Steps to perform

To perform a recovery to a manually created virtual machine

1. [Optional] When recovering Windows, prepare Windows drivers that correspond to the target virtualization platform.

   For machines running Linux, the necessary drivers are normally already present in the operating system.

2. Create a bootable media by using Acronis Bootable Media Builder.
3. Create a virtual machine by using your virtualization product’s native tools.
4. Boot the virtual machine from the bootable media.
5. [When recovering Windows] If you need dynamic volumes, create a volume group by using the disk management functionality.
6. Select Actions > Recover.
7. [When recovering Linux] If you need logical volumes, click Apply RAID/LVM. The LVM structure will be automatically recreated during the recovery.
8. Configure other recovery settings and perform a recovery in the same way as onto a physical machine.

The most recent operating systems remain bootable when recovered to dissimilar hardware, or the VMware or Hyper-V platforms. If a recovered operating system does not boot, use the Acronis Universal Restore tool to update the drivers and modules that are critical for the operating system startup. For details, see the Acronis Universal Restore page at http://www.acronis.com/en-us/aur/.