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Chapter 10. Creating bootable media
10.1 Creating Acronis rescue media
You can run Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server on a bare metal or on a crashed
computer that cannot boot. You can also back up disks on a non-Windows computer,
copying all its data sector-by-sector into the backup archive. To do so, you will need
bootable media with the standalone Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server version.
Because Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server is available only as a download, you
must create bootable media using the Bootable Media Builder. For this, you will need a
blank CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, several formatted diskettes (the wizard will tell you the
exact number), or any other media your server can boot from, such as a Zip drive.
Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server also has the ability to create an ISO image of
a bootable disk on the hard disk. If there is a Microsoft RIS server in your local network,
an IT administrator can save the bootable data on this server as well. Then any
networked computer will be able to boot Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server from
the RIS package.
If you have other Acronis products, such as Acronis Disk Director Server, installed on your
computer, you can include standalone versions of these programs on the same bootable
disk as well.
This feature is available both in Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server local version
and Acronis True Image Management Console. However, Acronis True Image
Management Console does not contain Rescue Media Builder in its own installation.
Therefore, to be able to create bootable media/RIS package from Acronis True Image
Management Console, you must have Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server local
version or another Acronis product including Rescue Media Builder installed on the same
computer.
If you have chosen not to install the Bootable Media Builder during Acronis True Image
Echo Enterprise Server installation, you will not be able to use this feature.
1. Click
Create Bootable Rescue Media
on the toolbar or the sidebar, or select
Create
Bootable Rescue Media
from the
Tools
menu. You can also run the Bootable Rescue
Media Builder without loading Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server by selecting
Programs -> Acronis -> True Image -> Bootable Rescue Media Builder
from the
Start menu
.
2. Select which components of Acronis programs you want to place on the bootable
media.
Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server offers the following components:
Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server full version
Includes support of USB, PC Card and SCSI interfaces along with the storage devices
connected via them, and therefore is highly recommended.
Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server safe version
Does not include USB, PC Card, or SCSI drivers. Recommended for use in case of
problems with running Full version
Acronis Bootable Agent full version
