Acronis Backup for PC - User Guide - Manual (Page 10)

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Bootable Media Builder
With Bootable Media Builder, you can create bootable media in order to use the agents and other
rescue utilities in a rescue environment. Bootable Media Builder is installed together with the agent.
1.7.1 Agent for Windows
This agent enables disk-level and file-level data protection under Windows.
Disk backup
Disk-level data protection is based on backing up either a disk or a volume file system as a whole,
along with all the information necessary for the operating system to boot; or all the disk sectors using
the sector-by-sector approach (raw mode). A backup that contains a copy of a disk or a volume in a
packaged form is called a disk (volume) backup or a disk (volume) image. It is possible to recover
disks or volumes as a whole from such backup, as well as individual folders or files.
File backup
File-level data protection is based on backing up files and folders residing on the machine where the
agent is installed or on a network share. Files can be recovered to their original location or to another
place. It is possible to recover all files and folders that were backed up or select which of them to
recover.
Conversion to a virtual machine
Agent for Windows performs the conversion by recovering a disk backup to a new virtual machine of
any of the following types: VMware Workstation, Microsoft Virtual PC, Citrix XenServer Open Virtual
Appliance (OVA) or Red Hat Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM). Files of the fully configured and
operational machine will be placed in the folder you select. You can start the machine using the
respective virtualization software or prepare the machine files for further usage.
Disk management
Agent for Windows includes Acronis Disk Director Lite - a handy disk management utility. Disk
management operations, such as cloning disks; converting disks; creating, formatting and deleting
volumes; changing a disk partitioning style between MBR and GPT or changing a disk label, can be
performed either in the operating system or using bootable media.
1.7.2 Management Console
Acronis Backup Management Console is an administrative tool for local access to Acronis Backup
agent. Remote connection to the agent is not possible.
1.7.3 Bootable Media Builder
Acronis Bootable Media Builder is a dedicated tool for creating bootable media (p. 233). The media
builder that installs on Windows can create bootable media based on either Windows Preinstallation
Environment, or Linux kernel.
1.8 About using the product in the trial mode
Before buying an Acronis Backup license, you may want to try the software. This can be done without
a license key.