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8.2.1.6 How to create a bootable USB flash drive

You can create a bootable USB flash drive containing a standalone True Image 2013. This may be

handy, for example, if your notebook does not have an internal CD/DVD-drive.

You will need a USB flash drive with a capacity of 256 MB or more. The drive must be formatted in

FAT16 or FAT32 file system.

To create a bootable USB flash drive, attach the drive to a USB port. Start Media Builder and then

select the drive as the destination for the rescue media creation. Then follow the Media Builder

wizard steps. For more information on creating the media see How to create bootable media.

If Media Builder does not recognize your USB flash drive, you can try using the procedure described

in an Knowledge Base article at http://kb.acronis.com/content/1526.

8.2.2 Creating BartPE disc with True Image 2013

BartPE (Bart Preinstalled Environment) is a bootable Windows CD/DVD created from the original

Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation/setup CD. The current version of True Image

2013 does not have a plug-in for a preinstalled environment based on Windows Vista and Windows

The main advantage of BartPE is that it uses Windows drivers and has a Windows-like graphical user

interface. It also provides for adding any storage drivers at startup in the same manner as when

installing Windows on the hard drive (by pressing F6 and inserting a diskette with the drivers).

Applications are installed into BartPE in the form of plug-ins and the True Image 2013 plug-in can

be included into the BartPE plug-in tab.

If you do not have the boxed version of True Image 2013, you will need to download a separate

installation file from your Acronis account:

 Go to https://www.acronis.com/my;

 Log in;

 Register the serial number for your copy of True Image 2013 (if it is not registered yet);

 Click My Products & Downloads;

 Expand True Image 2013 item;

 Click on Free Plugins tab, then click on BartPE Plugin. This will start the download of the plugin.

Install the plug-in as follows:

1. Double-click on the downloaded file to start installation.

2. Having finished the installation, you can proceed with creating a BartPE CD/DVD with True

Image 2013 plug-in.

The below description is based on PE builder version 3.1.10a.

To create a BartPE CD with the True Image 2013 plug-in follow the instructions below:

 Download the PE builder using link http://nu2.nu/pebuilder/download/ and install it;

Go to the True Image 2013 installation folder. (The default folder is C:\Program Files\Acronis or

C:\Program Files\Acronis\Media Add-ons). Rename the BartPE folder to Acronis. Copy this folder into

the Plugin folder in the BartPE builder installation directory. (The default directory is

C:\pebuilder3110a or similar);