Selecting target disk for MBR recovery

In this window you should select a hard disk for recovering the Master Boot Record (MBR) along with track 0.

Recover disk signature check box

If you have selected MBR recovery at the Content selection step, the Recover disk signature check box will be in the bottom left corner. Disk signature is a part of a hard disk MBR. It is used for uniquely identifying the disk media.

We recommend that you select the Recover disk signature check box due to the following reasons:

• Acronis True Image creates scheduled tasks using the signature of the source hard disk. If you recover the same disk signature, you don't need to re-create or edit the tasks created previously.
• Some installed applications use a disk signature for licensing and other purposes.
• If you use Windows Restore Points, they will be lost when the disk signature is not recovered.
• Recovering a disk signature allows recovering VSS snapshots used by Windows Vista and Windows 7's "Previous Versions" feature.

We recommend that you clear the Recover disk signature check box when:

• You use an image backup not for disaster recovery but for cloning your Windows hard drive to another one.

In this case, Acronis True Image generates a new disk signature for the recovered hard drive, even if you recover to the same drive.

Having selected a hard disk drive and specified whether to recover the disk signature, click Next to continue.