Acronis Server Cloud Backup - User Guide - Manual (Page 73)

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3.6.3 Limitations in using Acronis Universal Restore
1. The system recovered by Acronis Universal Restore might not start, if the partition structure in the
image or the target disk partitioning does not coincide with that of the source disk. The loader
restored from the image will point to the wrong partition and the system will not boot or will
malfunction.
This may occur if you:
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back up only selected partitions but not the entire source disk
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restore only selected partitions and not the entire source disk. In some cases, especially if your
system resides on a partition other than the original one, this can confuse the loader and prevent
the restored system from rebooting.
To avoid this problem, we recommend that you back up and recover the entire system disk.
2. The Acronis Universal Restore option does not work if a computer is booted with Acronis Startup
Recovery Manager (using F11). This is because Acronis Startup Recovery Manager is primarily meant
for data recovery on the same computer.
3.7 About recovery of dynamic/GPT disks and volumes
1. Small Office Backup supports recovery of dynamic volumes to the following locations on the local
hard drives:
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To the original location (to the same dynamic volume).
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To another dynamic disk or volume.
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To unallocated space of the dynamic group.
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To a basic disk.
If a dynamic volume is recovered to an unallocated space of the dynamic group, the recovered
volume type will be the same as it was in the backup.
Manual resizing of dynamic volumes during recovery to dynamic disks is not supported. If you need
to resize a dynamic volume during recovery, it should be recovered to a basic disk.
When performing a so called "bare-metal recovery" of dynamic volume(s) to a new unformatted disk,
the recovered volumes become basic. If you want the recovered volumes to remain dynamic, the
target disk(s) should be prepared as dynamic (partitioned and formatted). This can be done using
third-party tools, for example, Windows Disk Management snap-in.
2. The target disk's partition style after recovery. It depends on whether your computer supports
UEFI and on whether your system is BIOS-booted or UEFI-booted. See the following table:
My system is BIOS-booted (Windows or
Acronis Bootable Media)
My system is UEFI-booted (Windows or
Acronis Bootable Media)
My source disk is MBR
and my OS does not
support UEFI
The operation will not affect neither
partition layout nor bootability of
the disk: partition style will remain
MBR, the destination disk will be
bootable in BIOS. After operation completion, the
partition style will remain MBR, but
the operating system will fail booting
from UEFI, since your operating
system does not support it.