03/28/2008 Utilities

Acronis Universal Restore allows you to restore to different hardware or to a virtual machine, providing complete disaster recovery. Acronis Universal Restore prepares you for even the most unforeseen events.



1. Boot your replacement system with the bootable media you created and select recovery in the Acronis True Image menu

2. Select the image to restore and the Acronis Universal Restore option

3. Acronis Universal Restore initiates the restore process

4. Acronis Universal Restore detects the hardware and installs drivers

- The product detects the machine type and installs appropriate drivers for Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)
- The product detects hard disk controllers (SCSI and IDE)
or
- The product prompts you for driver locations

5. The machine reboots

Once this process has completed, you have a working system to a replacement machine. No reinstallation of the operating system or applications are required. No re-configuration to join the network is required, as the product retains Security Identifier (SID) and network information of the system during recovery.

With Acronis Universal Restore, complete system recovery can be accomplished from an image, with no reinstallation of the operating system, applications or any reconfigurations or individual files and folders restored. Since Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server creates a transportable image that disassociates the data from the underlying hardware, recovery can be implemented to an existing system, to a new system with different hardware, or to a virtual server.

Note: In order to use this option effectively, you must first prepare your Acronis True Image environment.

1. Install the Acronis Universal Restore option. Please note that Acronis True Image Echo must be licensed and installed for Acronis True Image Universal Restore to function.

2. Create bootable media with the Universal Restore option selected.