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Virtual PC, Parallels Workstation or Citrix XenServer Open Virtual Appliance (OVA). Files of the fully
configured and operational machine will be placed in the folder you select. You can start the machine
using the respective virtualization software or prepare the machine files for further usage.
Disk management
Agent for Windows includes Acronis Disk Director Lite - a handy disk management utility. Disk
management operations, such as cloning disks; converting disks; creating, formatting and deleting
volumes; changing a disk partitioning style between MBR and GPT or changing a disk label, can be
performed either in the operating system or using bootable media.
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Universal Restore
The Universal Restore add-on enables you to use the restore to dissimilar hardware functionality on
the machine where the agent is installed, and create bootable media with this functionality.
Universal Restore handles differences in devices that are critical for Windows start-up, such as
storage controllers, motherboard or chipset.
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Management Console
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console is an administrative tool for local access to
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 agent.
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Bootable Media Builder
Acronis Bootable Media Builder is a dedicated tool for creating bootable media. The media builder
that installs on Windows can create bootable media based on either Windows Preinstallation
Environment, or Linux kernel.
The Universal Restore (p. 4) add-on enables you to create bootable media with the restore to
dissimilar hardware functionality. Universal Restore handles differences in devices that are critical for
Windows start-up, such as storage controllers, motherboard or chipset.
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Supported operating systems
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console
Windows XP Professional SP2+ (x86, x64)
Windows 2000 – all editions except for the Datacenter edition
Windows Server 2003/2003 R2 - the Standard, Enterprise, Small Business Server editions (x86,
x64)
Windows Vista - all editions (x86, x64)
Windows 7 - all editions (x86, x64)
Windows Server 2008 - the Standard, Enterprise, Small Business Server, Foundation editions
(x86, x64)
Windows Server 2008 R2 - the Standard, Enterprise, Small Business Server, Datacenter,
Foundation editions
Windows MultiPoint Server 2010
