Acronis Universal Restore

Acronis Universal Restore allows you to create a bootable system clone on different hardware. Use this utility when recovering your system disk to a computer with a dissimilar processor, different motherboard or a different mass storage device than in the system you originally backed up. This may be useful, for example, after replacing a failed motherboard or when deciding to migrate the system from one computer to another.

What problem does it solve?

A system disk image can be restored easily on the hardware where it was created or to identical hardware. However, if you try to do it on a dissimilar hardware, the recovered system will fail to boot. This is because the new hardware is incompatible with critical drivers included in the image. The utility finds and installs drivers for devices that are critical for the operating system start-up, such as storage controllers, motherboard, or chipset.

How do I use it?

Before you start recovery to dissimilar hardware, ensure that you have:

If you have Acronis True Image and Acronis Universal Boot Media Builder installed on your computer, you can place both Acronis True Image and Acronis Universal Boot on the same media. Refer to Creating Acronis Universal Boot media for details.

To recover your system to dissimilar hardware:

  1. Start your target computer by using Acronis bootable media, and then recover your system from your system backup or Entire PC backup. Refer to Recovering your system to a new disk under bootable media for details.
  2. Start your target computer by using Acronis Universal Boot media, and then follow the on-screen instructions to make your system bootable. Refer to Using Acronis Universal Restore for details.