Computer Image of the System Drive
Hello guys,
I'm quite new to the Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office software and i couldn't find any clear answer to my question. My PC has 1 SSD (500GB) and 2 HDDs (3TB each). I only want to have a Backup of my SSD with my complete system (Windows system etc.) because my HDDs only contain data that can be restored easily anyways.
I obviously can't use the source "Complete PC" because I have only 500GB Cloud Storage. My only option was to use the backup for Drives/Disks and Volumes. I chose my SSD to backup. What remains unclear for me is if i can use this backup as an image in the same way as if i did the "Complete PC" backup. The main purpose for me is to have some kind of cloud backup/image of my whole system in case my SSD might break or get corrupted in any way. Since I put a lot of time to configure my whole system i don't want to install my system from scratch if my SSD dies someday. I want to be able to import an exact image of my old system on a new SSD. Could someone tell me if the backup vor drives/disks and volumes offers this possibility?
Best regards,
Jakob


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Jakob, something to consider is to do a Disk/Partition backup of your system SSD to one of the internal hard drives. I don't know how big the backup would be but I could guess maybe 100-200 GB after excluding the usual stuff not needed for recovery (e.g. swapfile.sys, pagefile.sys, recycle bin, temps, etc.)
First, be sure you have a good working rescue media for ACPHO.
If the SSD goes down you could put in a new one, boot to recovery media and then recover from the hard drive... much quicker than the cloud.
I'm not suggesting to not do a cloud backup, only suggesting an additional backup considering your concerns.
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