Acronis Backup for PC - User Guide - Manual (Page 36)

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A file-level backup is not sufficient for recovery of the operating system. Choose file backup if
you plan to keep safe only certain data (the current project, for example). This will reduce
the archive size, thus saving storage space.
In order to recover your operating system along with all the settings and applications, you
have to perform a disk backup.
2. In the tree below the Data to back up section, select the items to back up by selecting check
boxes next to the items.
To back up all items of the selected data type present on a machine, select the check box next to
the machine. To back up individual data items, expand the machine and select check boxes next
to the required items.
Note for Disks/volumes
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If your operating system and its loader reside on different volumes, always include both
volumes in the backup. The volumes must also be recovered together; otherwise there is a
high risk that the operating system will not start.
3. Having specified the data to backup, click OK.
4.2.2 Access credentials for source
Specify the credentials required for access to the data you are going to back up.
To specify credentials
1. Select one of the following:

Use the plan's credentials
The program will access the source data using the credentials of the backup plan account
specified in the Plan parameters section.

Use the following credentials
The program will access the source data using the credentials you specify.
Use this option if the plan's account does not have access permissions to the data.
Specify:

User name. When entering the name of an Active Directory user account, be sure to also
specify the domain name (DOMAIN\Username or Username@domain).

Password. The password for the account.
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Confirm password. Re-enter the password.
2. Click OK.
4.2.3 Source files exclusion
This option is effective for Windows and Linux operating systems and bootable media.
This option is effective for disk-level backup of NTFS, FAT, Ext3, and Ext4 file systems only. This option
is effective for file-level backup of all supported file systems.
The option defines which files and folders to skip during the backup process and thus exclude from
the list of backed-up items.
Note: Exclusions override selection of data items to back up. For example, if you select to back up file
MyFile.tmp and to exclude all .tmp files, file MyFile.tmp will not be backed up.
To specify which files and folders to exclude, set up any of the following parameters.