Restoring a backup onto a brand-new, empty hard drive or solid-state drive (SSD).
Allows you to restore entire system partitions, sector-by-sector, from external drives, network-attached storage (NAS), or optical media.
This is the standard method recommended by Acronis. It requires a licensed copy of the software installed on a Windows machine. acronis true image build 41517 bootable iso
This specific build is known for introducing several notable features and improvements:
Includes Acronis Universal Restore, allowing you to restore a backup to different hardware. Restoring a backup onto a brand-new, empty hard
Power on the PC while repeatedly tapping your motherboard's Boot Menu key (usually , F11 , F8 , or Esc ). Select your USB drive from the boot list. 2. Executing a Full Disk Recovery
| Issue | Workaround | |-------|------------| | on some newer motherboards (2018+). | Disable Secure Boot in BIOS temporarily. | | No support for Apple File System (APFS) – can’t backup modern Macs. | Use only for Windows/legacy systems. | | Won’t recognize NVMe drives on very old Linux kernel (rare). | Switch to WinPE-based media from same build, or inject NVMe driver. | | Cannot restore to smaller drive even if data fits (limitation of older partition alignment). | Use sector-by-sector clone or manually shrink partitions before backup. | | Network speed limited to ~100 Mbps on some gigabit cards (driver issue). | Use external USB drive locally for large restores. | It requires a licensed copy of the software
If you need to create a custom bootable USB or virtual machine ISO:
Allows you to manually choose the media type (WinPE or Linux) and create media for different Windows versions.
: Select Tools from the sidebar and click Rescue Media Builder .