Operation Manual

boot. This is because the new hardware is incompatible with critical drivers included in the image.

The utility finds and installs drivers for devices that are critical for the operating system start-up, such

as storage controllers, motherboard, or chipset.

How do I use it?

Before you start recovery to dissimilar hardware, ensure that you have:

 Backup of your system disk (p. 38) or Entire PC backup (p. 16)

 Acronis bootable media (p. 116)

 Acronis Universal Boot media (p. 150)

If you have Acronis True Image 2016 and Acronis Universal Boot Media Builder installed on your computer, you

can place both Acronis True Image 2016 and Acronis Universal Boot on the same media. Refer to Creating

Acronis Universal Boot media (p. 150) for details.

To recover your system to dissimilar hardware:

1. Start your target computer by using Acronis bootable media, and then recover your system from

your system backup or Entire PC backup. Refer to Recovering your system to a new disk under

bootable media (p. 70) for details.

2. Start your target computer by using Acronis Universal Boot media, and then follow the on-screen

instructions to make your system bootable. Refer to Using Acronis Universal Restore (p. 152) for

details.

11.9.1 Creating Acronis Universal Boot media

Acronis Universal Boot media is used to make your computer bootable after recovery to dissimilar

hardware. Refer to Acronis Universal Restore (p. 149) for details.

To create Acronis Universal Boot media:

1. Start Acronis True Image 2016.

2. In the Tools section, click Acronis Universal Restore.

3. Click Download to obtain Acronis Universal Boot Media Builder.

4. Run the downloaded file and install the media builder.

5. Plug in the USB flash drive or insert blank DVD that you want to make bootable.

6. To start Acronis Universal Boot Media Builder, perform one of the following:

 In the Tools section, click Acronis Universal Restore.

 Click the Start button, open the list of installed programs, and then click Run Universal Boot

Media Builder.

7. Ensure that:

 Linux-based media is selected as a bootable media type.