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A partition image contains everything included in the disk partition from which the image was created. If the partition contains an operating system and data, the image of this partition will also contain the operating system, data, and user settings. Specialized software is designed for creating partition images. A classic example of software for creating partition images is Acronis True Image Home. **What is a partition image used for**\ A partition image is usually used as a backup. If data is lost, restoring the image returns the data to the partition. Some software also enables bare-metal recovery – recovery to bare metal – and can restore a partition image even when the hard drive does not contain an operating system, making it possible to get the operating system running again and restore the data. A classic example of software that enables bare-metal recovery is Acronis True Image Home. - Features · Software - [Acronis True Image](https://www.acronis.cz/produkt/true-image/) · [Acronis Backup](https://www.acronis.cz/produkt/acronis-backup/) · [Acronis Disk Director](https://www.acronis.cz/produkt/acronis-disk-director/) · [Acronis Disk Director (Workstation, Server, Technician licence)](https://www.acronis.cz/produkt/acronis-disk-director-advanced/) - What environment is the product suitable for - For households · Yes · Yes - For organizations of all sizes · Yes · Yes - What types of machines are supported - Computers running Windows OS (Windows 7, 8, 10) · Yes · Yes · Yes · Yes - Computers running Mac OS (Apple computers) · Yes · Yes - Physical Windows and Linux servers · Yes · Yes - Virtual machines (VMware, Hyper-V, RHEV, Citrix, KVM) · Yes · Yes - Cloud machines (Azure, Amazon EC2) · Yes · Yes - Mobile devices based on iOS and Android · Yes · Yes - What can be backed up - Backups of entire machines (disk, volume, partition images) · Yes · Yes - Data backups (files and folders) · Yes · Yes - Database backups (Exchange, SQL, SharePoint, AD, Oracle) · Yes - How backups are managed - Backups are managed directly from the backed-up machine · Yes - Backup and recovery are managed centrally, from one location · Yes - Remote installation of agents on backed-up machines · Yes - Backups can be started manually at any time · Yes · Yes - Backups can be scheduled to run automatically · Yes · Yes - Backed-up machines can be organized into groups · Yes - Backups can be managed by subordinate administrators · Yes - Option to set up backup email notifications · Yes - Backup options - Full, incremental, and differential backups · Yes · Yes - Always incremental scheme, GFS scheme, custom scheme · Yes · Yes - Backups can be encrypted with a custom password (AES 256 standard) · Yes · Yes - Backups are automatically compressed · Yes · Yes - Backups can be deduplicated · Yes - Backups can be stored in several repositories at once · Yes - Where backups can be stored - Local disks, external disks, USB disks · Yes · Yes - Network storage, including NAS · Yes · Yes - Tape drives and tape libraries · Yes - FTP servers · Yes - SFTP servers · Yes - Acronis cloud storage (for an additional fee) · Yes · Yes - How recovery can be performed from backups - From the operating system – if the machine is working · Yes · Yes - From bootable media that can be created (CD/DVD, USB) · Yes · Yes - A machine without a working OS can also be recovered · Yes · Yes - Recovery can be performed to hardware-different machine · Yes · Yes - Recovery can be started remotely from central management · Yes - Recovery can also be performed to a larger or smaller disk · Yes · Yes - Partition sizes can be changed during recovery · Yes · Yes - Recovery can be performed from HDD to SSD and vice versa · Yes · Yes - What can be recovered from a backup - Entire disk, volume, partition · Yes · Yes - Required data (files and folders) from both data and image backups · Yes · Yes - Entire databases or individual parts of databases · Yes - Virtual environment backup - Machines can be replicated to a standby ESXi host · Yes - Backups can be automatically converted into ready-to-use virtual machines · Yes - Backups can be started as virtual machines · Yes - Backups can be restored as ready-to-use virtual machines · Yes - Backups can be restored into virtual machines · Yes - Virtual machines can be backed up without an agent inside (Hyper-V and VMware) · Yes - Virtual machines can be backed up with agents inside the virtual machines · Yes - Support for granular recovery of virtual machines · Yes - Hard disk operations - Support for both HDD and SSD disks · Yes · Yes · Yes · Yes - MBR disks can be cloned using the Disk to Disk method · Yes · Yes - MBR and GPT disks can be cloned using the Disk to Backup to Disk method · Yes · Yes - Option to create new disk partitions · Yes · Yes - Option to delete a disk partition · Yes · Yes - Option to increase or decrease a disk partition without data loss · Yes · Yes - Option to format disk partitions · Yes · Yes - Option to merge disk partitions without data loss · Yes · Yes --- - Source: - Site overview for AI agents: