Acronis True Image 9.1 Enterprise Server - User Guide - Manual (Page 81)

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Chapter 10. Creating bootable media
10.1 Creating Acronis rescue media
You can run Acronis True Image Workstation 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 Workstation version.
If you purchased the boxed product, you already have such a bootable CD, because the
installation CD contains, besides the program installation files, the Acronis True Image
Workstation standalone bootable version.
If you purchased Acronis True Image Workstation on the Web, you can create bootable
media using the Bootable Media Builder. For this, you will need a CD-R/RW blank,
DVD+R/RW blank, several formatted diskettes (the wizard will tell you the exact number), or
any other media your workstation can boot from, such as a Zip drive.
Acronis True Image Workstation also provides 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 Workstation from the RIS package.
If you have other Acronis products, such as Acronis Disk Director Suite, installed on your
computer, you can include standalone versions of these programs on the same bootable disk
as well.
This feature is available both in Acronis True Image Workstation local version and Acronis
True Image Management Console. However, Acronis True Image Management Console does
not contain Rescue Media Builder in its own installation. Therefore, to be able to create
bootable media/RIS package from Acronis True Image Management Console, you must have
Acronis True Image Workstation or another Acronis product including Rescue Media Builder
installed on the same computer.
If you have chosen not to install the Bootable Media Builder during Acronis True Image
Workstation 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 Workstation 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 Workstation offers the following components:
• Acronis True Image Workstation full version
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 Workstation safe version
Does not include USB, PC Card, or SCSI drivers. Recommended for use in case of problems
with running Full version
• Acronis Bootable Agent full version