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Acronis True Image - 2011: Is my procedure correct?
Briefly,
1) I first purchased Acronis 2010, updated it to 2011 - but have never used it.
2) I always partition my HDD's - all 30 TB of HDD's that I use for work.
3) My OS and Programs (only) are on a 256 GB SSD.
4) All my work on the traditional HDD's is backed up with Allway Sync and CrashPlan (cloud server), so I don't need Acronis for that.
What I need to do, but have never tried, is to make an image of my SSD with all the OS and Programs - as it is now and without any virus infections.
Now I understand that I:
1) First I create a .tib Acronis image which I store on any one of my free HDD's, probably 2 separate HDD's - just to be careful.
2) Then I create an Acronis boot disk.
3) In the event of a virus or a catastrophic corruption of my SSD (OS and Programs), I simply boot with the Acronis Boot Disk - and from that disk I find the Acronis .tib clone of my SSD which I have stored on two HDD's? Is that correct?
4) Then how do I "format" or do a clean install on the SSD from the Acronis .tib?
Note: I have been using SSD's since Gen2 so I know that "format" is not the correct terminology. Also, I have 4 SSD's.