Command

Description

Disk and partition backup

This feature allows you to protect your computer by creating backups of your partitions (including the system one) and whole disks.

Online Backup

This feature allows you to store your data in the secure online storage which is accessible via the Internet. If the backup list already includes an online backup, this item changes to Edit Online Backup settings, because you can run only one online backup at a time.

File backup

This feature allows you to back up your files and folders.

E-mail backup

This feature allows you to back up your e-mail messages and settings.

Nonstop Backup

This feature continuously protects your partitions and files.

Create bootable media

If your computer cannot start, use bootable rescue media to run the standalone version of Acronis True Image Home 2012, and recover your system from a previously created system partition backup.

Browse for backup

Click this item to browse for backups on your computer and add them to the backup list. This may be useful when you have backups created by a previous Acronis True Image Home 2012 version which are not shown in the backup list.

Recover

Click this item to recover data from your backups and then select the backup that contains the required data.

Show only my favorite backups (icon)

This icon filters the backups which you have marked as favorite.

Expand all backup boxes (icon)

This icon expands all collapsed backup boxes.

Collapse all backup boxes (icon)

This icon collapses all expanded backup boxes into narrow stripes.

Type

This command sorts all backups by types. The order is as follows: disk backups - file backups - e-mail backups - nonstop backup - application settings backups - system state backups - Windows backups - ZIP archives.

Name

This command sorts all backups in alphabetical order.

Date created

This command sorts all backups starting from the newest down to the oldest.

Sort by

Date updated

This command sorts all backups by date of the last version. The newer the last backup version, the higher the backup will be placed in the list.

Total size

This command sorts all backups by size, starting from the biggest down to the smallest.

Scheduling type

This command sorts all backups into two groups - backups with a schedule and backups without a schedule, which can be started only manually.

Explore all backups

This command allows you to explore all your backups in the Acronis Backup Explorer using the time line.

Validate all backups

This command checks the integrity of all your backups.

More features

Update backup list

Click to search for lost backups.

Remove from the list

All backups

This command removes all backup boxes from the backup list. The removed backups can be returned to the list by using the Browse for backup tool.

Not-backed-up-yet boxes

This command removes all "empty" backup boxes from the backup list. Be careful because, after removal, such backup boxes cannot be returned to the list.