Acronis Secure Zone protection

You can set up password protection for the Acronis Secure Zone in order to prevent it from unauthorized access.

The program will ask for the password at any operation relating to the Acronis Secure Zone such as data backup and recovery, mounting images or validating backups in the Acronis Secure Zone, resizing and deleting the Acronis Secure Zone.

To set a password for the Acronis Secure Zone:

1. Select Set password.
2. Type the password in the Password field.
3. Retype the previously entered password in the Confirm field.
4. [Optional step] You can also select a secret question that will be asked in case you forget the password. Select a secret question from the list and enter an answer to it.
5. Click Next to continue.

   

Acronis True Image 2018 repair or update will not affect the password. However, if the program is removed and then installed again while keeping the Acronis Secure Zone on the disk, the password to the Acronis Secure Zone will be reset.