Chapter 9. Creating Bootable Media; Creating Acronis Rescue Media - ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ECHO - SERVER FOR WINDOWS User Manual

Chapter 9. Creating bootable media

9.1 Creating Acronis rescue media

You can run Acronis True Image Echo Server on a bare metal or on a crashed computer
that cannot boot. You can also back up disks on a non-Windows computer, copying all its
data sector-by-sector into the backup archive. To do so, you will need bootable media
with the standalone Acronis True Image Echo Server version.
Because Acronis True Image Echo Server is available only as a download, you must create
bootable media using the Bootable Media Builder. For this, you will need a blank CD-
R/RW, DVD+R/RW, several formatted diskettes (the wizard will tell you the exact
number), or any other media your server can boot from, such as a Zip drive.
Acronis True Image Echo Server also has the ability to create an ISO image of a bootable
disk on the hard disk. If there is a Microsoft RIS server in your local network, an IT
administrator can save the bootable data on this server as well. Then any networked
computer will be able to boot Acronis True Image Echo Server from the RIS package.
If you have other Acronis products, such as Acronis Disk Director Server, installed on your
computer, you can include standalone versions of these programs on the same bootable
disk as well.
If you have chosen not to install the Bootable Media Builder during Acronis True Image
Echo Server installation, you will not be able to use this feature.
1. Click Create Bootable Rescue Media on the toolbar or the sidebar, or select Create
Bootable Rescue Media from the Tools menu. You can also run the Bootable Rescue
Media Builder without loading Acronis True Image Echo Server by selecting Programs ->
Acronis -> True Image -> Bootable Rescue Media Builder from the Start menu.
2. Select which components of Acronis programs you want to place on the bootable
media.
Acronis True Image Echo Server offers the following components:
Acronis True Image Echo Server full version
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Includes support of USB, PC Card and SCSI interfaces along with the storage devices
connected via them, and therefore is highly recommended.
Acronis True Image Echo Server safe version
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Does not include USB, PC Card, or SCSI drivers. Recommended for use in case of
problems with running Full version.
To find more about components of other Acronis products, see the respective user guides.
The Start automatically after parameter specifies the timeout interval for the boot
menu. If this parameter is not specified, at booting a computer the program will display
the boot menu and wait for someone to select whether to boot the OS or the Acronis
component. If you set 10 sec, for example, the program will launch in 10 seconds after
the menu is displayed.
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