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System Requirements

Supported operating systems

• Windows^® Vista, x32 and x64 Editions
• Windows XP, Windows XP Professional, x32 and x64 Editions
• Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, Windows Storage Server, Windows Embedded POS
• Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server
• Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2003 Enterprise, Windows 2003 Server, x32 and x64 Editions
• Windows Small Business Server 2003
• Windows Server 2008
• Linux 2.4.18 and 2.6.6 or newer 32/64bit kernels: SUSE Linux 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, Fedora Core 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Red Hat 9.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5, Slackware 10, 10.1, 10.2, 11, Debian 4.0 (etch), ASPLinux 9.2, 10, 11, ASPLinux Server II, IV, Virtuozzo 2.6.x, Gentoo, UnitedLinux 1.0, Ubuntu® 4.10, 5.04, 5.10, 6.10, 7.0.4, 7.10, TurboLinux 8.0, 10.0 as well as some other Linux distributions
• VMware, Microsoft (VPC, VS), XenServer, and Parallels virtual machines

Supported File Systems

• FAT 16/32, NTFS, JFS, XFS, Linux Ext2/Ext3, ReiserFS, Linux Swap

Storage Media

The following storage locations are supported:

• Networked Storage Devices (SAN, NAS)
• FTP servers
• CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW
• Blu-ray Support
• ZIP^®, JAZ^®, REV^® and other removable media
• Tape Support
• PATA(IDE), SATA, SCSI, SAS
• IEEE1394 (FireWire)
• USB 1.0/2.0 drives
• PC Card storage devices

Hardware requirements

Must meet minimum Operating System hardware requirements.

• Disk space: 300 Mb
• Extra disk space for installation: 600 Mb

For running Acronis Rescue Media:

• CPU: 133 MHz or higher
• RAM: 128 Mb or more