Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is the standalone version of Acronis^® True Image Echo^™ Workstation?

The standalone version of Acronis^® True Image Echo^™ Workstation is an exclusive recovery environment for restoring backups. Additionally, it allows you to create backup, clone hard disk drives, partition new hard disk drives and manage Acronis Secure Zone^® without having to boot into Windows. It has the same graphical interface as Acronis^® True Image Echo^™ Workstation under Windows.

There are two variants of the standalone version. The full variant is based on Linux operating system and uses Linux drivers for get access to all hardware devices. The safe variant is based on the DOS environment and doesn't provide you with an access to the USB, PCMCIA, SCSI, RAID devices and the network. We recommend you to use the safe variant only if the full one doesn't work. You can run the standalone version of Acronis^® True Image Echo^™ Workstation from bootable media (a CD-R/RW disc, a set of floppy diskettes, a USB flash card or a ZIP-diskette). You can also activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager and boot your computer into the standalone version (full variant) of Acronis^® True Image Echo^™ Workstation by pressing the F11 button when the computer boots up.