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Acronis Universal Restore is an optional program feature. It should be purchased separately
and installed from a separate .msi setup file. Acronis Universal Restore can only be installed
on a computer where at least one of the following Acronis components is installed:
Acronis True Image Agent for Windows
Acronis True Image Workstation (local version)
Acronis Bootable Media Builder.
3.7.1 How to use
You can perform the following procedure either locally or remotely, using Acronis True
Image Management Console.
1. Boot the target computer into Acronis recovery environment from the bootable media, or
RIS server, or using F11.
2. Start the recovery procedure (see
select the image of the source computer for restoration.
3. You can specify Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) and hard disk controller drivers to be
used by the restored system and/or provide a path to a driver repository on the network.
Hence, Acronis Universal Restore uses three sources for drivers search: the list of user-
specified (enforced) drivers, driver repository, and the Windows default driver storage
folders (in the image being restored). The program will find the most suitable drivers of all
available and install them into the restored system. However, the user-defined drivers will
have the priority. They will be installed, with appropriate warning, even if the program finds
the better driver.
The Windows default driver storage folders are determined in the registry key SOFTWARE -
> Microsoft -> Windows -> Current version -> DevicePath. Generally, it is WINDOWS/inf
folder.
4. When the restore process runs Acronis True Image Workstation will:
- detect the machine type and install appropriate driver for HAL
- detect IDE and SCSI controllers and install appropriate drivers. If no appropriate drivers are
found in all three above sources, the user will be prompted to browse the following locations
for the drivers:
Network share drive
Floppy disk
CD drive
5. The machine reboots.
6. Windows takes control and initiates the usual first-start process.
The recovery procedure can proceed under Windows as well (for example, if the operating
system is loaded from the C: drive, the system partition of the other computer can be
restored from an image to the D: drive). In this case, the user prompt for driver search on
Network-Floppy-CD will not be issued. If a compatible driver cannot be found, Windows will
suggest to ignore it or cancel restoration.
3.7.2 Using Acronis Universal Restore in virtual environment
Virtual machine technologies provide a powerful tool to help accelerate the development,
testing, deployment and support of PC applications. Using Acronis True Image Workstation
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