
You can protect the backup with a password and encryption, select a desired compression level, and split the backup, for example, for later burning to DVDs.

Click Convert Windows backup to Acronis backup on the Tools & Utilities screen.The virtual to physical conversion is done as follows: Otherwise, the operating system may be unbootable after recovery of the system partition from the converted tib file.

The converted tib files are smaller than the corresponding vhd files due to compression.ĭo not move vhd files from the folder to where they were saved by Windows Backup (by default, the folder has the name “WindowsImageBackup”). This may be needed if you want to keep the earlier Windows Backup files, but decide to convert them into tib files to save storage space. Windows Vista and Windows 7 users can convert vhd files created by Windows Backup into Acronis backups.
