<s>
Acronis	B-Application
Secure	I-Application
Zone	I-Application
is	O
a	O
hard	B-Application
disk	I-Application
partition	I-Application
type	O
created	O
and	O
used	O
by	O
Acronis	B-Operating_System
True	I-Operating_System
Image	I-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
backup	B-Protocol
storage	I-Protocol
target	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Backup	B-Protocol
applications	O
typically	O
use	O
network	O
storage	O
for	O
storing	O
backup	B-Protocol
archives	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
can	O
be	O
problematic	O
when	O
such	O
resources	O
are	O
not	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Acronis	O
designed	O
a	O
solution	O
to	O
this	O
problem	O
by	O
carving	O
off	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
local	O
disk	O
as	O
a	O
proprietary	O
partition	B-Application
,	O
which	O
they	O
refer	O
to	O
as	O
Acronis	B-Application
Secure	I-Application
Zone	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
this	O
partition	B-Application
is	O
accessibly	O
only	O
by	O
True	B-Operating_System
Image	I-Operating_System
and	O
Backup	B-Protocol
&	I-Protocol
Recovery	I-Protocol
,	O
it	O
functions	O
as	O
a	O
backup	B-Protocol
target	O
safe	O
from	O
malware	O
,	O
user	O
files	O
,	O
or	O
other	O
uses	O
or	O
corruption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Acronis	B-Operating_System
True	I-Operating_System
Image	I-Operating_System
can	O
manage	O
only	O
one	O
Acronis	B-Application
Secure	I-Application
Zone	I-Application
per	O
computer	O
but	O
can	O
restore	O
data	O
off	O
others	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
when	O
a	O
portable	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
is	O
connected	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
Acronis	B-Application
Secure	I-Application
Zone	I-Application
has	O
its	O
own	O
partition	B-Application
type	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
actually	O
just	O
a	O
rebadged	O
FAT32	B-Application
partition	B-Application
labeled	O
ACRONIS	O
SZ	O
,	O
with	O
"	O
partition	B-Application
type	O
"	O
code	O
set	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Knowing	O
these	O
requirements	O
,	O
one	O
can	O
manually	O
create	O
and/or	O
manage	O
existing	O
Acronis	B-Application
Secure	I-Application
Zone	I-Application
using	O
any	O
partition	B-Application
manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
Acronis	B-Application
Secure	I-Application
Zone	I-Application
is	O
just	O
a	O
modified	O
FAT32	B-Application
partition	B-Application
type	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
gain	O
direct	O
access	O
to	O
this	O
partition	B-Application
by	O
changing	O
its	O
partition	B-Application
type	O
code	O
to	O
(	O
FAT32	B-Application
LBA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Acronis	B-Operating_System
True	I-Operating_System
Image	I-Operating_System
is	O
designed	O
to	O
self-manage	O
the	O
backup	B-Protocol
archives	O
stored	O
to	O
the	O
Acronis	B-Application
Secure	I-Application
Zone	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
all	O
backup	B-Protocol
files	O
are	O
stored	O
with	O
autogenerated	O
names	O
in	O
the	O
root	O
folder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
there	O
is	O
not	O
enough	O
free	O
space	O
for	O
the	O
next	O
backup	B-Protocol
file	O
,	O
Acronis	B-Operating_System
True	I-Operating_System
Image	I-Operating_System
will	O
delete	O
the	O
oldest	O
image	O
set	O
(	O
base+	O
incremental/differential	O
files	O
)	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
create	O
space	O
for	O
the	O
new	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
are	O
designed	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
special	O
"	O
Original	O
Equipment	O
Manufacturer	O
secure	O
zone	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
technically	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
a	O
regular	O
Acronis	B-Application
Secure	I-Application
Zone	I-Application
,	O
but	O
uses	O
a	O
partition	B-Application
type	O
of	O
0xBB	O
,	O
and	O
typically	O
contains	O
only	O
a	O
single	O
image	O
file	O
with	O
the	O
"	O
factory	O
default	O
"	O
operating	O
system	O
and	O
application	O
configuration	O
set	O
forth	O
by	O
the	O
manufacturer	O
.	O
</s>
