Creating a Bootable USB Stick Under ACRONIS True Image Echo Workstation First the USB stick should

be formatted under FAT32 file system; we do this under MS DOS. Follow the instructions: 1. The USB stick needs to be formatted under FAT32 file system. (Only if your operating sytem is Windows Server 2008/Vista/7) Insert the USB stick to be used as the boot media. Hit Win + R and type cmd to the command line. Type diskpart to run Windows diskpart utility. Type list disk to list all disks attached to the computer. Type select disk [disk number] to select our flash disk. Type clean to remove any formatting from the selected disk Type create partition primary Type select partition 1 to select the only partition, which you now have on the flash drive. Type active to mark the partition as active Type format fs=fat32 to format the disk in FAT32 (otherwise the drive will not be bootable) Type assign to assign a drive letter. Type exit to exit Windows DiskPart utility. Run your Acronis software. Pick Tools Create Bootable Rescue Media Follow all steps of the wizard and select your USB flash drive as media. When you complete all the steps mentioned above, you are ready with your bootable USB drive. If the computer that you are trying to backup is not working with Windows Server 2008/Vista/7; we have two ways to manage with it: - Find another computer working with Windows Server 2008/Vista/7 follow the instructions above, your bootable USB stick which is prepared under Windows Server 2008/Vista/7 would run correctly with any other Windows version. Thats the easier way if you are able to find a computer working with Windows Server 2008/Vista/7. But if you are not, try the other way. And the second way is a solution to format your USB stick under Windows Xp. Follow the instructions:

Download the Forensic Acquisition Utilities from http://www.gmgsystemsinc.com/fau. Unpack the downloaded ZIP archive. Place installation file of Acronis product in the same folder where you unpacked the ZIP archive. Hit Win + R and type cmd to the command line.

Issue the following commands: cd [drive letter]:\fau\fau.x86 dd if=[drive letter]:\[name of the .dd file] of=\\.\[flash drive letter]: --localwrt

[drive letter] Drive letter and path to the file on your hard disk [name of the .dd file] Name of the file you have downloaded on Step 3 [flash drive letter] Letter of your flash drive that you would like to use as Acronis Bootable Media

Example cd c:\fau\fau.x86 dd if=c:\atis_8115_s_e.dd of=\\.\e: --localwrt

6. Make sure that the partition is active using Disk Management (Start->Run->diskmgmt.msc); 7. Detach the USB flash drive. Its ready to use.

Backup a Computer To a Harddisk Using Acronis 1. Run Acronis True Image Echo Workstation. 2. Click Backup button and let the wizard start.

3. The wizard will guide you through the backup creating process. Click Next to continue.

4. We intend to backup the computer. So select My computer and Click Next.

5. Select disks to make backups and click Next.

6. We have two options here. If a backup archive exists in the computer currently and we intend to backup only changes that took place since the last backup creation, select that old backup archive as File name: To create a new backup; just type in a new archive name and click Next.

7. This is actually the same options window with the 6th step. Create a new full back up archive option is used to create a new backup archive. Create an incremental backup option is used to backup just the changes since the last backup creation (New changes backup files will be stored into the old backup archives file.) Create a differential backup archive option is used to backup just the changes also but it stores these changes into another new-created backup archive, not into the old archive. Click Next.

8. Select Use default options if you dont want to set the options of backup. And click Next.

9. Its useful to add comments if you are working with so many backup archives. Add or not, then click Next.

10. This is a summary of the task to be done. If everything is fine with you, click Proceed.

11. The backup file is ready there.

Converting Acronis Backup Archive Into a Virtual Disk Using ACRONIS Software 1. Run Acronis Software. 2. Click Explore and Validate Backup Archives.

3. Click Convert Backup To Virtual Disk.

4. The wizard will appear to guide you. Click Next.

5. Select the archive to be converted into Virtual Disk. And click Next.

6. Select the Virtual Disk type you want to convert into.

7. Type in a name for the new virtual disk file or click to generate a name button as you see below.

8. This is the summary of the task, control the information and click Proceed.

Enis Doru 16.09.2011