depends on the BIOS version. As a rule, the required key combination is displayed immediately after turning on the computer at the bottom of the monitor. Pressing this key combination when the computer boots up will open the Setup utility menu.
If you have previously installed the operating system yourself, then it will not be difficult for you to open the Setup utility and change the boot priority, if you have not done this, then it is better to contact a specialist for the first time.
Let's consider system recovery at boot, for example, from a bootable flash drive that contains a bootable version of the program, and also created a backup copy of the operating system.
Turn on the computer or restart the computer. During the boot, when the hardware is being tested, press and hold the F11 key (sometimes a short multiple press is required). If the key F11 load selector will be called BIOS, a menu will appear with the available options for booting from bootable devices.
If you have "Startup Repair" enabled, you can leave booting from the hard drive, press the Enter key, then the F11 key again. The standalone version of Acronis True Image Home 2011 will be loaded. If the BIOS boot selector on your computer is invoked by another key (keyboard shortcut), the standalone version will load immediately when you press the F11 key.
If you want to download the program from a CD, select the option to download from CD-ROM.
Select boot from Flash Disk and press the Enter key.
Select Acronis True Image Home (Full) from the bootable media menu. The "Start page" of the program will open.
To start data recovery, select "Recovery" from the "Start Page" menu.
Under (Data Recovery and Backup Management), click "Disk Recovery". The Recovery Wizard window will open.
The program will automatically suggest the last created backup to restore. If this is the copy from which you want to restore data, click "Next", if not, select another one.
However, the backup created on the flash drive is not in the list of backups. To add the desired copy to the list of backups, click "Browse".
Open the contents of "Removable Disk", select the backup in the left window and click OK.
Leave the switch in the "Recover disks and partitions" position.
Click next.
Partition and disk images contain a copy of the MBR (Master Boot Record) disk track zero. If you need it to boot your system, restore it every time.
Now you need to select "New storage", that is, you need to tell the program where to place the data from the backup.
Click on the "New Storage" link.
Specify the partition to place the data from the backup.
Click "Accept".
Specify the disk to restore the Master Boot Record (MBR) and click Next.
The final window contains a list of operations that will be performed when you click the "Proceed" button. After clicking the "Proceed" button, the data recovery procedure will begin.
Click OK. Close the Start Page. After the automatic reboot of the computer, a fully reanimated operating system will boot.
Using a bootable USB flash drive, you can easily and quickly restore (transfer, clone) the operating system with all the applications of the old hard drive to a new (different) hard drive.
Using the program's built-in "Startup Repair" feature is easier and will help in 90% of operating system emergencies. The bootable media created by the program is more difficult to use, but it will help in 100% of cases.
ProgramAcronis is a disk backup system. It has quite a few useful features.
The traditional Acronis package consists of two main components: and Acronis True Image. Today we will learn how to work with each of them.
After installing these programs on your computer, let's first try to split the hard disk partition into two parts without losing information.
Let's start Acronis Disk Director. After starting, we will see the working window of the program, from where we can manage all operations with the hard drive of your computer:
This package allows you to work in two modes: automatic operations on partitions,
Designed to perform basic operations, and manual operations on partitions, intended for advanced users and providing full control over the performance of all operations on partitions.
In the automatic mode of work, the main actions on sections are performed using the wizard in a step-by-step mode.
The manual operation control mode provides the user with an independent choice of operations and their stop or cancellation on demand.
Switching modes is carried out using the "View" menu.
After installing a new hard drive, we will need to partition it into sections for more convenient use. This operation can be carried out automatically and is performed as follows:
- Launch the "Partition Wizard" and choose to create a partition using free disk space
- Next, we will need to specify the size of the partition using the number box, or by moving the slider.
- Next, specify the type of partition to be created. Options are as follows; Active (disk for system installation), Primary (both for system installation and data storage), and Logical (for data storage). Usually the second type is used because of its versatility and the possibility of making subsequent changes. So, choose "Primary"
- Next, we will need to select the file system type. In our case it will be NTFS
- Next, we will need to assign a drive letter, and assign the optional partition label parameter.
- When the wizard completes, click the "Finish" button.
It should not be forgotten that all operations in Acronis Disk Director initially fall into the category of pending and can be canceled at any time before clicking the "Run" button in the main program window.
To create another partition, let's go back to the main window of the Disk Management Wizard. By analogy, let's create another partition on your computer's hard drive and, after viewing the prepared markup structure, finally click on the execute button.
After the end of the program, we will see the following result.
How can I restore a non-bootable Windows using Acronis True Image 2016 bootable media from a previously created backup? Creating a backup copy of Windows with settings, drivers, installed programs and games is a reliable way to save the system and data for further resuscitation in the event of a system failure, virus infection, deletion of important files and a host of other problems. Despite the presence in Windows of the standard functionality for backing up the system, third-party software is used for these purposes in most cases. And users often trust Windows resuscitation to Acronis True Image, which has been the market leader in data backup and recovery software for more than a decade. Having made a backup copy of Windows in advance using Acronis True Image, in case of problems with the system, it can be revived by rolling back to the state from this very backup. Even if Windows won't boot, True Image bootable media will come to the rescue.
We will discuss this entire process in detail below: we will create a backup copy of Windows in Acronis True Image 2016 and restore it using bootable media.
Free trial version of Acronis True Image 2016
In the latest versions of 2015 and 2016, the True Image interface has become simpler and more intuitive than in its predecessor versions. The organization and appearance of the program is consistent with Windows 8.1 and 10: the design of the interface is dominated by simple lines and shapes, and large controls simplify touch operation. Acronis even claims superb backup and recovery performance, as much as 50% faster than the competition.
Acronis True Image in version 2016 is a paid software product. By purchasing the program, we get not only the functionality of Windows backup, but also a lot of other features:
- several ways to restore Windows, including repair at boot by pressing the F11 key;
- transferring Windows to a computer with another hardware;
- safe mode of operation of Windows as a "sandbox";
- other useful features.
Acronis offers a free trial of True Image for a whole month with some functional limitations, which do not include Windows backup and recovery. As well as the possibility of creating bootable media is not limited. Let's take advantage of this free opportunity to the maximum, and first, download this most free version of True Image 2016 on the official Acronis True Image website.
To receive a link to download the trial version, you must provide Acronis with your email address. Subsequently, it will occasionally receive letters informing about Acronis products, promotions, discounts, etc.
After installing and launching the program, we can close the login to the Acronis cloud storage account offered from the start and confirm the use of True Image in trial mode.
Create a Windows backup
In the True Image window, we need the first section. click "Entire computer".
In our case, only the system partition with Windows is backed up, so the next choice will be, respectively, "Disks and Partitions".
In the backup source selection window, check only system partition C. Click "OK".
In the window for choosing a backup destination, you must specify the location where the copy of Windows will be stored. The program provides for saving a copy in the process of its creation on:
- local space of the computer,
- removable media (USB-HDD),
- network resources, in particular, in Acronis cloud storage.
What's better? Cloud storage from the creator of the program is practically imposed on users, since this pleasure is paid. However, that the cloud service from Acronis, that any other web resource is not the most reliable place to store data if there is no high-speed Internet. And how, in some cases, inoperable Windows can connect to the Internet? There may also be problems connecting to local network resources. The most reliable place to store backups is an additional internal or external hard drive. A non-system partition on the same hard drive that hosts the system partition with Windows is not the best place to store it, because if this drive fails, you will be left without backups.
In our case, there is no external hard drive, but there is a connected internal HDD, so select "Browse" in the backup destination window.
One of the partitions on the second internal HDD will be specially allocated for storing Windows backups and we will call this partition Backup to make it easier to navigate when restoring. If, when choosing a backup location in the tree structure of the computer, disk partitions are not opened, a specific path to the folder of the storage directory can be written in the column at the top with the inscription "Save copy to:". After selecting the location for storing the copy, click "OK".
Next, we will see a window for starting the backup process. In the lower left corner of the window there is the “Settings” option, this is the Acronis True Image configuration functionality that allows you to set flexible options - for example, set periodic scheduled backups or select an incremental backup method when only changes are made to each subsequent copy. Also, in the settings, you can exclude certain types of files or directories from the backup, set up duplication of the copy in an alternative location, select a low priority for Acronis True Image to allocate computer resources in parallel with ongoing operations, etc.
In our case, we will not resort to additional settings, but will immediately start creating a backup copy. Click the "Create a copy" button. By the way, Acronis True Image allows you to delay this moment for several hours in the drop-down list of this button.
During the creation of a backup, at any time you can check the box to turn off the computer and go about your business.
After the operation is completed, the backup copy will appear in the window of the first section of the program. In the same section, you can also start the recovery process from a backup - even Windows, even individual files.
In our case, we will not start the Windows recovery process inside the installed program. Let's complicate the task and create bootable Acronis True Image media in order to consider the process of restoring an unbootable Windows.
Create bootable media
To create bootable media, go to the "Tools" tab of the program and select "Bootable Media Builder".
Since the free trial version of Acronis True Image 2016 is limited to a month of testing, this process should not be shelved. By the way, bootable media will allow you to restore Windows, but being created as part of the free trial version of the program, it will not allow you to create a backup copy, as is provided in the full version of Acronis True Image 2016.
Choose the first type of bootable media.
In the next window, you need to select the media itself directly - a DVD, flash drive or ISO file for storage and subsequent recording on any of the media. If you select a DVD or flash drive, Acronis True Image will carry out the burning process itself. Keeping an entire flash drive for a rainy day is probably an excessive luxury for many. It would be much more practical for these purposes to allocate a DVD disc or create an ISO file that can, for example, be stored on another computer and burned to a USB flash drive at the right time. Plus, Acronis True Image cannot create UEFI flash drives, and for computers with a UEFI BIOS, in any case, you will need software with the ability to create bootable UEFI flash drives.
In our case, select the ISO file and specify the path to save it.
Click the "Get Started" button.
The bootable media has been created.
Windows Recovery
Suppose that black day has come, and Windows does not boot. We go into the BIOS and set the computer to boot from a DVD or flash drive created in Acronis True Image. The start window of the bootable media will offer several options for further actions, from which you need to select the launch Acronis True Image 2016 with the appropriate bit depth.
In the recovery window, click either "Update Backups" to have Acronis True Image find files of its own format, or use the button "Search Backup" specify the path to the desired file.
As soon as the backups appear in the Acronis True Image window, call the right context menu and click "Restore".
Choosing a recovery method: in our case, we are talking about resuscitation of Windows, and not folders and files, so we choose "Recover disks and partitions". Click "Next".
Selecting items to restore: in this window, check both the system partition C and the MBR boot record. Click "Next".
In the window for setting recovery settings, in our case, no changes will be made, and, in principle, you will have to change something only if you transfer Windows as a separate partition to another connected hard drive. Click "Next".
If several internal hard drives are connected to the computer, then Acronis True Image will ask you to specify one of them to restore the MBR boot record. Specify and click "Next".
The preparation is completed, we can proceed directly to the Windows recovery process.
The recovery operation progress window is equipped with options to automatically restart and shut down the computer after the process is completed. You can use them if necessary.
Recovery completed successfully.
Now we can set the BIOS to boot from the hard disk again and test the reanimated Windows.
Have a great day!
Hello! Please tell me how the tool works ( F11 Boot Repair) in Acronis True Image 2016? How to activate it and how to use it correctly in UEFI systems and regular BIOS?
Hello friends! Many times you asked us to tell you about the tool Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager (F11 Boot Recovery) integrated into the Acronis True Image 2016 program. In fact, there is not much to tell, using this tool is very simple, even a beginner can handle it.
It was developed in case of a serious failure of the operating system and is usually used if Windows refuses to boot for some reason. In this case, when you turn on the computer, you must immediately press F11 and you will be taken to the Acronis True Image 2016 program, where you can apply recovery using a previously created backup copy of the operating system. No boot disk or flash drive with the Acronis program is needed. After connecting Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager, when you boot Windows for a couple of seconds, you will be prompted to use it by pressing the F11 key.
« Starting Acronis loader...
Press F11 for Acronis Startup Recovery Manager...»
Naturally, to use the tool the first step is to install the program on your operating system .
After installing the program, go to the tab:
Instruments->More Tools
Click on the button Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager (Activate Startup Recovery).
Boot recovery.
Click "Activate.
True Image can be launched by pressing the F11 button while the computer is booting up."
The Startup Repair module is activated.
From now on, when you turn on the laptop, until the operating system starts, a prompt will appear on the screen to press the key F11 to load into the program Acronis True Image 2016.
"Starting Acronis loader...
Press F11 for Acronis Startup Recovery Manager...»
Choosing Acronis True Image 2016
A spoon of tar :
Unfortunately, Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager "F11 Startup Recovery" does not work on most laptops with UEFI enabled, although the program developers promised to solve this problem in the latest version of Acronis True Image 2016.
Competitor:
The developer AOMEI has a similar tool called - and is (in my opinion) the easiest tool for backing up and restoring operating systems.
4 years ago Vladimir Belev 87 comments 7243 views
Good day to all! Today I will be the final article on the topic of backup and recovery using the wonderful Acronis True Image program.
In the last 2 articles, we talked about how to backup the entire system and individual files using Acronis and how to restore it all if necessary.
Surely those who read these two articles noticed that I talked about backup and restore through a program that is only available from the operating system. But here the question arises: “But how can I restore my system from a backup if Windows cannot boot?”. That's exactly what I wanted to tell you about in this final article about backup with Acronis.
In order to restore a system that is inoperable for any reason and cannot boot, it is necessary that Acronis True Image be able to start even before the system boots. This can be done in 2 ways:
Burn the Acronis True Image program to a disk or flash drive, and in the event of a Windows crash, boot from the disk and restore the system.
Create a special hidden partition on the hard drive with the Acronis bootloader. Then it will be possible to load this program even before Windows boots, by pressing the F11 key when turning on the computer.
Today in the article I will tell you about both methods.
Let's start with the ability to boot Acronis from disk.
Booting Acronis True Image from a disk and restoring the system / individual files
In order for this method to work, we need a blank CD, on which we will burn the bootable version of Acronis. You can also use a USB flash drive, but I recommend the disk, because when writing to and booting from USB flash drives, there can be many different nuances and problems.
Blank discs for recording (blanks) can always come in handy. 10 pieces of CD discs from a reliable company "Verbatim" in a box cost only about 200 rubles. On them, in addition to some of your files, you can later write other useful boot programs, about which I will also write articles for sure :)
So, let's assume that we have a disk.
Burning Acronis True Image to disk
The function for burning Acronis to disk is built into Acronis True Image itself. We launch it from a shortcut on the desktop or from the Start menu.
Go to the "Tools and Utilities" tab and click on the link "Bootable Media Builder" in the section on the left "Protection Tools":
A separate program "Acronis Media Builder" will start, which will allow us to burn Acronis to disk. In the first window, simply click the "Next" button:
In the next window, you need to select which programs from Acronis will be written to disk. The choice is not great: the program itself for backup / recovery "Acronis True Image" and the program for creating reports on the operating system "Acronis System Report" (useful only for good specialists).
Both programs will fit on a simple CD, so I recommend ticking everything that is offered on the left in the window. Optionally, you can enable the "Automatically start after ..." function for one of the programs in the list and specify the time in seconds. Then, after loading from the disk and the number of seconds you have chosen, the desired program will start automatically:
Once everything has been selected, click the "Next" button.
In the next window, you are prompted to set additional boot disk parameters using special commands. This is for experienced professionals and we will not need such advanced functions, so we just click the "Next" button:
Now we are required to select a device for recording the bootable version of Acronis. In my example, there are only 2 choices: burn to disc or create an ISO image. If you select the second option, a regular file with the “.iso” extension will be created on your computer, which can also be written to a disk or USB flash drive in the future. The option, in principle, is needed only if you later want to burn another copy of Acronis to another disk, but from the computer where Acronis True Image is not installed.
If you connect a USB flash drive to the computer, then the option of recording to it will also be available.
We are considering recording specifically to a disk (to a USB flash drive absolutely the same) and select the item "CD burner". Insert a blank CD into the computer's drive, and then click the "Next" button:
In the last window, click the "Proceed" button to start the process of burning the Acronis program to disk:
We are waiting for the disk recording to complete:
After the disc is burned, we will receive a message in the window where we need to click the "OK" button to continue:
This completes the process of burning a disc with the bootable version of Acronis True Image. Let's move on to booting from the recorded disc and consider the recovery process.
Booting the computer from the Acronis True Image boot disk and restoring the system
Now our task is to boot from the previously recorded disk.
The "Complete" phase will provide a summary of what actions will be performed during the restore. You can also visit the “Settings” section before starting the recovery by clicking on the corresponding button at the bottom left:
Here you can enable checking the backup before starting recovery, as well as activate the automatic restart of the computer if Acronis deems it necessary. In principle, these options do not carry anything important and I usually do not include them.
To start the recovery, we just have to click the "Proceed" button below, which we do:
It remains only to wait for the completion of the operation. You can also, by selecting the appropriate option at the bottom of the window with the recovery process, activate the automatic shutdown of the computer or restart it:
Insert the disc into your computer's drive and restart your computer.
If the BIOS of the computer is configured optimally (we will not go into details of this yet), then immediately after the reboot, even before your Windows operating system starts, booting from the disk will begin and you will see the inscription "Starting Acronis Loader ...".
After a few seconds, the Acronis bootloader will start and you will see a window with boot options: "Acronis True Image", "Acronis System Report" and "Windows". We chose the first two programs to burn to disk on our own, and when you select the “Windows” item, you will exit the Acronis bootloader and the Windows system will boot.
Select the very first line in this window - "Acronis True Image":
After a certain period of time (seconds 20) the program we have chosen will start. Its interface will look like the image below:
Since the interface is significantly different from what was in the Acronis True Image program under Windows, I will go through all the recovery steps again to make everything very clear. We will not touch on the backup process from the boot disk, since this action can be performed without problems from the Windows system, and I talked about this in the 1st article on backup.
Now we connect to the computer the media on which you store the created backup copy (USB flash drive, hard drive) or later specify some other location.
To start recovery, click on the "Recover" button located at the top of the Acronis interface and select the required recovery option from the drop-down list: disks and partitions or individual files / folders. I will consider in this example the process of recovering disks and partitions - i.e. I will restore the entire system with all programs and settings from a previously created backup.
With the restoration of individual files there will be absolutely no problems and questions should not arise.
The recovery window will open. In it, at the very beginning, you need to select the archive with the backup that we will restore. To select, click the "Browse" button below:
In the explorer window that opens, select the media on which your backup is located in the window on the left, and in the window on the right we are looking for the backup itself on this media. After selecting the archive, click the "OK" button:
If your backup was password protected, then a window will immediately appear where you need to enter the password. Enter the password and click "OK":
If the password is forgotten, recovery will become impossible.
Returning to the main recovery window, we will see the newly connected backup. Click the "Next" button below to proceed to the next step:
At the next stage, we can restore the entire partition (for example, the entire system with data) or restore individual files and folders. As I said above, in the example I show how to restore a partition using such a bootable version of Acronis True Image, and there will be no problems with restoring files, since there is nothing complicated there and I talked about it in a previous article.
In the next step, we select the items to restore. In this case, we can select the partitions that need to be restored. If you had chosen to restore individual files at the last step, then, accordingly, at this stage you would have just indicated those files / folders that need to be restored.
Since we are restoring the entire system, I mark all system partitions. If you do not mark one of the system partitions, then after recovery the system simply will not boot!
Well, that's all :) After the restoration, you will get a workable system, completely ready for work.
The method with a boot disk, of course, is not always convenient, so let's consider another way to launch Acronis True Image to restore a system that, for example, refuses to start at the moment.
Creation of a special hidden partition on a hard drive with the Acronis True Image bootloader to restore a damaged system from a backup
So, let's look at another way to start the Acronis program before the system itself boots up, by pressing the F11 key immediately after turning on the computer. Of course, if your system is already “corrupted” and stops booting, you will no longer be able to complete all the steps below. Therefore, I recommend activating this method of booting Acronis as soon as you start working with the program. Let's start:
Now you can restore the system in the same way as you would by booting from a boot disk, which I talked about from points 3 to 9 of the section "Booting a computer from an Acronis True Image boot disk and restoring the system" of this article.
The only disadvantage of this method compared to the boot disk is that the computer may boot more slowly. This is due to the fact that immediately after turning it on, a prompt will be displayed for several seconds to press the F11 key and boot Acronis, and only after that Windows will start loading.
Which boot method to use is up to you, but I highly recommend burning the disc anyway. It can be useful.
On this about backup and recovery using Acronis True Image, I told everything that I planned :) Feel free to ask questions in the comments :) We all once knew nothing and learned everything, so any question on the topic will not go unnoticed! ;)
