Support for UEFI-based machines

Acronis Backup can back up and recover machines that use 64-bit Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) in the same way as it does for machines that use BIOS for booting.

This applies to both physical and virtual machines, no matter if the virtual machines are backed up at a hypervisor level or from inside a guest OS.

Backup and recovery of devices that use 32-bit UEFI are not supported.

Limitations

• WinPE-based bootable media of versions earlier than 4.0 and Acronis PXE Server do not support UEFI booting.
• Acronis Active Restore is not available on UEFI machines.
• Acronis Startup Recovery Manager (ASRM) is not supported on UEFI machines running Linux. On UEFI machines running Windows, activate ASRM in Windows rather than under bootable media.
• A machine running Linux cannot be transferred between UEFI and BIOS. For details about transferring Windows machines, see "Recovering BIOS-based systems to UEFI-based or vice versa".