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How to create ASZ larger then 2TB?

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How can I extende my ASZ beyound 2TB in TI2013, because I have a 3TB GPT Disk, but Acronis did not allow me to create a larger ASZ then 2TB?

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I advise against creating the Acronis Secure Zone. It's a sub-optimal method of backup intended for people who have no external target to which to backup. If your drive fails, you would lose your system, files, and your Secure Zone backups.

It's much better and safer to make backup images to an external hard drive.

Also, in the past there were occasional reports of the Secure Zone causing problems to the system. When I installed Secure Zone on one PC, it corrupted the hard drive causing data loss and rendering the system unbootable. Perhaps the latest versions of Secure Zone are improved, but that experience coupled with its inherent insecurity and lack of redundancy cause me to be wary of Secure Zone.

I also recommend against the associated Acronis Startup Recovery Manager. If activated, it modifies your system drive Master Boot Record (MBR), which can cause problems with multi-boot managers and other low-level disk utilities. I prefer to use the bootable Rescue Media.

Marc,
I would concur with the comments offered by MVP Tuttle.

The use of the SecureZone prevents any controls by the user over what is stored inside the zone.

Instead, avoid the secure zone and assign a custom name to a a normal folder in your 3TB disk and each time you create a new backup task, point each new task to its own sub-folder.

You may be interested in this posting.
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/26920#comment-140568

Which build of 2013 are you using?