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Where did Acronis hide the sector-by-sector backup option?

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I just bought three licenses for Acronis True Image 2018 and anticipated performing a sector-by-sector (raw) image backup of my primary partition onto an external USB drive; so that in the event of a serious crash, I could restore my PC without the need for going through the hassle of re-activating installed programs...those that require such labor, like Corel Paint Shop Pro).

As expected, the "help" files led me nowhere when following links for "sector by sector" and "raw clone," and Acronis' so-called tech support is an insulting merry-go-round (Grrr!). Someone on YouTube demonstrates the sector-by-sector backup option in Acronis v2014, but I cannot make out the details in the low bitrate video. Has the feature I wish to use been downgraded in v2018, or can some kind soul point to where Acronis decided to hide the useful option?

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Never mind. I found the feature. Instead appearing when choosing a backup type, the sector-by-sector mode option is ensconced under Advanced tab and needs to be selected before setting up a clone procedure. I found the option while searching for "Schedule." 

The ATI 2018 User Guide: Image creation mode has more information on this question that may answer this and your other question related to sector-by-sector mode.  This is available for both Backups and Cloning.

Steve Smith wrote:

The ATI 2018 User Guide: Image creation mode has more information on this question that may answer this and your other question related to sector-by-sector mode.  This is available for both Backups and Cloning. 

How do you turn sector-by-sector mode off for cloning? I cannot find an options tab.

Sector by sector mode is only normally invoked on cloning if bad sectors are encountered on the source disk - there is no option to enable or disable it as far as I remember.

I have a dim recollection that you can turn in sector by sector mode in one of the options on the last tab of backup settings. Not sure if it applies to all types of backups (clones or other types of dick level backups). Cannot check at the moment as all PCs are off at moment: only the iPade is live,

Ian

I can confirm that there are no options to allow selection of sector-by-sector mode when cloning using the Acronis rescue media!  This is only available when creating backups using either the rescue media or the Windows ATI GUI.

Screen images below are from the rescue media Backup options.

 

Thanks for the clarification Steve - I was almost right!

Ian