Removable media settings

Location: Options > Advanced > Removable media settings

When backing up to removable media, you can make this media bootable by writing additional components to it. Thus, you will not need a separate bootable disk.

The following settings are available:

• Place Acronis True Image on media — We strongly recommend selecting this option to support USB, PC Card (formerly PCMCIA), and SCSI interfaces along with the storage devices connected via them.

• Place Acronis True Image (64-bit) on media — The same option for 64-bit systems.

• Place Acronis System Report on media — Select this option to generate System Report that is used for collecting information about your system in case of any program problem. Report generation will be available before you start Acronis True Image from the bootable media. The generated System Report can be saved to a USB flash drive.

• Place Acronis System Report (64-bit) on media — The same option for 64-bit systems.

• Ask for first media while creating backups on removable media — Select this option to display the Insert First Media prompt when backing up to removable media. With the default setting (option selected), backing up to removable media may not be possible if the user is away, because the program will wait for someone to click OK in the prompt box. Therefore, you should disable the prompt when scheduling a backup to removable media. Then, if the removable media is available (for example, CD-R/RW inserted) the backup can run unattended.

If you have other Acronis products installed on your computer, the bootable versions of these programs' components will be offered as well.

32-bit or 64-bit components

Pay attention to which versions of Acronis True Image and Acronis System Report are compatible with your computer.

	32-bit components	64-bit components
BIOS-based 32-bit computers	+	-
BIOS-based 64-bit computers	+	+
EFI-based 32-bit computers	+	-
EFI-based 64-bit computers	-	+