Acronis true image comes in two forms. One is a Windows program that you are likely using.
The other is a Linux based form that does not run in windows. This form runs from external media like an external hard drive or most commonly a simple $5 USB memory flash drive. You can create the external boot media from within the windows program if I recall correctly.
To run it you plug the flash drive into your powered off computer and boot from the flash drive. It automatically loads the software and presents the graphical interface. Select your options and start the job, then go home.
Backing up an active system partition while windows is running is a relatively recent invention... Geeks like me still don't entirely trust it because it's not how things were done back in the day. Used to be we HAD to boot an alternate OS to do a full backup.
At least as late as True Image 11 the software gave the option to create the boot media I described.
The other is a Linux based form that does not run in windows. This form runs from external media like an external hard drive or most commonly a simple $5 USB memory flash drive. You can create the external boot media from within the windows program if I recall correctly.
To run it you plug the flash drive into your powered off computer and boot from the flash drive. It automatically loads the software and presents the graphical interface. Select your options and start the job, then go home.
Backing up an active system partition while windows is running is a relatively recent invention... Geeks like me still don't entirely trust it because it's not how things were done back in the day. Used to be we HAD to boot an alternate OS to do a full backup.
At least as late as True Image 11 the software gave the option to create the boot media I described.