A modification of the bootable agent can be placed on a system disk and configured to start at boot time when F11 is pressed. This eliminates the need for rescue media or network connection to start the bootable rescue utility. This feature has the trade name "Acronis Startup Recovery Manager".
Acronis Startup Recovery Manager is especially useful for mobile users. If a failure occurs, the user reboots the machine, hits F11 on prompt "Press F11 for Acronis Startup Recovery Manager…" and performs data recovery in the same way as with ordinary bootable media. The user can also back up using Acronis Startup Recovery Manager, while on the move.
On machines with the GRUB boot loader installed, the user selects the Acronis Startup Recovery Manager from the boot menu instead of pressing F11.
Activation and deactivation of the Acronis Startup Recovery Manager
The operation that enables using Acronis Startup Recovery Manager is called "activation". To activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager, select Actions > Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager from the program menu.
You can activate or deactivate the Acronis Startup Recovery Manager at any time from the Tools menu. The deactivation will disable the boot time prompt "Press F11 for Acronis Startup Recovery Manager…" (or removes the corresponding entry from GRUB's boot menu). This means you will need bootable media in case the system fails to boot.
Limitation
Acronis Startup Recovery Manager requires re-activation of third-party loaders after activation.
Upgrade from Acronis True Image Echo
After upgrade from Acronis True Image Echo to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, Acronis Startup Recovery Manager appears as deactivated regardless of its status before the upgrade. You can activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager again at any time.