See instructions at on how to create the default Linux-based bootable media. Linux-based bootable media is easier and faster to create, compared to WinPE, but may not work properly with some hardware: local disks/RAID/network card might not be detected, the visual picture might be distorted, the environment might stop responding or crash in rare cases. Differences between default (Linux-based) and WinPE-based mediasĪcronis bootable media can be based either on a Linux operating system (the default choice) or WinPE. There are other functions that bootable media can perform: disk cloning, offline system imaging and others.

system migration, when you need to restore your system from an image file (backup) to a new hardware ('bare metal').

recovering purposes, when a disaster strikes and you are not able to boot your computer and launch Acronis True Image in Windows.

General information about Acronis bootable rescue mediaĪcronis bootable rescue media is a bootable CD, DVD, USB flash drive or ISO image, used mainly for:

Acronis True Image 2019: how to create bootable media.

Acronis True Image 2018: how to create bootable media.

The resulting media will have the default set of drivers from the installed ADK/AIK.įor more recent versions of Acronis True Image see: Note that this guide does not cover any WinPE customizations, like adding custom drivers, startup scripts etc. This article describes how to create a WinPE-based bootable media with Acronis True Image 2017 in Windows.

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