--- title: "System recovery from backup — ZEBR.ai" description: "If no backup exists, there is nothing to restore from. In such a case, you can try to recover lost files yourself using software such as Acronis Revive,…" url: "https://zebr.ai/en/knowledge-base/system-recovery" markdown_url: "https://zebr.ai/en/knowledge-base/system-recovery.md" language: "en" alternates: cs: "https://zebr.ai/cs/knowledge-base/system-recovery.md" sl: "https://zebr.ai/sl/knowledge-base/system-recovery.md" sk: "https://zebr.ai/sk/knowledge-base/system-recovery.md" hr: "https://zebr.ai/hr/knowledge-base/system-recovery.md" sr-Latn: "https://zebr.ai/sr-latn/knowledge-base/system-recovery.md" bs: "https://zebr.ai/bs/knowledge-base/system-recovery.md" sq: "https://zebr.ai/sq/knowledge-base/system-recovery.md" fr: "https://zebr.ai/fr/knowledge-base/system-recovery.md" es: "https://zebr.ai/es/knowledge-base/system-recovery.md" de: "https://zebr.ai/de/knowledge-base/system-recovery.md" pt-BR: "https://zebr.ai/pt-br/knowledge-base/system-recovery.md" pl: "https://zebr.ai/pl/knowledge-base/system-recovery.md" it: "https://zebr.ai/it/knowledge-base/system-recovery.md" nl: "https://zebr.ai/nl/knowledge-base/system-recovery.md" hu: "https://zebr.ai/hu/knowledge-base/system-recovery.md" ro: "https://zebr.ai/ro/knowledge-base/system-recovery.md" tr: "https://zebr.ai/tr/knowledge-base/system-recovery.md" id: "https://zebr.ai/id/knowledge-base/system-recovery.md" --- [Home](https://zebr.ai/en/) [Knowledge base](https://zebr.ai/en/knowledge-base) System recovery from backup # System recovery from backup If no backup exists, there is nothing to restore from. In such a case, you can try to recover lost files yourself using software such as Acronis Revive, Recuva, or Get Data Back. It is important not to overwrite the area of the disk where the deleted data is located. If you do not feel confident doing this, entrust data recovery to professional service providers. The cost of recovery (and it is not always possible to recover everything) ranges from thousands to tens of thousands of Czech crowns, depending on the type of problem (recovering data from physically damaged disks is the most expensive). The safest method of protecting data and the system is backup. For backing up data, systems, disks, and disk partitions, we recommend [Acronis True Image](https://www.acronis.cz/produkt/true-image/) software (for home backup) and [Acronis Backup](https://www.acronis.cz/produkt/acronis-backup/) software (for backup in an organization). It is a good idea to ensure that the operating system and working data are stored separately. This ensures that if the system crashes and needs to be erased, you will not lose your data at the same time. If the computer has two hard disks, it is advisable to use one as the system disk and the other to store working data. If the computer has only one disk, it is advisable to divide it into a system partition and a data partition. Acronis Disk Director software will help you partition the disk. **System recovery using True Image software** **1) System recovery** – the system works, but I need to restore the original state\ If the system works and Acronis True Image is installed on the computer:\ – Start True Image\ – Select the option to recover a disk / recover a disk partition\ – Select the relevant disk backup\ – Select the disk to be recovered\ – Start recovery **2) System recovery** – the system does not start\ If the system is damaged to the extent that it does not start:\ – Start the computer – boot from [Acronis rescue boot media](https://www.acronis.cz/kb/boot-medium/)\ – Select the option to recover a disk / recover a disk partition\ – Select the relevant disk backup\ – Select the disk to be recovered\ – Start recovery **3) System recovery** – the disk is physically destroyed\ If the hard disk is physically destroyed:\ – Replace the hard disk with a new one\ – Start the computer – boot from [Acronis rescue boot media](https://www.acronis.cz/kb/boot-medium/)\ – Select the option to recover a disk / recover a disk partition\ – Select the relevant disk backup\ – Select the disk to be recovered\ – Start recovery - 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 license)](https://www.acronis.cz/produkt/acronis-disk-director-advanced/) - Which environment the product is suitable for - For households · Yes · Yes - For organizations of all sizes · Yes · Yes - Which types of machines are supported - Computers with Windows OS (Windows 7, 8, 10) · Yes · Yes · Yes · Yes - Computers with 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 - Entire machine backups (disk, volume, partition images) · Yes · Yes - Data backups (files and directories) · Yes · Yes - Database backups (Exchange, SQL, SharePoint, AD, Oracle) · Yes - How backup is managed - Backup is 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 - Backup can be started manually at any time · Yes · Yes - Backup can be scheduled to run automatically · Yes · Yes - Backed-up machines can be organized into groups · Yes - Backup can be managed by subordinate administrators · Yes - Ability to set up email backup 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 compressed automatically · 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 from backups can be performed - 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-dissimilar 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 from HDD to SSD and vice versa is possible · Yes · Yes - What can be recovered from a backup - Entire disk, volume, partition · Yes · Yes - Required data (files and directories) 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 recovered as ready-to-use virtual machines · Yes - Backups can be recovered 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 - Ability to create new disk partitions · Yes · Yes - Ability to delete a disk partition · Yes · Yes - Ability to enlarge or shrink a disk partition without data loss · Yes · Yes - Ability to format disk partitions · Yes · Yes - Ability to merge disk partitions without data loss · Yes · Yes --- - Source: - Site overview for AI agents: